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Scope of Work 1.1 The contractor shall provide all labor, personnel, equipment including confidential containers (consoles/bins), supplies, secured vehicles, materials, supervision, and other related services necessary to provide on-site commercial document destruction services for confidential waste (administrative papers, sensitive documents, hard bound journals, magazines, white and mixed paper) at the Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System (VACCHCS) and Five Outpatient Clinics. Large amounts of non-paper CD, DVD, computer media will be separated and quoted separately. 1.2 VACCHCS personnel in all locations are in the practice of putting all confidential, sensitive or administrative documents, as well as other paper, in locked containers located throughout all the VACCHCS facilities and clinics. 2. Place of Performance VA Fresno Medical Facility 2615 E. Clinton Ave Fresno, CA 93703 VA Visalia Clinic 5300 W. Tulare St, Ste 106 Visalia, CA 93277 Oakhurst CBOC 40597 Westlake Drive Oakhurst, CA 93644 Merced CBOC 340 E. Yosemite Ave. Merced, CA 95340 Federal Building 855 M Street, Suite 970 Fresno, CA 93721 Visalia CBOC 500 N Santa Fe St Visalia, CA 93292 3. Security Waste Pick up Schedule Locations and Quantities of Containers 3.1 Pick-up of security waste shall be accomplished in accordance with the pick-up schedule listed in paragraph 3.2 and 3.3. 3.2 Location and Time (Monday through Friday during Normal duty hours 8:00AM-3:30PM) VA Central California HCS See schedule below Section 3.2.1 Oakhurst CBOC Bi-weekly Merced CBOC Bi-weekly Federal Building, Suite 970 Weekly Visalia CBOC Bi-weekly Visalia Admin Building Monthly VA Central California facility requests service of all regular scheduled date of containers or consoles, to be emptied. 3.2.1 Schedule for VA Central California locations: Main Hospital, Bldg. 1, Trailer LC2, and outer Buildings to be Serviced once a week. High volume areas are, HAS, Bldg. 24, 1st floor (8 Lg bins & 1 small) Emergency Area, Basement (5 Med bins) Pharmacy Area, 1st Floor, 1B061 (7 Lg bins) Primary Care, 1st floor, Charting room (1Lg & 1med) Laboratory Area, 2nd Floor, 2B24 (3 Lg bins) 4th Floor (West & East stations) (2 Lg bins) 5th Floor (West & East stations) (5 Lg bins) CLC, Bldg. 31, Main Nurse area (2 Lg bins) 3.3 When regular delivery/pick up days occur on one of the Federal holidays listed below, the regular delivery/pick up shall automatically shift to the following business days or within same work week (Monday through Friday). The 11 national holidays observed by the Federal Government are: New Years Day 1 January Martin Luther King Jr Day Third Monday in January Presidents Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Juneteenth National Independence 19 June Independence Day 4 July Labor Day First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October Veterans Day 11 November Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Christmas Day 25 December 3.3.1 Any other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a national holiday. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as the legal holiday. If a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed as a legal holiday by U.S. Agencies. 3.4 In the event of schedule changes and prior to any changes made to the schedule, the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will notify the Contracting Officer (CO) in writing of the revised pick-up schedule. A revised pick-up schedule will be provided to the contractor in writing along with the contract modification from the CO. 3.4.2 In the event, the contractor fails to empty a container, the contractor will have one week once notified to empty the container. The COR will have the authority to change bin sizes, as needed. 3.4.3 The contractor will provide two additional 95-gallon containers to the VA Facility to service customers on days that the contractor is not scheduled for pick up, or bins that are missed by the driver. 3.4.4 The contractor shall provide a list of bins, identified by alpha numeric numbering system (or similar) and barcode, with location and bin type. These identifiers will be used in reporting and data tracking. 3.5 Quantity of Containers per location Service site Large, 32 Medium, 26 Small, 16 VA Fresno 119 29 17 Oakhurst CBOC 3 0 0 Merced CBOC 3 0 0 Federal Bldg. 9th Flr, Suite 970 7 0 1 Visalia CBOC 8 0 0 Visalia Admin Building 2 1 3.6 Shredding Specifications 3.6.1 The Contractor shall be a National Association for Information Destruction Certified (NAID). 3.6.2 Interim Destruction- The Contractor shall provide shredding document destruction services for all secure waste that are collected in locked containers: (administrative papers, sensitive documents, and CD s). The Contractor shall conduct the Interim destruction on site, as a reasonable safeguard that affords an additional layer of security of temporary paper records. Interim destruction (temporary records) will be transferred to the Contractors secured location, pending transport for Final destruction (pulping). The Contractor shall provide Certificates of Destruction (CODs) for all locations covered on section 3.5 on the day of interim destruction. The Contractor representative will be considered the witness to the destruction and provide an interim Certificate of Destruction per Directive 6371. Prior to departing the VA location, the witness shall provide the designated VA representative documentation acknowledging receipt of the temporary paper records. Not Practicable Documentation. If interim destruction is not reasonably practicable, VACCHCS will create and maintain documentation explaining why it was not practicable. In such cases, the Contractor must provide sufficient reasonable physical safeguards to protect temporary paper records until final destruction is completed and shall provide receipt documentation to the designated VA representative prior to departing the VA location.  3.6.3 Final destruction- shredding of all documents must meet or exceed the following criteria based on VACCHCS requirements and the requirements set forth by NAID (National Association of Information Destruction), and VA Directive 6371. Final destruction ensures temporary paper records are not readable or constructible to any degree upon final destruction, known as pulping. The Contractor shall provide CODs on a monthly basis to the COR, in addition to sampling of shredded material on a quarterly basis. The certification shall contain sufficient information to attest to the final destruction of the temporary paper records, what temporary records were destroyed, the date when they were sent for destruction, what destruction method was used, where they were destroyed, and who was responsible for their final destruction.   If the final destruction is completed by a subcontractor to the information destruction contractor, then the written certification of destruction is completed by this third party or by the information destruction contractor with assurance from the third party that final destruction was completed. If the final destruction is completed by a subcontractor to the information destruction contractor, then the written certification of destruction is completed by this third party or by the information destruction contractor with assurance from the third party that final destruction was completed.  3.6.4 Long-Term Storage Approval. Any storage of temporary paper records for more than thirty (30) days prior to final destruction requires advance written approval from VACCHCS (the VA organization that generated the records). 3.6.5 Contractor shall provide monthly data reports providing quantities destroyed, facility location and bin identifier. The quantity will be by total weight and/or volume by facility, with the ability to drill down to each bin type and quantity of each bin total for the month.  3.6.6 Definitively destroying the records means final destruction ensures temporary paper records are not readable or constructible to any degree upon final destruction. The material cannot be reassembled and used in an inappropriate manner in violation of laws and regulations. Sensitive records are records that are national security classified or exempted from disclosure by statute, including the Privacy Act, or regulation. Information protection, destruction precautions, the documents (paper data), VACCHCS information containing social security number and other information covered by the privacy act shall be destroyed. 3.6.7 Sensitive VA temporary paper records that have not been destroyed to the standard of final destruction shall never be placed with trash, recycling, or other refuse. 3.7 Contingency Plan 3.7.1 Contractor shall have a contingency plan in place to address any access or service issues, such as elevator out of service, facility or room inaccessible, disabled vehicle, plant outages etc. 3.8 Quality Control 3.8.1 The contractor shall develop and maintain quality programs to ensure recycling services are performed in accordance with commonly accepted commercial practices and comply with VACCHCS requirements. The contractor and COR will conduct quarterly inspections, in order to meet VA Environmental of Care Inspection. 100% of the containers/ consoles/bins must be emptied and shredded at each location per the schedule provided by the COR. If a container, console/bin is not emptied and shredded, the contractor shall notify the COR, of the reason that a console/bin could not be emptied and shredded. The contractor shall only be invoicing and receive payment for containers/consoles/bins that are 100% emptied. The contractor shall remove bins from Facility, after service is complete before 3:30pm. The Contractor shall allow the VA Representatives to conduct inspection, upon request of their facility. 3.8.2 Contractor shall provide recommendations throughout the performance of the contract for pickup schedule, pickup frequency, bin sizes and other items to improve program efficiency and cost savings. 3.9 Safety The contractor shall have in place a documented and comprehensive Health and Safety program to ensure all shredding activities are provided in a safe and secure manner and responsible for maintaining OSHA standards for occupational safety. 3.10 Contractor Vehicles 3.10.1 All contractor vehicles utilized in the performance of this contract shall maintain insurance (up to the minimum coverage required by the respective state) and shall maintain current state vehicle registration. 3.10.2 All contractor employees shall possess a valid California state driver s license and have a clean driving record. The contractor or his/her employee s while performing under this contract shall use no personal vehicles to transport containers to and from the government and contractor site. 3.10.3 The contractor shall ensure that all contractor vehicles utilized for this performance contract are kept in proper working condition. The contractor vehicles shall always be locked and properly secured while at the government site or in route to and from contractor site. Vehicles used in the performance of the contract shall not be left unattended and unlocked at anytime while transporting VACCHCS security waste. 3.11 Contractor Facilities 3.11.1 All security waste shall be shredded onsite at the VACCHCS premises. In the event that onsite shredding is not available due to unforeseen mechanical issues, the confidential materials are to be left on VACCHCS premises, and COR is to be notified. The contractor must schedule an onsite vehicle within one week. 3.11.2 Prior to beginning performance of the contract, the designated contractor facility site will be inspected and approved by COR and the VACCHCS s Privacy Officer. 3.12 Security Waste Collection Containers and Phase-Out for Follow-On Contracts 3.12.1 The size of the containers provided is referenced in paragraph 3.5. 3.12.2 The lockable containers shall be kept locked at all times. The contractor shall provide two sets of keys for each lockable security waste container. One set of keys shall remain in the possession of the contractor or his employees at all times while at the Contractor s site. One set of keys shall be provided to the VACCHCS COR. 3.12.3 In the event the Government awards a follow-on contract to other than the incumbent contractor, the contractor will cooperate to the extent required to allow for an orderly changeover to the successor contractor. This transition shall be as smooth and transparent as possible to ensure no interruption in the services currently being provided. 3.12.4 In the event the Government awards a follow-on contract to other than the incumbent contractor. The incumbent contractor shall schedule a time with the COR to remove containers/consoles/bins throughout the VACCHCS facilities at no additional cost to the government. 3.12.5 The contractor shall deliver the required number of lockable security waste containers (Joint Commission compliant) with keys to the VACCHCS site specified in the contract within 5 calendar days after contract award and approval of VACCHCS security suitability. The confidential waste containers shall be placed at the designated locations directed by the COR or the local VACCHCS site point of contact (POC). The VACCHCS site POC will be provided to the contractor by the COR. All containers must have a baffle preventing anyone from pulling documents out of the containers. 3.12.6 The contractor shall submit one point of contact for all locations to the COTR within 5 days of contract award. 3.13 VACCHCS Clearance Requirements The contractor shall be required to comply with all security requirements of VACCHCS. All security requirements must be met, and the employees must be cleared prior to the contractor performing work under the contract. Employees that cannot meet the security requirements and clearance requirements will not be allowed to perform work under this contract. This also includes any required training for contract personnel (e.g. VA Cyber Security Awareness, VHA Privacy Policy, etc.) including Compliance and Business Integrity (CBI) Training. 3.14 Handling of Records 3.14.1 Information or records accessed and/or created by the Contractor in the course of performing services under this contract are the property of the VA and shall not be accessed, released, transferred, or destroyed except in accordance with applicable federal law, regulations, and/or VA/VHA policy. The Contractor will not copy information contained in VA information systems, either by printing to paper or by copying to another digital format, without the explicit instruction and written approval from of the officials listed in paragraph a., above, except as is necessary to make single copies in the ordinary course of providing patient care. The Contractor will not commingle the data from VA information systems with information from other sources. Contractor shall report any unauthorized disclosure of VA information to the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). 3.14.2 The Logistics Management Service will follow VACCHCS procedures to assure VA sensitive information is protected. 3.14.3 The contractor is responsible for securing any unattended vehicle on site, including locking all doors, removing keys, and safeguarding any sensitive materials stored within. 3.15 Minimum Standards for Information Destruction Information destruction contractors and subcontractors must be able to meet the following standards: Physical and Operational Security Monitored Alarm System(s) that include the following: Motion Detectors; Door Contacts; Battery Back-Up; and Monitoring Service. Taped Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) monitors with the following: Fully Functional Cameras; Recording Devices; and Secure Recording Tape Library. Sufficient Lighting to allow CCTV Locks and Key Controls Visitor Logs Visitor In/Out Logs; and Visitor ID Badges. Written Policies and Procedures Documentation and Control of Resources Documentation and control of employees: Documentation of who has access to materials (minimum necessary access only is allowed); Documentation of background investigations (types and frequency); Documentation of citizenship, naturalization (no non-US citizens); Documentation of drug screen; and Documentation of re-evaluation of above items (at least every two years). Documentation and control of destruction equipment: Type (Mobile or Plant-Based); Manufacturer and Model; Serial Number; and Dates of non-operational downtime for repair. Documentation and control of destruction and collection vehicles: Vehicle make and model; License plate number; State/County of registration; Acceptable overnight storage address and location; Acceptable roadworthiness of vehicles; Locks and security of vehicles; and Driver logs to show who has control of vehicle at any given time. Documentation and control of all recipients of materials: Name of individual/company; Address where received; Method of final disposition; and Certifications of destruction (general documentation acceptable as long as it is attributable to VA s data (e.g., bails shipped on were pulped on ). Other Operational Requirements All destruction will take place within the enclosure of the destruction facility, which consists of four solid walls and a ceiling, and meets all criteria related to physical building security. The only permissible uses of a mobile destruction vehicle will be within the enclosure of the destruction facility, on-site at the VA s premises, or at an off-site location if approved of in advance by VA and is located within walking distance of the VA premises. A log is kept to record the dates and times that the mobile destruction vehicle is operating within the destruction facility, which shall be made available to VA during an audit, by means of review of CCTV images. The mobile destruction vehicle will be made available to VA for audit, within the enclosure of the destruction facility, during the initial audit and during all scheduled re-audits, for demonstration purposes. 4. DEFINITIONS a. Certification of Destruction. Written documentation that attests to the completion of the destruction process after the final destruction, as defined by this policy, of VA temporary paper records have taken place. Certification documentation can be in the form of a letter, memo, or any format attesting to its complete destruction. This certification is not considered a valid certification of destruction if completed and submitted prior to the final destruction of the records. The certification should contain sufficient information to attest to the final destruction of the temporary paper records what temporary records were destroyed, the date when they were destroyed, what destruction method was used, where they were destroyed, and who was responsible for their final destruction. b. Final Destruction. The process through which temporary paper records are pulped, macerated, shredded or otherwise destroyed to a degree that definitively ensures that they are not readable or reconstructable to any degree. If this final destruction is performed away from a VA facility it must be performed by an information destruction contractor (or its subcontractor of third party) who has demonstrated that. c. Interim Destruction: Any physical destruction process that substantially reduces the risk that PII, PHI, or other VA sensitive information will be disclosed during transport and short-term storage (i.e., less than 30 days) of temporary paper records but does not meet the requirement of final destruction as defined in this Directive. Interim destruction is a reasonable physical safeguard that affords an additional layer of security for temporary paper records once they are identified for destruction. This may be while they are stored at a VA location awaiting final destruction or when they are removed from VA custody until final destruction is completed at an off-site location. It is generally accomplished through maceration, chopping, pulverization, or shredding where these processes do not render the material unreadable or where the material could be reconstructed. Interim destruction is not required but is strongly recommended to reduce risk; it will be a consideration as to whether a facility has completed due diligence in the event of a data breach. d. Permanent records. As defined in 36 CFR 1220.18 General Definitions, are those records that have been determined by the Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), to have sufficient value to warrant their preservation in the National Archives of the United States. As such, they may not be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or any other means. An example of permanent records are original hardcopy documents for research and development projects. e. Protected Health Information (PHI). This term applies only to individually-identifiable health information that is under the control of VHA, as VA s only Covered Entity under HIPAA. PHI is health (including demographic) data that is transmitted by, or maintained in, electronic or any other form or medium. PHI excludes employment records held by an employer in its role as employer, records of a person deceased for more than 50 years, and some education records. It includes genetic information. f. Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Any information which can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, such as their name, social security number, biometric records, etc. alone, or when combined with other personal or identifying information which is linked or linkable to a specific individual, such as date and place of birth, mother s maiden name, etc. Information does not have to be retrieved by any specific individual or unique identifier (i.e., covered by the Privacy Act) to be personally identifiable information. SOURCE: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum 07-16, Safeguarding Against and Responding to Breaches of Personally Identifiable Information (May 22, 2007). g. Readable. Printed data is readable when strategies can be used to assist with decoding (the translation of letters and/or into sounds or visual representations of speech) data and arriving at comprehension through the use of morpheme, semantics, syntax, and contextual clues to integrate the information they have read into their existing framework of knowledge in order to arrive at a meaning. h. Reconstructable. Printed data is reconstructable when methods can be employed to reassemble the various portions of material in such a fashion that data can be decoded as to make it readable so that meaning can be derived from the data found on the media. i. Records. As defined in 44 U.S.C. 3301, records are all books, papers, maps, photographs, machine readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an agency of the United States Government under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the Government or because of the informational value of the data in them. j. Temporary records. As defined in 36 CFR 1220.18 General Definitions, are those records that have been determined by the Archivist of the United States to have insufficient value to warrant preservation by NARA. Temporary records are eligible for destruction by burning, pulping, or shredding. Examples of temporary records would be copies of hardcopy documents for research and development projects. k. VA Sensitive Information: All Department information and/or data on any storage media or in any form or format, which requires protection due to the risk of harm that could result from inadvertent or deliberate disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the information. The term includes not only information that identifies an individual but also other information whose improper use or disclosure could adversely affect the ability of an agency to accomplish its mission; proprietary information; and records about individuals requiring protection under applicable confidentiality provisions. SOURCE: 38 U.S.C. § 5727. For purposes of this Directive, these confidentiality provisions include, but are not limited to the Privacy Act; 38 U.S.C. 5701, 5705, and 7332; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule; and information that can be withheld under the Freedom of Information Act. 5. SECURITY INFORMATION Contractors, contractor personnel, subcontractors, and subcontractor personnel shall be subject to the same Federal laws, regulations, standards, and VA Directives and Handbooks as VA and VA personnel regarding information and information system security. 6. VA INFORAMTION CUSTODIAL LANGUAGE a. The Government shall receive unlimited rights to data/intellectual property first produced and delivered in the performance of this contract or order (hereinafter contract ) unless expressly stated otherwise in this contract. This includes all rights to source code and all documentation created in support thereof. The primary clause used to define Government and Contractor data rights is FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data General. The primary clause used to define computer software license (not data/intellectual property first produced under this contractor or order) is FAR 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software License. b. Information made available to the contractor by VA for the performance or administration of this contract will be used only for the purposes specified in the service agreement, SOW, PWS, PD, and/or contract. The contractor shall not use VA information in any other manner without prior written approval from a VA Contracting Officer (CO). The primary clause used to define Government and Contractor data rights is FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data General. c. VA information will not be co-mingled with any other data on the contractor s information systems or media storage systems. The contractor shall ensure compliance with Federal and VA requirements related to data protection, data encryption, physical data segregation, logical data segregation, classification requirements and media sanitization. d. VA reserves the right to conduct scheduled or unscheduled audits, assessments, or investigations of contractor Information Technology (IT) resources to ensure information security is compliant with Federal and VA requirements. The contractor shall provide all necessary access to records (including electronic and documentary materials related to the contracts and subcontracts) and support (including access to contractor and subcontractor staff associated with the contract) to VA, VA's Office Inspector General (OIG), and/or Government Accountability Office (GAO) staff during periodic control assessments, audits, or investigations. e. The contractor may only use VA information within the terms of the contract and applicable Federal law, regulations, and VA policies. If new Federal information security laws, regulations or VA policies become applicable after execution of the contract, the parties agree to negotiate contract modification and adjustment necessary to implement the new laws, regulations, and/or policies. f. The contractor shall not make copies of VA information except as specifically authorized and necessary to perform the terms of the contract. If copies are made for restoration purposes, after the restoration is complete, the copies shall be destroyed in accordance with VA Directive 6500, VA Cybersecurity Program and VA Information Security Knowledge Service. g. If a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) contract is terminated for default or cause with a business associate, the related local Business Associate Agreement (BAA) shall also be terminated and actions taken in accordance with VHA Directive 1605.05, Business Associate Agreements. If there is an executed national BAA associated with the contract, VA will determine what actions are appropriate and notify the contactor. h. The contractor shall store and transmit VA sensitive information in an encrypted form, using VA-approved encryption tools which are, at a minimum, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules (or its successor) validated and in conformance with VA Information Security Knowledge Service requirements. The contractor shall transmit VA sensitive information using VA approved Transport Layer Security (TLS) configured with FIPS based cipher suites in conformance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-52, Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations. i. The contractor s firewall and web services security controls, as applicable, shall meet or exceed VA s minimum requirements. j. Except for uses and disclosures of VA information authorized by this contract for performance of the contract, the contractor may use and disclose VA information only in two situations: (i) in response to a qualifying order of a court of competent jurisdiction after notification to VA CO (ii) with written approval from the VA CO. The contractor shall refer all requests for, demands for production of or inquiries about, VA information and information systems to the VA CO for response. k. Notwithstanding the provision above, the contractor shall not release VA records protected by Title 38 U.S.C. § 5705, Confidentiality of medical quality-assurance records and/or Title 38 U.S.C. § 7332, Confidentiality of certain medical records pertaining to drug addiction, sickle cell anemia, alcoholism or alcohol abuse or infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). If the contractor is in receipt of a court order or other requests for the above-mentioned information, the contractor shall immediately refer such court order or other requests to the VA CO for response. l. Information made available to the contractor by VA for the performance or administration of this contract or information developed by the contractor in performance or administration of the contract will be protected and secured in accordance with VA Directive 6500 and Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security processes specified in the VA Information Security Knowledge Service. m. Any data destruction done on behalf of VA by a contractor shall be done in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements as outlined in VA Directive 6300, Records and Information Management, VA Handbook 6300.1, Records Management Procedures, and applicable VA Records Control Schedules. n. The contractor shall provide its plan for destruction of all VA data in its possession according to VA Directive 6500 and NIST 800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitization prior to termination or completion of this contract. If directed by the COR/CO, the contractor shall return all Federal Records to VA for disposition. o. Any media, such as paper, magnetic tape, magnetic disks, solid state devices or optical discs that is used to store, process, or access VA information that cannot be destroyed shall be returned to VA. The contractor shall hold the appropriate material until otherwise directed by the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or CO. Items shall be returned securely via VA-approved methods. VA sensitive information must be transmitted utilizing VA-approved encryption tools which are validated under FIPS 140-2 (or its successor) and NIST 800-52. 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