Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: ed595a39-2817-46a5-93dd-476899712ff9
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: 10/2017 (Rev. 5)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1720/ML17207A293.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.28
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audits from other sources, including the nature and frequency of identified deficiencies and any significant changes in personnel, the organization, or the QA program. b. External Audits (1) After the award of a contract, the applicant or licensee may determine, based on the evaluation conducted in accordance with Regulatory Position 4.b.(4) below, that external audits are not necessary for procuring items (a) that are relatively simple and standard in design, manufacturing, and testing and (b) that are adaptable to standard or automated inspections or tests of the end product to verify quality characteristics after delivery. For other procurement actions not covered by the above exceptions, audits should be conducted as described below. (2) The applicant or licensee should either audit its supplier’s QA program on a triennial basis or arrange for such an audit. The triennial period begins when an audit is performed. The licensee or applicant may perform an audit when the supplier has completed sufficient work to demonstrate that its organization is implementing a QA program that has the required scope for purchases placed during the triennial period. If a subsequent contract or a contract modification significantly enlarges the scope or changes the methods or controls for activities performed by the same supplier, the licensee or applicant should conduct an audit of the modified requirements, thus starting a new triennial period. If the supplier is implementing the same QA program for other customers as that proposed for use on the auditing party’s contract, the preaward survey (initially established as a requirement in ASME NQA-1-2008) may serve as the first triennial audit. Therefore, when a preaward survey is used as the first triennial audit, it should satisfy the same audit elements and criteria as those used on other triennial audits. (3) If more than one purchaser buys from a single supplier, a purchaser may either perform or arrange for an audit of the