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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Chapter 6. Quality Assurance Support Contracts

6.1 Overview

6.2 Planning Quality Assurance Support Contracts

6.2.1 Programs/projects or SMA leads shall develop and issue quality assurance support contracts in sufficient time to permit accomplishment of assigned quality assurance functions coincident with the commencement of contractor work operations (Requirement).

6.3 Quality Assurance Support Contract Contents

6.3.1 Programs/projects or SMA leads shall identify quality assurance surveillance functions to be performed by the support contractor utilizing the text and format provided in NF 1430B and provide this information to the cognizant contracting officer (Requirement).

6.3.2 The contracting officer is responsible for issuing support contracts which incorporate the surveillance requirements provided by the program/project or SMA Lead.

6.3.3 The contracting officer may not include performance of inherently Governmental functions, as defined in FAR Subpart 7.5, in quality assurance support contracts (Requirement).

Note: Final product acceptance, denoted by signature approval, is defined as an inherently Governmental function and may only be performed by Federal Government employees. Support contractors may, however, recommend acceptance of a product or service or act as a liaison for a material review board or other similar function.

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