CQM/QA in Navy Medical Research Command, Maryland at Unified Business Technologies Inc

Provide Construction Quality Management (CQM)/Quality Assurance (QA) Support Services for Navy Medical Research Command (NMRC) Biological Defense Research Directorate Building 8400 Envelope Renew and Repair, Ft. Detrick, MD.

Period of Performance:

Base Year: for the period of 28 July 2026 through 27 July 2027.

Option Year #1: for the period of 28 July 2027 through 27 July 2028.

Option to Extend Services for six (6) months: for the period of 28 July 2028 through 27 January 2029.

Business hours on-site Monday through Friday, 8 hours per day, except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings.

Due to the nature of performing services in support of healthcare facilities with an ongoing mission, it is occasionally necessary to work outside of clinic hours to minimize disruptions to normal operations. When it is necessary for the contractor to work outside of agreed upon daily working hours, the supervising site point of contact will provide the contractor with a written notice seven days in advance. These requests will be limited in nature.

The CQM/QA Qualifications:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent with a minimum of ten years of relevant field experience working in building construction/renovation/modernization.
• Prior experience utilizing and participating in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Three-Phase Inspection Process
• Prior experience utilizing and following USACE EM 385-1-1, Safety and Health Requirements Manual.
• Personnel shall have the following training/certifications within 90 days of being onsite:

Construction Quality Management for Contractors (CQM-C),

OSHA 30-hr

Familiarity with USACE Safety Management System (CE-SOHMS).

Construction Management/Quality Assurance Support Services:

• Review submittals and provide recommendations to the COR concerning acceptability. Review and provide written comments to the COR on selected contractor submittals pursuant to special clauses of the contract.
• Review construction contractor questions and Requests for Information (RFI)/Requests for Clarification (RFC) and recommend responses and solutions to the COR.
• Review construction contractor’s schedules and report findings to the COR.
• Review construction contractor’s deficiencies in performance and other factors impacting, or with the potential to impact, timely execution of the project, and provide written comments and proposed correspondence to the COR regarding responsibility and corrective actions to be taken by contractor, Government, designer, etc.
• Review project issues, requests for equitable adjustment and claims to determine contract basis and entitlement. Make appropriate recommendations with supporting documentation to COR.
• Compute time extensions and suggest extensions to the contract time to the COR.
• Assist the COR in preparing documents during the sequence of events required for processing a change order/modification and claims from initial action to final negotiations and payment. Provide the COR review and analysis of change requests.
• Make technical interpretations of drawings and specifications and provide determinations on whether methods and materials employed meet the requirements of contract specifications and make appropriate recommendations to COR.
• Review project plans and specifications to determine such things as practicability from construction standpoint, whether physical obstructions or other construction difficulties have been anticipated, and whether materials selected are readily available. Provide written comments to the COR.
• Utilize the USACE Resident Management System to prepare and submit reporting information to include but not limited to daily reports.
• Review project plans and specifications during both design and construction phase. Plans shall be reviewed for construction contract compliance, constructability, and technical correctness.

Other Job Functions for the CQM/QA as Required by the Facility Manager/COR/ACO:

• Maintain records of all necessary construction documentation such as financial cost accounting, meetings, drawings, submittals, applications for payments, change orders, proposals, purchase orders, communications, transmittals, notes, etc.
• Attend weekly progress meetings with architects, engineers, and prime construction contractors. Provide report of meeting to Facilities Manager/COR/ACO with identification of any problems or difficulties and recommendations for resolution.
• Review submittals, shop drawings, and samples. Provide written comments as the representative of the Facility Manager/COR/ACO
• Monthly Safety Spot Check shall be performed and provided to the HNC PM, HNC Safety Team and to the NMRC Safety Team.
• Perform continual on-site surveillance of construction activities.
• Inspect the construction contractor’s quality control activities.
• Monitor and record testing required by contract documents.
• Maintain weekly progress photos of the project.
• Review and evaluate all change orders/modifications recommended by the designer of record or his/her consultants, all change order requests, and cost proposals made by the contractors, and recommend actions to be taken to the Facility Manager/COR/ACO.
• Aid in preparing punch list corrections prior to acceptance of the building or portions of it by the Facility Manager/COR/ACO.
• Review final 'as built' drawings for accuracy as representative of the Facility Manager/COR/ACO.
• Collect and review all warranty documents and provide all mechanical and electrical systems information, including operation and maintenance manuals, to NMRC personnel responsible for ongoing maintenance.
• Provide recommendations for design modifications.
• Provide effective coordination, support, and promotion of interactions with other staff offices and organizations.

Deliverables include:

• For QA personnel: Provide a signed weekly report which includes details of the personnel and tasks performing construction activities and status of tasks. The report shall include:

Summary of daily construction activities.

Supporting inspection data sheets which shall be attached to the daily report, when needed.

Date, project name, location, and other identification, if necessary.

Reports and results of meetings held.

Locations of construction underway during the observation period (i.e., daily, weekly)

Equipment and personnel working in each activity, including subcontractors.

Descriptions of the work being inspected.

Descriptions of the problems or delays and resolutions.

Construction activities completed and/or in progress.

• Inspection and testing checklists shall also be tracked and submitted in a timely manner for review by the Engineer of Record.
• Inspection and testing checklists shall be completed and shall include:

Description or title of the inspection activity

Location of the inspection activity

Recorded observation or test data.

Results of the inspection activity

Personnel involved in the inspection activity.