SD-6 Provisions Governing QualificationThese provisions are issued as guidance for manufacturers and their authorized distributors who wish to submit products for qualification by the Department of Defense. A product may be qualified only when a governing federal or defense specification or non-government standard contains a requirement for qualification. Lists are not otherwise established for qualification.

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Provisions Governing Qua/ification SD-6

Specification. A document prepared to support acquisition that describes the essential technical requirements for purchased materiel and the criteria for determining whether those requirements are met.

Standard. A document that establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes, and practices.

Standardization document. A generic term for a document used to standardize an item of supply, process, procedure, method, data, practice, or engineering approach. Standardization documents include defense specifications, standards, and handbooks; federal specifications and standards; guide specifications; CIDs; and NGSs.

Supplier.  Final source of a product to a customer that may be identified as a distributor, manufacturer, or other entity.

Testing laboratory. A laboratory that performs examination and testing. That laboratory may be one of the following:

•    A laboratory operated by, or under contract to, the Government.

•    A laboratory used by the manufacturer or distributor either in-plant or under contract.

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