RIX Industries Flow Downs

2/20/2018

Description:

PROPOSAL IDENTIFICATION OF BUYER/GOVT/CUST OWNED PROPERTY

Clause:

“Provided Property” is all Buyer/Government/Customer-owned equipment, special testequipment, special tooling and material that is either; a) currently in the possession of theBidder, b) to be furnished to the Bidder, c) to be acquired/fabricated by the Bidder under thisproposed contract, or deliverable line items ship-in-place at the Bidder for use.Bidder shall specifically state whether or not Provided Property is proposed in performanceof the Contract. The classification, necessity and cost of Provided Property is subject toevaluation by Boeing. Bidder shall complete and return form X36080, Supplier PropertyIdentification Checklist or other Provided Property Matrix as requested in the solicitation.Bidder will submit, upon request, documentation evidencing Government approval ofBidder's system for control of Buyer/Government/Customer property, or if Bidder does nothave an approved system, Bidder will submit to Buyer's Authorized ProcurementRepresentative, within a reasonable time, a copy of Bidder's current Property ManagementPlan or Procedures for review and acceptance by Buyer. Bidder will cooperate with Buyer'srepresentatives in the conduct of a property-system survey by telephone, correspondence,and/or through visits to Bidder's facility at reasonable times.Pricing instructions for acquisition/fabrication of new property:When proposed, all property acquisition costs shall be priced separately from other nonrecurring and recurring (parts) costs. Pricing must be clearly presented in a format theBuyer’s Authorized Procurement representative can separately distinguish the special toolingfrom equipment/special test equipment costs. Costs for Bidder fabricated or acquired shopaids; general purpose, perishable or portable tools that do not fit the definition of specialtooling, equipment or special test equipment must be funded by the Bidder or otherwise betreated as accountable provided property.Definitions:Special Tooling (ST) - (reference D950-11059-1, BDS Seller Special Tooling RequirementsDocument) Jigs, dies, fixtures, molds, patterns, taps, gauges, and all components of theseitems including foundations and similar improvements necessary for installing specialtooling, and which are of such a specialized nature that without substantial modification oralteration their use is limited to the development or production of particular supplies or partsthereof or to the performance of particular services. Special tooling shall not include any itemthat falls under the description of material, special test equipment, equipment, machine tools,or similar capital items. Special Tooling is:• Required to do a job,• Specified in the work instructions• Built and maintained by Tool Fabrication (Boeing or Supplier),• May be used for work acceptance of parts or processes,• May be used to control interchangeable features or replaceable partsMay be used as a lifting device or test aid,• Requires Systematic control and accountabilitySpecial Test Equipment (STE) - Either single or multipurpose integrated test unitsengineered, designed, fabricated, or modified to accomplish special purpose testing inperforming a contract. It consists of items or assemblies of equipment including foundationsand similar improvements necessary for installing special test equipment, and standard orgeneral purpose items or components that are interconnected and interdependent so as tobecome a new functional entity for special testing purposes. Special test equipment shall notinclude any item that falls under the description of material, special tooling, and equipment.Equipment - A tangible item that is functionally complete for its intended purpose, durable,nonexpendable, and needed for the performance of a contract. Equipment is not intended forsale, and does not ordinarily lose its identity or become a component part of another articlewhen put into use. Equipment shall not include any item that falls under the description ofmaterial, special test equipment or special tooling. Equipment includes general purpose andspecial machine tools/equipment that is not special tooling and other items of a similarnature.Material - Property that may be consumed or expended during the performance of a contract,component parts of a higher assembly, or items that lose their individual identity throughincorporation into an end item. Material does not include equipment, special tooling, specialtest equipment or real property.Shop Aid – A shop-made device to assist a particular assembly/fabrication operator to do anoperation more efficiently but is not required to do the job every time. A shop aid is a nondesigned, non-certified expendable item fabricated and used by the factory during themanufacturing process that are consumed or expended during a specific manufacturingprocess for which it was fabricated. Shop Aids shall not include any items that fall under thedescriptions of equipment, special tooling, special test equipment, or material. Shop aids are:• Built by or for an individual operator,• Control is dictated by functional/using department,• Generally a low cost item (e.g.: less than $1,000.00),• Not required to do a job,• Not called out in work instructions,• Not used to control a design feature of a part or manufacturing process,• Never used for work acceptance of parts or processes,• Never used to control interchangeable features or replaceable parts,• Never used as a lifting device or test aid of any kind,• Never used as a safety item or for ergonomics, and• Never retained for follow-on use after completion of the specific manufacturing process forwhich it was fabricated.