Acceptance Testing and Inspection - Specialized - 2000.4

Acceptance Testing

Departments that require additional acceptance criteria over and above what is stated within the State’s General Provisions must describe the acceptance criteria and any specialized skills criteria for acceptance personnel in the Statement of Work and/or the solicitation document.

Documenting the Criteria

An acceptance testing period may occur over a period of time and that span of time must be documented within the competitive solicitation (including Leveraged Procurement Agreement solicitations) to describe how the performance will be measured and how acceptance of the good or service will be defined and accomplished.  The acceptance requirement must also be carried through the purchasing process into the executed Contract/PO document.

Acceptance

Departments shall give written notice of rejection of goods delivered or services performed within the given timeframe identified in the General Provisions. If the department does not provide such notice of rejection the delivery of goods and services will be deemed to have been accepted.