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 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 are authorized as augmentation of, and/or substitution for, Government contract quality assurance functions for NASA contracts:

a. SAE AS9100 certification/registration bodies accredited in accordance with SAE AS9104.

b. ISO 9001 certification/registration bodies accredited in accordance with ISO 17011.

c. Nadcap accreditation program in accordance with SAE AS7003.

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