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In the performance of the Work described in the Contract, the Contractor must comply with the requirements of:
ISO 9001:2015 - Quality management systems - Requirements, published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), current edition at date of submission of Contractor's bid.
It is not intended that the Contractor be registered to ISO 9001; however, the Contractor's quality management system must address all requirements appropriate to the scope of the Work. Only exclusions in accordance with clause A.5 and 4.3 of ISO 9001 are acceptable.
Assistance for Government Quality Assurance (GQA)
The Contractor must provide the Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) with the accommodation and facilities required for the proper accomplishment of GQA and must provide any assistance required by the QAR for evaluation, verification, validation, documentation or release of product.
The QAR must have the right of access to any site of the Contractor’s, sub-contractors or any sub-tier external providers of goods and/or services where any part of the Work is being carried out. The QAR must be afforded unrestricted opportunity to evaluate and verify Contractor conformity with quality system procedures and to validate product or service conformity with the requirements of the Contract. The Contractor must make available for reasonable use by the QAR the equipment necessary for all validation purposes. Contractor personnel must be made available for operation of such equipment as required.
When the QAR determines that GQA is required at a subcontractors or external provider's facilities, the Contractor must provide for this in the purchasing document or other documented means and forward copies to the QAR, together with relevant technical data as the QAR may request.
The Contractor must notify the QAR of non-conforming product or service received from a subcontractor or external provider when the product or service has been subject to GQA.
For the design, development or maintenance of software, the Contractor must interpret the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 "Quality management systems - Requirements", according to the guidelines of the latest issue (at contract date) of ISO/IEC 90003:2018 "Software engineering - Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015 to computer software".