El Paso and Big Bend North Tactical Infrastructure (TI) Maintenance

1 US Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD) STATEMENT OF WORK El Paso and Big Bend North Sectors TI Maintenance C.1.0 INTRODUCTION U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the Nation’s primary border security agency and its largest uniformed law enforcement organization. CBP’s mission covers a very broad spectrum of issues, from the apprehension of undocumented border crossers to collection of almost $50 billion in revenue for the U.S. Treasury. With more than 60,000 employees, CBP’s charge is to keep terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. while facilitating lawful international travel and trade. Under the executive direction of U.S. Border Patrol, the Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD) is responsible for developing and implementing construction, engineering, and sustainment services for CBP Tactical Infrastructure (TI) assets. CBP is acquiring contractor services to perform maintenance, repair, and improvement services for TI assets in the El Paso (EPT), and Big Bend North (BBT-N) Sectors in the following categories: roads and bridges; fences and gates (including concertina/razor wire), vegetation control, debris removal, border lighting and electrical, drainage and grate systems, tunnel remediation, TI attributes including shelters, and generators. These services will be required for CBP’s TI assets within the EPT Sector in El Paso, Texas and BBT-N Sectors in El Paso and Marfa, TX. Maintenance: • Work required to preserve TI assets or equipment in such a condition that it may be effectively utilized for its designated purpose. • Work to restore an existing asset to pre-existing condition so that it may be effectively utilized for its designated purpose. • Work that enhances the mission and functional capabilities of an asset through an addition, expansion, or adaptation. Work effort will be confined to the existing TI footprint. • Unscheduled (see below) work that exceeds $750,000.00 will not be executed under this contract. This is a Contract with two (2) execution tiers: 1-Scheduled Maintenance, 2 – Unscheduled Maintenance for each sector. C.2.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE • Twelve (12) month Base Period plus Four (4), Twelve (12) month option periods and 6- month extension available via FAR 52.217-8. -- 1 of 41 -- 2 C.3.0 STATEMENT OF NEED General. This contract includes all labor, supervision, tools, materials, parts, equipment, transportation, licenses, permits, certifications, and management necessary to perform maintenance and repair services for TI assets in the EPT and BBT-N Sectors. The Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, as needed to perform all services delineated in, and in accordance with Contract requirements within the scope addressed in Section C.4.0. All work shall be performed by properly trained and/or certified personnel. If the contractor decides to use contractor owned equipment, the rate cannot exceed the rental rate of a local rental company. Government will not pay equipment down time, for contractor owned equipment. The Contractor shall provide technical expertise to accomplish the maintenance work order services specifically, performing work order activities for maintaining the TI portfolio within the EPT and BBT-N Sectors in El Paso, Texas and Alpine North, Texas. The technical expertise provides support to skilled laborers required to perform maintenance and replacements of roads and bridges; fence and gates (including associated concertina/razor wire); TI attributes including cameras, shelters, and generators; vegetation control, debris removal; border lighting and electrical; and clearing and repairing drainage and grate systems and tunnel remediation. The Contractor shall ensure effective performance of all services described herein and shall tender for acceptance only those items that conform to the requirements of this SOW and the contract. The Contractor shall be capable of handling multiple work activities simultaneously. Excluded. Architectural and Engineering (AE) services are not within scope of this contract. Security cameras and associated technology, communications equipment, tower structures and other assets inside the perimeter fencing of tower locations within the TI assets portfolio are not within scope of this contract. C.4.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES Contractor shall provide expert technical solutions and service to maintain: (a) roads and bridges, (b) fence and gates (including concertina/razor wire), (c) vegetation control and debris removal, (d) border lighting and electrical, (e) clearing and repairing drainage and grate systems, (f) tunnel remediation, and (g) TI attributes including cameras, shelters, and generators. -- 2 of 41 -- 3 C.4.1 Scheduled Maintenance. Scheduled maintenance includes requirements that are not defined or categorized as unscheduled. Scheduled requirements can be planned in advance and scheduled at a designated frequency. The contract will include the Scheduled work at firm fixed prices. The Government intends to de-obligate any unused maintenance funds which may be available due to any scheduled maintenance actions which did not occur during the performance period. Any such action would be done through a bilateral modification to the contract. Within the contract ceiling amount, the Government may direct the contractor to perform scheduled maintenance in excess of the quantities in the Line-Item Summary at the fixed unit prices established in Exhibit A, as long as all work stays under the total contract NTE. Scheduled work requirements are then executed from the approved quarterly work plans. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) in writing no less than 3 days prior to the scheduled service should rescheduling be necessary, proposing a revised schedule to successfully compl…