PWS_Med_Waste_10_Jun__15.doc

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

REMOVAL OF MEDICAL WASTE

1. SERVICE PROGRAM: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary for the storage, pickup, transportation, and disposal of packaged medical waste generated from the 19th Medical Group Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. The contractor shall perform these services in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations. The contractor shall be a state registered and permitted medical waste transporter. The method of disposal shall be any approved method (i.e., incineration, autoclave/pulverize, hyper chlorate/pulverize, etc.) recognized by the state, in which the medical waste is treated and disposed. The contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer and Facilities Management with copies of disposal permits from all treatment facilities, transporter licenses, and list of landfills where “treated waste” is subsequently transported. These documents shall be provided within 30 days after beginning services, or whenever renewed during the contract period.

2. COLLECTION/STORAGE FACILITY: The contractor shall provide a portable storage building for the collection and temporary storage of properly packaged medical waste, including sharps containers. The portable storage building shall be lockable, leak-proof, weather resistant, vandal resistant, insect/rodent resistant, and properly placarded with the international biological hazard symbol. The contractor shall place the portable storage building in the location approved by Facilities Management. Facilities Management shall provide appropriate locks and keys for the portable storage building.

3. OUTER PACKAGING: The contractor shall provide a sufficient quantity (approximately 10-15 per pickup) of clean, reusable, plastic tubs/containers (with liners/red bags) for the packaging of generated medical waste. The plastic tubs/containers shall be rigid, leak-resistant, and puncture-resistant. Reusable containers shall be constructed of smooth, easily cleanable materials, and shall be decontaminated after each use.

4. SPILL CLEANUP: The contractor shall be responsible for cleaning and decontaminating the area of any medical waste spill that occurs during pickup operations.

5. ROUTINE PICKUP SCHEDULE: The contractor shall pickup all properly packaged plastic tubs/containers of medical waste 1 time a week, or more frequently, if required for bldg. 1090. Pickup of all properly packaged plastic tubs/containers of medical waste will be quarterly or as requested for bldg 648. The contractor shall remove and exchange the containers between the hours of 0700 - 1630, Monday - Friday, excluding all federal holidays. The Contractor shall pickup all properly packaged containers of medical unusable/expired prescription or non prescription pills quarterly from bldg 1090. Deviations from this schedule shall be approved by the Contracting Officer and coordinated through the Facilities Management/SGSM.

6. EMERGENCY/CONTINGENCY COLLECTIONS: Contractor shall provide out-of-cycle emergency collection services, as required, to meet unforeseen medical contingencies or other medical emergencies. Expected frequency for this service is undetermined.

7. TRANSPORT MANIFEST RECEIPT: The contractor shall provide Facilities Management with a receipt for each shipment of medical waste picked up and transported off-site from the 19th Medical Group. The receipt shall include the contractor’s registered permit number, date of pickup, generator’s name & address, account number and number of tubs/containers picked up. The contractor’s representative and generator (a member of the Facility Management staff), and certified transporter shall sign the transport manifest receipt.

8. DISPOSAL INVOICE: The contractor shall provide Facilities Management with a disposal invoice for each shipment of medical waste transported off-site, treated and disposed. The invoice shall include the total quantity, listing of containers by barcodes and individual weights for each shipment, the applicable transport receipt number, the generator’s name & address and account number, and method/ date of disposal. The contractor may review invoice instructions provided by the Defense Finance and Accounting Office at the following web address: https://wawf.eb.mil.

9. OTHER DOCUMENTATION: The contractor shall provide the 19th Medical Group, Facility Management with a manifest receipt that includes container ID (barcode), quantity of each tub/container, date of pickup, customer number and manifest number, with the disposal invoice. The manifest receipt will be furnished at each pickup.

10. CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES. Shall present a neat appearance and be easily recognized as a contract employee. This may be accomplished by wearing distinctive clothing bearing the name of the company or by wearing appropriate badges, which contain the company name and employee name. The contractor shall provide all training necessary to perform the work as defined in this performance work statement (PWS). Training shall not hamper the quality or timeliness of work requirements. The contractor shall verify that all employees understand the risk involved with medical waste and are trained in specific procedures to handle spills occurring in route to pickup and at pickup site and while performing duties at Little Rock, AFB AR.

11. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Before beginning and upon completion of any scheduled or unscheduled service call visit, the contractor’s service representative will contact a representative of Facility Management. Access to the Clinic during heightened security may be hampered. The vendor shall hold the government harmless for delays caused by security. The contractor will follow required procedures to acquire contractor ID badge that is required to enter Little Rock AFB AR.

12. SAFETY: The contractor and contractor representatives shall comply with Air Force safety standards at all times while on government property. In accordance with AFOSH Std 91-8, 91-301, 91-501 and Federal Occupational, Health and Safety agency (OSHA) standards, safe-working practices shall be followed. These include, but are not limited to:

12.1. Wearing of seatbelts/shoulder harnesses at all times while driving on Little Rock AFB.

12.2. Observe maximum speed limits, 35 MPH unless otherwise posted, on Little Rock AFB.

12.3. Comply with the no smoking policy within 19th Medical Group.

12.4. Report any problems with building utilities such as blown circuit breakers and defective/broken electrical receptacles or any damage to the storage shed to Facility Management staff member.

13. DEFINITIONS OF MEDICAL WASTE: Medical waste to be destroyed shall include the following categories as defined: Treatment of medical waste shall be by of the following. incineration - Burning of medical waste in conformance with the standards prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) or the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A permit must be obtained from the ADEQ before an incinerator can be installed or operated. Inspection of incinerators shall be conducted by the ADEQ in compliance with the federal Clean Air Act and/or the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, or other applicable air regulations.

13.1. Cultures and stocks. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biological; waste from the production of biological; discarded live and attenuated vaccines; and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures.

13.2. Human blood and blood products. Discarded waste human blood or blood components (e.g., serum and plasma) and materials containing free-flowing blood and blood components.

13.3. Sharps. Sharps that have been used in animal or human patient care and treatment or in medical and research laboratories, including hypodermic needles, syringes (with or without attached needle), Pasteur pipettes, scalpel blades, blood vials, test tubes, needles with attached tubing and culture dishes (regardless of presence of infectious agents). Also included are other types of broken or unbroken glassware such as slides and cover slips.

14. Failure to Perform. Failure to meet the terms and conditions as specified within this Performance work statement and elsewhere in the contract constitute a breach of contract and authorize the government to seek all remedies authorized by law.