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6.3 First article. When first article inspection is required, the contracting officer should
provide specific guidance to offerers whether the first article (s) should be a preproduction
sample, an initial production sample, a first production item or a standard production item from
the contractor's current inventory; the number of samples to be inspected as specified in 4.2; and
(when applicable) the specific tests to be performed on each sample. The contracting officer
should also include specific instructions in acquisition documents regarding arrangements for
examinations, approval of first article test results, and disposition of first articles. Invitations for
bid should provide that the Government reserves the right to waive the requirement for samples
for first article inspection to those bidders offering a product which has been previously acquired
or tested by the Government, and that bidders offering such products, who wish to rely on such
production or test, must furnish evidence with the bid that prior Government approval is presently
appropriate for the pending contract. Bidders should not submit alternate bids unless specifically
requested to do so in the solicitation.
6.4 Shelf-life. This specification covers items where the assignment of a Federal shelf-life
code is a consideration. Specific shelf-life requirements should be specified in the contract or
purchase order, and should include, as a minimum, shelf-life code, shelf-life package markings in
accordance with MIL-STD-129 or FED-STD-123, preparation of a material quality storage
standard for type II (extendible) shelf-life items, and a minimum of 85 percent shelf-life remaining
at time of receipt by the Government. These and other requirements, if necessary, are in DoD
4140.27-M, Shelf-life Management Manual. The shelf-life codes are in the Federal Logistics
Information System Total Item Record. Additive information for Shelf-life management may be
obtained from DoD 4140.27-M, or the designated shelf-life Points of Contact (POC). The POC
should be contacted in the following order: (1) the Inventory Control Points that manage the item
and (2) the DoD Services and Agency administrators for the DoD Shelf-Life Program.
Appropriate POCs for the DoD Shelf-Life program can be contacted through the DoD Shelf-Life
Management website: https://www.shelflife.hq.dla.mil/.
6.5 Subject term (key word) listing.
Molded part
Vulcanized joint
6.6 Changes from previous issue. Marginal notations are not used in this revision to identify
changes with respect to the previous issue due to the extent of the changes.
Custodians:
Preparing activity:
Army - MR
DLA IS
Navy - SH
Air Force - 11
(Project 5330-2009-003)
Review activities:
Navy - AS
Air Force - 99
NOTE: The activities listed above were interested in this document as of the date of this
document. Since organizations and responsibilities can change, you should verify the currency of
the information above using the ASSIST Online database at https://assist.daps.dla.mil .
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