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Statement of Work U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol Detroit Sector, Sandusky Bay and Marysville Stations

Personal Watercraft

1. BACKGROUND:

The U.S. Border Patrol, Detroit Sector, Sandusky Bay Station and Marysville Station require the use of a Personal Watercraft (PWC) to perform various job responsibilities that include, but are not limited to, search and rescues in our area of responsibility, Border Community Liaison duties in the community and local marinas, and Intel gathering for cross border traffic on the lakes.

2. SCOPE:

It is the intent of Sandusky Bay and Marysville BP Stations to procure Two (2) PWCs for Sandusky Bay Station and One (1) for Marysville Station. The minimum salient characteristics for the PWC requirement have been defined, in Section 5.1 of this statement of work.

2.1 Contract Type

This solicitation shall result in a firm-fixed price purchase order to include all shipping/delivery charges, set up allowance or performances before shipping with PWC Equipment Cover and state safety kit requirements: Distress Emergency Flag, Collapsible Paddle/Oar, Fire Extinguisher.

3. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS:

Commercial standards shall be used wherever practicable. All bidders must submit required documents in accordance with the instructions in the solicitation posting.

4. SPECIFIC TASKS:

The contractor shall complete the following tasks as required to comply with this SOW.

4.1 Program Management.

The contractor shall exercise technical direction and control of the engineering, manufacturing, and test effort required to produce the equipment. This requirement includes the necessary management support tasks related to production, configuration control, risk management, testing, quality assurance, and data management required to carry out that task and comply with this SOW.

4.2 Testing

The contractor shall test the functionality of all equipment, prior to delivery according to Department of Transportation or industry standards. If testing is not feasible, all equipment set-ups must be initiated before shipping, or an allowance given between supplying vendor and local affiliate vendor affiliation for setup and overview.

4.3 Delivery Instructions

The contractor shall deliver the equipment outlined in Section 5.1 F.O.B. destination to a dealer within 30 miles of delivery address. Delivery shall be within 30 days after receipt of order. The Sandusky BP station will pick up all the PWC’s with an appropriate trailer.

4.4 Inspection and Acceptance

All inspection and acceptance activities for this order shall be performed at the delivery address by the designated technical point of contact for apparent defects/damage. Actual sea worthiness shall be performed at the final station destinations within sector AOR.

4.5 Documentation

The contractor shall be responsible for issuing existing documents as requested by CBP (See section 5.4).

5. DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE:

5.1 Equipment.

In order for the contractor to be determined technically acceptable, the product proposed must meet the minimum salient specifications listed below.

Minimum Salient Characteristics for the Personal Watercraft:

Year 2023 or Newer (Brand New)

Engine

Drivetrain

Electrical Battery 12V

Body

Operational

Warranty Minimum 1 Year

Examples of qualifying watercraft:

This is a Brand Name or Equivalent requirement, any watercraft that meets the minimum salient characteristics will qualify.

5.2 Delivery Address

U.S. Border Patrol Sandusky Bay Station 709 SE Catawba Rd Port Clinton, OH 43452

5.3 Period of Performance

The contractor shall deliver all equipment outlined above within 30 days after the receipt of order and provide the manufacturer’s warranty for a minimum of 12 months upon delivery.

5.4 Data.

As referenced in section 4.5 above the contractor shall provide copies of the documents listed below. One copy of the data shall be delivered in paper form and one copy in electronic form. The electronic form shall be in MS Word format or Adobe Acrobat. The documents are deliverables under the contract and shall be delivered to the Government no later than thirty days after contract award:

5.5 Warranty

The PWC shall include a minimum 12-month manufacturer’s warranty.

6. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

The place of performance shall be at the contractor’s facility.

7. SECURITY:

There are no specific security classification level requirements associated with this procurement action. Information is deemed unclassified.

8. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

8.1 Changes to the SOW

No changes to this SOW or cost increases shall be incurred without written prior approval of the Contracting Officer. Any changes or cost increases will not take effect until the Contracting Officer executes a written modification.

8.2 Travel

Travel is not required to support the tasks identified in this SOW.

8.3 Points of Contact

All contract questions and technical concerns shall be directed to the point of contact as designated below.

Contract Specialist: Robert Kay, Robert.J.Kay@cbp.dhs.gov, 317-614-4824

Station Representative: Ben Panek, U.S. Border Patrol, Ben.Panek@cbp.dhs.gov, 419 732-4002, 709 SE Catawba Rd. Port Clinton, OH 43452.

The vendor shall submit invoices electronically to the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) www.ipp.gov, and Cheryl Sieracki at Cheryl.A.Sieracki@cbp.dhs.gov