Elevator Maintenance

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, & INSPECTION SERVICES 04 FEBRUARY 2026 -- 1 of 11 -- 1 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) FOR VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, & INSPECTION SERVICES 1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. The Contractor shall provide all management, tools, supplies, equipment, parts and labor necessary to maintain, repair, and inspect the real property vertical transportation equipment (VTE) at Shaw Air Force Base in a manner that will ensure continuous and safe operation (full maintenance and repair except for the exclusions listed in paragraph 2 below). NOTE: The term “VTE” in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) includes all equipment listed in Appendix A: freight and passenger elevators, escalators, and may include wheelchair/stair lifts, dock levelers, and dumbwaiters. 1.1. This full maintenance contract signifies a VTE service provider (Contractor) takes total service responsibility for the equipment identified in the contract. Except those services covered in paragraph 2 below, the monthly fixed price includes all inspections, maintenance, repairs, replacements, and routine and emergency service calls. This contract allows the Government to budget total yearly costs and eliminates concerns relating to individual parts repair or replacement invoicing. The Contractor assumes all responsibility and provides services visits and types required to keep the VTE operating safely and within the performance objectives of paragraph 6. 1.2. Work conducted on VTE will be in accordance with the latest edition of the ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as adopted by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), but no less stringent than ASME A17.1-2022. All inspections shall comply with the latest adopted edition of ASME A17.2, Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks. Maintenance and testing of existing equipment shall comply with the requirements of ASME A17.3, Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators. All work shall also comply with National Fire Protection Association Standards (NFPA), Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 3- 600-01, Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards, and the recommendations of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). 2. EXCLUDED SERVICES. The following are not covered in the full maintenance service arrangement and are considered over and above services: 2.1. Alterations (a.k.a., modernizations) are not covered in the full maintenance service arrangement. (See Paragraph 3.2) 2.2. Acts by parties other than the Contractor of vandalism, abuse, negligence, damage resulting from rescue and recovery operations, acts of God (including damage resulting from emergency power generator power spikes and low quality) are not included in the contract. 2.3. Additional items excluded in the full maintenance coverage are cosmetic, construction, ancillary components of the VTE system including the finishing, repairing or replacement of the cab enclosure, ceiling frames, hoistway door panels, door frames, sills, car flooring, floor covering, main line power switches, main power breaker(s), hydraulic elevator jack outer housing, buried piping, smoke and fire sensors, fire service reports, main communication feeders to controller, -- 2 of 11 -- 2 security systems, batteries for emergency lighting and lowering that are not solely dedicated to the VTE, air conditioners, and heaters. 2.4. Routine cleaning and refinishing the interior of cars and the exterior of the hoistway doors and frames is not included in the basic full maintenance service. 2.5. In the event that the Contractor encounters an item of work included in paragraph 2.1 through 2.4, the Contractor will report the situation to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). The report will include the work location, a detailed scope of the required work, justification for Contractor determination that the work was not included in the contract, and an itemized cost estimate (including time to repair, all required parts and a breakdown of labor hours). NOTE: Any part, component or assembly unavailable from the manufacturer due to obsolescence, remains the Contractor’s responsibility to obtain an engineered equivalent product from a commercial source. 3. DEFINITIONS: 3.1. Maintenance, Repair and Replacement. Maintenance, repair and replacement are on existing VTE and included in the contract scope of services. All maintenance, repair and replacement of damaged, broken, or worn parts are to be done in a manner that ensures that the equipment may be operated safely. Maintenance, repair and replacement are actions to restore equipment to a state in which it may safely perform its required operations as installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. See ASME A17.1 for requirements. 3.2 Alteration. An alteration is also to existing VTE but is not included under the full maintenance service arrangement. Alteration/modernization will be covered on an over and above Contract Line Item, or it may result in a modification to the contract. The typical alteration results in a betterment to the safe operation of the equipment. In the case of elevators, when an alteration is made, all affected safety requirements must be complied with. All work as part of an alteration is required to comply with specific requirements of the current ASME A17.1 Code edition. See ASME A17.1 for requirements. 4. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SERVICES: 4.1. The Contractor with the CO/COR (or representative) shall determine the working order and condition of all VTE listed in Appendix A within thirty (30) calendar days of contract award. The Government will either replace missing items or repair all items not in working order or serviceable condition, or the CO will direct the Contractor to replace the missing items, accomplish the repair, and reim…