Suspect/Counterfeit Items (S/CIs) — DOE Directives, Guidance, and Delegations (2024)
An item which is suspect when inspection or testing indicates that it may not conform to established Government or industry-accepted specifications or national consensus standards or whose documentation, appearance, performance, material, or other characteristics may have been misrepresented by the vendor, supplier, distributor, or manufacturer. A counterfeit item is one that has been copied or substituted without legal right or authority or whose material, performance, or characteristics have been misrepresented by the vendor, supplier, distributor, or manufacturer. Items that do not conform to established requirements are not normally considered S/CIs if non-conformity results from one or more of the following conditions (which must be controlled by site procedures as nonconforming items):
(1) defects resulting from inadequate design or production quality control;
According to the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School, a “suspect counterfeit” is an electronic part for which credible evidence – either via visual inspection or testing – provides reasonable doubt that the electronic part is authentic.
An item which is suspect when inspection or testing indicates that it may not conform to established Government or industry-accepted specifications or national consensus standards, or whose documentation, appearance, performance, material, or other characteristics may have been misrepresented by the vendor, supplier, ...
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A suspect part that is a copy or substitute without legal right or authority to do so or one whose material, performance, or characteristics are knowingly misrepresented by a supplier in the supply chain.
Examples of counterfeit parts include, but are not limited to: Parts which do not contain the proper internal construction (die, manufacturer, wire bonding, etc.) consistent with the ordered part. Parts which have been used, refurbished or reclaimed, but represented as new product.
Some common synonyms of counterfeit are fake, fraud, humbug, imposture, and sham. While all these words mean "a thing made to seem other than it is," counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable.
“Counterfeit electronic part” means an unlawful or unauthorized reproduction, substitution, or alteration that has been knowingly mismarked, misidentified, or otherwise misrepresented to be an authentic, unmodified electronic part from the original manufacturer, or a source with the express written authority of the ...
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