B08_Solicitation_Attachment_1_SOW.doc

STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES (BSS)

Revised 01/05/2023

GENERAL

1.1 Background

The Indian Affairs offers an extensive scope of programs that covers the entire range of Federal, State and local government services. Programs administered by either Tribes or Indian Affairs through the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) include an education system consisting of 183 schools and dormitories educating approximately 42,000 elementary and secondary students and 28 tribal colleges, universities, and post-secondary schools. Programs administered through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) include social services, natural resources management on trust lands representing 55 million surface acres and 57 million acres of subsurface minerals estates, economic development programs in some of the most isolated and economically depressed areas of the United States, law enforcement and detention services, administration of tribal courts, implementation of land and water claim settlements, housing improvement, disaster relief, replacement and repair of schools, repair and maintenance of roads and bridges, and the repair of structural deficiencies on high hazard dams, the BIA operates a series irrigation systems and provides electricity to rural parts of Arizona.

1.2 Purpose

Contractor personnel are required to provide business support services in several different areas of work. Since Indian Affairs supports 567 federally recognized tribes with a service population of about 1.9 million American Indian and Alaska Natives, the workload fluctuates at any given time depending on its needs. As a result, the BIA needs to be able to quickly adjust to increases and decreases in Human Resource, Information Technology, property and acquisition administrative and other support services.

1.3 Scope of Work

The purpose of this acquisition is to award multiple Business Support Services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts to provide Human Resource, Information Technology and acquisition administrative and other support services as needed.

The Government’s individual requirements at the Task Order level may be described in Statements of Objectives (SOO), Performance Work Statements (PWS), or Statements of Work (SOW).

1.4 Tasks/Description of Services:

The contractor is responsible for providing qualified personnel to perform the work specified in this SOW. The contractor shall maintain the personnel, organizational and administrative controls necessary to ensure that the work delivered meets contract specifications and requirements. The work history of each contractor employee must contain experience directly related to the tasks and functions he/she is intended to perform under this contract. Personnel assigned to, or utilized by, the contractor in performance of work, shall be fully capable of performing the contemplated functions of the respective labor categories in an efficient, reliable, and professional manner. Personnel assigned to, or utilized by the contractor in the performance of this contract shall, as a minimum, be a United States Citizen, meet the experience, education, or other background requirements set forth in the job description. Resumes are required in order to confirm the acceptability and availability of all proposed personnel.

The Government reserves the right, during the life of the resulting contract, to request work histories on any contractor employee for the purpose of verifying compliance with the contract requirements. If the Contracting Officer questions the qualification or competencies of any personnel performing under this SOW, the burden of proof to sustain that the candidate is qualified, as prescribed herein, shall rest with the contractor.

Labor categories and descriptions are stated in Attachment 2 IDIQ Pricing Schedule and Attachment 3 Labor Category Descriptions, respectively. Positions may have multiple levels associated with one position to cover different job duties, responsibilities and salary requirements.

Labor categories are broken in to “Pools”. Each Pool represents a group of related labor categories and a broken down as Human Resources, Project Management, Acquisition, Administrative/Financial, and Subject Matter Experts. Contractors may propose one Pool, multiple Pools, or all Pools. No contractor will be penalized during IDIQ evaluation for the number of pools they do or do not propose. Successful contractors will only receive one IDIQ for the pools they proposed and will only be allowed to quote on Task Orders for the pools they proposed at the IDIQ level.

The Government reserves the right to modify the contract and add new labor categories that are within the general scope of the contract. The hourly rates for new labor categories will be negotiated with each multiple award contractor.

Service Contract Wage Determination(s) will be provided at the Individual Task Order level.

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