MIL-PRF-24793A
minimum of 4 units. The contracting officer should also include specific
instructions in acquisition documents regarding arrangements for examinations,
approval of first article test results, and disposition of first articles.
Invitations for bids should provide that the Government reserves the right to
waive the requirement for samples for first article inspection to those
bidders offering a product which has been previously acquired or tested by the
Government, and that bidders offering such products, who wish to rely on such
production or test, must furnish evidence with the bid that prior Government
approval is presently appropriate for the pending contract. Unless
specifically requested to do so in the solicitation, bidders should not submit
alternate bids.
6.3.1 Test equipment and inspection facilities. Provision for test
measuring equipment and inspection facilities of sufficient accuracy, quality,
and quantity to permit performance of the required inspections must be the
responsibility of the contractor. The establishment and maintenance of a
calibration system to control the accuracy of the measuring and test equipment
must be in accordance with ANSI/NCSL Z540-1.
6.3.2 Alternate forms of conformance inspection.
Requests for alternate
forms of conformance inspection must be submitted to the contracting officer.
Alternate forms of quality conformance inspection may be used upon written
approval by the contracting officer.
6.4 Definitions. Definitions of terms shall be in accordance with TIA/EIA-
440 and the following:
6.4.1 First contract. The first contract is considered to be the first
contract under which a manufacturer's material is supplied to any acquiring
activity under this specification.
6.4.2 First contract inspection. First contract inspections are
inspections required in addition to first article inspections for the first
contract in which this specification is invoked. First contract inspections
are intended to evaluate basic material properties that are primarily a
function of the product formulation, not the product manufacturing process.
6.5
PIN.
The PIN for this adhesive should contain the following:
M24793-1
Basic specification number
Basic product identifier
6.6 Shelf life. Products acquired to this specification should not be used
for fiber optic termination purposes under any conditions if the date of
manufacture has passed by more than 18 months. If products acquired to this
specification are exposed to temperatures higher than the temperatures
specified in 3.5.2, the shelf life may be decreased and the manufacturer
should be contacted to determine the appropriate shelf life under the actual
storage conditions. If products acquired to this specification are exposed to
temperatures lower than the temperatures specified in 3.5.2, the shelf life
may be increased and the manufacturer should be contacted to determine the
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