Purchasing Terms And Conditions

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1. Our organization reserves the right of final approval of product, procedures, processes, and equipment.
2. All special processes required by this PO must be performed by qualified personnel.
3. Our organization reserves the right to review and approve the Vendor’s Quality Management System. Standard QMS Requirements Include:
4. Vendors providing special processing must maintain a system for validation processes.
5. Customer Directed sources must operate in accordance with approved specifications and standards as dictated and controlled by the customer in question.
6. Suppliers initially approved for use via Certification (ISO, AS9100, ISO17025, & AS9120) must notify our organization of any changes to that certification.
7. The Vendor shall maintain the proper identification and revision status of specifications, drawings, process requirements, inspection/verification instructions, and other relevant technical data.
8. Our organization reserves the right to approve or specify any designs, tests, inspection plans, verifications, statistical techniques for product acceptance, and any applicable critical items, including key characteristics.
9. Our organization reserves the right to designate requirements for test specimens for design approval, inspection/verifications, investigation, or auditing.
10. The Vendor is required to:

1. • Notify our organization of the nonconforming product.
   • Obtain our organization’s approval for nonconforming product disposition.
   • Notify our organization of changes in product and process, suppliers, and manufacturing facility locations.
   • Flow down to the supply chain the applicable requirements, including customer requirements.
   • The Vendor must supply a product with a remaining shelf life of at least 80% of the original life as of the date of shipment.
   • The Vendor is required to retain all RECORDS associated with the Purchase Order for 7(seven) years or as required by contract.
   • Allow the right of access by our organization, our customer, and regulatory authorities to the applicable areas of all facilities, at any level of the supply chain, involved in the order and to all applicable records.
   • All Vendors providing Calibrations Services must be Certified ISO17025 (or equivalent). All Calibration Certificates must identify standards used and must be traceable to NIST (National Institute of Standards Technology)
   • Vendor/Seller shall provide a proper Bill of Lading signed by Carrier or any other legally applicable documents providing title to the goods to Purchaser upon delivery, fully protecting all parties in case of damages in transit. The vendor/seller will pay all costs incurred due to improper packing.
   • Certification of Materials or Analysis and/or Process performed must accompany materials received. Invoice will be aged for payment based on the date Certification(s) is received.
   • Any disputes arising out of any Contract issued pursuant to the Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with and governed by the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA.
   • As applicable, the Vendor shall comply with the DPAS Priority Ratings imposed by the Federal Government, referenced on the purchase order. DPAS Ratings: (DX) Highest National Defense Urgency, (DO) Critical to National Defense. (http://www.dcma.mil/Portals/31/Documents/CPSR/CPSR_Guidebook_100217.pdf)
   11. Counterfeit Parts Prevention
   • The Vendor warrants that Counterfeit Supplies shall not be supplied to the Purchaser or installed in the Purchaser’s products by the Supplier.
   • The Vendor warrants that only new, unused, virgin, authentic, genuine, and legitimate ITEMS shall form part of the supplies provided to the Purchaser.
   12. Product or Service Conformity, Product Safety, and Ethical Behavior
   • The Supplier must be committed to the highest ethics and business conduct standards. The Supplier must comply with the law, honor commitments, act in good faith, and be accountable. The Supplier must maintain full compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to the business operation. Supplier must not offer, promise, authorize, or provide, directly or indirectly, anything of value (including business gifts or courtesies) with the intent or effect of inducing anyone to engage in unfair business practices.
   • The Supplier will avoid involvement in activities perceived as a conflict of interest. The Supplier will respect the legitimate proprietary rights and intellectual property rights of customers and Suppliers and take proper care to protect sensitive information, including confidential, proprietary, and personal information.
   • The Supplier will support product safety by ensuring robust special requirements, necessary items, and critical characteristics. The Supplier will communicate them to Global Metal Finishing if there are any concerning product safety. Suppose there is a concern at the Supplier’s premises for the safety during the product’s manufacture. In that case, the Supplier will notify its employees of the problem and mitigate the concern whenever possible.
   13. The Supplier will ensure that employees and people working on its behalf are aware of:
   • Their contribution to product and service conformity.
   • Their contribution to product safety.
   • The importance of ethical behavior.