STATEMENT OF WORK
GENERAL: VA San Diego Spinal Cord Injury and Community Living Center has executed a new build that will meet the VA seismic criteria and meet VHA standard for long term care, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, has a requirement for the Kinova Jaco Robotic Arm in the care of Spinal Cord Injury patients with limited mobility.
BACKGROUND: The VA San Diego Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) has a requirement for a robotic arm to assist patients with limited mobility with activities of daily living.
PURPOSE: The robotic arm will enhance care and standard of living for patients with limited mobility.
SCOPE: VA San Diego Spinal Cord Injury and Community Living Center is requesting contractors to provide brand name or equal equipment that meets or exceed the physical, functional, and performance of the listed salient characteristics in this section. The equipment feature is essential to the technical requirements to meet the needs of the department.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Equipment must have the physical characteristics to enable the government to perform the capabilities:
Robotic Arm Attachment- Kinova Jaco Robotic Arm
FUNCTIONAL AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS: Equipment must provide functional and performance capability as listed above in section in above.
SOFTWARE: N/A
INSTALLATION AND TRAINING: The Contractor shall provide all management, tools, parts, materials, equipment, travel, and labor necessary to provide and install the instrumentation described above. The contractor will be required to provide an on-station in-service on the proper use and setup of the equipment and training for the end user. Training sessions will be coordinated with VA POC.
WARRANTY OF EQUIPMENT: Government requirement for standard manufacturer industry warranty term. The government does not accept extended warranties, which require advance payment.
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PLACE OF DELIVERY: VA San Diego Spinal Cord Injury and Community Living Center – 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161
SECURITY
Information Security
(a) The contractor and their personnel shall be subject to the same Federal laws, regulations, standards, and VA policies as VA personnel, regarding information and information system security. These include but are not limited to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Appendix III of OMB Circular A-130, and guidance and standards, available from the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This also includes the use of common security configurations available from NIST's Web site at: http://checklists.nist.gov
(b) To ensure that appropriate security controls are in place, Contractors must follow the procedures set forth in "VA Information and Information System Security/Privacy Requirements for IT Contracts" located at the following Web site: http://www.iprm.oit.va.gov
Contract Personnel Security
All contractor employees who require access to the Department of Veterans Affairs' computer systems shall be the subject of a background investigation and must receive a favorable adjudication from the VA Security and Investigations Center (07C). The level of background security investigation will be in accordance with VA Directive 0710 dated September 10, 2004, and is available at: http://www.va.gov/pubs/asp/edsdirec.asp (VA Handbook 0710, Appendix A, Tables 1 - 3). Appropriate Background Investigation (BI) forms will be provided upon contract (or task order) award and are to be completed and returned to the VA Security and Investigations Center (07C) within 30 days for processing. Contractors will be notified by 07C when the BI has been completed and adjudicated. These requirements are applicable to all subcontractor personnel requiring the same access. If the security clearance investigation is not completed prior to the start date of the contract, the employee may work on the contract while the security clearance is being processed, but the contractor will be responsible for the actions of those individuals they provide to perform work for the VA. In the event that damage arises from work performed by contractor personnel, under the auspices of the contract, the contractor will be responsible for the resources necessary to remedy the incident.