Standards Enforcement Program for FMVSS No. 209, "Seatbelt Assemblies

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary qualified personnel, facilities, materials, supplies, equipment, and services to perform work associated with the procurement, inspection, compliance testing, and compliance test reporting of seat belt assemblies, provided to the Contractor as Government Furnished Test Items (GFTI), or purchased by the Contractor as Contractor Purchased Test Items (CPTI) as specified in the contract, with the applicable requirements of FMVSS No. 209, Seat Belt Assemblies. Seat belt assembly testing may vary from model to model depending on the design and construction of each assembly. For example, each assembly may require different hardware to set up the test item for testing; some test items may contain pyrotechnics that require appropriate safety handling and precautions; or some test items may contain an automatic locking feature which may require disabling for certain cycle testing. The Contractor shall conduct the tests in accordance with the procedures specified in Section C.6.5 and the test schedule f C.6.4. The Contractor shall prepare and submit Preliminary Documents, Monthly Status Reports, Notification of Test Failure and Interim Failure Reports, and Final Test Reports as specified in Sections C.6.6 and F.7. When test failures are identified, the NHTSA Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) will contact the Contractor and request information to support its investigation of the test results and may request an onsite visit to review testing and results with or without the manufacturer present.