NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
NATO's contractual quality assurance requirements for suppliers doing design, development and production for NATO nations and agencies: ISO 9001:2015 plus the NATO additions: GQAR access and support at supplier and sub-tier sites, a GQA management representative, ISO 31000 risk management from contract review, ISO 10012 measurement, a contract Quality Plan with a compliance matrix, configuration management to ACMP 2100, flow-down with the GQA clause, counterfeit materiel prevention, traceability for critical items, shelf-life control, Certificates of Conformity, GQAR authority over concessions, annual audits of contract-critical processes and defined root cause analysis. Built from the complete Edition D Version 1 text.
NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production is a compliance framework from International (NATO; applied by member and partner nations under STANAG 4107) with 7 domains and 33 controls that map to 62 other frameworks. The largest domains are 5.4 Operation – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production (18 controls), 5.3 Support – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production (5 controls), 5.5 Performance evaluation – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production (4 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (7)
5.1 Leadership – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.1.1 | 5.1.1 Appoint a management representative for GQA reporting directly to top management |
5.2 Planning – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.2.1 | 5.2.1 Manage risk from contract review onward to ISO 31000 and share the risk plan |
5.3 Support – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.3.1 | 5.3.1 Provide a segregation area for nonconforming product |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.3.2 | 5.3.2 Run the contract's measurement and calibration system to ISO 10012 and report calibration failures |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.3.3 | 5.3.3 Maintain a process for training needs and competence of everyone affecting product quality |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.3.4 | 5.3.4 Make contract staff and External Providers aware of the quality plan arrangements |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.3.5 | 5.3.5 Give the GQAR access to contract documented information in an agreed format |
5.4 Operation – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.1 | 5.4.1 Define acceptance evidence and keep product and process approval records, including for External Providers |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.1.1 | 5.4.1.1 Submit an acceptable contract Quality Plan with a requirement and solution compliance matrix before work starts |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.1.2.1 | 5.4.1.2.1 Manage configuration to ACMP 2100 across planning, identification, change control, status accounting and audit |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.1.2.2 | 5.4.1.2.2 Prepare a Configuration Management Plan for the contract |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.10 | 5.4.10 Control shelf life and declare remaining life before delivery |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.11 | 5.4.11 Release only acceptable product with a Certificate of Conformity and give 10 working days notice of Acquirer inspections |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.12 | 5.4.12 Control, report and obtain authority for nonconforming product and concessions |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.2 | 5.4.2 Hold the post-award GQA meeting, keep lines to the GQAR and report organisational changes |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.3 | 5.4.3 Identify product requirements tied to critical characteristics |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.4 | 5.4.4 Determine verification and validation methods and show conformity at stages up to the final product |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.5 | 5.4.5 Control dependability issues and documents when the contract requires it |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.6 | 5.4.6 Keep and share verification records of purchased product |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.6.1 | 5.4.6.1 Know the supply chain for critical items and flow down contract requirements with the GQA clause |
| 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 |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.6.3 | 5.4.6.3 Share sub-contracts and notify the GQAR of risky sub-contracts and rejected supplied product |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.7 | 5.4.7 Maintain production instructions and workmanship criteria |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.8 | 5.4.8 Maintain traceability wherever failure could cause loss of equipment, performance or life |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.4.9 | 5.4.9 Report lost, damaged or unsuitable Acquirer-supplied property at once |
5.5 Performance evaluation – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.5.1 | 5.5.1 Record GQAR-reported deficiencies as customer complaints and answer with root cause and corrective action |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.5.2 | 5.5.2 Audit all contract-critical processes annually, including NATO supplements, and report findings |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.5.3.1 | 5.5.3.1 Make contract-related management review inputs available to the GQAR |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.5.3.2 | 5.5.3.2 Share contract-related review outputs and notify actions affecting contract compliance |
5.6 Improvement – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::5.6.1 | 5.6.1 Define the root cause analysis process, tools and techniques for nonconformities |
Chapter 4: General QMS requirements (ISO 9001:2015 applied) – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::4.1 | 4.1 QMS meeting this publication, including ISO 9001:2015 as needed for the contract |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::4.2 | 4.2 QMS evidence available to the GQAR, and corrective proposals if the QMS is rejected |
| nato-aqap-2110-quality-assurance-requirements-for-design-development-and-production::4.3 | 4.3 Give the GQAR access, information, facilities and assistance at Supplier and External Provider sites |
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NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production is a compliance framework from International (NATO; applied by member and partner nations under STANAG 4107) with 7 domains and 33 controls. NATO's contractual quality assurance requirements for suppliers doing design, development and production for NATO nations and agencies: ISO 9001:2015 plus the NATO additions: GQAR access and support at supplier and sub-tier sites, a GQA management representative, ISO 31000 risk management from contract review, ISO 10012 measurement, a contract Quality Plan with a compliance matrix, configuration management to ACMP 2100, flow-down with the GQA clause, counterfeit materiel prevention, traceability for critical items, shelf-life control, Certificates of Conformity, GQAR authority over concessions, annual audits of contract-critical processes and defined root cause analysis. Built from the complete Edition D Version 1 text. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
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NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production has 33 controls organised across 7 domains. The largest domains are 5.4 Operation – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production (18 controls), 5.3 Support – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production (5 controls), 5.5 Performance evaluation – NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production (4 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
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NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production maps to 62 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ICH Q10 - Pharmaceutical Quality System (15% coverage), SQF Code Edition 9 - Safe Quality Food (12% coverage), FDA Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) (12% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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