Quality Assurance Representative (QAR) Services

This is a non-personal services contract to provide quality assurance
representative (QAR) services. Contracts may include request for quality
assurance services on civil works, general and military construction,
dredging, or services and supply contracts. The Government shall not
exercise any supervision or control over the Contractor employees
performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be
accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the
Government. Work to be performed does not fall under the Brooks Act.
Under this contract, the Contractor is prohibited from performing
architect-engineer type services that require professional registration or
design-related services, which require supervision by a registered
professional. The Contractor is prohibited from performing survey or
mapping services associated with architect-engineer type planning,
development construction, design, or alteration of real property.
Services shall not be provided which are considered closely related to
inherently governmental functions. Under no circumstances will this
Contract be utilized in a manner which would require the Contractor to
manage or direct another Contractor, nor in a manner such that the
Contractor might influence official evaluations of other Contractors directly
or indirectly. Contract personnel have no authority to over-ride the terms
of a construction project administered by the USACE, direct the
construction personnel in their work activities, or to modify or change the
construction requirements in any way for projects on which they are
providing quality assurance inspection services.
The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities,
transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and nonpersonal
services necessary to perform quality assurance services as
defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), and within each task
order, except for those items specified as Government furnished property
and services. The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract
and each task order.