GSA SCHEDULE 871 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT
GS-23F-0006M

SUMMARY

GSA has established an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, fixed price contract to provide professional engineering services to US government agencies. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is the Contractor. General Services Administration, 1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia, issued the contract.

WHO CAN USE THIS CONTRACT?

Any Federal agency and activities in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and other government organizations authorized by statute.

SCOPE OF TASKS INCLUDED

SINs 871-1, -2, -3 and -4, Professional Engineering Services, includes strategic planning, concept development, requirements analysis, requirements definition, preliminary planning, evaluation of alternative technical approaches, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, training; system design, engineering and integration, risk identification, configuration management and document control, fabrication, assembly and simulation; test and evaluation, independent verification and validation, reverse engineering, system safety, and physical testing.

TASKING METHOD

Tasking is by individual Delivery Order (DO). Each DO must contain a Statement of Work (SOW) prepared by the procuring agency which will contain detailed technical requirements and appropriate Contractor Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverable items for the specified task.

PRICING ARRANGEMENTS

This contract authorizes purchase of labor effort on a Fixed Price or Time-and-Materials basis using the Professional Engineering Services Schedule labor categories and hourly labor rates.

Non-schedule labor categories, materials, and travel are outside the scope of this contract and must be purchased separately.

FUNDING

Tasking requirements must be written to comply with the scope of SINs 871-1, -2, -3 and -4, Professional Engineering Services. The procuring agency must provide funds appropriate for those requirements.

ORDERING PROCEDURE SUMMARY

With this contract vehicle, the procuring agency has a substantial role in the preparation of requirements documents and in the evaluation of contractor-proposed efforts.

For a typical DO, the procuring agency prepares a SOW for the task. The SOW must include the scope of work, deliverable requirements, schedule, and test and acceptance criteria. Additional specifications may be attached to the SOW. Instructions for proposal preparation and proposal schedule may also be included. The procuring agency supplies all of the technical information necessary for the Contracting Officer to initiate a Request for Quote or Information (RFQ or RFI) to SwRI. The procuring agency delivers the SOW and related documents to the designated GSA Contracting Officer by submitting appropriate funding with the SOW package. Upon receiving the RFP, SwRI will prepare a technical and cost proposal for procuring agency review.

POINTS OF CONTACT

Mr. Frank Parker
GSA/Management Services Center (10FTB)
400 15th Street, SW
Auburn, WA 98001-6599
Phone: 253-931-7951
Fax: 253-931-7111
e-mail: frank.parker@gsa.gov

Southwest Research Institute

Mr. David Ogden, GSA 871 Program Manager
Phone: 210-522-6928
Fax: 210-522-2572
e-mail: dogden@swri.org

Alex Garza, Asst. Director
Phone: (210) 522-2397
Fax: (210) 522-3559
e-mail: agarza@swri.org

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