1528 Quality Assurance

Question 1

The ___________________________ is the key Government-developed surveillance process document that is applied to Performance-Based Service Contracting (PBSC) and is used to manage contractor performance assessment by ensuring that systematic quality assurance methods are utilized to validate that the contractor’s quality control efforts are timely, effective, and are delivering the results specified in the contract or task order.

Answer 1

QASP- Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

Question 2

Government contract quality assurance is conducted before_____________

Answer 2

Acceptance

Question 3

The government’s Quality Assurance Policy states that agencies shall ensure that:

Answer 3

• Contracts include inspection and other quality requirements
• Supplies or services tendered by contractors meet contract requirements
• Government contract quality assurance is conducted before *acceptance
• Nonconforming supplies or services are rejected
• Contracts for commercial items shall rely on a contractor’s existing quality assurance system

Question 4

What are the contracting offices responsible for coordinating with the technical end user and quality org to obtain:

Answer 4

• Specifications for inspection and test

* Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) for services (usually used & developed by the COR)

Question 5

Who is responsible for quality assurance and maintaining associated records on delegated contracts

Answer 5

Contract Administration Office

Question 6

The contracting officer ordinarily must give the contractor an opportunity to correct or replace nonconforming supplies or services. Correction or replacement must be without __________________.

Answer 6

Additional cost to the Government (cost reimbursement contracts are normally an exception to this)

Question 7

Normally requiring correction or replacement must occur before acceptance unless

Answer 7

• there is a latent defect
• it is a commercial item
• there is a warranty

Question 8

When supplies or services are accepted with critical or major nonconformances, the contracting officer must modify the contract to provide for an __________________

Answer 8

equitable price reduction or other consideration.