External Provider Flow Down Requirements

General requirements (AS9120 8.4.3)

As applicable to the order, the external provider shall:

1. Supply processes, products, and services exactly per the order, including all referenced technical data (specifications, drawings, process requirements, work instructions).
2. Obtain Blue Water Components approval for products and services; methods, processes, and equipment; and the release of products and services.
3. Use competent personnel, including any required qualification of persons.
4. Direct all order communication to Blue Water Components purchasing.
5. Accept monitoring of its performance (quality and on-time delivery) by Blue Water Components.
6. Allow verification or validation activities that Blue Water Components or its customer intends to perform at the external provider's premises.
7. Perform the test, inspection, and verification required by the order.
8. Follow any statistical techniques for product acceptance and related instructions stated on the order.
9. Maintain a quality management system, and:
   • use customer-designated or approved external providers, including special-process sources, when the order requires it;
   • notify Blue Water Components of nonconforming processes, products, or services and obtain approval for their disposition;
   • prevent the use of suspect unapproved, unapproved, and counterfeit parts, applying SAE AS5553 (Counterfeit Electronic Parts);
   • notify Blue Water Components of changes to processes, products, or services, including changes of their external providers or location of manufacture, and obtain approval before shipping;
   • flow these requirements, including customer requirements, down to their own external providers;
   • provide test specimens for design approval, inspection/verification, investigation, or auditing when requested;
   • retain documented information (certificates of conformance, test reports, traceability records) for a minimum of 7 years, or longer if stated on the order, including disposition requirements.
10. Grant right of access to Blue Water Components, its customers, and regulatory authorities to the applicable areas of facilities and to applicable documented information, at any level of the supply chain.
11. Ensure its people are aware of their contribution to product or service conformity, their contribution to product safety, and the importance of ethical behavior.
12. If the external provider is an authorized distributor or the original manufacturer, notify Blue Water Components before shipment if the product was not procured directly from the original manufacturer, or has not been in the provider's control since delivery from the original manufacturer.
13. Comply with IPC-1755 conflict minerals reporting and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act conflict minerals provisions (tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, known as "3TG").

Customer-specific requirements

Some orders carry additional requirements flowed down from our customer. When they apply, they are stated on the Blue Water Components purchase order, and any customer quality clauses or documents are supplied with the purchase order. The external provider shall meet them and flow them down to its own external providers. Use the revision in effect on the date of the order.

Requirements that may be specified on the order include:

• Customer terms and conditions, quality clauses, and quality assurance provisions identified on the order.
• Government contract flow-down clauses (FAR/DFARS) identified on the order.
• Country of origin, ECCN, and HTS code shown on the packing list for each item; imported product marked with its country of origin.
• PO number, line, part number, and quantity shown on the packing slip, outside container, and invoice.
• On-time delivery: no more than 5 days early and 0 days late.
• Acknowledgement of the purchase order.