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6.2.1 Shelf life. This specification covers items where shelf life is a consideration. Specific shelf-life
requirements should be specified in the contract or purchase order. The shelf-life codes are contained
in the Federal Logistics Information System Total item Record. Additive information for shelf-life
management may be obtained from DoD 4120.27-M, Shelf-life Management Manual, or the designated
shelf-life Points of Contact (POC). The POC should be contacted in the following order: (1) the
Inventory Control Points (ICPs), and (2) the DoD Service and Agency administrators for the DoD Shelf-
Life Program. Appropriate POCs for the DoD Shelf-Life Program can be contacted through the DoD
Shelf Life Management website: www.shelflife.hq.dla.mil/default.asp.
6.3 Qualification. With respect to products requiring qualification, awards will be made only for
products which are, at the time of award of contract, qualified for inclusion in Qualified Products List No.
8794, whether or not such products have actually been so listed by that date. The attention of the
contractors is called to these requirements, and manufacturers are urged to arrange to have the products
that they propose to offer to the Federal Government tested for qualification in order that they may be
eligible to be awarded contracts or purchase orders for the products covered by this specification.
Information pertaining to qualification of products may be obtained from the qualifying activity Defense
Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center, Columbus (DSCC-VQP), P.O. Box 3990, Columbus, OH
43218-3990.
6.4 FAA - Technical Standard Orders Authorization (TSOA). A TSOA is a process within FAA,
where they adopt a standard document and authorize a manufacturer to make that part at the minimum
performance standard for specified materials, parts, and appliances used on civil aircrafts. When
authorized to manufacture a material, part or appliances to a TSO standard, this is referred to as a TSO
authorization. Receiving a TSO authorization is both design and production approval.
Receiving a TSO authorization is not an approval to install or use the article in the aircraft. It means that
the article meets the specific TSO and applicant is authorized to manufacture it. The TSO associated
with this document is TSO-C53a.
6.5 Definitions.
6.5.1 Seamless construction. Construction by any method that results in the absence of seams or
discontinuities in the material.
6.6 Subject term (key word) listing.
Brake line
Coolants
Elastomeric
Lube oils
Pneumatic systems
TSO-C53a Type A
TSO-C53a Type C
6.7 Environmentally preferable material. Environmentally preferable materials should be used to the
maximum extent possible to meet the requirements of this specification. Table IX lists the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) top seventeen hazardous materials targeted for major usage reduction. Use of
these materials should be minimized or eliminated unless needed to meet the requirements specified
herein (see section 3).
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