SOW- Badges.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Acquisition of Law Enforcement Badges

Part 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Introduction: The United States Secret Service (USSS) Administrative Operation

Division provides high quality and durable badges to all USSS law enforcement personnel. This is a non-personal services contract to purchase law enforcement badges, belt worn badge holders, and credential cases. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein.

Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Background: The Administrative Operations Division (AOD) is requesting the purchase of Law Enforcement Badges, belt worn badge holders, and credential cases for

Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, and Technical Law Enforcement personnel.

1.2 Objectives: To provide badges and secondary equipment for law enforcement personnel that are high quality and durable. The USSS requires the manufacturing and supply of custom law enforcement badges, belt worn badge holders and credential cases.

The finished products shall meet or exceed USSS design and material specifications, and all badges must carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects under normal wear and tear.

Security concerns have become more important in the post 9/11 world. Security of law enforcement badges, therefore, takes on correspondingly increased importance. A workable and executable security plan and quality plan are essential to this procurement and are as important as the badges themselves.

1.3 Warranty: All badges must carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects under normal wear and tear to include the detachment of safety catches, joints, pots, panels, and seals or the discoloration of the enamels. All badges will have a guarantee against any other manufacturing defects for a one (1) year to two (2) year period beginning from the date of the original invoice. All Credential Cases and Large Badge

Holders will have a guarantee against all manufacturing defects for a one (1) year period.

The manufacturer will have in place a system for quality assurance to be provided in the proposal. If the USSS receives any product that is damaged, scratched, has broken parts due to poor solder, broken or damaged upper/lower banners, damaged clips or any other visible defect, the manufacturer will repair or replace said items at its own cost.

1.4 Scope: Law Enforcement Badges: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to create the law enforcement badges as defined in this Statement of Work except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services.

1.5 Badge Requirements. Badges will conform to the design drawings provided after award, and as stated below:

1.5.1 0001 Large USSS Badge

(a) Interchangeable Banner with Names. Each badge shall be manufactured in a way that allows the lettering on the lower banner to be changed by the manufacturer without the creation of a new die.

(1) Special Agent

(2) Technician

(3) Security Specialist

(4) Federal Officer

(5) Special Officer

(6) Sergeant

(7) Officer

(8) Lieutenant

(9) Captain

(10) Inspector

(11) Deputy Chief

12) Assistant Chief

(13) Chief

(14) Director

(b) Exact finishes required for the five (5) different badges:

(1) Material: CDA 425.

(2) Finish: Two-toned metal design with blue fill accents. Silver (Rhodium plated) and gold (to be determined) with blue painted accents (see agency design provided)

(3) Large Badge Details: Gold outer band with blue center fill reading

“Trust and” to the top left of the center point of the star, “Confidence” to the top right of the center point of the star. Titles are centered on the bottom of the outer ring at the base of the Star.

(4) Scale: Large badge to be approximately 2.875” wide.

(5) Gold custom center "US” medallion with raised border and letters and blue fill. The recessed area between the ring and the “US” will be filled blue.

(6) Stamp serial numbers on back of badge

(a.) Each badge will be numbered on the reverse side of the badge. Each number will be approximately 3/16 inches in height and legible. The numbering sequence will be supplied by the USSS at the time of ordering.

(7) Flat durable steel spring clip hard soldered vertically on the reverse.

(c) All badges must carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects under normal wear and tear to include the detachment of safety catches, joints, posts, panels, and seals or the discoloration of the enamels.

All badges will have a guarantee against any other manufacturing defects for a one (1) to two (2) year period beginning from the date of the original invoice.

0002 Small USSS Badge way that allows the lettering on the lower banner to be changed by the manufacturer without the creation of a new die.

(1) Special Agent

(2) Technician

(3) Security Specialist

(4) Federal Officer

(5) Special Officer

(6) Retired

(7) Sergeant

(8) Officer

(9) Lieutenant

(10) Captain

(11) Inspector

(12) Deputy Chief

(13) Assistant Chief

(14) Chief

(15) Director

(b) Exact finishes required for the badge:

(1) Material: CDA 425.

(2) Finish: Two-toned metal design with blue fill accents. Silver (Rhodium plated) and gold (to be determined) with blue painted accents (see agency design provided)

(3) Small Badge Details: Gold outer band with blue center fill with five gold stars to the top left of the center point of the star, five gold stars to the top right of the center point of the star. Titles are centered on the bottom of the outer ring at the base of the Star.

(4) Scale: Small badge to be approximately 2.5” wide.

(5) Gold custom center "US” medallion with raised border and letters and blue fill. The recessed area between the ring and the “US” will be filled blue.

(6) Stamp serial numbers on back of badge

(a.) Each badge will be numbered on the reverse side of the badge. Each number will be approximately 3/16 inches in height and legible. The numbering sequence will be supplied by the USSS at the time of ordering.

(7) Flat durable steel spring clip hard soldered vertically on the reverse.

(c) All badges must carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects under normal wear and tear to include the detachment of safety catches, joints, posts, panels, and seals or the discoloration of the enamels.

All badges will have a guarantee against any other manufacturing defects for a one (1) to two (2) year period beginning from the date of the original invoice.

0003 USSS UD Cap Plates way that allows the lettering on the lower banner to be changed by the manufacturer without the creation of a new die.

(1) Sergeant

(2) Officer

(3) Lieutenant

(4) Captain

(5) Inspector

(6) Deputy Chief

(7) Assistant Chief

(8) Chief

(b) Exact finishes required for the eight (8) different badges:

(1) Material: CDA 425.

(2) Finish: HE – (Heavy Gold Electroplate) Heavy Gold Plated (blue enamel) “U.S. SECRET SERVICE” (reverse enamel).

(3) Seal with blue background plain eagle and colored flag.

(4) U S Gov. F.T.C. classification for HE is 100 micro-inches of gold-plated thickness, front and back.

(5) Stamp serial numbers on back of badge.

(a.) Each badge will be numbered on the reverse side of the badge.

Each number will be approximately 3/16 inches in height and legible. The numbering sequence will be supplied by the USSS at the time of ordering.

(6) Single post and spur hard soldered on the reverse side of the badge.

(c) All badges must carry a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects under normal wear and tear to include the detachment of safety catches, joints, posts, panels, and seals or the discoloration of the enamels. All badges will have a guarantee against any other manufacturing defects for a One (1) to two (2) year period beginning from the date of the original invoice.

1.6 Leather Badge Holder and Credentials Book

1.6.1 All badges (large and small) are required to be carried within a leather case/holder. USSS will place a Leather Commission Books and Large Badge

Holders order for the same amount of Large and Small Badges.

1.6.2 Credentials Case Book Specs

The current Credentials Book and Badge wallet is 3 1/2 inches wide and 5 1/10 inches tall. The current book is Black Leather and the max car size that the book will need to fit is 2 7/8 inches by 4 ½ inches. Included within the case book, USSS will need a black backing for the small badge to clip onto within the book.

1.6.3 Large Badge Holder Specs

The current Large Badge Holder is 3 2/3 inches tall, 2 3/4 inches wide and 3/4 inches deep including the belt clip.

1.7 General Information

The contractor will manufacture and deliver the requested number of badges to the USSS no later than 30 days after receipt of the task order. In the case of an emergency order, the contractor will manufacture and deliver the requested number of badges within a one (1) week period of the order. Shipping and handling costs will be the responsibility of the contractor to include return shipping and handling costs of badges being returned due to manufacturing and other defects The first order placed from this contract will be between

10,000 to 12,000 badges with delivery expected within 2 months after award or before.

1.7.1 Place of Delivery:

AOD/AGB

Attn: Brittany Timney

245 Murray Lane, MS 8410

Washington, DC 20223

1.7.2 Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business, during the scheduled hours of their facility.

1.7.3 Security Controls: The contractor shall have in place appropriate security controls to ensure that each all USSS dies and badges produced are accounted for and delivered to the USSS. The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all Government equipment and information. Any USSS badges, complete or incomplete, that do not meet the contractor’s quality control standards for delivery to the USSS shall be immediately destroyed at the contractor’s facility and at the contractor’s expense. These security controls must be detailed in the proposal for evaluation. The USSS holds the right to reject any delivered finished product due to flaws in the construction banners, coloring, soldering, etc. The contractor will replace or refurbish/ repair badges rejected by the

USSS at its own expense and will expedite the completed product back to the USSS.

(a) The contractor shall submit a quality control plan with their proposal to be evaluated by the USSS’ evaluation team. Upon award of the contract, the quality control plan shall become part of the statement of work.

(b) First article testing will be required by the contractor to produce dies and first article badges for testing, review and approval by the USSS. The contractor shall not proceed with production of the remaining badges without written approval of the prototype and direction on the design by the contracting officer.

(c) The dies shall be provided to the successful offeror upon award and will be treated as Government Furnished Property to be returned immediately to the

Government upon completion of this IDIQ. Unless otherwise directed by the contracting officer, the contractor shall store the dies in a secure area at the contractor’s facility. The dies and secure storage area are subject to Government inspection. A complete inventory of all dies must be submitted to the Government at the beginning and end of each contract period or upon request by the USSS contracting officer. No badges will be produced from the USSS does and design unless ordered directly by an authorized USSS contracting officer or Contracting

Officer’s Technical Representative.

1.7.4 PRIVACY Act: Personnel who have access to Privacy Information shall adhere to the Privacy Act, Title 5 of the U.S. Code, Section 552a and applicable agency rules and regulations.

1.7.5 Key Personnel: The contractor shall provide a point of contact to Brittany Timney who shall be responsible for the law enforcement badges. 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 POC or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters.

1.7.6 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and any subcontractor personnel performing work 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 Organizational

Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer 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 Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the

Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect 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.