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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 05, 2017 FBO #5734
DOCUMENT

A -- NPC Contract (VA-17-131778) - Attachment

Notice Date

8/3/2017
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

US Department of Veterans Affairs;Veterans Health Administration;Service Area Office (SAO) East;323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500;Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319
 

ZIP Code

15212-5319
 

Solicitation Number

VA24017Q0206
 

Archive Date

8/3/2017
 

Point of Contact

Elaine F DiBucci
 

E-Mail Address

822-3432<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

VA Office of Research and Development (ORD), has a requirement to purchase services VA is interested in understanding the Extramural funding mechanism in more detail across the agency. The Department of Veterans Affairs, in accordance with Public Law (P.L.) 100-322 [now codified at sections 7361-66 if title 38, United States Code (U.S.C.)], has 83 Nonprofit Research & Education Corporations (NPCs) at VA medical centers (VAMCs) throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). P.L. 100-322 allowed the establishment of private, state-chartered, nonprofit entities to provide flexible funding mechanisms for the administration of funds, other than those appropriated to VA, for the conduct of VA-approved research. Congress expanded the NPCs authority to include support for VA s education and training missions. The fundamental purpose of NPCs is to serve Veterans by supporting VA research and education in order to improve the quality of care that Veterans receive. From 2006 2015, the NPCs contributed $2.2 billion to VA research and education. There are 83 NPCs located in 44 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Under title 38, U.S.C., section 7366(b), NPCs must submit to the Secretary of VA a detailed statement of their operations, activities and accomplishments during the previous year. The legislation allows the NPCs to partner with VA Academic Affiliates. Based on the nature of the relationship between the VAMCs and their academic affiliates, investigators may apply for grants from other Federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and conduct the research at their affiliated universities. NPPO s Mission: Provide oversight and guidance for the VA-affiliated research and education corporations (NPCs). It serves as the primary point of contact between VHA and NPCs, and between VA and others on matters concerning NPCs. This requirement is detailed in the attached Statement of Work. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification (large business, small business, 8(a), SDVOSB, etc.), relative to NAICS code 541611. Responses to this synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Based on responses to this synopsis, the Government may issue a RFQ on FBO or GSA Performance Period: Date of award, plus one year. Type of Contract: Firm Fixed Price This notice is not a request for competitive proposals, however; any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Thursday, August 10, 2017, 12:00 Noon, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Elaine DiBucci at elaine.dibucci@va.gov and should include company name, address, point of contact, business size, and product information. No telephone responses will be accepted. This notice is to assist the Government in determining sources only. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PEFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT Study on Veterans Affairs Extramural Funding SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Performance Work Statement (PWS) is to award a contract to complete a Study on Veterans Affairs (VA) Extramural Funding. To support the tasks identified below requires an experienced and cohesive team of scientific, technical and administrative professionals who can demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the requirements to conduct a study on VA extramural funding and produce acceptable deliverables within the required timelines while meeting cost, schedule and performance requirements. SECTION 2: BACKGROUND Though providing high quality health care to our nation's Veterans is a crucial component of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission, the VA also conducts an array of research on some of the most difficult challenges facing medical science today. The VA Office of Research and Development (ORD) oversees thousands of research projects in such research areas as aging, women s health, post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer, genomics, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, mental health, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, regenerative medicine, engineering prosthetics/orthotics, substance abuse disorders, obesity and hypertension. More than 15,000 research projects are currently conducted at 115 VA medical centers in the areas of biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation and health services research. While VA research has improved medical care for Veterans and the nation, VA contributions to medical knowledge have won VA scientists many prestigious awards, including the Nobel Prize. ORD aspires to discover knowledge, develop VA researchers and health care leaders, and create innovations that advance health care for our Veterans and the nation. ORD is the research arm of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The major emphasis of ORD is to advance VA medical research and development programs that address veterans needs, with an emphasis on service-connected injuries and illnesses, and that contribute to the Nation s knowledge of disease and disability. A secondary benefit of these research endeavors is the transfer to the healthcare delivery system of new and beneficial technologies resulting from research conducted throughout the VA medical centers. The Department of Veterans Affairs, in accordance with Public Law (P.L.) 100-322 [now codified at sections 7361-66 if title 38, United States Code (U.S.C.)], has 83 Nonprofit Research & Education Corporations (NPCs) at VA medical centers (VAMCs) throughout the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). P.L. 100-322 allowed the establishment of private, state-chartered, nonprofit entities to provide flexible funding mechanisms for the administration of funds, other than those appropriated to VA, for the conduct of VA-approved research. Congress expanded the NPCs authority to include support for VA s education and training missions. The fundamental purpose of NPCs is to serve Veterans by supporting VA research and education in order to improve the quality of care that Veterans receive. From 2006 2015, the NPCs contributed $2.2 billion to VA research and education. There are 83 NPCs located in 44 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Under title 38, U.S.C., section 7366(b), NPCs must submit to the Secretary of VA a detailed statement of their operations, activities and accomplishments during the previous year. The legislation allows the NPCs to partner with VA Academic Affiliates. Based on the nature of the relationship between the VAMCs and their academic affiliates, investigators may apply for grants from other Federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and conduct the research at their affiliated universities. NPPO s Mission: Provide oversight and guidance for the VA-affiliated research and education corporations (NPCs). Serves as the primary point of contact between VHA and NPCs, and between VA and others on matters concerning NPCs. More information can be found on the NPC homepage: https://www.research.va.gov/programs/nppo/default.cfm SECTION 3: SCOPE VA is interested in understanding the Extramural funding mechanism in more detail across the agency and 83 NPCs. This contract will provide a final written report that clearly answers the following questions with specific, technical, financial and statistical analysis: What is the purpose of the VA NPCs? Please provide summaries from the statute and VHA Handbooks to clearly define how NPC s are to be utilized. Are the VA NPCs being utilized to their fullest potential by the VA? Who makes the decision as to where a grant will be administered? What is the local VA policy for the administration of a federal grant involving one of its employees? How are the NIH grant funds administered? If the majority of the work (i.e., greater than 50%) is being done at the VA, does the NPC administer the funding? How much research supported by NIH grants are being conducted solely at the VAMC and how much is spent in collaboration with the university? How many of the NIH-granted funds spent solely at the VA? How much is spent in collaboration with the university? Is the NPC a subcontractor on work done at the VA? When funding is received at the university, where is the research being conducted? What kinds of research are being conducted? How many of the research projects conducted at the university use a majority of Veterans as subjects? Is there a policy directing VA investigators with dual university appointments which institution should serve as the grant institution? What is the academic affiliate s policy for the administration of a federal grant involving one of its employees when the research is being performed at the VA? Do the academic affiliates comply with all VA regulations and policies? Are they held to the same standards as the VA NPCs? Do these two policies conflict with one another? Does it cause a conflict on the employee? Who manages or resolves this conflict? How does VA benefit when federal grants are administered by the local academic affiliate? How does the academic affiliate use the indirect fees to benefit VA? What support does the NPC and the university provide to the investigators who submit grants to NIH or other Federal agencies? Does the nonprofit corporation have an explicit education mission in its bylaws? YES or NO Does the nonprofit corporation have the Associate Chief of Staff for Education (DEO) as a statutory board member? YES or NO What percent of grants/contracts are explicitly for education activities? SECTION 4: TASKS AND DELIVERABLES Contractor personnel shall provide all administrative, technical and logistical support for all aspects of the study on VA extramural funding. Task 1: Administrative Requirements The contractor will conduct Project Management Activities, as appropriate, in accordance with the Project Management Institute Handbook. Deliverable 1.1 The contractor shall contact the Contracting Officer and COR to set up a contract award kick-off meeting within the first 30 calendar days of the contract award date. Deliverable 1.2 The Contractor shall provide a Program Management Plan (PMP) that lays out the contractor s approach, timeline, deliverables and tools shall be provided. Additionally, PMP shall include a narrative and graphic format displaying schedule, specifically defined milestones, risks, communication, and resource support. Upon government acceptance and approval, the initial PMP will be considered baseline and shall be updated monthly, or as needed. Any changes to the schedule/Program plan shall be subject to COR written approval. The contractor shall update and maintain the VA Program Manager (PM) approved PMP throughout contract duration. Deliverable 1.3 The contractor shall provide monthly reports. The monthly reports shall include the status of the study, quality control findings, description of any problems anticipated or encountered and their resolution or non-resolution. The contractor shall prepare monthly meeting agendas and minutes. Meeting minutes will be delivered within 3 business days from the date of the meeting. Meeting minutes will serve as the monthly report. Task 2: Final written report The final written report will clearly answer the following questions with specific, technical, financial and statistical analysis: What is the purpose of the VA NPCs? Please provide summaries from the statute and VHA Handbooks to clearly define how NPC s are to be utilized. Are the VA NPCs being utilized to their fullest potential by the VA? Who makes the decision as to where a grant will be administered? What is the local VA policy for the administration of a federal grant involving one of its employees? How are the NIH grant funds administered? If the majority of the work (i.e., greater than 50%) is being done at the VA, does the NPC administer the funding? How much research supported by NIH grants are being conducted solely at the VAMC and how much is spent in collaboration with the university? How many of the NIH-granted funds spent solely at the VA? How much is spent in collaboration with the university? Is the NPC a subcontractor on work done at the VA? When funding is received at the university, where is the research being conducted? What kinds of research are being conducted? How many of the research projects conducted at the university use a majority of Veterans as subjects? Is there a policy directing VA investigators with dual university appointments which institution should serve as the grant institution? What is the academic affiliate s policy for the administration of a federal grant involving one of its employees when the research is being performed at the VA? Do the academic affiliates comply with all VA regulations and policies? Are they held to the same standards as the VA NPCs? Do these two policies conflict with one another? Does it cause a conflict on the employee? Who manages or resolves this conflict? How does VA benefit when federal grants are administered by the local academic affiliate? How does the academic affiliate use the indirect fees to benefit VA? What support does the NPC and the university provide to the investigators who submit grants to NIH or other Federal agencies? Does the nonprofit corporation have an explicit education mission in its bylaws? YES or NO Does the nonprofit corporation have the Associate Chief of Staff for Education (DEO) as a statutory board member? YES or NO What percent of grants/contracts are explicitly for education activities? Deliverable 2.1 The final written report. SECTION 5: Table 1 - DELIVERABLE TABLE TASK DELIVERABLE PLANNED COMPLETION DATE Task 1: Administrative Requirements 1.1 The contractor shall contact the Contracting Officer and COR to set up a contract award kick-off meeting within the first 30 calendar days of the contract award date. 1 month after contract award Task 1: Administrative Requirements 1.2 The Contractor shall provide project management support. A Project Management Plan (PMP) that lays out the contractor s approach, timeline and tools shall be provided in the execution of the plan. 1 month after contract award Task 1: Administrative Requirements 1.3 The contractor shall provide monthly reports. The contractor shall prepare monthly meeting agendas and minutes. Meeting minutes will be delivered within 3 business days. Meeting minutes will serve as the monthly report. Monthly Task 2: Final Written Report 2.1 The contractor will provide the final written report. This report will clearly answer the questions identified in Section 3, Task 2 with specific, technical, financial and statistical analysis. In accordance with the approved Project Management Plan SECTION 6: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 6.1 The contractor will comply with all applicable Records Destruction policies and procedures. VA will reimburse travel in accordance with all federal travel regulations to NPCs in order to answer the research questions. 6.2 All meetings must comply with current VA conference policies. Example: at this time VA policy does not allow the use of skype or other video related meeting software. SECTION 7: PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The period of performance shall be one base year beginning on the effective date of the contract. SECTION 8: PLACE OF PERFORMANCE The contract services and activities will take place primarily at the contractor s place of business. The government building will be used when necessary. The government building will be used for in-person quarterly meetings only if the selected contractor is local to the DC Metropolitan area. Dates and times of these in-person meetings will be agreed upon. If the contractor is not local to the DC Metropolitan area, monthly meetings will be held using a mutually-agreed upon IT service available to the government and the contractor. SECTION 9: TYPE OF CONTRACT The government will award a firm fixed price contract. SECTION 10: KEY PERSONNEL Specific skilled and experienced professional and/or technical personnel are essential for accomplishing the work to be performed. Key personnel for purposes of this contract will be defined as those individuals preparing and communicating directly with the government CO, COR and Program Management staff, as well as Field personnel including Medical Center Directors, Chief of Staff, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Associate Chief of Staff for Education and the Executive Director of the NPC. These individuals are defined as Key personnel and are those persons whose resumes were submitted and marked by the vendor as Key Personnel. Substitutions shall only be accepted if in compliance with Substitution of Key Personnel provision identified below. Key Personnel: Program Manager Research Analyst Financial Analyst Data Analyst Substitution of Key Personnel. All Contractor requests for approval of substitutions hereunder shall be submitted in writing to the COR and the Contracting Officer at least thirty (30) calendar days in advance of the effective date, whenever possible, and shall provide a detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating the proposed substitution, a complete resume for the proposed substitute, and any other information requested by the Contracting Officer necessary to approve or disapprove the proposed substitution. New personnel shall not commence work until all necessary security requirements, as defined in Section 10, have been fulfilled and resumes provided and accepted. The COR and the Contracting Officer will evaluate such requests and promptly notify the Contractor of approval or disapproval in writing. The Contractor shall be responsible for managing and overseeing the activities of all Contractor personnel, as well as subcontractor efforts used in performance of this effort, if applicable. The Contractor s management responsibilities shall include all activities necessary to ensure the accomplishment of timely and effective support, performed in accordance with the requirements contained herein. SECTION 11: SECURITY REQUIREMENTS General: Contractors, contractor personnel, subcontractors, and subcontractor personnel shall be subject to the same Federal laws, regulations, standards, and VA Directives and Handbooks as VA and VA personnel regarding information and information system security. Access to VA Information and VA Information Systems: A contractor/subcontractor shall request logical (technical) or physical access to VA information and VA information systems for their employees, subcontractors, and affiliates only to the extent necessary to perform the services specified in the contract, agreement, or task order. All contractors, subcontractors, and third-party servicers and associates working with VA information are subject to the same investigative requirements as those of VA appointees or employees who have access to the same types of information. The level and process of background security investigations for contractors must be in accordance with VA Directive and Handbook 0710, Personnel Suitability and Security Program. The Office for Operations, Security, and Preparedness is responsible for these policies and procedures. Contract personnel who require access to national security programs must have a valid security clearance. National Industrial Security Program (NISP) was established by Executive Order 12829 to ensure that cleared U.S. defense industry contract personnel safeguard the classified information in their possession while performing work on contracts, programs, bids, or research and development efforts. The Department of Veterans Affairs does not have a Memorandum of Agreement with Defense Security Service (DSS). Verification of a Security Clearance must be processed through the Special Security Officer located in the Planning and National Security Service within the Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness. Custom software development and outsourced operations must be located in the U.S. to the maximum extent practical. If such services are proposed to be performed abroad and are not disallowed by other VA policy or mandates, the contractor/subcontractor must state where all non-U.S. services are provided and detail a security plan, deemed to be acceptable by VA, specifically to address mitigation of the resulting problems of communication, control, data protection, and so forth. Location within the U.S. may be an evaluation factor. The contractor or subcontractor must notify the Contracting Officer immediately when an employee working on a VA system or with access to VA information is reassigned or leaves the contractor or subcontractor s employ. The Contracting Officer must also be notified immediately by the contractor or subcontractor prior to an unfriendly termination. VA Information Custodial Language: Information made available to the contractor or subcontractor by VA for the performance or administration of this contract or information developed by the contractor/subcontractor in performance or administration of the contract shall be used only for those purposes and shall not be used in any other way without the prior written agreement of the VA. This clause expressly limits the contractor/subcontractor's rights to use data as described in Rights in Data - General, FAR 52.227-14(d) (1). VA information should not be co-mingled, if possible, with any other data on the contractors/subcontractor s information systems or media storage systems in order to ensure VA requirements related to data protection and media sanitization can be met. If co-mingling must be allowed to meet the requirements of the business need, the contractor must ensure that VA s information is returned to the VA or destroyed in accordance with VA s sanitization requirements. VA reserves the right to conduct on site inspections of contractor and subcontractor IT resources to ensure data security controls, separation of data and job duties, and destruction/media sanitization procedures are in compliance with VA directive requirements. Prior to termination or completion of this contract, contractor/subcontractor must not destroy information received from VA, or gathered/created by the contractor in the course of performing this contract without prior written approval by the VA. Any data destruction done on behalf of VA by a contractor/subcontractor must be done in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements as outlined in VA Directive 6300, Records and Information Management and its Handbook 6300.1 Records Management Procedures, applicable VA Records Control Schedules, and VA Handbook 6500.1, Electronic Media Sanitization. Self-certification by the contractor that the data destruction requirements above have been met must be sent to the VA Contracting Officer within 30 days of termination of the contract. The contractor/subcontractor must receive, gather, store, back up, maintain, use, disclose and dispose of VA information only in compliance with the terms of the contract and applicable Federal and VA information confidentiality and security laws, regulations and policies. If Federal or VA information confidentiality and security laws, regulations and policies become applicable to the VA information or information systems after execution of the contract, or if NIST issues or updates applicable FIPS or Special Publications (SP) after execution of this contract, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith to implement the information confidentiality and security laws, regulations and policies in this contract. The contractor/subcontractor shall not make copies of VA information except as authorized and necessary to perform the terms of the agreement or to preserve electronic information stored on contractor/subcontractor electronic storage media for restoration in case any electronic equipment or data used by the contractor/subcontractor needs to be restored to an operating state. If copies are made for restoration purposes, after the restoration is complete, the copies must be appropriately destroyed. If VA determines that the contractor has violated any of the information confidentiality, privacy, and security provisions of the contract, it shall be sufficient grounds for VA to withhold payment to the contractor or third party or terminate the contract for default or terminate for cause under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12. If a VHA contract is terminated for cause, the associated BAA must also be terminated and appropriate actions taken in accordance with VHA Handbook 1600.01, Business Associate Agreements. Absent an agreement to use or disclose protected health information, there is no business associate relationship. The contractor/subcontractor must store, transport, or transmit VA sensitive information in an encrypted form, using VA-approved encryption tools that are, at a minimum, FIPS 140-2 validated. The contractor/subcontractor s firewall and Web services security controls, if applicable, shall meet or exceed VA s minimum requirements. VA Configuration Guidelines are available upon request. Except for uses and disclosures of VA information authorized by this contract for performance of the contract, the contractor/subcontractor may use and disclose VA information only in two other situations: (i) in response to a qualifying order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) with VA s prior written approval. The contractor/subcontractor must refer all requests for, demands for production of, or inquiries about, VA information and information systems to the VA contracting officer for response. Notwithstanding the provision above, the contractor/subcontractor shall not release VA records protected by Title 38 U.S.C. 5705, confidentiality of medical quality assurance records and/or Title 38 U.S.C. 7332, confidentiality of certain health records pertaining to drug addiction, sickle cell anemia, alcoholism or alcohol abuse, or infection with human immunodeficiency virus. If the contractor/subcontractor is in receipt of a court order or other requests for the above mentioned information, that contractor/subcontractor shall immediately refer such court orders or other requests to the VA contracting officer for response. For service that involves the storage, generating, transmitting, or exchanging of VA sensitive information but does not require C&A or an MOU-ISA for system interconnection, the contractor/subcontractor must complete a Contractor Security Control Assessment (CSCA) on a yearly basis and provide it to the COTR. Security Incident Investigation: The term security incident means an event that has, or could have, resulted in unauthorized access to, loss or damage to VA assets, or sensitive information, or an action that breaches VA security procedures. The contractor/subcontractor shall immediately notify the COTR and simultaneously, the designated ISO and Privacy Officer for the contract of any known or suspected security/privacy incidents, or any unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, including that contained in system(s) to which the contractor/subcontractor has access. To the extent known by the contractor/subcontractor, the contractor/subcontractor s notice to VA shall identify the information involved, the circumstances surrounding the incident (including to whom, how, when, and where the VA information or assets were placed at risk or compromised), and any other information that the contractor/subcontractor considers relevant. With respect to unsecured protected health information, the business associate is deemed to have discovered a data breach when the business associate knew or should have known of a breach of such information. Upon discovery, the business associate must notify the covered entity of the breach. Notifications need to be made in accordance with the executed business associate agreement. In instances of theft or break-in or other criminal activity, the contractor/subcontractor must concurrently report the incident to the appropriate law enforcement entity (or entities) of jurisdiction, including the VA OIG and Security and Law Enforcement. The contractor, its employees, and its subcontractors and their employees shall cooperate with VA and any law enforcement authority responsible for the investigation and prosecution of any possible criminal law violation(s) associated with any incident. The contractor/subcontractor shall cooperate with VA in any civil litigation to recover VA information, obtain monetary or other compensation from a third party for damages arising from any incident, or obtain injunctive relief against any third party arising from, or related to, the incident. Security Controls Compliance Testing: On a periodic basis, VA, including the Office of Inspector General, reserves the right to evaluate any or all of the security controls and privacy practices implemented by the contractor under the clauses contained within the contract. With 10 working-days notice, at the request of the government, the contractor must fully cooperate and assist in a government-sponsored security controls assessment at each location wherein VA information is processed or stored, or information systems are developed, operated, maintained, or used on behalf of VA, including those initiated by the Office of Inspector General. The government may conduct a security control assessment on shorter notice (to include unannounced assessments) as determined by VA in the event of a security incident or at any other time. Training: All contractor employees and subcontractor employees requiring access to VA information and VA information systems shall complete the followingbefore being granted access to VA information and its systems: Sign and acknowledge (either manually or electronically) understanding of and responsibilities for compliance with the Contractor Rules of Behavior, Appendix E relating to access to VA information and information systems; Successfully complete the VA Cyber Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior training and annually complete required security training; Successfully complete the appropriate VA privacy training and annually complete required privacy training; and Successfully complete any additional cyber security or privacy training, as required for VA personnel with equivalent information system access [to be defined by the VA program official and provided to the contracting officer for inclusion in the solicitation document e.g., any role-based information security training required in accordance with NIST Special Publication 800-16, Information Technology Security Training Requirements.] The contractor shall provide to the contracting officer and/or the COTR a copy of the training certificates and certification of signing the Contractor Rules of Behavior for each applicable employee within 1 week of the initiation of the contract and annually thereafter, as required. Failure to complete the mandatory annual training and sign the Rules of Behavior annually, within the timeframe required, is grounds for suspension or termination of all physical or electronic access privileges and removal from work on the contract until such time as the training and documents are complete. SECTION 12: SCOPE OF INSPECTION The Contractor shall notify the CO/COR and VA PM as soon as it becomes apparent to the contractor that a scheduled delivery shall be late. The contractor shall include in the notification the rationale for late delivery, the expected date for the delivery and the projected impact of the late delivery. The CO/COR shall review the proposed schedule and provide guidance to the contractor; all contract changes shall be via written modification signed by the Contracting Officer. Prompt notification of delay does not limit the Government's right to any and all rights and remedies up to and including termination. All deliverables shall be inspected for content, completeness, accuracy and conformance to task order requirements by the CO/COR and/or his/her presentative. Inspection may include validation of information as specified in the contract. All deliverables shall be checked to ensure the completeness, quality, and adequacy of all deliverables. The Government requires a period not to exceed thirty (30) days after receipt of written deliverable items for inspection and acceptance or rejection. Inspection and acceptance of all work performance, reports and other deliverables under this task order shall be performed by the COR. The government s written approval of the draft and final documents shall constitute acceptance by the VA. Indicator/Deliverable Performance Standard AQL Method(s) of Surveillance Frequency Task 1: Deliverable 1 The contractor shall contact the Contracting Officer and COR to set up a contract award kick-off meeting within the first 30 calendar days of the contract award date 100% Contractor-provided data Once Task 1: Deliverable 2 The Contractor shall provide project management support. A Project Management Plan (PMP) that lays out the contractor s approach, timeline and tools shall be provided in the execution of the plan 90% Contractor-provided data Ongoing Task 1: Deliverable 3 The contractor shall provide monthly reports. 90% 100% inspection Monthly Task 2: Deliverable 1 The contractor will provide the final written report. 100% 100% inspection Once
 

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