Desk Barriers SOO.docx

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE

1. LOCATION: The location of the work is at the Federal Regional Center, 63 Old Marlboro rd. Maynard, MA 01754. Work location shall take place in the FRC (Federal Regional Center) Building.

2. OBJECTIVE: Our objective is to create a safe office working environment for our FEMA employees during the COVID-19 pandemic by maintaining the recommended 6-foot social distancing and or appropriate barriers through seating redesign and/or installation of transparent barriers.

3. CURRENT SITUATION: Our current office desk are 66 inches in length, 29 inches wide with a height of 29 inches with little or no space between them. This does not meet the current recommendations of the CDC and FEMA for office space distance.

4. PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS:

3.0. The work to be performed includes the following principal elements:

(The quantities of work listed are approximate and are provided only for the purpose of limit the responsibility of the contractor (and any subcontractors) to perform all work and furnish labor, material, and equipment shown, specified or reasonably inferred by the below descriptions. )

3.1. The contractor shall evaluate current seating placement and provide seating re-design for social distancing and/or provide office desk barriers that meet the current recommendation of the CDC and FEMA at Federal Regional Center (FRC), Maynard MA in the form of a Performance Work Statement (PWS)

3.1.1. The contractor shall design option(s) that will meet our requirements of maintaining social distancing between employees while sitting at their desk.

3.1.2. The social distancing barriers between desk shall have a completed height of no less than 6 feet on three sides from the floor.

3.1.3. The contractor shall not drill into the sides or tops of the desk.

3.1.4. All barriers shall be free standing.

3.1.5. The barriers shall be placed to the right and left sides of the desk with a minimum of 20 inch over hanging.

3.1.6. The barrier that the employee will be facing the individual shall run the entire length of the desk with no gaps between the right and left corners.

3.1.7. All barriers shall be made of a transparent material.

3.1.8. Seating design may require reduction of overall capacity to meet the social distancing requirements.

4.0. COMMENCEMENT, PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK

4.1. The contractor shall be required to (a) coordinate scheduling of work with the government to minimize disruption, (b) prosecute the work diligently, (c) commence work under this contract within 10 calendar days after the date the contractor receives notice to proceed, and (d) complete the entire work ready for use not later than 30 calendar days after the notice to proceed.

4.2 Work may need to be performed off hours.