MIL-DTL-17557F(SH)
6.3 First article. When first article inspection is required, the contracting officer should provide specific
guidance to offerors whether the item(s) should be a preproduction sample, a first article sample, a first production
item, a sample selected from the first production items, a standard production item from the contractor s current
inventory (see 3.1), and the number of items to be tested as specified in 4.3. 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 bids 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 Sub-contracted material and parts. The packaging requirements of referenced documents listed in section 2
do not apply when material and parts are acquired by the contractor for incorporation into the equipment and lose
their separate identity when the equipment is shipped.
6.5 Subject term (key word) listing.
Brazing
Coil wall
Hydrostatic pressure
Shells
Shock resistance
Welding electrode
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.
Preparing Activity:
Navy SH
(Project 4420-2013-004)
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.dla.mil.
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