Q702--Temporary Sterile Processing Technicians

Page 25, paragraph 1 says The VAMC shall not pay any additional compensation to the contractor for overtime expenses incurred by its performance of this contract. Page 25, paragraph 1.e says, Overtime is any hours more than 40 hours in a work week (Monday to Friday). Overtime shall be allowed as part of this contract in extraordinary circumstances. Under the Service Contract Act, a company must pay SCA-covered employees double time for overtime hours or be penalized by the Department of Labor. If the Government will not pay for overtime worked by SCA-covered individuals, how would the Government like the contractor to handle overtime?

Overtime is allowed on the contract as needed. Overtime is paid at time and a half. Â

Page 26 covering the topic of holiday states that If the President of the United States declares a holiday by executive order and the schedule cannot be amended without causing a burden on VA NYHHS, the contract staff can work the holiday at the regular rate. This appears to be contrary to the Service Contract Act. If a contractor employee covered by the SCA works on a federal holiday, under the SCA they must be compensated with double pay. How would the Government like to resolve these two seemingly contradictory directives?

If the agency technician works the holiday, they are compensated at the holiday rate which is double time.

Section K says, The contract technician shall complete contractor provided time sheets and request signature of the time sheet by the Chief, SPS, Assistant Chief, SPS, or Supervisor. Should this statement be taken as confirmation that contractor employees will have to fill in paper-based timesheets signed in pen-and-ink by the SPS Chief or their delegate? Are these timesheets weekly, biweekly, or twice per month?

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The current process is for the agency staff to complete their timesheets online, send it to the VA supervisor in email for review and signature (a wet signature). The VA supervisor scans the signed timesheet and sends it to the agency POC via email.   The supervisors will work with the agency if they have a different process. The timesheet is bi-weekly.

Page 61 states the bidder Must Submit (1) redacted and (1) un-redacted file for technical capability (Factor 1). A detailed description of the work performed. By redacted, do you mean redact all information that directly identifies the bidding party only (to include names of organization employees), or should other types of data be redacted, also? Please advise as to what additional material should be redacted if more is necessary than removing company identity elements.

Any information that may identify the organization.

Sterile Processing technician