Safety shoe SOW (003).pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

SAFETY FOOTWEAR SUPPLY SERVICES BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

I. BACKGROUND: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Western Currency Facility (WCF) prints approximately 60% of the nation’s currency. The WCF employs approximately 700 persons and operates 24 hours a day, up to seven days a week at 9000 Blue Mound Road, Fort Worth, TX 76131. As part of its Occupational Health and Safety Program, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing requires employees to wear protective safety shoes when entering and/or working in designated areas.

II. PURPOSE: The objectives of this agreement are to provide BEP-WCF personnel with comfortable quality safety footwear. There is a need for a contractor to make a variety of shoes and boots available for fitting and selection by BEP-WCF employees at all store locations. The contractor shall provide employees with professional consultation on the type and proper fit of safety footwear applicable while they try on, select, and procure footwear.

III. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The contractor will be responsible for the following:

a. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will pay up to $145.00 for each pair of footwear selected by an eligible employee. Any additional cost above $145.00 will be the responsibility of the employee to pay and the contractor shall collect the employee amount due at the time of the sale.

This dollar amount may change during the BPA and the account and voucher will be adjusted accordingly.

b. The Contractor shall only bill the BEP for employees presenting a completed “Safety Shoe Request and Voucher Form”.

c. All Safety footwear sold must meet requirements outlined in ASTM F2413- 18 “Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for Protective Toe Cap Footwear”. The contractor must provide a selection of styles to include both steel and composite toe safety shoes and boots.

d. The contractor must provide a variety of styles and sizes of safety footwear for selection to fit a diverse workforce.

e. The contractor must provide a point of contact with telephone and email addresses to the Contracting Officer’s Representative upon award of the contract.

f. Provide an accurate invoice of goods sold within 45 days to the Government.

g. Contractor must provide an environment for selecting shoes that is free from known hazards.

h. Contractor shall provide contact information for the BEP to place virtual orders for employees that are unable to get to a physical location.

IV. QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP): The Government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is a Government only document primarily focused on what the Government must do to assure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the requirements of the contract. The following items shall be completed by the COR.

a. The COR shall assure the quality of goods sold by random sampling of goods sold to BEP WCF employees to ensure they are marked with ASTM F2413-18.

V. SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Any oral directives, instructions, explanations, commitments and/or acceptances given by any government employee to the service provider or his/her personnel, shall not be construed by the service provider as a change in scope to this Contract. Any change in scope of work must be issued to the service provider, in writing, by the BEP’s Contracting Officer (CO) to be binding on the government.

VI. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): The COR will be identified by separate letter by the CO. 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, and specifications; monitor Contractor's performance and notify both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property; and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

NON PERSONAL SERVICE STATEMENT: Contractor employees performing services under this Contract will be controlled, directed, and supervised at all times by management personnel of the Contractor. Contractor management will ensure that employees properly comply with the statement of work (SOW) outlined in the contract. Contractor employees will perform their duties independent of, and without the supervision of, any Government official or other Government Contractor. The tasks, duties, and responsibilities set forth in this Contract may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any Contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the United States Government, overseeing the work of Federal employees, providing direct personal services to any Federal employee, or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

END OF STATEMENT OF WORK