Lane Closure Service SOW.pdf

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STATEMENT OF WORK

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Maintenance of Traffic Services

Table of Contents

1.0 SCOPE

2.0 OVERVIEW

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

3.1 HOLIDAYS

3.2 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

3.2.1 Project Manager

3.2.2 Contract Employees

4.0 SECURITY

5.0 CONTRACT TIME

6.0 KEY CONTROL

7.0 MATERIALS

8.0 EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS

9.0 UTILITIES

10.0 UNFORESEEN EVENTS

11.0 CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEES

12.0 SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION

1.0 Scope

The Contractor must provide all labor, equipment, tools, supplies, supervision and other items or services necessary to provide a bucket truck with a forty-foot working height, NYC DOT permits for the bucket truck, and two NYC DOT-compliant Lane closure crews to access a FAA light station located in the center of Grand Central Parkway between 82nd ST and 94th ST near LaGuardia Airport, Flushing, New York. The Contractor must perform to the standards and specifications in this contract.

2.0 Overview

The FAA maintains navigational lights on the Grand Central Parkway (GCP) near LaGuardia Airport (LGA). The system consists of a forty-foot pole with a ten foot crossbar on top. It is located on the GCP concrete median. FAA Technicians need to access and maintain this pole and lighting. A bucket truck is needed to access the lamps. Two lane closure crews are needed to close both left lanes of the GCP.

3.0 Requirements

The Contractor shall provide the following services:

1. Provide a bucket truck with a forty-foot working height and a truck operator. Also procure all NYC DOT permits for the bucket truck to travel and operate on the Grand Central Parkway. This includes Single Use Highway Travel Permits as needed to allow the truck to get onto and off of the GCP, permits for the lane closure crews, and a Truck unit Over-Dimensional and Over Weight Permit if needed.

2. Provide two NYC DOT-compliant lane closure crews to close both left lanes of the GCP. This includes attenuator trucks, arrow boards, signs, cones, safety barrels, and safety personnel.

3. There will be a minimum of two visits required in a calendar year. Additional visits may be required based upon corrective maintenance needs of the lights.

4. Working hours shall be as per the NYC DOT Lane closure permit.

5. The Contractor will allow an FAA technician into the bucket truck to access, aim and repair the lamps as needed. FAA Technicians possess climbing training and fall protection gear. The Contractor personnel will drive the bucket truck and maneuver the bucket to the light station to allow the FAA Technician to perform his work.

6. Provide the following items to the FAA for approval:

a. a catalog cut of the bucket truck to be used for approval,

b. the driver’s current, state issued, photo driver’s license,

c. the latest inspection records for the truck indicating it has been inspected within the last year and is in operating condition,

d. all permits obtained to allow the work to occur,

e. insurance certificates for the truck and lane closure crews

3.1 Holidays

Holidays observed by Government employees during the term of this contract are as follows: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Any holiday as declared by the President must also be observed. All work must be scheduled around these holidays.

3.2 Contractor Personnel

3.2.1 Project Manager

The Contractor must provide a Project Manager (PM)/Supervisor who must be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate(s), who must act for the contractor when the manager is absent, must be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer (CO) prior to contract start date. The manager and assistant manager must be knowledgeable and in complete control of the contract office files and records.

• The PM must have full authority to act for the contractor on all matters relating to daily functions of the contract.

• The PM or alternate must be available during normal duty hours to meet with the

Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) to discuss immediate problems.

The PM or alternate must respond within 2 hours after notification. The Contractor must provide a telephone number for the PM.

• The PM must be able to read, write, speak and understand the English language.

3.2.2 Contract Employees

The government reserves the right to restrict the employment of any contractor or prospective contract employee, who is identified as a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being, or operational mission of the installation and its population. Employees of the contractor, in the performance of this contract, can be subject to security investigation.

• The Contractor must furnish the COTR, a list of the names of personnel who will be performing the work along with a current copy of their state issued driver’s license.

• Contractor personnel must be physically able to do their assigned work and must be free of communicable diseases. They must present a neat appearance and be easily recognized. 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 must not employ any person who is an employee of the United States

Government or is in the employment of a person that would create a conflict of interest.

4.0 Security

All Contractor employees must wear nametags furnished by the Contractor with a minimum of the employees' last name. In addition, the nametags worn by the PM and supervisors must indicate their job titles.

5.0 Contract Time

The Contractor shall be capable of providing the bucket truck and lane closure service within four weeks of notification by the FAA that access to the light station is required. The FAA’s light station work should take no more than four hours to accomplish. Upon completion of the FAA’s work at the light station, the contractor shall demobilize and leave the area.

6.0 Key Control

Not Applicable

7.0 Materials

The Contractor must furnish all supplies, materials, and equipment necessary for the contract work. In order to comply with Executive Orders 13423 and 13514, and the FAA Green Procurement Plan (GPP), the Contractor must use environmentally preferable products and services. These program elements include, but are not limited to: products and services that are energy-efficient, water-efficient, bio based, non-ozone depleting, and non-toxic or less-toxic alternatives; diversion of non-hazardous waste and construction and demolition debris from landfills; and responsible chemical use, storage, and disposal practices. These program elements are described on the Office of the Federal Environment Executive website (http://www.ofee.gov)

8.0 Equipment and Tools

Within 48 hours after receipt of award, the Contractor must submit to the COR for approval, a complete list of the equipment to be used as deemed necessary to properly perform the work defined in this contract.

Equipment used must be in safe operating condition and suitable grade for the purpose intended.

All electrical equipment used by the Contractor must meet all safety requirements of this contract and must be UL approved.

9.0 Utilities

No utilities will be furnished by the Government. Contract is to furnish all required utilities.

10.0 Unforeseen Events

When an unforeseen event occurs on a regularly scheduled day of work which prevents the work from occurring, the Government must have the following options:

• To require the Contractor to perform the work on the following day unless the following day is a Saturday and routine work is not scheduled for Saturday or Sunday.

• To reschedule the work on any day satisfactory to both parties.

11.0 Contractor's Employees

The Contractor will be responsible for the training of his /her employees in the following areas:

• Proper use, handling and operation of the bucket truck.

• Proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provided by the Contractor.

12.0 Safety and Fire Prevention

The Contractor must be responsible for instructing his/her employees in appropriate safety measures and use of PPE. Employees must not place equipment in traffic lanes or other locations in such a manner as to create safety hazards. Appropriate, neat appearing, well-kept signs to indicate the work ahead as applicable, must be provided by the Contractor and approved by the COR prior to use. Such signs must be displayed at all times in all areas of traffic obstructions or personnel hazard.