Sol 1243ZP20Q0014 El Yunque NF-Pest Control SOW.pdf

El Yunque National Forest Solicitation #1243ZP20Q0014

Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

PEST CONTROL SERVICES

STATEMENT OF WORK

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES.

The El Yunque National Forest, has a requirement for Pest Control Service. The Agency has posted Request for Quote (RFQ) #1243ZP20Q0014. The purposed acquisition classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561710 Exterminating and Pest Control Services. The contractor shall provide all management, licenses, laboratory testing, tools, supplies, equipment, transportation and labor to develop and implement an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan at El Yunque National Forest, Rio Grande P.R. in a manner that will ensure the health and general wellbeing of installation personnel and public visitors. The following types of pests are common on these installations/areas, and their abatement should be specifically addressed in the IPM and used to determine workload.

Basis for Award:

Lowest Cost

2. Pest Control require for: Rats/ Rodents pest and roaches.

Rats/rodents stations are at sites has be on service until the submission of this SOW, as well a service for roaches for the locations of:

Supervisor Office.

Yokahu Tower.

Palo Colorado.

The rest of the locations has not been given any service from over 2 years.

Contractor will require a week before service at the office areas be submitting a communication, so the offices space know the service date will be done and hrs.

of the services.

3. Facilities requiring Pets control service are:

o Stone House site – Road 191 Km.12.4, Rio Grande P.R 00745.

o Supervisor Office – Crespo Building Road #3, Kilometer 23.9 Parque

Industrial las Flores, Rio Grande, PR 00745. (approx. 18 month of pest control service on this SOW).

o La Coca Falls store site – Road 191 Km. 8.1, Rio Grande PR 00745.

o Water Treatment Plant site – Road. 988, (Intersection with Road 191)

Km.0.1 Rio Grande P.R. 00745.

o Yokahu Tower site & bathrooms sites– Road 191 Km. 9.0, Rio Grande P.R.

00745.

o Palo Colorado store & bathrooms site– Road 191 Km.12.0, Rio Grande P.R

00745.

o El Verde Historic House, Garage (office space) & Ranger house- Road186

Km 22.1 Sector El Verde, Rio Grande P.R. 00745.

1.1. BASIC SERVICES.

The contractor shall develop an IPM plan for approval. The IPM plan will require approval by the Pest Management Consultant (PMC) prior to implementation and is subject to the contracting officer’s approval.

The contractor’s IPM plan shall establish the strategy and methods for conducting a safe, effective and environmentally sound pest management program.

Perspective contractors may review the installation’s historical records of pest activity and abatement actions, survey facilities and grounds, consult with the base Pest Management Coordinator and or the PMC in order to develop a pest management plan.

In developing the IPM plan, the contractor may want to address continuous monitoring, pest response and removal procedures, ground support to FS and EN (Eastern National Service) operations (if any), record keeping, warranties, pest education and communication to installations personnel prevent pests and disease vectors.

The IPM approach should use targeted (effective, environmentally sound) methods including habitat/facility modification, biological/genetic/cultural control, mechanical/physical control, and where necessary, the judicious use of least hazardous pesticides.

The IPM plan shall comply with all applicable Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), state/local regulatory guidance on pesticide, disposal and applications, DoDI 4150.7, DoD Pest Management Program, 22 April 1996, and AFI 32-1053, Pest Management Program, 1 April 1999.

2. SERVICE DELIVERY SUMMARY.

Performance Objective SOW Para Performance Threshold

Develop and Comply with the Approved IPM Plan.

Plan developed timely, submitted, and approved.

Pests are required to be controlled as possible. Implementation of pest control equipment’s.

Typical household variety pests are not present. Rodents needs aggressively controlled.

All pesticides are mixed off area.

All pesticides are disposed of properly at an approved off disposal area by the contractor. Rodents are maintained at low density.

Any bait system is to be placed in tamper resistant bait stations secured to a wall or non-moving surface.

All bait stations must be label with contact and emergency contact phone number to be placed on bait station.

1.1. Customer complaints shall not

exceed 2 per month.

3. GENERAL INFORMATION.

3.1. QUALITY CONTROL.

The contractor shall develop and maintain a quality control program to ensure systematic inspection of facilities and grounds for pests, a customer service call/ emergency response system for pest removal, and a continuous pest prevention education program for facility managers, FS Employees and EN (Eastern national Employees) handling managers. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify and prevent defective services from reoccurring as pest start growing back up. As a minimum, the contractor shall develop quality control procedures that address the areas identified in paragraph 2, Service Delivery Summary. The government evaluator must have a specific quality control inspector to notify in case of customer complaints.

3.2. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government will periodically evaluate (every 2 months) the contractor’s performance in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.

3.3. GOVERNMENT REMEDIES. The contracting officer shall follow the requirements of FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions for Commercial Items (May 1997), for contractor’s failure to correct nonconforming services.

3.4. HOURS OF OPERATION.

Offices space hrs. - Monday to Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Sites areas hrs. - Sun to Sat from 6:30am to 5:00pm.

The contractor may be asked to provide additional units for high areas to be placed in conjunction with already places units.

The contractor must be able to provide on demand services facilities if the need arises and ordered by approval by Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and/or the Contracting Officer (CO) at the same cost submitted at the bid proposal.

Work at the Government site is permissible on Federal holidays or weekends, but subject to approval by Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and/or the

Contracting Officer (CO).

Recognized Federal Holidays:

New Year’s Day, January 1*

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Third Monday in January

Washington’s Birthday (President’s Day), Third Monday in February

Memorial Day, Fourth Monday in May

Independence Day, July 4*

Labor Day, First Monday in September

Columbus Day, October 12*

Veterans Day, November 11*

Thanksgiving, Fourth Thursday in November

Christmas, December 25*

3.5. SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS. The contractor will have a licensed pest control manager specifically assigned to support this contract and available. Moreover, all contract employees that apply pesticides must have a P.R. pesticide application certificate/license. The contractor will be responsible to ensure that the licenses/certificates and training of contractor personnel are kept current.

In addition, all mixing and storage of pesticides shall be performed off the installations. If the contractor spills or releases any hazardous substances (example, substances listed in 40 CFR 302), the contractor should immediately notify the Government representative and base environmental coordinator.

Background

El Yunque National Forest on the island of Puerto Rico has be having issues related with Rats/Rodents pest and roaches at the areas where visitor/ employees are a daily basic visit or working around the areas.

Objective:

The El Yunque National Forest’s objective is to facilitate a safe, clean and resource conscious facility that provides for safety/security of all areas indicates on this SOW for all employees/visitors and partners.

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5. APPENDICES.

A. Estimated Workload Data

B. Maps and/or Site Plans

C. Government Furnished Property/Services/Equipment

APPENDIX A

ESTIMATED WORKLOAD DATA

ITEM

NAME

ESTIMATED QUANTITY

Qty. Unit Price

CLIN

Stone House site

12 Months

Supervisor Office

La Coca Falls store site

Water Treatment Plant site

Yokahu Tower site & bathrooms sites

Palo Colorado store & bathrooms site

El Verde Historic House, Garage (office space) & Ranger house

APPENDIX B

MAPS AND/OR SITE PLANS

APPENDIX C

C. Government Furnished Property/Services/Equipment

1- US Government manager, facilities or employees from the FS/EN, will not provide any materials/ equipment’s/property for this work.

2- The government shall not provide any government furnished property necessary for the fulfillment of this statement of work. The contractor shall provide all materials, equipment and supplies necessary to satisfy the requirement.

3- Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, supplies, (etc…) to effectuate the completion of this project. Contractor shall meet with the Government [e.g., Officer-in-Charge (OIC), Program Project Manager, Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Designated Safety Representative (DSR), etc.] to ascertain a clear understanding of the project scope; existing conditions; accessibility requirements, and scheduling concerns. Tasks that are unclear shall be confirmed with the Contracting Specialist (CS) prior to incurring costs. All work shall comply with all applicable federal, state & local building/construction codes. All work shall be guaranteed with a one-year blanket warranty after project acceptance.

4- Contractor will be responsible of walls/paint/structure and areas at interior or exterior when performance of work is done on this performance work.

5- GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIAL: The Contractor will provide all necessary personal safety equipment for their employees.

6- Contractor should make a site visit to verify before bid proposal.

7- Contractor are requiring verify on site visit if are any discrepancy before bid proposal.

8- In the event of outages, All outages shall be requested a minimum of 7 calendar days in advance, in writing, to allow for proper notification of personnel since area is part of EN (Easter National Service).

9- The contractor shall visit the site for verification of existing conditions and work to be performed prior to submitting a bid. Once the project is awarded, the Contractor shall prepare a sketch for Forest Service (FS) approval regarding the work performed in this SOW.

10- The Contractor is responsible for all damages that occur during the performance of work and will be at cost the contractor.

11- Due to extreme humidity environment all materials for this job will be required to be corrosion resistant.