| Quality Management | Review the documented quality system, inspection procedures, nonconformance control, and corrective-action records. | Current quality-management certificate, internal audit records, inspection forms, and corrective-action samples. | A documented quality system with traceable incoming, in-process, and final inspection records. Certificate validity and scope must cover the manufacturing activity. | 10% | 0–10 |
| Manufacturing Capability | Verify whether the supplier performs enclosure fabrication, insulation, electrical assembly, refrigeration assembly, and final integration under controlled conditions. | Factory tour, production-flow map, equipment list, capacity records, and photographs or video of the actual production areas. | Dedicated production areas, identifiable process ownership, controlled material handling, and sufficient space for the chamber size and project schedule. | 12% | 0–12 |
| Technical Design | Assess the chamber design for temperature uniformity, humidity control, air circulation, drainage, access, lighting, and maintainability. | Approved drawings, heat-load calculations, control-system description, component list, wiring diagrams, and maintenance layout. | Design documentation must define the working volume, temperature and humidity range, allowable loading, air-flow concept, safety devices, and maintenance access. | 14% | 0–14 |
| Performance Verification | Witness testing at representative set points and loading conditions, including stabilization, uniformity, recovery, and continuous operation. | Factory acceptance test plan, calibrated measurement records, temperature and humidity mapping results, alarm test records, and final test report. | Acceptance limits must be agreed before production. Test instruments should have current calibration traceable to recognized national or international standards. | 16% | 0–16 |
| Standards & Safety | Check electrical safety, emergency-stop functions, over-temperature protection, door safety, refrigerant handling, and control-panel protection. | Risk assessment, electrical drawings, safety-test records, applicable conformity documents, and operating instructions. | Safety functions must be documented and tested. Applicable requirements may include electrical laboratory-equipment safety, electromagnetic compatibility, local electrical codes, and destination-market regulations. | 12% | 0–12 |
| Calibration & Traceability | Review calibration control for temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and electrical test instruments used during production and acceptance testing. | Calibration certificates, instrument register, calibration intervals, uncertainty information, and out-of-tolerance procedures. | Critical instruments must be uniquely identified, within calibration validity, and supported by records showing measurement traceability. | 8% | 0–8 |
| Warranty Coverage | Examine the warranty period, covered parts, exclusions, labor responsibility, software coverage, and transport arrangements for warranty repairs. | Signed warranty certificate, contract warranty clause, spare-parts policy, exclusions list, and escalation procedure. | Use a clearly defined minimum warranty term, with separate coverage for major systems such as the controller, sensors, refrigeration system, heating system, humidification system, and chamber structure. | 10% | 0–10 |
| After-Sales Service | Evaluate technical support hours, remote troubleshooting, spare-parts availability, field-service capability, and escalation management. | Service organization chart, support contact list, response-time commitment, service records, spare-parts list, and technician qualification records. | Contractual service levels should define acknowledgement time, troubleshooting time, replacement-part lead time, and the process for unresolved technical issues. | 10% | 0–10 |
| Documentation & Training | Verify the completeness and language quality of operating, maintenance, electrical, software, and troubleshooting documentation. | User manual, maintenance manual, wiring diagrams, spare-parts manual, software backup, training agenda, and training attendance record. | Documentation should match the delivered equipment, include safety warnings and preventive-maintenance instructions, and be supplied before commissioning or handover. | 5% | 0–5 |
| Delivery & Project Control | Assess engineering change control, production milestones, packaging, shipping preparation, installation planning, and commissioning responsibility. | Project schedule, approved drawings, change-request log, packing specification, installation plan, and commissioning checklist. | Milestones, customer approvals, delivery conditions, site requirements, installation scope, and acceptance criteria must be documented before order release. | 3% | 0–3 |