This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Baltimore, Maryland. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

1. Baltimore VAMC DI/RO Water Requirement The Contractor shall provide all personnel, management, material, parts, equipment, supplies, labor and transportation to perform the necessary preventive maintenance to the DI/RO system in accordance with the equipment manufacture's recommendation. The contract will be a base year with 4 option years starting from August 31, 2022 to September 1, 2023. This contract will include the following: o Changing the 20" 5 micro prefilter monthly. o Changing the 20" 0.2-micron post filter monthly. o Changing the UV lights annually. o Providing salt (up to 3 50# bags/month) for the water softeners as necessary. o Provide replacement tanks of mixed bed resins, up to 40 tanks/year. o Provide up to 1 activated carbon tank semi-annually. o Review the operation of the system and provide a report monthly. DEFINITIONS/ACRONYMS A. Contract Discrepancy Report (CDR): A report that the Government shall complete and issue to the Contractor when service is unsatisfactory and not in compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract. The Contractor is required to complete and return this form to the COR whenever performance is unsatisfactory. The CDR requires the Contractor to explain, in writing, the cause of the unsatisfactory performance, how performance will be returned to acceptable standards, and how reoccurrence of the problem will be prevented in the future. B. Contracting Officer (CO): The individual with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts. The CO is the exclusive Government official authorized to execute changes and deviations or variations in the contract. C. Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COR): A Government representative, designated in writing by the Contracting Officer, to be responsible for quality assurance, inspection, surveillance, documentation and acceptance of the Contractor's performance. A copy of the letter of designation will be provided to the Contractor. D. Preventive Maintenance (PM): Services which are periodic in nature and are required to maintain the equipment in such condition that it may be operated in accordance with its intended design and functional capacity with minimal incidence of malfunction or inoperative conditions. To clean, lubricate, calibrate, test and replace faulty or worn parts and/or parts which are likely to become faulty, fail or become worn, repair or adjust of components or assemblies. IV. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL A. Personnel Experience. All work shall be performed by competent mechanics, experienced and qualified to work on the specific makes and models of equipment listed in this contract. The Contractor shall submit to and for the approval of the Contracting Officer, certification and a list of credentials of the approved mechanics. Personnel shall have a minimum of three (3) years recent experience related to this work. The contractor must provide a list of three (3) reference contacts that have been provided service on similar or identical equipment. The contractor must provide authenticated factory training certificates or credentials (or acceptable substitute as approved by the COTR) for any personnel who are working on any VA equipment. The VA specifically reserves the right to reject any of the contractor's personnel and refuse them permission to work on VA equipment. B. Conduct of Personnel: The Contractor shall ensure that his personnel present a professional appearance at all times and that their conduct shall not reflect discredit upon this facility or the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Contractor shall remove from the job site any employee for reasons of misconduct or security. The removal from the job site of such a person shall not relieve the Contractor of the requirement to provide sufficient personnel to perform adequate and timely service. All employees shall be legal residents of the United States and be able to understand, speak, read and write the English language. C. Identification of Employees : The Contractor shall within IO calendar days before beginning performance of work provide the Contracting Officer a list of all employees who will perform under this contract. The list shall include the full name, and work assignment of each employee. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing of any addition, deletion or change in work assignment within IO days of such change. Each of the Contractor's employees shall conspicuously display on their person a badge provided by the Contractor and shall include the full name of the employee, the name under which the Contractor is doing business and a badge serial number.