Attachment 4: Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan
Contracting and Logistics Department
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, ME 03904

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN

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1. PURPOSE.
This Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) provides a systematic method to evaluate performance for the stated contract. This QASP explains the following:
a) What will be monitored, see QASP Matrix?
b) How monitoring will take place, See QASP Matrix?
c) Who will conduct the monitoring, See QASP Matrix?
d) How monitoring efforts and results will be documented. See QASP Matrix This QASP does not detail how the contractor accomplishes the work. Rather, the QASP is created with the premise that the contractor is responsible for management and quality control actions to meet the terms of the contract. It is the Government’s responsibility to be objective, fair, and consistent in evaluating performance. In addition, the QASP should recognize that unforeseen and uncontrollable situations may occur. This QASP is a “living document” and the Government may review and revise it on a regular basis. However, the Government will coordinate changes with the contractor. Updates shall ensure that the QASP remains a valid, useful, and enforceable document. Copies of the original QASP and revisions shall be provided to the Contracting Officer (KO) and Government officials implementing surveillance activities. The following FAR clauses may apply depending on contract type: 52.246-4 Inspection of Services – Fixed-Price,
2. GOVERNMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
The following personnel shall oversee and coordinate surveillance activities. a) Contracting Officer - The KO shall ensure performance of all necessary actions for effective contracting, ensure compliance with the contract/task order terms, and safeguard the interests of the United States in the contractual relationship. The KO shall also assure that the contractor receives impartial, fair, and equitable treatment under this contract/task order. The KO is ultimately responsible for the final determination of the adequacy of the contractor’s performance. b) Contracting Officer’s Representative - The COR is responsible for technical administration of the contract/task order and shall ensure proper Government surveillance of the contractor’s performance. The COR is not empowered to make any contractual commitments or to authorize any contractual changes on the Government’s behalf. The COR’s specific duties are delineated in the COR Appointment Letter.