60.       Inspection and acceptance of goods

 

(1)        The public body shall establish appropriate procedures and mechanisms for inspecting and examining supplied goods in accordance with applicable supply management procedures.

 

(2)        The public body may designate one or more agencies to supervise and inspect the performance with the technical requirements of procurement contracts and applicable quality standards.

 

(3)        The inspecting official or agency designated under paragraph (2) shall inspect and examine the supplied items and compare with the stamped and approved samples and other specifications, putting aside the rejected goods to be returned to the supplier. The inspecting official or agency shall examine varying percentages following principles of statistical sampling methods.

 

(4)        The inspecting official shall prepare an inspection report indicating acceptance or rejection of the goods. The report shall indicate the percentage that the inspecting official has examined, the names, specifications, results of testing.

 

(5)        In the event of a dispute between the supplier and the inspecting official or agency, such dispute shall be submitted to the dispute settlement procedures under the procurement contract.