NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production 5.4.6.2: 5.4.6.2 Ensure External Provider processes are implemented and prevent counterfeit materiel

The Supplier is responsible for ensuring the procedures and processes needed to meet the contract are fully implemented at External Provider facilities, and establishes and implements a process for avoiding, detecting, mitigating and disposing of counterfeit materiel (defined in 3.3.12 as materiel misrepresented, through markings, papers or concealment, as to where it came from, its age, make-up, configuration, certification or previous use). Only the Supplier that placed the order gives contractual instructions to that External Provider, and GQA at the External Provider does not relieve the Supplier of its contractual quality responsibility; only the GQAR or Acquirer can request GQA at External Provider sites. SRD.1 Annex E lists counterfeit risk indicators (obsolescence, multi-tier supply, missing traceability, electronic parts, falsified certificates) and points to AS5553, AS6174, IEC TS 62668-1 and STANREC 4791. SRD.2: AS9100D 8.1.4 covers counterfeit prevention. Base clause: ISO 9001:2015 clause 8.4.2 (extent of control).