Demo & Install of ADA Ramp for Mescalero Agency

Scope of Work Handicap Ramp Installation – Building 95 BIA Mescalero Agency OBJECTIVE The BIA, Branch of Facility Management is requiring an ADA compliant handicap ramp designed and constructed at building 95 Administration, located at 57 Chatto Drive in Mescalero NM to accommodate people with disabilities to enter and exit the facility safely as needed. The contractor must provide all personnel, labor, equipment, tools, materials, transportation, license/certifications, and guidelines governing the request for handicap ramp installation materials and supervision to manage and perform all operations for the BIA Mescalero Agency located in Mescalero New Mexico as defined in this scope of work. LOCATION The BIA Mescalero Agency building 95 is located at 57 Chatto Drive in Mescalero NM, 88340, which is located approximately 12 miles southwest of Ruidoso NM and 25 miles east of Tularosa NM. BACKGROUND The current entrance configuration at building 95, Mescalero Agency does not adequately accommodate wheelchair users, individuals using walkers or canes, elderly visitors, or others with limited mobility, creating a barrier to public access and potentially exposing the agency to liability for noncompliance with accessibility requirements. It is BIA Mescalero Agency’s responsibility to ensure all people can enter and exit our facilities safely. The ADA Ramp is necessary to ensure safe, equal, and lawful access to the building for all employees, visitors, contractors, and members of the public, including individuals with disabilities and mobility limitations. PROJECT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE Thirty (30) days after contract award. -- 1 of 5 -- Contractor Personnel Contractor Manager (A) The contractor must provide a contract manager who must be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person, and an alternate or alternate who must act for the contractor when the manager is absent, must be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer (CO). (B) The Contractor Manager or alternate must have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operations of this contract. (C) The Contractor Manager or alternate must be available during normal duty hours within 1 hour to meet on the installation with government personnel (designated by the CO) to discuss problem areas. After normal duty hours, the manager and alternate(s) must be available within 2 hour(s). Contractor Employees (A) The contractor must not employ people for work on this contract if such employee is considered by the CO to be a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being, or operational mission of the installation and its population. (B) Contractor personnel must easily be recognized as contractor employees. (C) The contractor must make sure employees have current and valid professional certifications before starting work under this contract. No substitutes of personnel without notification and approval by the CO. (D) The contractor must not employ any person who is an employee of the U.S. Government if employing that person would create a conflict of interest. (E) All contractor employees must maintain satisfactory standards of competence, conduct, appearance, integrity, and ethics. Subcontractors The prime Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all subcontractors comply with the provisions of this contract. Quality Control In compliance with the FAR clause 52.246-4, the contractor must provide a quality control plan containing, at a minimum, the items listed in 1.3.2 to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for acceptance not later than 10 days after award. The CO will notify the contractor of -- 2 of 5 -- acceptance or required modifications to the plan before the contract start date. The Contactor must make appropriate modifications. The plan must include: (A) The description must include specifics as to the areas to be inspected on both a scheduled and unscheduled basis, frequency of inspections and the title and organizational placement of the inspectors. Additionally, control procedures for any government-provided keys or lock combinations must be included. (B) A description of the methods to be used for identifying and preventing defects in the quality of service performed. (C) A description of the records to be kept to document inspections and corrective or preventative actions taken. The records of inspection must be kept and made available to the CO, when requested, throughout the contract performance period and for the period after contract completion until final settlement of any claims under this contract. Quality Assurance According to the Inspection/Acceptance clause FAR 52.212-4(a), the Government will inspect the contractor’s performance under this contract. When an observation indicates defective performance, the COR will require the Contractor Manager or alternative(s) to initial the observation. The initialing of the observation does not necessarily constitute concurrence with the observation, only acknowledgement he or she has been made aware of the defective performance. Government surveillance of tasks not listed in the PRS or by methods other than those listed in the PRS (such as provided for by the Inspection of Services clause) may occur during the performance period of this contract. Such surveillance will be done according to standard inspection procedures or other contract provisions. Any action taken by the CO as a result of surveillance will be in accordance with the terms of the contract. Hours of Work and Legal Government Holidays: All work is to be performed during regular administrative working hours, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM BIA DOI MESCALERO AGENCY, local time, Monday through Friday, excluding the following listed holidays observed by the Department of Interior. If the holiday falls on a Saturday, it is observed on the Friday prior; if the holiday falls on a Sunday, it is observed on the following Monday. N…