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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Field Evaluation Services

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) field evaluation services. The Government shall not exercise direct supervision or control over any contractor employees. Notwithstanding, contractor shall ensure employees comply with all requirements of this Performance Work Statement (PWS) and contract.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, other items, and non-personal services necessary to perform NRTL field evaluation services as defined in this PWS except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) procures Industrial Plant Equipment (IPE).

For nearly all IPE assets procured each fiscal year (FY), PNS Safety and Health Office, Code 106, requires the owning organization to obtain NRTL field evaluation services to verify that the installed IPE and its component parts are in compliance with Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) regulations concerning electrical and machine guarding safety. This effort will provide a means to obtain NRTL field evaluation services for IPE procurements where NRTL field evaluation services are not a requirement of the equipment procurement contract.

1.3 Objectives: The objective of this service contract is to obtain NRTL field evaluation services for the purpose of verifying that installed IPE and its component parts are in compliance with OSHA regulations concerning machine guarding and electrical safety.

1.4 Scope: The contractor shall provide third party evaluation of Government owned IPE to certify compliance with the applicable OSHA regulations in accordance with CFR Title 29, Chapter XVII, Part 1910, and to ensure the Government owned IPE has been installed in accordance with National Electrical Code (NEC) and/or National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) requirements. The Government owned equipment that satisfies the applicable OSHA, NEC, and/or NFPA requirements shall be labeled with a NRTL registered certification mark or labeling that identifies that the Government owned equipment is in conformance with the applicable safety and technical standards. A NRTL field evaluation report shall be provided to the Government indicating all deficiencies and implemented resolution(s). The NRTL field evaluation report shall indicate whether the Government owned equipment has been labeled or not labeled during the inspection service visit, and if it has been labeled, the field evaluation report shall indicate that the Government owned equipment is in conformance with the applicable safety and technical standards.

1.5 Period of Performance: The ordering period shall be (see contract for dates)

1.6 Location:

1.6.1 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery Maine, both outside and inside of the Controlled Industrial Areas.

1.6.2. Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of 7:00a.m. and 3:30p.m. Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. For other than firm fixed price contracts, the contractor will not be reimbursed when the government facility is closed for the above reasons.

The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

1.6.3. Recognized Holidays: The contractor shall not perform services on any of the recognized Federal Holidays listed herein.

New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day President’s Day Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day Juneteenth Christmas Day Independence Day

1.7 Security Requirements: Contractor Employees, in order to gain access to the government facilities identified in paragraph 1.6.1 to perform work under this contract, shall at a minimum be an American citizen and make available to the security office two forms of identification in timely manner in order to gain proper badging. Contractors must follow procedures attached to the contract and policies that are required to obtain personnel badges and/or vehicle access to the job location prior to the performance of the contract.

1.7.1 Physical Security: The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

1.8 Special Qualifications: The contract personnel performing third party evaluation of Government owned IPE to certify compliance with the applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations in accordance with CFR Title 29, Chapter XVII, Part 1910 and ensuring the Government owned IPE has been installed in accordance with NEC/NFPA requirements shall be a trained and qualified employee of an OSHA recognized Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory who is authorized to certify and label the Government owned equipment with a registered certification mark or label to designate that the equipment is in conformance with the applicable safety and technical standards. The contractor will be required to conform to all Federal NTRL requirements such as, but not limited to, OSHA, NFPA, and FCC. The list of current eligible contractors can be found at https://www.osha.gov/nationally-recognized-testing-laboratory-program/current-list-of-nrtls.

1.9 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract: perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance: maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract: issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications: monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property, and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

The COR is NOT authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of this contract. Only the warranted Contracting Officer is authorized to make modifications/changes to the terms and conditions of this contract. If the Contractor believes any Government personnel has effectively issued a change resulting in a change in effort and price/cost of the contract, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer.

1.10 Key Personnel: The contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer.

The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to execution of this contract.

1.10.1 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contractor personnel working in situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression that they are Government officials. All contractor personnel on a government installation will be required to obtain and wear badges in the performance of this contract.

PART 2

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND

SERVICES

2. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

2.1. Materials: The Government will furnish Operations and Maintenance manuals, IPE assembly drawings, and electrical/electronic schematics that are provided by the Original Equipment Manufacturer at the installation and/or inspection location for each piece of IPE that is undergoing inspection services.

PART 3

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

3. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

3.1 General: The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities and services required to perform work under this contract that are not listed under Section 2 of this

PWS.

3.2. Equipment: The Contractor shall provide all electronics, diagnostic devices, and small tools (e.g. screwdrivers, Allen wrenches) that are necessary to access IPE internals and perform all inspections and tests that are required to confirm that the inspected IPE satisfied NEC/NFPA machine guarding and electrical safety requirements.

PART 4

SPECIFIC TASKS

4. SPECIFIC TASKS:

4.1 NRTL Field Evaluation Services: The contractor shall provide Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recognized NRTL field evaluation services to verify that Government owned IPE, its installation if applicable, and component parts is in compliance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910, NFPA 70, and NFPA 79. Compliance and/or approval shall be specified under the “Approval” and “Acceptance” criteria in the OSHA regulations Subpart “O”, Machinery and Machine Guarding paragraph 1910.212, and Subpart “S”, Electrical paragraph 1910.303 and paragraph 1910.399.

4.2 OSHA Approved Certification: The Government owned IPE and its installation, if applicable, shall be approved as defined in 29 CFR 1910.399, and labeled by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory as defined in 29 CFR 1910.7. A NRTL Field Evaluation Verification Letter shall be provided to the Government showing the equipment has passed NRTL certification.

4.3 Inspection Failures: For IPE not meeting the requirements for NRTL certification during the on-site inspection, the contractor shall provide a list of deficiencies and required actions to be taken while on site. The contractor shall also provide a formal letter to be delivered within one week of departure stating the deficiencies and corrective actions needed. If time allows, deficiencies can be corrected while the testing contractor is on-site. If corrective actions are unable to take place while the contractor is on-site, the contractor shall provide a method for receiving a field label after the deficiencies are fixed. This could be through re-inspection, pictures of repairs, or any other type of follow up. Following satisfactory re-inspection, a serialized field label shall be applied to the equipment and a NRTL Field Evaluation Verification Letter shall be provided to the Government showing the equipment has passed NRTL certification.

4.4 Response Timeframe: The contractor shall be able to have a response time of no longer than 21 days to report on-site at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to perform the NRTL inspection. This could include the initial visit or the follow up visit. On-site work shall be coordinated with the requestor.

4.5 Emergent Response Timeframe: The contractor shall be able to have a response time of no longer than 72 hours to report on-site at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to perform NRTL inspection. This could include the initial visit or the follow up visit. On-site work shall be coordinated with the requestor.

PART 5

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

5. Applicable Publications (Current Editions):

5.1 The Contractor must abide by all applicable regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures.

5.2 Government Publications:

29 CFR 1910 -------------------------------------------- General Industry, OSHA Safety and Health Standards

5.3. Non-Government Publications:

NFPA70 ------------------------------------------------- National Electrical Code (2023)

NFPA 79 ------------------------------------------------- Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery (2021)