Section E - Inspection Acceptance.docx

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses.

(a) Federal Acquisition Regulation: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/

(b) General Services Acquisition Manual: https://www.acquisition.gov/GSAM/gsam.html

FAR

CLAUSE NO.

CLAUSE TITLE AND DATE

E.2 TESTING

(a) Testing means that part of inspection that determines the properties or elements, including functional operation of services/supplies or their components, by the application of established industry standards, scientific principles and procedures. At a minimum, testing associated with the installation of a switched voice line(s) should ensure the numbers are correct and calls can be placed and received via the service. The Contractor shall, using the nomenclature provided, classify, conduct and provide the Government with information resulting from all functional, performance, and interoperability tests sufficient to ensure the service is operational. Failure to meet the requirements of any portion of a test shall be deemed a failure of the entire test.

(b) Upon completion of installation test(s), the Contractor shall notify the authorized Government representative in writing that these tests has been completed, as this marks the beginning of the thirty (30) day acceptance period described in E.4.

(c) For service not previously provided by the Contractor at the required location or when establishing new service, the Contractor shall provide the GSA COTR an electronic copy of the Functional Test Certification no later than five (5) calendar days after the cutover of services. Any outstanding exceptions or discrepancies shall be identified. Plans for resolution of the exceptions or discrepancies and the completion date for implementation of those plans shall be included in the Certification. The Certification shall state that all service/system tests were completed according to established industry standards and that the service is operational. Beginning of the thirty (30) day acceptance period shall not start until all deficiencies are corrected.

E.3 STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

The Contractor shall inspect all services and equipment, as well as test all equipment to ensure that the standards, regulations, and guidelines addressed in Section C are met.

E.4 ACCEPTANCE TEST PERIOD

No payments will be made by the Government to the Contractor for any services performed by the Contractor in support of this Contract until the services performed have been accepted, irrespective of the Government’s beneficial use of partially complete or partially operational equipment and/or service, irrespective of the length of time of said beneficial use pending acceptance, and irrespective of the substantiality of the Contractor’s performance. The parties hereby agree that the beneficial use of equipment and/or services before the effective date of the Government’s acceptance is purely incidental to such testing and that no additional sums are due to the Contractor. Further, payment for the acceptance test period will be due only for the successful consecutive 30-day period.

The 30-day period will begin when the requirements in E.2(b) are met and not before the service is required by the Government. Service will be considered acceptable if the Government does not identify problems within the 30-days after notification. Exceptions and full monetary adjustments will be made if it is apparent that the service installation was never completed.

Solicitation No. GS-10F-12-LP-R-0002 ( E-