PART 1446 - QUALITY ASSURANCE

(a) COs shall encourage contractors and subcontractors to participate in the GIDEP, a cooperative program managed and funded by the U.S. Government to exchange engineering, failure experience, metrology, product information, and reliability-maintain ability data on products, components (including construction materials), manufacturing processes, environmental issues associated with those manufacturing processes, recycling and waste prevention.

(b) The GIDEP is managed for the U.S. Government by the Department of the Navy. GIDEP participants are not subject to any fees or assessments other than the costs associated with dissemination of information by other than electronic means.

(c) An application to participate in the GIDEP may be obtained at http://www.gidep.org. COs shall include information on GIDEP in solicitation documents and during discussions at preaward and postaward conferences.

Inspection of supplies or services shall be documented as prescribed in DIAR Subpart 1446.6.

Acceptance of supplies or services shall be documented as prescribed in DIAR Subpart 1446.6.

(a) Except for simplified acquisitions (See FAR 46.404) and unless otherwise prescribed by bureau procedures, the documentation in DIAR 1446.671 shall be inserted on each commercial shipping document or packing list, whether by manual or electronic means, for supplies or services and shall be signed by the authorized Government representative as required in FAR 46.401(f) and subpart 46.5.

(b) The documentation required in paragraph (a) of this section shall be made at the place or places specified in the contract for performance of Government quality assurance (See FAR 46.401(b)) as prescribed in FAR 46.402 or FAR 46.403, as appropriate and for acceptance in accordance with FAR 46.503.

(c) If the CO elects to use a contractor's certificate of conformance (See FAR 46.315) under the conditions prescribed in FAR 46.504, the certificate may be used as the basis of Government acceptance.

As prescribed in DIAR 1446.670, the following documentation shall be completed via manual or electronic means for each delivery of supplies or services in accordance with Bureau procedures:

Inspection, Receiving and Acceptance Certification

The listed items or services have been: ________ inspected, ________ received, and ________ accepted and they conform to the contract except as noted below or on attached documents.

____________ Signature and typed name of authorized Government representative.

Date ________

The CCO is authorized to make the written determination to use a warranty in an acquisition.

Warranties of data shall only be used after consultation with the SOL.