NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 8735.2A Effective Date: August 02, 2006 Expiration Date: August 31, 2013

Subject: Management of Government Quality Assurance Functions for NASA Contracts (w/change 1, dated 8/9/2010)

Responsible Office: Office of Safety and Mission Assurance

Chapter 7. Third Party Certification/Accreditation

7.1 Certain Government contract quality assurance functions, such as Quality System Evaluation and Process Witnessing, may be performed by third party certification/registration bodies or in accordance with accreditation programs approved by this NPR. The following certification/ registration bodies and accreditation programs, where contractually invoked, are authorized to perform Government contract quality assurance functions for NASA contracts:

7.1.1 AS9100 certification/registration bodies accredited in accordance with AS9104.

7.1.2 ISO 9001 certification/registration bodies accredited in accordance with ISO Guide 61.

7.1.3 Nadcap accreditation program in accordance with AS7003.

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