Common use of Quality Metrics Clause in Contracts

Quality Metrics. The Contractor shall produce in accordance with the minimum quality guidelines set forth in the table below. If the Client Agency determines that the booklets fail to meet these quality standards, then, upon receipt of notice from the Client Agency, the Contractor shall, at its sole cost and expense, replace the rejected booklets within the time that the Client Agency specifies in the notice. Quality Dimension Quality Specification Quality Target Error Definition Metric Tolerance Content Integrity Text/Graphics Complete Incomplete, missing, misspellings, or typos Pagination Correct Mispaginated Production Quality Ink Density SWOP target Variation Limit +/- 5% Halftones Precise, No Variation Density Range 1.20 Separations Precise, No Variation Density Range 1.20 Screen Percentage 10% Variation Limit +/- 5% Trapping Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 0.010 in Register Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 0.010 in Color Match Precise, No Variation Density Units: - Color - Black +/- +/- 0.02 0.04 Dot Gain SWOP target Variation Limit +/- 5% Finishing/ Bindery Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 1/16 in Folding Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 1/16 in Packaging Precise, No Variation Mutes Per Thousand 10 Other Flaws No (minimal) flaws Rate Per Thousand 5

Quality Metrics. The Contractor shall produce the booklets in accordance with the minimum quality guidelines set forth in the table below. If the Client Agency determines that the booklets fail to meet these quality standards, then, upon receipt of notice from the Client Agency, the Contractor shall, at its sole cost and expense, replace the rejected booklets within the time that the Client Agency specifies in the notice. Quality Dimension Quality Specification Quality Target Error Definition Metric Tolerance Content Integrity Text/Graphics Complete Incomplete, missing, misspellings, or typos Pagination Correct Mispaginated Production Quality Ink Density SWOP target Variation Limit +/- 5% Halftones Precise, No Variation Density Range 1.20 Separations Precise, No Variation Density Range 1.20 Screen Percentage 10% Variation Limit +/- 5% Trapping Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 0.010 in Register Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 0.010 in Color Match Precise, No Variation Density Units: - Color - Black +/- +/- 0.02 0.04 Dot Gain SWOP target Variation Limit +/- 5% Finishing/ Bindery Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 1/16 in Folding Precise, No Variation Variation Limit +/- 1/16 in Packaging Precise, No Variation Mutes Per Thousand 10 Other Flaws No (minimal) flaws Rate Per Thousand 5