SOW - B170 Courtyard Window Re-caulk final.docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

B170 Courtyard Window Re-caulk Forts Roots Veteran Hospital Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) North Little Rock, AR

A. Background: There are gaps between the wall and TPO beneath the horizontal window base caps and flashing in the 1B and 1C patio in BLDG 170. This is allowing water to infiltrate into the newly renovated rooms G101A, G101B, and GF100.

B. Scope: The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, personnel, supervision, transportation, and equipment to prevent water from entering the ground floor at the Eugene J. Towbin Veterans’ Healthcare Center at 2200 Fort Roots Dr, North Little Rock, AR 72114.

1. General Requirements

1.1 Patio Level Repairs:

· Check TPO for damage around the cant strip, notate any deficiencies

· Install a termination bar using the correct fasteners for material behind it

· Seal between the wall, TPO, and termination bar with specialized polyether, high grade polyurethane. Use specific TPO compatible self-leveling and non-sag lap sealant or butyl-based sealant.

· Seal on top of termination bar with specialized polyether, high grade polyurethane. Use specific TPO compatible self-leveling and non-sag lap sealant or butyl-based sealant.

· Reattach horizontal and vertical face caps to proper location

· Replace missing face caps

· Dispose of metal flashing and seal old screw holes with aluminum pop rivets and sealant

1.2 Safety Requirements:

· Contractors must ensure compliance with the VHA and OSHA Safety Requirements listed under Fall Protection and Scaffolds and Other Work Platforms.

1.3 Responsibilities of the Contractor

· Ensure sealant follows the VA TPO Specifications (VA Master Spec 07 54 23)

· Do not stack pave stones more than six pave stones high

· Store plastic pave stone supports in a location where they can be located again to be reused.

· Contractor is responsible for all Staging equipment

· Remove excess weight from the floor membrane by moving pavers away from the staging equipment.

· If required, the contractor is also responsible for disassembling and reassembling the metal awning above the entrance to the courtyard, as it’s connected to some of the vertical frames and it may prevent contractors from accessing some of the window frames.

· Remove any smudging on windows that occurred during work

· Restore Pavers to original project condition

· Contractor is responsible for damage to curtainwall components

· Perform final clean-up of the area before leaving the site C. Government Observed Holidays: The Government hereby provides notice, and Contractor hereby acknowledges receipt that Government personnel observe the listed days as holidays:

In addition to the days designated as holidays, the Government observes the following days:

1. Any other day designated by Executive Order.

2. Any other day designated by the President’s Proclamation; and

3. Any other day designated by the Federal Statute.

D. Period of Performance:

· The contractor shall present an acceptable schedule to the COR and CO

· The contractor shall present acceptable equipment and material to the COR and CO

· 30 days from Notice To Proceed

E. Work Hours: Work shall be performed during normal business hours, 8:00AM-4:30PM, unless otherwise coordinated.

F. Changes to the Statement of Work: The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to approve changes or modify any of the requirements under this contract and such changes will be executed bi-laterally in accordance with FAR 52.212-4(c). The Contractor shall communicate with the Contracting Officer on all matters pertaining to contract administration. Only the Contracting Officer is authorized to make commitments or issue changes, which will affect price, quantity, or quality of performance of this contract. In the event the contractor effects any such change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change shall be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in costs incurred as a result thereof. Costs incurred by the contractor through the actions of parties other than the Contracting Officer shall be borne by the contractor.

G. Invoicing/Payment: Contractor shall submit invoices after delivery, installation, testing and acceptance by government representative. No advance payments shall be authorized. A proper invoice must include:

a) Name and address of Contractor

b) Facility’s name and address where supply was delivered

c) Invoice date

d) Contract number and Purchase Order (PO) number

e) Contract Line-Item Number (LIN)

f) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price and total price of item(s) ordered.

g) Name and address of authorized official to whom payment is to be sent.

h) Name, title, phone number, email of person to be notified if invoice is defective.

H. Delivery Location: Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System 2200 Fort Roosts Dr North Little Rock, AR. 72114

I. Confidentiality and nondisclosure: The contractor understands and agrees that confidential information (patients, employee, or facility) must always be secured and protected. The contractor r and its personnel shall be held liable in the event a breach of confidentiality occurs as a result of the Supplier or its employees. Each contract employee will be required to read and sign the Contractor Rules of Behavior and provide the original signature page to the COR.

J. Information System Officer /Protection: The Supplier will not have access to VA Desktop computers, nor will they have access to online resources belonging to the government while conducting services.

K. Privacy Officer: The contractor will not have access to protected Patient Health Information (PHI) nor will they have the capability of accessing patient information during the services provided to the VA.

L. RECORDS MANAGER:

· Supplier shall comply with all applicable records management laws and regulations, as well as National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) records policies, including but not limited to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters. 21, 29, 31, 33), NARA regulations at 36 CFR Chapter XII Subchapter B, and those policies associated with the safeguarding of records covered by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). These policies include the preservation of all records, regardless of form or characteristics, mode of transmission, or state of completion.

· In accordance with 36 CFR 1222.32, all data created for Government use and delivered to, or falling under the legal control of, the Government are Federal records subject to the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), as amended, and the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended and must be managed and scheduled for disposition only as permitted by statute or regulation.

· In accordance with 36 CFR 1222.32, Supplier shall maintain all records created for Government use or created in the course of performing the contract and/or delivered to, or under the legal control of the Government and must be managed in accordance with Federal law. Electronic records and associated metadata must be accompanied by sufficient technical documentation to permit understanding and use of the records and data.

· Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and its contractors/suppliers are responsible for preventing the alienation or unauthorized destruction of records, including all forms of mutilation. Records may not be removed from the legal custody of Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System or destroyed except for in accordance with the provisions of the agency records schedules and with the written concurrence of the Head of the Contracting Activity. Willful and unlawful destruction, damage or alienation of Federal records is subject to the fines and penalties imposed by 18 U.S.C. 2701. In the event of any unlawful or accidental removal, defacing, alteration, or destruction of records, Supplier must report to Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. The agency must report promptly to NARA in accordance with 36 CFR 1230.

· The Supplier shall immediately notify the appropriate Contracting Officer upon discovery of any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosures of information, data, documentary materials, records or equipment. Disclosure of non-public information is limited to authorized personnel with a need-to-know as described in the [contract vehicle]. The Supplier shall ensure that the appropriate personnel, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are established to ensure the security and confidentiality of this information, data, documentary material, records and/or equipment is properly protected. The Supplier shall not remove material from Government facilities or systems, or facilities or systems operated or maintained on the Government's behalf, without the express written permission of the Head of the Contracting Activity. When information, data, documentary material, records and/or equipment is no longer required, it shall be returned to Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System control or the Supplier must hold it until otherwise directed. Items returned to the Government shall be hand-carried, mailed, emailed, or securely electronically transmitted to the Contracting Officer or address prescribed in the [contract vehicle]. Destruction of records is EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED unless in accordance with Paragraph (4).

· The Supplier is required to obtain the Contracting Officer's approval prior to engaging in any contractual relationship (sub-contractor) in support of this contract requiring the disclosure of information, documentary material and/or records generated under, or relating to, contracts. The Supplier (and any sub-contractor) is required to abide by Government and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare system guidance for protecting sensitive, proprietary information, classified, and controlled unclassified information.

· The Supplier shall only use Government IT equipment for purposes specifically tied to or authorized by the contract and in accordance with Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System policy.

· The Supplier shall not create or maintain any records containing any non-public Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System information that are not specifically tied to or authorized by the contract.

· The Supplier shall not retain, use, sell, or disseminate copies of any deliverable that contains information covered by the Privacy Act of 1974 or that which is generally protected from public disclosure by an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act.

· The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System owns the rights to all data and records produced as part of this contract. All deliverables under the contract are the property of the U.S. Government for which Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System shall have unlimited rights to use, dispose of, or disclose such data contained therein as it determines to be in the public interest. Any Supplier rights in the data or deliverables must be identified as required by FAR 52.227-11 through FAR 52.227-20.