Attachment 1-Statement of Work.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

A. BACKGROUND

The Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Mission Area, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC), Food Components and Health laboratory (FCHL) is seeking a service agreement for it’s Vitros 4600 (serial number (J#) 46001751) clinical chemistry analyzer manufactured by QuidelOrtho.

B. OBJECTIVES

The objective of this work is to provide service and maintenance by the original equipment manufacturer to maintain the Vitros 4600.

C. SCOPE

The contractor shall provide services and supplies as outlined below to keep the equipment running within specifications by providing preventive maintenance and other services as tasked below.

D. TASKS

TASK 1: REPLACEMENT PARTS

The contractor will provide replacement of all worn-out or defective non-consumable parts on covered equipment replaced during an on-site service visit will be at no charge.

Deliverables:

• This service shall include an annual maintenance kit which includes specific consumables.

TASK 2: PERIODIC MAINTENANCE

The contractor will provide periodic maintenance (PM) to cover the deliverables as specified below.

Deliverables:

• Clean, test, and maintain covered equipment is recommended as indicated by the covered equipment service manual. This service includes all labor and parts used during the PM.

• Install Health and Safety related Modification Kits on covered equipment.

• PM calls will only be made between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm local time, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal and local holidays.

E. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND GOVERNMETN FURNISHED INFORMATION

The government will not provide a workspace, telephone, desk, computer, printer, Internet access, access to duplicating machines or fax. The government will make available to the contractor Vitros 4600 serial # (J#) 46001751 for use during a contract.

F. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall provide service updates to the technical contact.

G. TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Travel costs will be covered by the contractor, and is expected to occur Monday through Friday, between 8 am and 5 pm, excluding holidays.

H. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

BASE PERIOD: 12/20/2024-12/19/2025

OY1: 12/20/2025-12/19/2026

OY2: 12/20/2026-12/19/2027

OY3: 12/20/2027-12/19/2028

OY4: 12/20/2028-12/19/2029

I. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The place of performance will be at the USDA Research Center in Beltsville, MD (the official street address is 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705). The equipment is housed in Building 307B.

J. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

• By accepting this contract/agreement, the Contractor providing IT services to the REE agrees to comply with this IT security policy. The Contractor is responsible for IT security for all systems connected to the USFS network or operated by the Contractor for the REE, regardless of location. This clause is applicable to all or any part of the contract that includes IT resources or services in which the Contractor must have physical or electronic access to REE sensitive information that directly support the mission of the REE. The term 'information technology', as used in this clause, means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. This includes both major applications and general support systems as defined by OMB Circular A-130

• Security Training: The Contractor and other external organizations will ensure that its employees performing under this contract fulfill all REE requirements for mandatory security awareness and role-based advanced security training in accordance with OMB Circular A-130, FISMA, and NIST requirements, and sign all applicable FS statements of responsibilities.

• Section 508 Compliance for IT Services, Hardware, Software, and Equipment: All Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) services procured through this task must meet the applicable accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194, unless an agency exception to this requirement exists.

36 CFR 1194 implements Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and is available at: http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/standards.htm

• Protection: The Contractor shall be responsible for properly protecting all information used, gathered, or developed under this task. The Contractor shall also protect all unclassified Government data, equipment, etc., by treating information as sensitive business, confidential information, controlling and limiting access to the information, and securing the data and equipment within their facility.

• Non-Disclosure: The Contractor or other external organization will not publish or disclose in any manner, without the REE Contracting Officer's written consent, the details of any programs, documentation, data, or safeguards either designed or developed by the Contractor or other external organization under this Contract or otherwise provided by the Government. Contractor may be required to sign nondisclosure or other appropriate security agreements. Contractor(s) and other external organizations will enter into written agreements with the REE before the REE will disclose data or information otherwise exempt from public disclosure to the contractors and other external organizations. The contractor and other external organizations will agree to establish and follow security precautions considered by the REE as necessary to ensure proper handling of data and information. As may be identified elsewhere in this contract, the Contractor agrees that:

• Documentation Ownership: The U.S. Government owns all draft and final deliverables, working papers, and other relevant materials generated by the Contractor during the contract’s performance.

• Document Reproduction: Documents produced for this project are the property of the U.S.

Government and cannot be reproduced or retained by the Contractor.

• USDA will be authorized to make copies of any noncommercial, non-copyrighted material for use, without notification to the vendor. At the time of record disposition or contract transition, the vendor shall box, label, and deliver all records, files, documents, materials and work papers to the CO.

• Building Access: USDA will need to review, approve, and provide appropriate access to USDA buildings and systems for resources supporting this effort.

K. POST AWARD ADMINISTRATION

http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/standards.htm

Contractor performance will be monitored in accordance with this statement of work by review status reports. The contractor shall provide information to the designated technical contact.