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3. QUALITY ASSURANCE
3.1 Certification. The contractor shall certify, and maintain substantiating evidence, that the product offered meets the salient characteristics and requirements of this Commercial Item Description, and that the product conforms to the producer’s own drawings, specification, standards, and quality assurance practices. The Government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract.
3.2 Quality conformance inspection. Unless otherwise specified, sampling for inspection shall be performed in accordance with MIL-STD-105.
3.3. End item visual examination. Each lot of boots shall be examined for consumer type defects, defined as follows:
Defects in pairing, design, material, workmanship, and finish.
Any defect shall be scored as major when seriously affecting serviceability or appearance and minor when affecting serviceability or appearance seriously. The lot size shall be expressed in units of boots. The sample unit shall be one completely fabricated boot and the selection shall be by pairs. The inspection level shall be II, and the acceptable quality level (AQL), expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 2.5 for major defects and 6.5 for total 9major and minor combined) defects.
3.4 Sock lining test. Each sock shall be tested, before insertion into the boot, for waterpermeability as follows:
a. Inflate the sock with air to 1.0 pounds per square inch gauge static air pressure (measured inside the sock) and clamp the top of the sock to seal from air leakage.
b. Submerge inflated sock in a water bath such that the toe of the sock is at least 5 inches below the water surface for 2 seconds. Remove from bath and wipe entire sock surface with hand.
c. Re-submerge inflated sock to the same position for at least 15 seconds.
d. While submerged, the sock shall be inspected for air leakage at any single location on the exterior of the sock. Failure shall result upon the detection of an air bubble more than once every 7 seconds.
4. PACKAGING
4.1 Packaging. Each pair of boots shall be packaged in a fiberboard shoe box.
4.2 Packing. Six pairs of boots shall be packed in a fiberboard box conforming to style RSC, type CF (variety SW) or SF. Class domestic, grade 275 of PPP-B-636.
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