6.1.5 Access for Source Surveillance Inspections
As part of the Company’s quality assurance program, source surveillance activities may be conducted at
the Seller’s facility to ensure quality objectives are met. This requirement to provide access for on-site
quality assurance surveillance shall also flow down to all the Seller’s sub-tier contractors.
Representatives of the IO or the French regulatory authorities or their representatives may come with
inspectors as observers. Such surveillance may include auditing and monitoring of production processes,
in-process inspection, and controls, chemical or physical certifications, final inspection and tests,
preparation for shipment, and review of certification data. The Seller shall provide the above
representatives access to all data, operating areas and processes pertinent to the subcontract, without
exception. Source surveillance by any of the above representatives shall not constitute product
acceptance by the Company and shall in no way relieve the Seller of the responsibility to furnish
acceptable items.
6.1.6 Inspector Safety
To ensure the safety of Company and/or IO or regulatory representatives who visit the Seller’s facilities,
the Seller shall provide relevant information about their facility safety procedures including, for example,
safety glasses, hearing and respiratory protection, emergency preparedness, rally point, and general
safety rules; and shall review typical workplace hazards with the representative(s) upon their arrival.
6.1.7 Seller-Requested Deviations
The Seller may propose deviations from the specifications, drawings, or other technical or administrative
requirements of this procurement [6] and [7]. Where time is a consideration, the Seller may communicate
the proposed deviation directly to the TPO (via e-mail correspondence), with a copy to the Company’s
Procurement Officer. The request should identify the affected items, drawing/specification number and
revision number, a description of the proposed deviation, and the engineering justification for it. The
Company’s TPO will evaluate the technical aspects and document a recommendation (cannot be verbal)
to the Procurement Officer, who will communicate acceptance or disapproval to the Seller.
NOTE: The acceptance of a deviation request in no way limits or affects the warranty provision of
the subcontract. Such a request shall not establish a precedent or obligation to accept existing
or future items not conforming to all provisions of the subcontract.
6.1.8 Seller-identified Nonconformances
The Company expects to receive equipment items, components, materials, software, and documentation
that conform to all codes, standards, specifications, and procedures in the subcontract. When a non-
conforming condition is identified, the Seller shall follow the US ITER Nonconformance Report
Procedure [8] to control the nonconforming item or process, document the condition and bring the issue
to closure.
The Seller shall:
1) Identify and segregate when practical, the non-conforming item,
2) Stop any further work on the item until a decision is made,