NASA Procedures and Guidelines
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NPR 8735.2B Eff. Date: August 12, 2013 Cancellation Date:	Management of Government Quality Assurance Functions for NASA Contracts
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Appendix A. Definitions

A.1 Definitions for SMA terms are found in NASA-STD 8709.22. See NASA-STD 8709.22 for definitions of the following terms:

a. Contract

b. Complex Item

c. Complex Work

d. Critical

e. Delegated Agency

f. Final Acceptance

g. Government Contract Quality Assurance

h. Government Mandatory Inspection Point (GMIP)

i. Nadcap

j. Process Witnessing

k. Product Examination

l. Program/Project Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (PQASP)

m. Quality Assurance Letter of Delegation (LOD)

n. Quality Assurance Support Contractor

o. Record Review

A.2 Terms unique to this document are defined below.

a. Safety-Critical GMIP: GMIPs performed to ensure compliance with contract requirements that, if violated, can credibly result in loss of human life. This includes witness or verification of hardware, manufacture, assembly, integration, test, maintenance, operation, or nonconformance resolution tasks which, if incorrectly accomplished, could result in loss of life.

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