Terms & Conditions

General: As a supplier to R&D Plastics LLC., hereinafter referred to as R&D, it is understood that your organization agrees to meet the following stipulations / AS9100 requirements whenever an R&D Purchase Order is submitted.

• Follow the processes, products, and services to be provided including the identification of relevant technical data (e.g., specifications, drawings, process requirements, work instructions); and the special requirements, critical items, or key characteristics as identified on documents submitted with purchase orders.
• Unless otherwise specified, the supplier shall use internally approved: · products and services; · methods, processes, and equipment; · the release of products and services will be communicated in advance of Purchase Order submittal; to ensure product and services provided are conforming to R&D Plastics requirements.
• Ensure person(s) performing the work are competent and qualified per to supplier’s internal requirements.
• Interactions with R&D: Acceptance of R&D purchase orders, and each of its terms and conditions will be evidenced by the supplier’s acknowledgement or by the supplier’s commencement of performance or shipping of goods. Shipment and or delivery of goods must be made to agree with the schedule as recorded on the PO. Or if the supplier cannot meet R&D’s requested schedule, the supplier must so state on the acknowledgement copy, and provide an updated schedule that can be met which R&D may accept or reject.
• On time delivery and product quality are important to us.  Vendors are rated through on time delivery and quality lot inspection.
• Verification or validation activities may need to be performed by R&D, or its customer at your facility.  This requirement would be communicated to you in advance or during purchase order placement.

The following additional AS9100 requirements apply whenever an R&D Purchase Order specifies that the order is for an aerospace application / job (or contains some similar aerospace/AS9100 reference). These requirements are, therefore, to be considered as terms and conditions to all aerospace purchases.

• Neither R&D PLASTICS nor its suppliers have design / development authority.
• Perform test, inspection, and verification (including production process verification) in accordance with supplier’s internal procedures and requirements outlined in accompanying documentation to provide conforming product or services to R&D Plastics. The use of AQL (statistical techniques) may be used for product acceptance. Provided the AQL is derived from a national standard. (example, ANSI Z1.4-2003).  Unless otherwise specified on supplied documentation.
• Provide test specimens for approval, inspection/verification, investigation, or auditing if requested.
• All suppliers of aerospace products or materials are required to have a quality management system.  It is preferred that the QMS meets the AS9100 standard.
• When required, customer designated or approved external providers, including process sources must be used.
• To prevent the purchase of counterfeit or suspect / unapproved products, to ensure product identification and traceability, and for other reasons, R&D will institute controls that include the requirement of Material Certificates, Certificates of Conformity, and / or other supporting documentation from its suppliers as is appropriate. These requirements may be specified on an R&D Purchase Order or may otherwise be communicated to the supplier.
• We require notification of a nonconforming process, product or service and prior authorization must be obtained prior to disposition.
• Notify R&D of changes in process, products or services including changes of your external providers, or your location of manufacture. And obtain R&D approval prior to continuing production.
• Flow down to sub-tier suppliers all applicable requirements, including customer requirements. 
• Record Retention: Supplier shall maintain records of inspections, tests and process controls involved in the order. Unless specified elsewhere, these documents shall be on file, stored and protected in such a manner that they remain legible, readily identifiable and readily available in accordance with contract or regulatory requirements. It is a requirement for your organization to have a retention period of 10 years beyond the life of the product.

Your organization is required to have a system for disposition of retained documents.

R&D Plastics LLC, must be notified prior to the disposal of any records.   

• Right of Access: R&D, its customers and any regulatory authorities shall be granted right of access to applicable areas of all facilities at any level of the supply chain involved in the order and all applicable records to ensure conformance with the requirements.
• You are required to ensure that all persons in your organization are aware of:
  • • their contribution to product or service conformity.
  • • their contribution to product safety.
  • • the importance of ethical behavior.