titles and numbers. Transmittals shall be addressed
to [_____]. Decisions on these drawings, either
approval or disapproval, will be given by the
Contracting Officer by letter or telegram. Within
[15] [_____] calendar days after receipt, the
Contracting Officer will return one copy to the
Contractor marked "Approved", "Approved Except as
Noted", or "Returned for Correction". The notations
"Approved" and "Approved Except as Noted" authorize
the Contractor to proceed with the fabrication of
the equipment covered by such drawings, subject to
the correction, if any, indicated thereon or
described in the letter of transmittal. When prints
of drawings have been "Returned for Correction", the
Contractor shall make the necessary revisions on the
drawings and shall submit [reproducibles] [and]
[_____] prints for approval in the same routine as
before. Every revision made during the life of the
contract shall be shown by number, date, and subject
in a revision block and a notation shall be made in
the drawing margin to permit rapid location of the
revision. The time consumed by the Contractor in
submitting and obtaining approval of assembly and
shop drawings shall be included in the time allowed
for completion of the contract.
5. Upon receipt of prints which have been marked
"Approved Except as Noted" or "Returned for
Correction", the Contractor shall within 30 calendar
days after receipt, submit correct [reproducibles]
[and] [_____] prints of each drawing. If revisions
are made after a drawing has been "Approved", the
Contractor shall furnish [reproducibles] [and]
[corrected prints] subsequent to each revision.
6. All of the applicable requirements of this
paragraph with reference to drawing submittals shall
apply equally to catalog cuts, illustrations,
printed specifications, weld qualifications, mill
tests, factory tests, field tests, or other required
data, except that two additional copes shall be
submitted in lieu of any reproducibles. All
correspondence, drawings, literature, instruction
books, data, and nameplates shall be in the English
language, with Metric (English) units as currently
used in the United States.
7. Any manufacturing work performed prior to the
approval of the drawings will be at the Contractor's
risk. The Contractor shall make any changes in the
design which are necessary to make the equipment
conform to the provisions and intent of these
specifications without additional cost to the
Government. Approval of the drawings shall not be
construed as a complete check but will indicate only
that the general method of construction and
detailing is satisfactory. Approval by the
Contracting Officer of the Contractor's drawing
shall not be held to relieve the Contractor of any
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