Contract Surveillance Clause Samples

Contract Surveillance. (1) The COR shall monitor the contractor's performance and progress under the contract. In performing contract surveillance duties, the COR should exercise extreme care to ensure that he/she does not cross the line of personal services. The COR must be able to distinguish between surveillance (which is proper and necessary) and supervision (which is not permitted). Surveillance becomes supervision when you go beyond enforcing the terms of the contract. If the contractor is directed to perform the contract services in a specific manner, the line is being crossed. In such as situation, the COR's actions would be equivalent to using the contractor's personnel as if they were government employees and would constitute transforming the contract into one for personal services. (2) The COR shall monitor the contractor's performance to see that inefficient or wasteful methods are not being used. If such practices are observed, the COR is responsible for taking reasonable and timely action to alert the contractor and the PCO to the situation. When contract performance is taking place at a government location, the COR shall also monitor contractor employees performing under the contract with regard to kind, number and hours worked to ensure that the contractor is properly charging time applied to the contract. A record of such personal observations should be kept and compared with charges invoiced by the contractor for that task and time frame. This information can also be used as a tool in evaluating the contractor certificate of performance. It is essential that the COR coordinate these efforts with the CAO designated in the contract. (3) The COR will take timely action to alert the PCO to any potential performance problems. If performance schedule slippage is detected, the COR should determine the factors causing the delay and report them to the PCO, along with the contractor's proposed actions to eliminate or overcome these factors and recover the slippage. Once a recovery plan has been put in place, the COR is responsible for monitoring the recovery and keeping the PCO advised of progress. (4) The COR shall maintain surveillance of the contractor's performance to determine if the percentage of work performed reasonably corresponds to the percentage of funds expended. This responsibility requires a thorough review of the contractor's progress reports. The COR shall immediately report to the PCO any difficulties perceived in this area. The COR is also responsible ...