Contracting Officers shall establish procedures for determining when higher-level contract quality requirements are necessary, for determining the risk (both the likelihood and the impact) of nonconformance, and for advising the contracting officer about which higher-level standards should be applied and included in the solicitation and contract. Requiring compliance with higher-level quality standards is necessary in solicitations and contracts for complex or critical items (see FAR 46.203) or when the technical requirements of the contract require -

(1) Control of such things as design, work operations, in-process controls, testing and inspection; or

(2) Attention to such factors as organization, planning, work instructions, documentation control, and advanced metrology; or

(3) Any subcontract for complex and critical items (see FAR 46.203(b) and (c)).