PWS amds.docx

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

FOR

Laboratory Services

1.0 General

1.1 Scope: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to perform Laboratory testing Services, as defined in this PWS. The specifics of this requirement are located in Section 4.0 of this

PWS.

1.2 Background: Contract for 439 Aerospace Medicine Squadron to purchase laboratory testing services from local lab facility for period of 5 years.

1.3 Period of Performance (PoP): The Period of Performance shall be five (5) years, 15 July 2025 to 15 May 2030.

1.4 General Information:

1.4.1 Quality Control (QC): N/A

1.4.2 Quality Assurance (QA): N/A

1.4.3 Recognized Holidays: The following are recognized United States (US) holidays. The contractor shall not perform services on these days:

· New Year’s Day: January 1st

· Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday: 3rd Monday of January

· President’s Day: 3rd Monday of February

· Memorial Day: Last Monday in May

· Juneteenth: June 19th

· Independence Day: July 4th

· Labor Day: 1st Monday of September

· Columbus Day: 2nd Monday of October

· Veteran’s Day: November 11th

· Thanksgiving Day: 4th Thursday of November

· Christmas Day: December 25th

1.4.4 Place and Performance of Services: The contractor shall provide services between the hours of 0730-2000 Monday thru Sunday except on recognized US holidays or when the Government facility/installation is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government-directed facility/installation closings. Performance shall be at external facilities with pick up of specimens at Westover Road Gate. The contractor shall at all times maintain an adequate work force for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility/installation is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the work force are essential. Teleworking is not authorized.

1.4.4.1 Gate Closures: Unscheduled gate closures by the Security Police may occur at any time causing all personnel entering or exiting a closed installation to experience a delay. This cannot be predicted or prevented. Contractors are not compensated for unexpected closures or delays. Vehicles operated by contractor personnel are subject to search pursuant to applicable regulations. Any moving violation of any applicable motor vehicle regulation may result in the termination of the contractor employee’s installation driving privileges.

1.4.4.2 Installation Regulations: The contractor’s employees shall become familiar with and obey the regulations of the installation; including fire, traffic, safety and security regulations while on the installation. Contractor employees should only enter restricted areas when required to do so and only upon prior approval. All contractor employees shall carry proper identification with them at all times, and shall be subject to such checks as may be deemed necessary. The contractor shall ensure compliance with all regulations and orders of the installation which may affect performance. The Government reserves the right to direct the removal of an employee for misconduct, security reasons, or any overt evidence of communicable disease. Removal of contractor employees for reasons stated above does not relieve the Contractor from responsibility for total performance of this contract.

1.4.5 Security Requirements: The contractor shall comply with AFFARS 5352.242-9000 and all applicable installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures, which may be obtained from the COR (Contracting Office Representative). The contractor and all associated subcontractor employees shall provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements.

1.4.5.1 Common Access Card (CAC): N/A

1.4.5.1.1 CAC Requirements: N/A

1.4.6 Physical Security: The contractor shall safeguard all Government property provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, Government facilities, equipment and materials shall be secured.

1.4.6.1 Key Control: The contractor shall establish and implement methods of ensuring that no keys/key cards/lock combinations issued by the Government are lost or misplaced or are used by unauthorized persons. No keys issued by the Government shall be duplicated.

1.4.7 Special Qualifications: The analytical laboratory must hold all necessary state and federal accreditations.

1.4.8 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: N/A

1.4.9 Contract Manager (CM): N/A

1.4.10 Identification of Contractor Employees: N/A

1.4.11. Combating Trafficking in Persons: The United States Government has adopted a zero tolerance policy regarding trafficking in persons. Contractors and contractor employees shall not engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the period of performance of the contract; procure commercial sex acts during the period of performance of the contract; or use forced labor in the performance of the contract. The Contractor shall notify its employees of the United States Government’s zero tolerance policy, the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of this policy. The contractor shall take appropriate action, up to and including termination, against employees or subcontractors that violate the US Government policy as described at FAR 22.17.

1.4.14 Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI): The contractor and subcontractor personnel performing services under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent OCIs, as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The contractor shall notify the CO immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the CO to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the CO. In the event the CO unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the CO may impose other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

2.0 Definitions and Acronyms

2.1 Definitions:

2.1.1 Contractor: A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2 Contracting Officer (CO): A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): An employee of the U.S. Government designated by the CO to monitor contractor performance. Such appointment will be in writing and will state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4 Defective Service: A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the PWS.

2.1.5 Deliverable: Anything that can be physically delivered and includes non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6 Key Personnel: Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7 Physical Security: Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8 Quality Assurance: The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP): An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.10 Quality Control: All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to ensure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11 Subcontractor: One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.2 Acronyms:

3.0 Government Furnished Property

3.1 Government Furnished Property, Material, Equipment and Services (GFP/M/E/S): The Government will provide the property, material, equipment, and/or services listed below solely for the purpose of performance under this contract:

3.2 Property: N/A

3.3 Materials: N/A

3.4 Equipment: N/A

3.5 Services: Westover ARB will perform all phlebotomy, separation if needed and packaging of specimens.

3.6 Utilities: N/A

3.7 General: N/A

4.0 Requirements

4.1 The contractor will establish drop box at Westover Rd gate for locked specimen retrieval. Contractor will establish an online portal with proper training for the viewing of all results, invoices and making payments. Contractor will supply Westover with all necessary supplies for specimen collection and transfer/packaging.

4.2 Contractor will agree to pick up specimens collected at the 439th AMDS upon demand. Specimen pick up will take place at the Westover Rd Gate lock box provided by contractor. Contractor will ensure specimens are picked up within 4 hours of order being placed. If specimen cannot be retrieved in that timeframe phone notification should be made.

4.3 The contractor shall perform laboratory analytic testing on specimens provided by the 439th AMDS including but not limited to the following tests:

Hemoglobin (Hb) Solubility (Sickle Cell) Metabolic Panel (8) Basic Metabolic Panel (14), Comprehensive Lipid Panel Hepatic Function Panel Glucose CBC with Differential

AST/SGOT

ALT/SGPT

Hepatitis A Virus Antibody Total Hepatitis B Core Antibody Total Hemoglobin A1c Pregnancy Test Urine ABO Grouping and Rho Typing Calcium Ethanol Whole Blood

G6PD

PSA

Urinalysis Hemoglobin Hematocrit

TSH

Sedimentation Rate C-Reactive Protein Hepatitis C Virus Antibody with reflex Testosterone QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus

PFAS

COVID

4.3 All results should be provided within 24 hours of resulting. Any critical values will also be reported by phone.

5.0 Applicable Publications and Forms

5.1 Publications applicable to this PWS are listed below:

Publication (Chapter/Page)

Federal Acquisition Regulation https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars

Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement https://www.acquisition.gov/affars

5.2 Applicable Forms: Forms applicable to the PWS are listed below:

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary (PRS)

This PRS includes performance objectives the Government will use to determine contractor performance and will compare contractor performance to the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL).

4.1 Retrieve specimens from Westover Rd gate when order is placed.

4.2 Run specified tests

4.3 Provide report of all results

Ver. May 2018