J.01_FY18_IDIQ_A-E_Services_SOW.pdf

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION

U.S. SECTION

STATEMENT OF WORK

ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to provide binational solutions to issues that arise during the application of United States - Mexico treaties regarding boundary demarcation, national ownership of waters, sanitation, water quality, and flood control in the border region.

The mission of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) is to apply the rights and obligations which the Governments of the United States and Mexico assume under the numerous boundary and water treaties and related agreements, and to do so in a way that benefits the social and economic welfare of the peoples on the two sides of the boundary and improves relations between the two countries.

BACKGROUND

Established in 1889, the IBWC has responsibility for applying the boundary and water treaties between the United States and Mexico and settling differences that may arise in their application. The IBWC is an international body composed of the United States Section and the Mexican Section, each headed by an Engineer-Commissioner appointed by their respective president. Each Section is administered independently of the other. The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) is a federal government agency and is headquartered in El Paso, Texas.

The USIBWC operates under the foreign policy guidance of the Department of State. The Mexican Section is under the administrative supervision of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is headquartered in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

The U.S. and Mexican Commissioners make recommendations to their respective Governments for resolution of new or anticipated boundary or water problems. Early detection and evaluation of the problem and the development of measures for resolution are a part of the mission of the IBWC. Most problems are resolved by the development of new projects. The need for development of new cooperative projects may also be brought to the attention of the IBWC by one or both Governments, or by state or local authorities through their respective Section of the IBWC.

SECTION C GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

C.1. The contractor shall furnish all labor, material, supplies, equipment, superintendence, and transportation necessary to complete task orders issued under this contract.

C.2. Architect-Engineer Services are required for projects located along the U.S./Mexico border in the United States (States of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California) and the Republic of Mexico (States of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California).

C.3. The contractor shall be required to perform all or part of the following services, which will be more specifically identified in individual task orders. Architect-Engineering Services will include design services, bidding services as an extension of design services, construction services as an extension of design services, construction management (CM) services, permitting support, geotechnical services, surveying, aerial photography, photogrammetry and geographic information system database development, inventory of facilities, engineering hydraulic and hydrologic (H&H) studies, and start-up services.

C.3.1. DESIGN SERVICES - Services may be for rehabilitation, renovation, repair, and new construction for civil works associated with surface and subsurface water deliveries and accounting, flood control and hydropower, such as channels, levees, canals, dikes, dams, reservoir embankments, hydro-electric power plants as well as site work, buildings, roads and paving, erosion control, bridges, and security and communication systems. The design of each project shall include consideration of all necessary supporting features to provide a complete and a usable facility. These

USIBWC/EL PASO

A-E SERVICES

STATEMENT OF WORK

features in general include, but are not limited to, access and service drives, buildings, including storage, administration/laboratory and maintenance, roadway improvements, utilities, street extensions, utility line extensions, vehicle parking areas, grading, and drainage systems, including offsite discharge of storm water drainage.

C.3.1.1. Design services to include safety of dam studies, risk analysis for dams, dam modification studies, annual and five (5) year safety of dams inspections, and evaluations concerning dam operations.

C.3.1.2. Design services for rehabilitation, renovation, repair, maintenance, and new construction for civil environmental works, including wastewater (both advanced primary and secondary treatment) plants, wastewater collection, conveyance facilities, water treatment plants and potable water distribution systems. Design services shall include assessments, master planning, pre-design, conceptual, final designs, and preparation of the estimate of probable construction costs.

C.3.1.3. Design services for vertical and horizontal construction to include buildings that meet:

C.3.1.3.1. Current security systems/measures required under the standards set forth in The Risk Management Process for Federal Facilities - An Interagency Security Committee Standard - August 2013 1st Edition. Examples of various measures would include - closed-circuit television (CCTV), intrusion detection systems, signage, vehicle barriers, blast resistant windows, cast in place concrete column construction, tamper proof air intakes, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and secure control panels, emergency generator access control, high security mechanical or electronic locks, and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) compliant physical access control measures.

C.3.1.3.2. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification criteria as required by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

C.3.1.3.3. The criteria required by the Telecommunications Industry Association' (TIA) specifications on building servers or data center rooms.

C.3.1.3.4. The criteria required by General Services Administration Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Services (PBS-P100 issued March 2016 or latest edition) to be noted in the individual task orders C.3.1.3.5. The criteria required by National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication (NIST SP) 800-53 Rev.4 to include physical and environmental controls for general security systems and criteria required under National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 75, 2017 or latest edition for information technology equipment.

C.3.1.3.6. Code compliance in conformance with the 2015 or latest edition of the International Building Code (IBC), International Plumbing Code (IPC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code, International Private Sewage Disposal Code, and the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).

C.3.1.3.7. The requirements of the 2015 or latest edition of NFPA 1, Fire Code.

C.3.1.3.8. The requirements of the 2015 or latest edition of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.

C.3.1.3.9. The requirements of the 2017 or latest edition of NFPA 70, National Electrical Code (NEC).

C.3.1.3.10. The 2010 or latest edition of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Accessible Design.

C.3.1.3.11. The criteria required by local, state, and federal regulatory agencies in areas of historical preservation, documentation, and clearances.

C.3.1.4. Design services and technical support for and related to site remediation; corrective and removal action designs; design of hazardous waste containment systems; Underground Storage Tank (UST) upgrades and remediation.

C.3.1.5. Preparation of construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates for all phases of design from conceptual to final in the areas of architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, safety, security, communication, and instrumentation. Review and evaluation of third-party studies, reports, investigations, proposals, conceptual designs, and plans and specifications.

Items are usually in English with Imperial units, but task orders may provide or require items in both the English and Spanish language and Imperial and International System (SI) units.

C.3.2. BIDDING SERVICES AS AN EXTENSION OF DESIGN SERVICES - Bidding services may include preparation of contract solicitation documents and bid evaluation of - conventional design-bid build, design-build, , design-build operation, and design-build-operate-transfer procurement actions; as well as responding to questions during bidding of projects, attending meetings, issuing addendums, preparing schedules, and maintaining files and documents, and other construction related bidding procedures.

C.3.3. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AS AN EXTENSION OF DESIGN SERVICES - Provide services from the design of record during construction in clarifying/reviewing documentation.

Services include but not limited to: review and respond to Request for Information and Requests for Clarifications; review of technical submittals; clarify discrepancies in design documents and provide modified stamped drawings when required; participate in construction meetings and visit job site(s) once a month; provide written reports of visits detailing actions items required by any party involved in the construction contract; answer questions during the construction of the project, as needed; and participated in pre-final and final inspections.

C.3.4. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (CM) SERVICES - Provide services to efficiently and effectively manage construction projects on a day to day basis to include but not limited to - review of shop drawings and other construction contractor submittals; review of requests for changes and/or deviations; change order preparation and review of contractor proposals; responding to questions during construction (including request for information/requests for clarification); submittal and schedule monitoring; enforce and participate in three-phase inspection meetings; conduct quality assurance; participate in and prepare minutes of construction meetings; conduct labor interviews;

prepare construction cost estimates; prepare technical analysis for review of cost proposal or contractual/technical issues; review staffing studies and plan of operations; performing value engineering review; performance of inspection and field environmental monitoring services;

construction claim support; enforce all contractual requirements, to include technical, environmental, and safety requirements; review of construction contractor’s pay estimates; review and verification of all construction closeout documents to include drawings (as-built), testing records, survey data, etc.

(as noted in each contract/task order); prepare final recommendation for construction acceptance;

and coordination support with federal, state, and local agencies, construction contractors, the public, and any other parties involved in construction process.

C.3.5. PERMITTING AND EASEMENT SUPPORT - Support including, but not limited to, performance of additional engineering analyses, studies, computations, survey, and preparation of applications and drawings necessary to obtain all required permits and/or easements for construction and operation of proposed or constructed facilities.

C.3.6. GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES - Services including, but not limited to, concrete core sampling and testing; soil boring, logging, sampling and testing; monitoring well drilling and logging;

lithologic and geophysical logging; surface geophysical surveys (electromagnetic, seismic and magnetic); cone penetrometer testing; subsurface soil and groundwater investigations for determination of structural design criteria; seepage analysis, slope stability analysis, and design of dewatering and protective shoring systems.

C.3.7. SURVEYING, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND GEOGRAPHIC

INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) DATABASE DEVELOPMENT - Services including, but not limited to, both conventional and Global Positioning System (GPS), land and bathymetric surveys; easement and related field data collection; metes and bounds identification for possible property acquisition;

topographic mapping (preparation of base maps from aerial photography) including Light Detecting and Ranging (LIDAR) surveys; preparation of rectified ortho-photoquads; scanning, vectorization, and geo-referencing of historical maps and documents.

C.3.8. INVENTORY OF FACILITIES - Services including, but not limited to, data acquisition, measurement and recording; development of engineering, planning and feasibility/cost benefit studies; life-cycle-cost-analysis; investigations; evaluations; modeling; operations and maintenance studies; energy studies; risk analysis and vulnerability assessments; space utilization studies; safety plans; security assessments and planning, standard operating procedures; network analysis schedules; conceptual, preliminary, and final designs, and cost estimates.

C.3.9. ENGINEERING HYDRAULIC AND HYDROLOGIC STUDIES - Services including, but not limited to, groundwater and surface water studies; flood routing studies; backwater studies;

reservoir routing studies; sediment transport modeling; dam break analysis; sedimentation and scour analysis; aquifer studies, groundwater modeling, development of inundation maps, and reservoir capacity studies.

C.3.10. START-UP SERVICES - Services including, but not limited to, preparation of staffing plans, development and implementation of training programs, quality control and safety programs;

monitoring of facility start-up and operation for a specified period of time after completion of construction, including assistance for resolution of warranty items; revising the operation and maintenance manual, and certifying facility performance.

C.4. DELIVERABLES

C.4.1. GENERAL

C.4.1.1. Quantities and schedules for deliverables will be set forth in each task order. All deliverables shall be provided in the language(s) format specified in the task order (English, Spanish) and in the unit specified in the task order (SI units, Imperial units).

C.4.1.2. All deliverables shall be provided in native electronic format (AutoCAD, Word, Excel, etc.)

and in PDF format and hard copy, reduction shall be such that all printing is legible and reproducible. Electronic format and the required number of copies will be specified in each individual task order.

C.4.1.3. All deliverables for design services shall be provided in the following phases of development - 30% Preliminary, 60% Draft, 90% Draft, 100% Pre-Final, and 100% Final.

C.4.2. REPORTS - All reports shall be 8.5 inch x 11 inch, printed on white bond paper, with binders or as specified in task order. All photographs shall be clear, color copies. All drawings in reports shall be 8.5 inch x 11 inch or 11 inch x 17 inch, computer generated, clear and legible or as specified in task order. Reduction shall be such that all printing is legible and reproducible.

C.4.2.1. Reports shall be provided in pdf files bookmarked to each chapter, division, and appendix. Files shall be unlocked/secured.

C.4.2.2. Supporting data or report tables shall be provided in spreadsheet format (Excel 2016, latest edition, or as specified in the task order).

C.4.3. PLANS - All final plans shall be computer generated (AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 or as specified in the task order), submitted as standard black and whitecopies, and 22 inch x 34 inch size (outside drawing border size). All preliminary and draft drawings shall be submitted as standard black and white copies. All drawings shall be geospatially referenced as described in the individual task orders.

C.4.3.1. Drawings shall be created using USIBWC's standard border, USIBWC's ctb files, and USIBWC's Drafting Standards.

C.4.3.2. Additional AutoCAD File Requirements C.4.3.2.1. Whenever AutoCAD files are submitted, all cross referenced files shall be provided.

C.4.3.2.2. All Cross referenced files shall be saved with relative paths.

C.4.3.2.3. The contractor shall provide pen settings file (ctb files) for production of both half sized and full sized drawings.

C.4.3.2.4. Include all shx line type files, ctb pen setting files, etc. required to replicate the drawings.

C.4.3.2.5. Survey points shall be present as AutoCAD points, not as block references.

C.4.3.2.6. All AutoCAD files shall be georeferenced and contain metadata.

C.4.3.2.7. Drawing items shall be associated to correct layers. Layers shall have meaningful names or shall have a document provided that details what each layer contains.

C.4.3.2.8. Files shall be purged to only include current data. All used items shall be removed from the drawing.

C.4.3.3. Survey Drawings C.4.3.3.1. Survey drawings shall include all control points, all USIBWC boundary points/pipes/benchmarks, benchmarks, and brass caps within the project area and that were used during the survey as well as any benchmarks or brass caps that were found.

C.4.3.3.2. Survey drawings shall include a line and curve table, with coordinates, of the project alignment.

C.4.3.3.3. Survey drawings shall include USIBWC ROW boundary with a line and curve table, including coordinates.

C.4.3.3.4. Except for project/alignment layout drawings, all drawings shall provide coordinates and distances in ground.

C.4.3.3.5. Drawings shall clearly note the coordinate system, unit, geoid, ground to grid conversion factor, datum, date of ground survey(s), accuracy at ninety five percent (95%) confidence level, and person/company who performed the survey.

C.4.4. SPECIFICATIONS:

C.4.4.1. Specifications shall be prepared per Construction Specification Institute (CSI) Master Format 2016 or as specified in task order. Materials shall described by recognized industry or technical society standards. Specifications shall be performance based whenever possible.

Specifications shall be provided typed on 8.5 inch x 11-inch bond paper, and provided with an index of sections.

C.4.4.2. Specifications shall be provided in MS Word 2016, or as specified in task order, and in pdf. Pdf file shall be created directly from Word. Scanned copies of anything other than the cover page with stamps and signatures are not acceptable. The pdf file shall be bookmarked to each division and each section.

C.4.4.3. Specifications must be prepared using USIBWC Boiler Plate specification template. They shall be revised as needed to make them project specific. The contractor is responsible for all technical specifications; however, the contractor shall keep the format of the technical specifications the same as that provided in the boiler plate.

C.4.4.4. Referenced codes, standards, specifications, etc. shall have their issue date and/or information identifying the version required. Simply stating "latest revision or edition" is unacceptable.

C.4.4.5. Specifications shall be formatted in a consistent, professional manner. All paragraphs shall be numbered. All pages, except for covers, shall be in the same font and same font size.

Full justification shall not be used.

C.4.4.6. The contractor shall include specifications that permit full and open competition and may include restrictive provisions or conditions using brand name or equal descriptions only to the extent necessary to satisfy the needs of the Government when authorized by the Government.

Specifications shall not be written to specify a particular brand name, product, or feature of a product, peculiar to one manufacturer unless the particular brand name, product, or feature is essential to the Government’s requirements, and other companies’ similar products would not meet the Governments’ minimum requirements for the item. Contractor shall provide in the case of brand name or equal specification at least five salient characteristics of the product. Contractor shall identify standard specifications by date of issuance.

C.4.5. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY - All general site maps prepared from aerial photography for planning and/or inventory purposed shall be at a scale of 1:2500 or other mutually agreed upon scale, and shall have contour intervals of 0.5 meter or in Imperial units of 2 feet, or as specified by task order. All maps shall be provided on electronic media and hard copy if required. Horizontal and vertical scales shall be based upon current geodetic datum for the project area. All aerial maps shall also be provided in digital format and georeferenced when required by task order.

C.4.6. COST ESTIMATES - Cost estimates shall reflect current prices for labor, materials, and equipment at the proposed location of the work. The estimates shall be itemized by the major items of construction. Lump sum amounts for major items, which cannot be readily analyzed, will not be accepted. All cost estimates shall be provided in U.S. dollars and projected to mid-point of construction using current Engineering News Record Construction Cost Indexes, Consumer Price Index, or other indices appropriate for the location in which the project is to be constructed.

Contractor shall provide all sources used for preparing cost estimates such as RSMeans. Cost estimates utilizing Mexican economy may be required. Construction cost estimates will be utilized in preparing Government estimates for evaluating bids and estimating funding levels. contract. While cost estimate totals may be released, based upon Agency decision, the specifics of the cost estimates are not released to outside entities prior to close out of the construction project.

C.4.6.1. FORECAST COSTS - Forecast cost estimating, for five year planning or as specified in task order, shall be itemized in the same format as Cost Estimates. Forecasts shall include the projected increase or decrease in costs, per year, should construction bidding and contracting be delayed.

C.4.7. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) - Infrastructure data, hydrologic, hydraulic, environmental, geotechnical, terrain and topography, survey data, and other pertinent data shall be entered into a GIS geodatabase in ESRI (typically v10.0 or higher) ArcGIS format or other mutually agreed upon format as described by task order. Geospatial data delivered must have complete metadata that meets or exceeds the minimum content required by either the Federal Geographic Data Committee’s Content Standard for Digital Spatial Metadata (FGDC CDSDGM) or the North American Profile of ISO 19115 2003 Standard or as specified in task order.

C.4.8. PHOTOGRAPHS:

C.4.8.1. Unless otherwise stated, the contractor shall provide all photographs requested under task orders to the Government in digital camera format. Photographs shall be clear, in color and of at least eight (8) megapixel resolution with a minimum pixel array of 3,266 pixels by 2,450 pixels. The contractor shall submit an electronic copy of all photographs in jpg format and a hard copy in report format. The CD will contain a text file to identify each photograph as described below in paragraph b.

C.4.8.2. Each photograph shall be identified by a photo number, project name, date, and time of photograph, location of photographer, orientation and description of photograph. The above captioned information shall be labeled below each photograph in the report.

C.4.8.3. All photographs, aerials, slides, prints, negatives, video recordings, reports, documents, data, or other materials produced pursuant to this contract shall be considered "work-made-for-hire" within the meaning and purview of Section 101 of the United States Copyright Act, 17 USC §101 and the Government shall be the copyright owner thereof and of all aspects, elements and components thereof in which copyright protection might subsist.

C.5. SURVEYING: Even if surveying is allowed by engineers in state engineering/surveying rules and statues, all survey drawings shall be signed and sealed by a registered surveyor and all field surveys will be performed under the direct supervision of a registered surveyor in the state where the surveying took place.

C.5.1. COORDINATE SYSTEM AND UNITS

C.5.1.1. Surveys of the Rio Grande Canalization Project or within New Mexico shall be based upon New Mexico State Plane Coordinate System (NMSPC), Central (3002) Zone. Survey shall be completed in U.S. survey feet.

C.5.1.2. Surveys of the Rio Grande Rectification Project or within El Paso or Hudspeth Counties, Texas, shall be based upon Texas State Plane Coordinate System (TXSPC), Central (4203) Zone. Survey shall be completed in U.S. survey feet.

C.5.1.3. Surveys of the Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project or within Texas from Falcon Reservoir to the Gulf of Mexico shall be based upon Texas State Plane Coordinate System (TXSPC), South (4205) Zone. Survey shall be completed in U.S. survey feet.

C.5.1.4. Surveys in and around Presidio, Texas, and Amistad Reservoir shall be based upon Texas State Plane Coordinate System (TXSPC), South-Central (4204) Zone. Survey shall be completed in U.S. survey feet.

C.5.1.5. Surveys within Arizona shall be based upon Arizona State Plane Coordinate System, Central (0202) Zone. Survey shall be completed in International survey feet.

C.5.1.6. Surveys within California shall be based upon California Coordinate System (CCS83), Zone 6 (0406). Survey shall be completed in U.S. survey feet.

C.5.2. BOUNDARY SURVEYS

C.5.2.1. Boundary surveys shall be based upon USIBWC ROW data as well as local property data from the appropriate county clerk's office.

C.5.2.2. State survey requirements for boundary surveys shall apply and the contractor is required to perform due diligence to gather all required data on property ownership, easements, etc.

C.5.2.3. If errors or issues are found during the boundary survey, they shall immediately be brought to the COR's attention. No Government, IBWC, nor IBC pipe, cap, or monument shall be disturbed or moved during this survey. Missing ROW monuments shall be brought to COR's attention.

C.5.3. SURVEY CONTROL

C.5.3.1. The North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) state plane coordinate system shall be used.

C.5.3.2. All vertical data shall be in accordance with the North American Vertical Datum of 1988

(NAVD88).

C.5.3.3. Stationing along project shall be obtained from existing project. If stations need to be adjusted through the project, station equations shall be provided noting when and how to adjust stationing.

C.5.3.4. Conversions from ground coordinates to grid coordinates shall be provided.

C.5.3.5. The Contractor may use a project specific coordinate system for the construction documents as long as the tie in information to the state plane coordinate system is provided and as long as the project coordinate system is significantly different than the associated state plane coordinates.

C.5.3.6. A survey or design report shall detail information explaining what survey was performed, to what detail/level survey was completed, who performed the survey, dates of survey, coordinate system used, geoid used, equipment used, benchmarks used, grid to ground conversion factor, accuracy, identification of any RTK, VRS, or other geodetic reference systems used, OPUS solutions, and survey units used.

C.5.4. SURVEY ACCURACY

C.5.4.1. Temporary survey references set by the contractor or any subcontractors shall be established and maintained to ensure that the minimum level of surface accuracy is met.

C.5.4.2. Topographic and quantity surveys shall be within 0.10 feet horizontally and within 0.05 feet vertically at a scale of 1:240 (1"=50') with six (6) inch contours at a ninety five percent (95%) confidence level.

C.5.4.3. Structure and building surveys shall be within 0.01 feet horizontally and within 0.01 feet vertically at a scale of 1:240 (1"=50') at a ninety five percent (95%) confidence level.

C.5.4.4. Levee centerline staking shall be within 0.25 feet horizontally at a ninety five percent (95%) confidence level.

C.5.4.5. Accuracy calculations shall be based upon Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Geospatial Accuracy Standards, Parts 1 through 5 (FGDC-STD-007).

C.5.4.6. Survey calculations shall include an error analysis sufficient to demonstrate the required accuracy.

C.5.4.7. The Contractor shall become acquainted with the projects sites and requirements under each task order and include any measures/methods required to attain the required survey accuracy. This includes, but not limited to accounting for the terrain, heavy brush and vegetation, bodies of water, security measures, etc.

C.5.5. STANDARDS - All designs, drawings, and specifications shall be prepared in accordance with applicable codes and regulations applicable to the country and state in which the project will be developed and shall conform to sound engineering practices. All criteria, factors, assumptions and codes upon which the design is based are to be provided as well as the justification for the selection of these criteria. All designs, drawings, and specifications must be prepared using USIBWC templates for design services and specifications.

C.6. EVALUATIONS, REVIEWS, AND RESPONSES TO CONSTRUCTION - The contractor shall consider the design, the construction situation, and all contract requirements (both their contract and the construction contract) in all evaluations, reviews, and responses about construction. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.404 shall be used as guidance in preparing technical analyses and evaluating construction costs.

C.7. PROJECT MANAGER - The contractor shall appoint a project coordinator or manager and alternate to serve as a single point of contact and liaison between the contractor and the CO and/or their representative for the services required under the contract. The project manager shall be responsible for the coordination of the services provided under the contract and shall respond to questions regarding clarification of project deliverables during controls and review procedures to minimize conflicting errors and omissions and provide for the technical adequacy of design information.

C.8. MEETINGS - Progress and review meetings shall be held at a mutually agreed upon location for discussion of questions and problems relating to the work under the contract. Attendees shall be key players for the task order in question, if the assigned expert is not available then an expert with equal qualifications may be substituted.

C.9. BI-WEEKLY UPDATES - The contractor shall submit a bi-weekly update report for each individual task order to include updated schedule. The update will be submitted to the CO and respective contracting Officer Representative (COR) and shall address the following per project/task order: Major Accomplishments, Significant Problems and Proposed Solutions, Issues with Contractual Requirements, Issues with Meeting the Task Order Deliverable Dates/Delays, and Contractor’s Proposed Action to Remediate the Delays, if applicable. The report may be submitted by email. Report shall be provided in both Word and pdf format.

C.10. COORDINATION - When directed by the CO, the contractor shall be required to coordinate with other consultants involved with specific design aspects of projects being developed under separate contracts.

C.11. VALUE ENGINEERING (VE) - The contractor shall cooperate with an “outside” (i.e., a third party) VE consultant when directed by the CO. This may require the contractor to respond to VE recommendations and incorporated recommendations of the VE consultants into the design. If the contractor is required to incorporate VE changes to the design documents, this work may be included by a modification to the task order if so determined by the CO.

C.12. PERMITS - Should it become necessary to secure the right of ingress and egress to perform any of the work on properties not owned or controlled by the Government, all necessary permits, licenses and approvals from all local, state/federal authorities shall be obtained as necessary for the performance of the services. The contractor shall secure the consent of the owner prior to entry on such property. In the event the owner requires the payment of a fee for a license to enter upon and/or use of such property, the contractor, when so directed by the CO, shall pay such fee and obtain a receipt. The contractor, upon submission of such receipt, shall be reimbursed for the full amount thereof in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract.

C.13. RESUBMITTAL - In the event that documents submitted for review, as described above, are deficient or incomplete as specifically defined in the task order for a particular stage of completion, the contractor shall correct the deficiencies and resubmit the documents. No partial resubmittals will be permitted. The contractor shall assume all costs due to the resubmittal of documents.

C.14. WORK PLAN – When required by a specific task order, the contractor shall submit a Work Plan (WP). The WP shall describe the detailed approach for the performance of the task order, based upon the Government’s Scope of Work. At minimum, the WP shall contain the following elements:

C.14.1. Introduction - A general explanation documenting the task and goals.

C.14.2. Work Plan Approach - Explanation of how the activities will satisfy the requirements.

C.14.3. Key Personnel - Identification of key personnel to be used on the project and their responsibilities. Explicitly note how personnel meet requirements.

C.14.4. Quality Control - A description of the quality control organization, including a chart showing lines of authority and acknowledgement that the quality control plan shall be implemented for all aspect of the work specified in the task order.

C.14.5. Schedule - An overall schedule for the execution of the work required by the task order shall be included in the WP. The schedule shall identify major project phases (environmental, planning, design, and construction and shall be prepared using the Critical Path Method, latest edition, or as specified in task order).

C.14.6. Other Items - Any other items as noted in the task order.

C.15. The Government shall have unlimited rights in all data delivered under this task order and in all data first produced in the performance of this task order. The Government shall also have the right to limit assertion of copyright in data first produced in the performance of this task order and to obtain assignment of copyright in that data. The Government has the right to limit the release and use of certain data. Data includes, but is not limited to, photographs, drawings, reports, GIS data, surveys, and any other items provided as deliverables under this contract.

C.16. For this contract and each task order, the contractor shall use personnel that have competence in that type of work required and abide by Professional Engineering, Architectural, and Survey standards and ethics for the state(s) noted in each task order. The contractor shall use the sound judgement that meets or exceeds the standards of care for their profession in carrying out the work requirements.

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