Draft Performance Work Statement Shuttle Transportation Services

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

SHUTTLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TO/FROM SAN JUAN VA MEDICAL CENTER, SAN JUAN, PR

Introduction. This is a non-personal services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide “Shuttle Transportation Services within approximately a 1.8-mile radius of the San Juan VA Medical Center”. The government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the BPA service providers performing the services herein. Such BPA service providers shall be accountable solely to the BPA Holder who, in turn, is responsible to the government. The BPA Holder shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the required service at VACHS as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), section three (3.0), except for those items specified as Government-furnished property and services. The BPA Holder shall perform to the standards of this PWS.

Scope. The purpose of this BPA is to provide Shuttle Transportation Services for VA beneficiaries and employees within the San Juan VA Medical Center. The BPA Holder shall perform these requirements in accordance with this PWS, local, state, and federal laws and regulations, and Veteran Affairs (VA) regulations. In the event of conflict between regulatory guidance, the most stringent requirement shall apply.

General Requirements. This section describes the general requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations for this effort.

Non-Personal Services. The Government shall neither supervise BPA Holder employees nor control the method by which the BPA Holder performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual BPA Holder employees. It shall be the responsibility of the BPA Holder to manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services or give the perception of personal services. If the BPA Holder believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it shall be the BPA Holder’s responsibility to notify the Contracting Officer (CO) immediately.

Type of Agreement. The Government will award a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).

Period of Performance. The period of performance for this effort will be a five-year ordering period. In addition, the resulting BPA will have an additional option to extend the services for up to six (6) months at the government’s discretion in accordance with the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services.