Performance Work Statement - FCC Cache

VHA Medical Cache Maintenance & Storage
General Information

1. Title of Project:

VA Federal Coordination Center (FCC) Medical Cache Maintenance, Storage, Setup and Transportation/Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) Emergency Cache.

2. Scope of Work:

The Contractor shall store and maintain all items listed in Attachment A – Denver Inventory Count Sheet (List subject to change) in the FCC medical cache needed for Emergency Response to the FCC Patient Reception Site (PRS). This includes, but is not limited to all items in the FCC medical caches are owned by the Department of Veterans Affairs, ECHCS. The FCC medical cache shall always be available for emergency response. The Contractor will provide storage of all FCC cache items and the staffing and transportation required for movement of FCC cache items to and from FCC PRS. The Contractor will also provide the staffing required for the FCC PRS area setup. Contractor personal expected to be onsite of all FCC Events through entire duration. Events are one day in length. Contractor may be asked to set up day before exercise to facilitate exercise time constraints.

3. Background:

ECHCS is the host Federal Agency for the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS). The NDMS is managed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and may be activated during federally declared national and international emergencies to coordinate medical care of evacuees from the emergency area to an assigned area. As the designated FCC, ECHCS coordinates Federal Disaster Response Emergencies and Exercises for the region with local medical facilities for real-world mass casualty emergencies or exercises. In addition to the FCC Cache, ECHCS requires space to store non-FCC medical equipment that is not required to be maintained.

4. General Requirements:

a. Upon award to new contractor (if applicable):
Transfer and reconcile the complete Government-furnished inventory. New contractor shall be responsible for pickup and moving the cache to a new storage facility. Validate environmental, security, access, and property-accountability controls. Establish and test a new digital inventory-management system. Train new contractor personnel on the cache configuration and medical equipment. Establish new emergency notification, transportation, setup, and reporting procedures. Conduct additional Government oversight to verify that the new operation is fully capable of meeting activation requirements. The contractor shall complete all transition activities within 30 days following the award of the new contract.