NATO quality assurance requirements for design, development and production
Purpose
This publication contains requirements, which, if applied appropriately, provide confidence in the Supplier’s capability to deliver products that conform to Acquirer contract requirements.
Summary
Organisational compliance
Compliance with AQAP 2110 at Supplier organisational level is defined as: The fulfilment of the requirements of AQAP 2110, sections 4 to 9.
Contractual compliance
Compliance with this publication for a contract is defined as the fulfilment of the requirements in sections 4 to 9.
Some of NATO specific requirements
The Supplier shall establish, document, implement, assess and improve an effective and economical system in accordance with this document, which includes the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 as necessary to satisfy the contract requirements. The Acquirer and/or Government Quality Assurance Representative (GQAR) reserves the right to reject this system as it applies to the contract. Objective evidence, which may include documentation from first, second and/or third party assessment/certification processes that this system is compliant with this Publication and is effective shall be readily available to the GQAR and/or Acquirer.
The Supplier shall submit a Quality Plan (QP) which addresses the contractual requirements to the GQAR and/or the Acquirer prior to the start of the activities unless otherwise directed. The QP shall be a clearly identified discrete document or part of another document that is prepared under the contract. The QP shall play two complementary roles: 1. Describe and document the quality management system requirements "contract-specific" necessary to satisfy the contract requirements (making reference, where applicable, to the "company-wide" quality management system); 2. Describe and document the planning of the product realisation, in terms of quality requirements for the product, needed resources, required control activities (verification, validation, monitoring, inspection, testing), and acceptance criteria. The Supplier and Sub-supplier shall provide objective evidence, that risks are considered during planning, including but not limited to Risk Identification, Risk analysis, Risk Control and Risk Mitigation. The planning shall start with risk identification during contract review and updated thereafter in a timely manner. The Acquirer and/or GQAR reserve the right to reject QPs, Risk Plans and their revisions.