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Statement of Work for Industrial Safety Advisor:

GENERAL: The contractor will provide expert Industrial Safety Advisor (ISA) advice and services to the DLA Europe & Africa Regional Safety Office and other elements of DLA located in Germany annually for a period not to exceed 1 year. DLA workplaces are a combination of normal office-type environments and industrial/warehouse activities. DLA employees in industrial/warehouse activities engage in warehousing and distribution operations, the management, storage, and disposition of surplus supplies and equipment; and scrap management operations.

Contractor employee will identify safety hazards per German Occupational Health and Safety Rules recommend corrective actions and report on corrective action closure. The contractor employee will develop and generate annual assessment reports for all locations listed in this statement of work.

Contractor personnel will provide services in coordination with the DLA Europe & Africa Regional Safety Office which is staffed with three US-trained safety professionals. ISA services required will be integrated into the overall DLA Europe & Africa Regional Safety program, in compliance with the US International Agreement that US Forces in Germany will follow German OSH laws and rules for its German workforce.

The contractor personnel is required to perform the following tasks:

1) Travel to each work location within Germany (annually) to conduct OSH Assessments.

2) Survey each work location identifying existing safety hazards.

3) Develop job hazard analysis and train employees on JHA process corrections. (As needed)

3) Investigate, measure, analyze and recommend corrective actions. (As needed)

4) Provide written detailed executive summary reports for each location to include. findings, corrective actions, recommendations and best practices (Annually).

5) Travel to each work location to ensure corrective actions have been implemented (Annually)

6) Certify closure of open deficiencies.

7) Perform ergonomic assessments of LN work station to identify potential hazards (Annually)

8) Review new process procedures and or equipment to identify hazards (Annually).

9) Interpret German OSH laws, standards and regulations for US personnel (As needed).

The contractor will not represent or act independently on behalf of the US or the DLA.

CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS:

Contractor employee will be qualified as ISAs as required by German Law (Law on Company Doctors, Safety Engineers and other Industrial Safety Advisers) and other German regulations in the field of Occupational Health and Safety.

Contractor must have knowledge of German and US Military Structure as related to Industrial Safety Advisor and Company Doctors in accordance with current German and EC/EU safety and occupational health law.

Contractor employee providing services must be able to read, write and speak both the English and German languages.

Contractor employee must have a wide familiarity and experience with the application of German Occupational Health and Safety Rules as applied in the German Army (Bundeswehr). United States Forces are authorized the same exemptions, exceptions, and other favorable Occupational Safety practices exercised by the German Army; accordingly the Contractor must be familiar with Bundeswehr safety regulations and practices.

LOCATIONS AND PERSONNEL:

ISA services to DLA operations in Germany must be provided in the following locations:

Kaiserslautern – Kleber Kaserne, Sembach, Rhein Ordnance Barracks Petroleum Laboratory Mainz Kastel

Grafenwoehr Panzer Kaserne

Stuttgart

Ramstein

REQUIRED SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Act as Industrial Safety Adviser as required by German law and regulation. The contractor will provide expert advice and information concerning German Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) laws and regulations to the DLA Safety Office as requested under Delivery Orders.

Assist in development of job hazard analysis (JHA) for workplaces with German employees. Provide assistance and training to German employees and review in place JHA’s for currency.)

Investigate industrial accidents and review accident reports in coordination with DLA Europe & Africa Regional Safety Office guidelines. Analyze accidents and provide root causes and preventive measures to prevent reoccurrence. Review accidents for non- compliance with German OSH law and regulation; recommend corrective actions and effective prevention measures.

Assist in development of a comprehensive fire safety and emergency scheme for DLA workplaces, meeting German law and regulation.

Conduct periodic safety inspections and reviews of DLA facilities in coordination with DLA Europe & Africa Regional Safety Office to assure DLA compliance with German OSH law and regulation. Review utilization of personal protective equipment. Identify hazardous substances, noise levels, lighting, air quality and other environmental influences in the workplace. Observe the implementation of occupational safety and accident prevention measures.

Make recommendations concerning:

The planning, design and maintenance of plant and other facilities used by DLA’s German workforce.

The acquisition of technical working equipment and the introduction of new work processes and materials used by DLA’s German workforce;

The selection and testing of personal protective equipment used by DLA’s German workforce;

The design of workplaces, organization of work processes, nature of working environment and other ergonomic factors affecting DLA’s German workforce;

The evaluation of working conditions of DLA’s German workforce.

Provide Hazardous substance and dangerous goods management.

Determine if the Occupational health and safety management systems is in line with current German Law.

TRAINING SERVICES: Provide training for the German workforce may be conducted in the German language. Training for US or Mixed audiences shall be conducted in the English language.

Provide training and information for German and US employees on proper compliance with German OSH and accident prevention rules, with particular emphasis on instruction about workplace hazards and means of avoiding these hazards. English language training shall be required for US employee training., Provide training to DLA Safety Officers and other DLA US and German personnel with collateral safety duties, including Works Council Safety Representatives.

MEETINGS, REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS:

The contractor will attend regularly scheduled meetings of DLA Industrial Safety Committee(s). In these meetings, the contractor will provide ISA information and expertise as required by German OSH law and regulation.

The contractor may also be required to provide expert information and advice to DLA’s German Works Council(s) as required by German OSH law and regulation.

The contractor may be required to provide reports on DLA’s compliance with German OSH law and regulation. No regular reports are required.

The contractor will provide copies of requested German OSH laws or regulations to the DLA Safety Office as requested. The contractor will provide these in the English language if commercially available, but is not responsible for translation of the documents available only in German.

CONTACT WITH THE CUSTOMER: The Contractor primary points of contact at DLA will be the Chief of the DLA Europe& Africa Safety Office (DLA Safety Office) and his assistant Safety Officers who are US-trained safety professionals. The DLA Safety Officer and his office will be the primary customer of the contractor. The contractor will coordinate closely with the DLA Safety Office to assure full understanding of all Delivery Order requirements COORDINATION WITH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OFFICIALS: The contractor may be required to coordinate information and actions with US Army Europe (USAREUR) Occupational Health professionals who performs duties of the Occupational Health Physician for US Forces. The contractor may also be required to coordinate information and actions with other US contractors in the field of Occupational Health and Safety.

GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED SUPPORT:

DLA facilities will be provided to perform in-house training.

Security: Pass and Identification. DLA will provide entry badges identifying the contractor’s employees as contractor personnel. Parking on US installations shall be in designated parking areas. The Contractor shall provide names of all employees performing on the contract to the DLA Installation Support Europe and Africa Facility Manager who will arrange badges which will be returned to DLA upon completion of the contract. Contractor will issue company ID cards to each employee performing on the contract.

The contractor will provide its own computer and telephone, including cellular telephone(s) for its employees while at DLA locations:

Appendix 1 – Kaiserslautern

Kleber Kaserne

Location: Bldg. 3228,3229 and 3230 POC: Delia Mann (troop support) Lawrence Evans (Disposition) Robert Flagg (Document services) Matt Schmidt( Energy)Tim Klingenberg # local national personnel:25 Function: Troop Support, Disposition, Document Services and Energy Sembach

Location: Bldg. 214 Rooms (327;301;328;302;201;226;203) POC: Gregory McCray (Distribution) # local national personnel: 4 Function: Distribution, Energy Rhein Ordnance Barracks Petroleum Laboratory

Location: Kaiserslautern Fuels lab Bldg. 320 POC: SFC Marlon Haughton( Energy) # local national personnel: 2 Function: Energy Mainz Kastel

Location: Mainz Germany POC: Beate Jones( Document Services) Rita Henry (Energy) # local national personnel: 4 Function: Energy, Document Services Grafenwoehr

Location:

POC: Ronald Johns (Europe & Africa) Jayde Antonio ( Document Services) Jose Montanez (Disposition) # local national personnel: 6 Function: Document Services, Disposition, Europe & Africa Stuttgart Location: Kelly Barracks POC: Donald Liles (Europe & Africa) Timothy Robinson (Troop Support) Aybike Arslain (Energy) # local national personnel: 1 Function: Europe & Africa, Troop Support, Energy Panzer Kaserne Location: Bldg. 3004 room 404 POC: Steve Soisson ( Europe & Africa) Don Reed ( Troop Support) # local national personnel: 0 Function: Troop Support, Europe & Africa Ramstein, Germany

Location: Bldg 528 Rm108, Bldg. 404 Door 4, Bldg 528 Room 109 POC: Levon McDowell (Europe & Africa) Bob Flagg (Document Services) Christopher Sheppard (Energy) # local national personnel: 3 Function: Europe & Africa, Document Services, Energy