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Originally Posted by GZire
I do all my subs daily reports. The Government doesn't recognize the subcontractors, all they care is that you are the general contractor, or the contractor who has the prime contract with them. Try getting a fencer to a roofer to do this, not a guy machining parts or manufacturing something......completely different animal.
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You're right. The Government does not deal with subcontractors. Thats the job of the prime contractors that we deal with. Even large business don't make all their parts.....like Boeing/McDonnell Douglas, Honeywell, Sikorsky, etc....they subcontract as well. But its too much to deal with to also be involved with subcontractors.
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Originally Posted by GZire
BTW if the manufacturer's are not meeting spec, why is the equipment being put in? The pumps obviously were failing the initial and very easy tests. This was brought up by their own QA officer from the West Coast, yet somehow the Corp put the equipment in.
BTW I'd bet the farm the Corp is failing to follow the Government's well establish Construction Quality Management plan for other work in the area as well, this can't be the only "oversight." The CQC Plan is instituted here and judging by my link on the East Coast as well.
http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/contracts/cqc.htm |
I don't know the answer to that. There are quality checks and I don't know why these parts were allowed to be used. I know a lot of critical application items I buy are inspected on site at the mfg's facility by the DCMA (Defense Contracting Management Agency). This stops critical items from being shipped out to site if they don't meet the requirements.
If the parts were failing the tests, thats just stupid if they would allow them to pass and be used.