FINAL SOW - Cleaning Fountains.docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

Fountain Cleaning

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Purpose: To clean, remove debris, and treat fountains at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center (CNVAMC). The Uptown Division is located at 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904 to the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center Augusta, GA, Downtown Division at 950 15th Street Augusta, GA 30904.

2. Background: CNVAMC serves Veterans at both hospital divisions. These fountains are decorative and require cleaning to ensure they are properly maintained.

3. Scope of Work: Contractor will provide all necessary labor, transportation, materials, tools, supplies, supervision, incidental engineering equipment and management necessary to clean the fountains as outlined in this statement of work.

4. Performance Period: The performance period will be one base year with four 1- year options to renew.

5. Hours of Service:

Work is to be done between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Federal Holidays

6. Type of Contract: The contract will be a Firm-Fixed-Price contract.

B. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Contractor (or Representative) shall sign-in upon arrival at Engineering Department Office Building 110, Room GA135, Uptown Division, at the beginning of each visit. After completion of the service, the Engineering Department Representative shall verify work completed and sign the service ticket.

2. Contractor is responsible for providing services to clean fountains at the front entrance of building 110, Uptown and courtyard located on the third floor and fountain located in front of the fisher house . Cleaning should be quarterly for these fountains.

3. Contractor shall follow the below cleaning process and ensure all elements are completed.

· Drain fountain and remove all trash and/or leaves.

· Chemically clean all surface areas as to remove scale and scum.

· Rinse and reclean if required.

· Rinse, refill, and chemically treat to prevent algae formation.

· Vendor will remove & take away the leaves in the fountain & will put in trash.

· Place a protective barricade for patients & guest. Vendor will wash down fountain & rinse it clean.

· Vendor will drain and winterize downtown fountains at a date that will be determined,

4. Prior to beginning cleaning process the contractor is responsible for ensuring a protective barricade is put in place to protect patients, staff, and surrounding decorative plants.

C. PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Performance measures are comprised of performance indicators (some characteristic of a deliverable that can be measured) and performance measures (a mark, measure or benchmark that government personnel use as a point of comparison when evaluating contractor performance). The Government performs surveillance to determine if the contractor exceeds, meets or does not meet these measures.

The Performance Requirements Summary Matrix, paragraph <enter number> in the Performance Work Statement (PWS), includes performance measures. The Government shall use these measures to determine contractor performance and shall compare contractor performance to the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL).

E: INVOICES: Payment will be made upon receipt of a properly prepared detailed invoice, prepared by the Contractor, validated by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), and submitted electronically through OB-10. https://portal.tungsten-network.com/

A properly prepared invoice will contain:

· Invoice Number and Date

· Contractor’s Name and Address

· Accurate Purchase Order Number

· Supply or Service provided

· Total amount due