Enclosure 3 - Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan Cost-Type Contract

FINAL RFP # 80GSFC27R0015

ENCLOSURE 3

GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE

PLAN

HYDROSPHERE, BIOSPHERE AND GEOPHYSICS SUPPORT

SERVICES II (HBG II)

CONTRACT NO. TBD

FOREWARD

Under performance-based acquisitions such as this, the Contractor assumes more responsibility and greater risk in exchange for more flexibility and less direct Government involvement in contract activities. However, the Government still has a responsibility to conduct surveillance. Surveillance spans a spectrum of Government involvement. Surveillance may be as simple as inspecting a delivered support or service at acceptance or as complex as continually monitoring contractor performance. To meet this responsibility, the Government needs to understand the risks involved in the Contractor's activity and how the Contractor is managing those risks. This Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan has been prepared to describe the Government’s surveillance of this contract. It is a “living” document that will be tailored to the contractor selected. The Government welcomes suggestions for improving this Plan. Of particular interest are ideas on what information the Government should monitor (i.e., metrics) and how the Government can most cost-effectively obtain the relevant performance data it needs.

FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY

(10/2017)

HBG II SUPPORT SERVICES

GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN

1.0

INTRODUCTION

1.1

Purpose

The purpose of this Government Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) is to define the overall approach the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) intends to use to monitor and survey Contractor onsite and offsite performance under the Hydropshere, Biosphere and Geophysics Support Services II (HBG II) Contract No. TBD. This QASP defines the process the Government expects to follow to obtain data, evaluate the Contractor, and determine if contract performance conforms to contract requirements. The goal is to balance the level of Government surveillance with perceived impacts and risks associated with performance hereunder. The QASP can be changed unilaterally by the Government at any time during the contract.
GSFC plans to utilize a surveillance team to evaluate Contractor performance and direct surveillance activities. The team will establish and rely on objective and subjective performance metrics based on the contract Statement of Work (SOW) and task orders issued thereunder to evaluate Contractor performance against requirements.
The QASP is a Government-developed surveillance tool prepared in accordance with FAR 46.4