- Performance Objectives and Measures Sample Clauses

- Performance Objectives and Measures. The results-oriented performance objectives of this contract are stated in the Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plan (Appendix B), and/or in the Work Authorization Directives issued annually in accordance with the special clause entitled, “Long-Range Planning, Program Development and Budgetary Administration”. The Contractor shall develop a five-year Brookhaven Strategic Plan for the overall direction of the Laboratory and for the accomplishment of these objectives. The Plan shall be actively maintained and annually updated in accordance with strategic planning instructions issued by the DOE Site Office. The objectives shall be accomplished within an overall framework of management and operational performance requirements and standards contained elsewhere in this contract. To the maximum extent practicable, these requirements and standards have also been structured to reflect performance-based contracting concepts, including the clause entitled, “Application of DOE Contractor Requirement Documents”, which permits the Contractor to propose to the Contracting Officer alternative and/or tailored approaches based on national, commercial or industrial standards and best business practices to meet the outcomes desired by the Government. DOE’s Quality Assurance/Surveillance Plan (QASP) for evaluating the Contractor’s performance under the contract shall consist primarily of the Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plan (PEMP) as called for within the Part II, Section I contract clause entitled, “Total Available Fee: Base Fee Amount and Performance Fee Amount”. The QASP establishes the process DOE shall use to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards and expectations. The QASP shall summarize the performance standards, expectations and acceptable quality levels for each task; describe how performance will be monitored and measured; describe how the results will be evaluated; and state how the results will affect contract payment. The Contractor shall develop and implement a Laboratory assurance process, acceptable to the Contracting Officer, which provides reasonable assurance that the objectives of the Contractor’s management systems are being accomplished and that the systems and controls will be effective and efficient. The Contractor’s assurance process shall reflect an understanding of the risks, maintain mechanisms for eliminating or mitigating the risks, and maintain a process to ensure that the managemen...