I concur with your statements.
Unlike our company's R Stamp cert (shop/field), our U & PP Stamps only allow us to fabricate pressure vessels at our shop location. With concurrence of our A.I., we can have another company perform welded work on a pressure vessel only if our QA Manager is there on-site full time and has full operational control of ALL activities (i.e., CONTROL OF traveler, purchasing, receiving, material area, mtrs, filler metal, testing, etc.) In addition the other company's welders must retest to our welding procedures.
This has also been rejected once by our AI because of other company's track record.
If the Company A that Kix if referring to is in the process of renewing their U Stamp cert, they may be including the other company into their QC System which would result in a full audit of Company B's QA Manual. One cannot just write in another company's name and address in Company A's Manual.
Btw, the NBIC representative in Oregon is the State of Oregon Boiler & Pressure Vessel Chief Inspector or one of his Deputy Inspectors.
QCRobert