ASTM E1626-02
(Guide)Standard Guide for Including Government Procurement Requirements in ASTM Documents (Withdrawn 2007)
Standard Guide for Including Government Procurement Requirements in ASTM Documents (Withdrawn 2007)
SCOPE
1.1 This guide is intended to help ASTM technical committees determine when it is appropriate to add supplementary requirements (see Section B24 of Form and Style for ASTM Standards) to ASTM standards so that they can be used directly in government procurement, to offer different format approaches for including supplementary requirements, and to provide content guidance.
1.2 This guide covers procurement documents only. Regulatory documents are outside the scope of this guide.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This guide is intended to help ASTM technical committees determine when it is appropriate to add supplementary requirements (see Section B24 of Form and Style for ASTM Standards) to ASTM standards so that they can be used directly in government procurement, to offer different format approaches for including supplementary requirements, and to provide content guidance.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E11, this guide was discontinued in March 2007 because this was an inherited standard which is no longer relevant to the scope of E11.
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An American National Standard
Designation:E1626–02
Standard Guide for
Including Government Procurement Requirements in ASTM
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Documents
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1626; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope members of a committee to include special user requirements.
Guidance is given on what types of special user requirements
1.1 This guide is intended to helpASTM technical commit-
are often needed by the government, whether it is appropriate
tees determine when it is appropriate to add supplementary
to include them as supplementary requirements to an ASTM
requirements (see Section B24 of Form and Style for ASTM
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standard, and the selection of different format approaches for
Standards) to ASTM standards so that they can be used
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including supplementary requirements.
directly in government procurement, to offer different format
4.2 OMB CircularA-119 establishes government policy for
approaches for including supplementary requirements, and to
all federal agencies to use non-government standards in pref-
provide content guidance.
erence to government specifications and standards whenever
1.2 This guide covers procurement documents only. Regu-
feasible and consistent with law. Part 10 of the Federal
latory documents are outside the scope of this guide.
Acquisition Regulation also requires federal agencies to use
2. Referenced Documents non-government standards in preference to government prod-
uct descriptions in procurement, unless the non-government
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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standard does not meet the government’s needs or its use is
D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
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inconsistent with law.
E 456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics
4.3 An impediment to implementing fully the federal poli-
E 1267 Guide for ASTM Standard Specification Quality
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cies on the use of non-government standards is that non-
Statements
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government standards do not always include all of the require-
2.2 U.S. Government Documents:
ments essential for government procurement. Adding these
OMB (Office of Management and Budget) Circular
requirements (or referencing them) can permit the direct use of
A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use
non-government standards in procurement and eliminate the
of Voluntary Standards
need to develop and maintain supplementary government
Federal Acquisition Regulation
specifications and standards.
SD-1, DoD(DepartmentofDefense)StandardizationDirec-
4.4 The purpose behind federal policies using non-
tory
government standards is a significant point thatASTM techni-
3. Terminology
cal committees should understand. They are intended to
promote greater use of commercial products and processes
3.1 The terminology defined in Terminology E 456 applies
within the federal government, thereby reducing costs, short-
to this standard unless modified herein.
ening acquisition schedules, taking advantage of the latest
4. Significance and Use
technological developments, minimizing risks, and fostering a
stronger national industrial base. Most supplementary require-
4.1 This guide is intended to provide direction for ASTM
ments needed by the government involve packaging, marking,
technical committees that have been asked by government
additional or specialized testing, quality, reliability, and other
requirements that may not be applicable to most users, but
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E11 on Quality and
which can be met by commercial products or processes. If
Statistics and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E11.30 on DataAnalysis.
requirements cannot be met by commercial products or pro-
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2002. Published December 2002. Originally
cesses, the technical committee may want to challenge their
published as E 1626–94. Last previous edition E 1626–94(1999).
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Form and Style for ASTM Standards, (ASTM Blue Book), ASTM(www.ast-
inclusion in theASTM standard and recommend a supplemen-
m.org),100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428.
tary government specification or standard.
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“Government” in this guide refers to the government of the United States of
America.
5. Procedure
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.09.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
5.1 Initial Considerations:
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