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PSW:
Performance Based Statement of Work
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 PROMAX
uses an interdisciplinary team approach in developing the PSW (Performance Based
Statement of Work). The team includes, at a minimum, PROMAX consultants, the
contracting officer (or designee) and a technical representative. Additional
team members may include from time to time a representative from the
contractor/user staff. Once established, the PROMAX consultants facilitate any
necessary team meetings. Team meetings are kept at a minimum and will be
focused.
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This
team approach will result in a better final product, and limit the potential for
disagreements prior to transition and during contract performance. It also
serves to involve program personnel early in the process. This is important
because implementation of the Performance Based Contract (PBC) program resides
predominantly with the program office. Program personnel are primary
points-of-contact for PBC projects. Contracting officers should actively promote
the benefits of PBC to the program offices. To this end, continued collaboration
throughout the process is important.
The key elements of a PBC (Performance Based Contract)
PSW (Performance Statement of Work) are: a statement of the required services in
terms of output; a measurable performance standard for the output; and an
acceptable quality level or allowable error rate.
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PROMAX identifies only those outputs that are
essential and should be a part of the PSW. We express the outputs in clear,
concise, commonly used, easily understood, measurable terms..
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PROMAX does not include detailed procedures in the PSW
that dictate how work is to be accomplished. Instead, we structure the PSW
around the purpose of the work to be performed, i.e., what is to be performed,
rather than how to perform it. For example, instead of requiring that the lawn
be mowed weekly, or that trees be pruned each Fall, state that the lawn must be
maintained between 2-3" or that tree limbs not touch utility wires or
buildings.
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To the maximum extent possible, the PSW is a
stand-alone document, with minimal references to regulatory or other guidance.
Only mandatory requirements should be referenced. |
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