Government Contracting
Quality Support for Agencies and Prime Contractors
Supplier audits, quality system development and nonconformance investigation, from an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer who began her career as a Defense quality assurance representative.
Core Competencies
What QES Does for Contractors
Quality work for the Defense industrial base and federal supply chains, priced and scoped in writing before it starts.
Supplier Quality Audits
Second-party audits of your suppliers against the contract and the standard, with first article inspection.
QMS Development
ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 quality systems, written, implemented, and audited.
Nonconformance Investigation
Root cause, CAPA, and test-method review against the contract: the work that overturned a $7 million Defense rejection.
Risk Management and FMEA
Process and design FMEAs and ISO 14971 risk files, from the author of ASQ Quality Press’s FMEA book for small businesses.
CMMC Level 2 readiness, NIST SP 800-171, and supply chain security are delivered by QES’s risk and cybersecurity partner.
Differentiators
- Former Defense quality assurance representative, DOD certified in Clothing and Textiles
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer #15066 and Certified Quality Technician #T1557
- Author of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis for Small Business Owners and Non-Engineers (ASQ Quality Press, 2015)
- One point of contact, and the person you talk to does the work
- Independence: QES never audits work it designed
Relevant Experience
Defense and Federal Work of the Principal
Roles held by Marcia M. Weeden, from her résumé.
Quality Assurance Representative. Ensured DOD quality and testing requirements were carried out at contractors and performed first article inspections. DOD certified in Clothing and Textiles.
Director of Quality Assurance. Led the CAPA investigation that overturned a $7 million Defense rejection. Qualified three in-house testing laboratories for the Defense Personnel Support Center’s Qualified Laboratory List. Established the calibration program for MIL-STD-45662. Created a $25 security solution, adopted by the US Army, that eliminated a three-year bonded warehouse requirement.
Toy Manufacturers of America representative while Director of QA and Consumer Safety at Eden Toys. Harmonized crib toy, pacifier, and plastic bag safety requirements with worldwide standards.
Quality consultant. Analyzed quality assurance issues, revised technical documents, and developed and taught quality assurance and calibration courses.
Teaming
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QES supports prime contractors with supplier audits, first article inspection, nonconformance investigation, and quality plans. Send the solicitation number or a description of the requirement.