TB 11-5825-291-30
2. EXPLANATION OF TERMS
The following terms and definitions apply to this WTB:
a. Abuse: The improper use, repair, or handling of warrantied items such that the
warranty may become void.
b. Acceptance: The act of an authorized representative of the government by which
the government assumes for itself, or as an agent for another, initial ownership of
existing and identified supplies.
c. Alterations/Modifications : Any alteration after production, such as a retrofit,
conversion, remanufacture, design change, engineering change and the like.
d. Contractor Support: Those services that are to be performed and those
responsibilities that are placed upon the contractor by the Government as specified in
the warranty contract/provisions. This support, which may include such things, as labor,
parts, tools, training, technical packages, etc. will be used in support of the warrantied
equipment during the specified warranty period.
e. Correction: Elimination of a
defect and restoration of
the equipment to
required
operational status.
f. Defect: Any condition or characteristic in any supplies or services furnished by the
contractor under the contract that is not in compliance with the requirements of the
contract.
g. Design and Manufacturing Requirements: Structural and engineering plans and
manufacturing particulars, including precise measurements, tolerances, materials, and
finished product tests required by the specifications of the contract for the supplies
deliverable under the contract.
h. Failure: Any warrantied supply returned to the contractor because of a failure
condition, a malfunction and/or reduction in the performance of the supplies below the
requirements of the contract specification. . NOTE: A failure could also be a defect, and
that not all defects result in failures and not all failures result from defects.
i. Full-rate production: Those quantities delivered after satisfactory completion of
Initial Production Testing and Follow-on Evaluation.
j. Prime Contractor: A party that enters into an agreement directly with the United
States to furnish part or all of a weapon system.
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