SOW - NDP ARSR Tower Assessment Services.pdf

SCOPE OF WORK

Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR) Tower Assessments

1. The Contractor shall provide all project management, skilled labor, exper se, and qualified personnel, and subcontracts as required to assess up to forty-nine (49) Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR) Towers throughout the Na onal Airspace System (NAS) u lizing the latest version of the Federal Avia on Administra on (FAA) provided Na onal NASET Assessment Program Structural Assessment Report Template.

NOTE: The site assessments and reports must be physically complete by 9/24/2025.

2. The work elements shall include:

1. Assemble mul ple teams, as required, to complete the Assessments. All personnel climbing towers shall be

Cer fied with Rescuer Cer ficates in accordance with OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1926.503.

2. Teams will be required to take FAA Authorized Person Level II & Competent Person training. Crew lead must be a Contractor Employee; Climbers may be Contractor Employees or qualified subcontractors.

3. The FAA will provide Fall Protec on training prior to the beginning of on-site assessments. The FAA does not provide Rescue training to contractors. Therefore, the Contractor will provide Personal Protec ve Equipment (PPE) and Rescue training in accordance with the Contractor’s Company policy. FAA provided training includes the following:

• (68000144) Fall Protec on – Authorized Person Level II (Ini al)

• (68000145) Fall Protec on – Authorized Person Level II (Refresher)

• (68000136) Fall protec on – Competent Person (Ini al)

• (68000137) Fall protec on – Competent Person (Refresher)

4. Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) will include:

Tension Meters and Total Sta on (survey equipment).

Any addi onal equipment that may be required will be purchased by the contractor.

5. The Contractor will provide all services listed below.

Task 1: Produce final Tower Assessment Waterfall Schedule for each site using the a ached tower list and forward to the

FAA Program Office (PO) at least five weeks prior to assessments beginning at each site. Enter list and schedule into the

Knowledge Skills Network (KSN) Tower Assessments Dashboard Deliverables that will be set up by the FAA upon iden fica on of the Contractor.

Task 2: Contractor must coordinate all down me and Opera onal Risk Management (ORM) ac vi es for all phases for each site. Contractor must par cipate in all FAA (Opera onal Risk Management (ORM) ac vi es in all appropriate phases during the execu on of the work release. While on site, conduct daily ORM briefings with the Supply Support

Center (SSC).

Task 3: Conduct the SSC Check-in mee ng prior to assessments beginning in the SSC. Conduct the SSC In-Brief Mee ng the day the assessments begin in the SSC. Provide all services required to perform assessments in accordance with the latest versions of:

ANSI/TIA-222-H-2017 ANSI Structural Standard for Antenna Suppor ng Structures, and

FAA Order JO 3900.63A - Air Traffic Organiza on Fall Protec on Program

Task 4: Conduct Do Not Climb mee ng with the SSC, District Manager, District Professional Avia on Safety Specialists (PASS) Representa ve, and PO as soon as possible (preferably the same day) that a Do Not Climb situa on has arisen.

Task 5: Complete Dra Assessment Reports for SSC and Stakeholder Review per the due date in the Products and Deliverables sec on. Post to KSN Tower Assessments Dashboard Deliverables folder (Product).

Task 6: Conduct the SSC Out-Brief Mee ng upon comple on of the last assessment in the SSC.

Task 7: Finalize the Tower Assessment Reports and issue via the KSN Tower Assessments Dashboard Deliverables folder per the due date in the Products and Deliverables sec on.

Task 8: Par cipate with the PO in the SSC t-Brief mee ng.

6. Perform “incidental” repairs during physical assessment work onsite, if necessary. “Incidental” repairs are considered those which are incidental to climbing of the tower, require no special engineering or management authoriza on, are of minimal cost or schedule impact, and can be done without demobiliza on or remobiliza on to the site. Examples include tensioning of out-of-tolerance guy wires or ghtening bolts.

1. Products and Deliverables

PRODUCTS DUE DATE

Site Assessment Schedule Three Weeks Prior to assessment beginning in that

SSC. Maintained throughout the project

Dra Assessment Report of each tower for SSC and

Stakeholder (SSC and Program Office) Review Within 1 week of assessment comple on

Final Tower Assessment Report for FAA’s Quality

Assurance Review

Within two weeks of each Dra Assessment Report

Stakeholder review period

DELIVERABLES DUE DATE

Finalize Tower Assessment Report for each ARSR tower and Issue

Within one week of receipt of FAA’s Quality Assurance

Review

The tower list to be included for this effort is a separate a achment tled “SOW A achment 1 – Tower Loca ons”