Attachment E - Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP)

Contract:
Contractor:
The contractor’s performance will be evaluated in accordance with the following QASP. Contract Description: Medical Respite Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans The Contractor will be expected to provide safe community-based transitional housing and quality services for homeless Veterans. Supportive services provided include room and board, transportation, case management, life skills training, sobriety maintenance and mental health and medical recovery education, vocational and housing counseling services to aid the Veterans in reaching goals of attaining permanent housing.

1. Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

a. Purpose
This Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) provides a systematic method to evaluate performance for the stated contract. This QASP explains the following:
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What shall be monitored
How monitoring shall take place
Who shall conduct the monitoring
How monitoring efforts and results shall be documented

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.

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)
Contract #:
This QASP is a “living document” and the Government may review and revise it on a regular basis. However, the Government shall coordinate changes with the contractor. Copies of the original QASP and revisions shall be provided to the contractor and Government officials implementing surveillance activities. b. Government Roles and Responsibilities
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The following personnel shall oversee and coordinate surveillance activities. Contracting Officer (CO) - The CO shall ensure performance of all necessary actions for effective contracting, ensure compliance with the contract terms, and shall safeguard the interests of the United States in the contractual relationship. The CO shall also assure that the contractor receives impartial, fair, and equitable treatment under this contract. The CO is ultimately responsible for the final determination of the adequacy of the contractor’s performance.
Contracting Officer:

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Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) - The COR is responsible for technical administration of the contract and shall assure proper Government surveillance of the contractor’s performance. The COR shall keep