A.01.01_Miscellaneous_PWS_revised.docx

PERFORMANCE BASED WORK STATEMENT (PBWS)

PICK UP OF DRY ICE PELLETS

Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center Fort Gordon, Georgia

1. GENERAL

1.1. SCOPE OF WORK: The purpose of this contract is to provide dry ice pellets once a week for pick up. The dry ice pellets are used for the packing of diagnostic specimens, as well as blood products for shipment.

1.2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES: The contractor shall provide 120lbs. of dry ice pellets once a week to be picked up by DDEAMC’s Department of Pathology during normal hours of operation (not to exceed 6,480lbs annually). Order should be ready for pick up at 10:30 a.m. Mondays. When a federal holiday falls on a Monday the pickup will be Tuesday at the same time. Emergency orders will be filled within 48 hours of notification. The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, tools, containers, packaging materials, and supplies, in order to provide the required services. Facility must be within a 25 mile radius of Fort Gordon GA 30905.

1.3. FEDERAL HOLIDAYS:

1.4. The contractor shall meet all local, state, and federal requirements for hazardous waste motor carriers and hazardous waste shall be marked in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations as applicable and required.

1.5. The contractor shall perform all packaging and loading of product generated and all documentation required by local, state, and federal laws to include any and all MSDS hazardous waste profiles, inventories, and hazardous waste manifest, if required.

1.6. QUALITY ASSURANCE: Upon completion of work, an acceptance inspection will be conducted by the Government.

1.7. QUALITY CONTROL: The contractor shall be responsible to ensure that the quality of service and materials provided under this contract meet or exceed the performance work statement.

2. DEFINITIONS/ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS:

2.1. Standard Definitions:

2.1.3. Contracting Officer: A government employee with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts, and make findings and determinations on behalf of the government.

2.1.4. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): A COR is an individual appointed in writing by the Contracting Officer who monitors the technical and performance aspects of a contract and performs other duties as specified by the Contracting Officer.

2.1.5. Defect: Any nonconformance of a unit of service with specified requirements.

2.1.6. Government Furnished Property (GFP): All equipment, goods, facilities, and land possessed by the government and subsequently delivered or otherwise made available to a contractor.

2.1.7. Mandatory Document: A directive in which the contractor is obliged to perform the effort strictly in accordance with the method specified in the directive to meet the stated results of the directive.

2.1.8. Performance Based Work Statement (PBWS): A document that accurately describes the essential and technical requirements for items, materials, or services including the standards used to determine whether the contractual requirements have been met.

2.1.9. Quality Assurance (QA): Those actions taken by the government to assure that the quality of purchased goods and services received are acceptable in accordance with established standards and requirements of the contract.

2.1.9. Quality Assurance Evaluator (QAE): A government representative responsible for performing surveillance and inspection of contractor performance (may be referred to as a Quality Assurance Specialist; Technical Monitor, Inspector).

2.1.10. Random Number Table: A table of numbers arranged in random fashion; a table used to select random samples.

2.1.11. Random Sample: A sampling method whereby each service output in a lot has an equal chance of being selected.

2.1.12. Random Sampling: A method for looking at a few individual items in a lot to measure the quality of that lot against a standard.

2.1.13. Standard: A measure of comparison; an acceptability criterion; a benchmark; or yardstick against which a service will be measured.

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY: The Government will supply the GSA vehicle the will be used to transport the dry ice pellets to Eisenhower Army Medical Center.

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS:

4.1. The contractor shall furnish all materials, labor and supplies necessary to perform the services.

4.2. The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, tools, container, packaging materials, and supplies, in order to provide the required services, as stated in this PBWS.

5. SPECIFIC TASKS:

5.1. The contractor shall perform all packaging and loading of the dry ice pellets and all documentation required by local, state, and federal laws to include any and all MSDS hazardous waste profiles, inventories, and hazardous waste manifest, if required.

5.2. The contractor shall provide to the Government a finalized hazardous waste manifest within thirty (30) days of disposal, if requested.

5.3. The contractor shall provide dry ice per the contract weekly during hours stated in the contract.

5.4. The contractor shall meet or exceed expectations of all agencies monitoring and enforcing environmental regulations.

5.5. The contractor shall work with the customer to maintain EPA compliance records. The contractor shall maintain its own service and replacement records for the facilities.

Attachment B: Performance Requirements Summary

Performance Objective Performance Standard Acceptable Level of Performance (ALP)

Exceeds Standards

Method

Inspection/ invoice

4. The contractor shall meet or exceed expectations of all agencies monitoring and enforcing environmental and safety regulations.