Contract Review

At the end of this session, using your notes and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 or NIST Handbook 143 (2019), you will be able to:

• LIST 3 activities that make up an effective Contract Review process;
• DEFINE the purpose of a request, tender, and contract as it applies in the metrology laboratory management system;
• IDENTIFY 2 qualities for which requests, tenders, and contracts are reviewed;
• EXAMINE potential areas where the contract review process can break down; and
• EXPLAIN the benefits of a robust contract review process.

Laboratory personnel who have responsibilities for developing, implementing, and/or improving the quality management system in their laboratory as well as those who are seeking OWM recognition and/or accreditation or improvements to support recognition/accreditation. This webinar is useful for administrative or management staff who help define the lab procedures or those that schedule calibration work for laboratory customers. Administrative or management staff who are involved in reviewing work items as they are accepted in the laboratory, or determining if the work is on your laboratory scope, or associated activities in expanding your scope, if appropriate, will find the contract review webinar very helpful. This course is available for non-weights and measures participants.

• Read ISO/IEC 17025:2017 o Section 7.1, Review of Requests, Tenders, and Contracts
• Write a short paragraph describing one challenge or difficulty you (or your laboratory) face with the Contract Review process.
• Record and submit the amount of time (in minutes) it takes you to complete the pre-work assignment to the instructor when you email the assignment.
• Submit any related procedures that are in place in your laboratory related to 'Contract Review/Agreement between Customer & Laboratory'

Pre-Work Deadline: Submit the pre-work to the instructor per the instructions.

The current registration fee for webinars is $350 and confirmed participants will be sent payment instructions. Registration fees for State weights and measures metrologists are funded by NIST OWM.

All requests for course attendance should be submitted via the OWM Contacts System. The OWM Training and Events calendar lists currently scheduled classes.  Please see the Training FAQs or OWM Contacts System Help. For more information, email your questions to owm [at] nist.gov (owm[at]nist[dot]gov).

Successful completion includes completing pre-work assignment, full attendance, and participation in the session activities and discussions.

The webinar will be a live stream, so participants must have a constant connection during the webinar (hard-wired is preferred).

Operating System (browser) configurations:

1. Windows
   1. Windows 10, 8.1 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
   2. Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or later, Windows Edge browser, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome
   3. For HTML Client - Google Chrome (v70.0 & above), Mozilla Firefox (v65.0 & above), and Edge (v42.0 & above)
2. Mac OS
   1. Mac OS X 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14
   2. Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Google Chrome
   3. For HTML Client - Google Chrome (v70.0 & above), Apple Safari (v12.0 & above), and Mozilla Firefox (v65.0 & above)
3. Linux
   1. Ubuntu 16.04; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
   2. No application support is available for Linux. Users on Linux can attend meetings in a browser.
   3. Google Chrome, Adobe Flash Player 23.0
4. Mobile
   1. The Adobe Connect app for iOS and Android requires Adobe Connect Server version 8.2 or later
   2. Google Android 4.4 or later
   3. Apple iOS: iOS 8.1.2 or later

Some features may not be enabled in all Adobe Connect meetings if one is using an Adobe Connect Server older than version 9.4.2 (required for Custom pods) --- NOTE: OWM discourages using the Adobe Connect app for iOS and Android because engaging with highly technical content and interactive polls are challenging on a small screen.

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