Task 6. The contractor shall develop and manage a process for tracking and administering payments of stipends and academic expenses in accordance with their internal written policy and procedures. Furthermore, upon selection of the applicants, the contractor shall establish administrative files for each program participant. Each new student's information will be entered into the administrative database. Presently, this outreach program provide stipends and student's allowances. The CCDC-ARL shall determine annual stipends for each year for each class prior to distribution of applications. Stipends are paid monthly directly to the fellows. The contractor shall implement an electronic direct deposit system to effectively distribute stipend and academic fees even during peak payment periods. Stipend payments shall be electronically transferred directly to each fellow's financial institution on a monthly basis. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to ensure CCDC-ARL students are in good academic standing prior the distribution of stipends and allowances. The contractor shall report the amounts of all stipend payments and allowances on each student recipient to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the appropriate Federal forms and within the IRS required timeframes.
Task 6. Documentation
Task 6. Prepare engineering analysis and cost estimation regarding potential network implementation Contractor engineers shall conduct a comprehensive engineering analysis to determine how the City’s existing fiber and conduit resources could be used to support middle-mile and last-mile fiber implementation — either by the City itself or a private sector partner. Contractor shall identify the potential positive impacts (including cost reduction and improved time-to-market) that the City’s existing infrastructure would have on a private or public sector network deployment. Contractor will focus on developing key data on costs, logistics, and routing that would improve the investment equation for a private partner. The engineering analysis shall illustrate the use of existing (surplus) fiber and conduit to support middle-mile and last-mile extensions to residential and business users. Based on that analysis, Contractor shall develop a high-level estimate of likely costs and timelines for construction and implementation, whether by the City or a private partner. Contractor shall include in its analysis all existing infrastructure (including fiber and conduit, but also rights-of-way access and locations for network hubs and other necessary infrastructure) that Contractor believes the City can use to support the middle- mile and last-mile deployment. Contractor shall also identify areas where relatively small investments in conduit or fiber extensions might add significant value to the City’s infrastructure in terms of economic development goals. (See sample map below.) To assist in the mapping effort, Contractor shall obtain business lists and background data from various sources.
Task 6. Prepare final EIR and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
Task 6. Service provision time for shift services During the provision of this task, the contractor shall ensure that 1 (one) expert is physically present on the GSMC premises and available to support the GSMC shift roster functioning in a 24h (twenty four hours) basis per day, 7 (seven) days per week scheme for the entire duration of the underlying specific contract. The service provision during shifts shall be followed as defined by the GSA with the contractor’s point of contact. The contractor shall ensure that the expert assigned to provide the shift service shall arrive at the GSMC premises never more than 15 (fifteen) minutes after the shift handover time to him/her. In case of the contractor’s failure to comply with the required arrival time at the GSMC site for shift handover, the following shall apply, unless the contractor is able to prove that the failure to comply was caused by a force majeure event as defined in the Framework Contract: Anomaly detected (per working day) Penalty (per working day) The expert arrives on the GSMC premises more than 15 (fifteen) minutes and less than 2 (two) hours after the shift handover time to him/her. Credit note equivalent to 4 (four) working hours of one expert The expert arrives on the GSMC premises more than 2 (two) hours and less than 8 (eight) hours after the shift handover time to him/her. Credit note equivalent to 16 (sixteen) working hours of one expert The expert is on the premises 8 (eight) hours (or more) after the shift handover time to him/her. Credit note equivalent to 24 (twenty four) working hours of one expert Table 3 - Task 6 performance applicable penalties Whenever an anomaly occurs, the contractor shall issue the adequate credit note(s) along with the contractor’s subsequent invoice to the GSA for services under Task 6. In case the contractor fails to include the credit note(s) in the subsequent invoice, the GSA may reject the invoice and suspend the payment in its entirety until the GSA has received a new invoice, accompanied by the corresponding credit note(s). In case the total amount of penalties to be reflected within the credit note UNCLASSIFIED Annex I.F - Service Level Agreement exceeds the actual amount of services to be invoiced by the contractor, the contractor shall not issue any invoice and GSA shall be entitled to recover the remaining amount by the contractor.
Task 6. Stakeholder involvement strategy In relation to the introduction of the first nuclear power plant in Ghana, NRA has recently established a Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement Committee to identify the relevant stakeholders and to plan communication activities for engaging them at local and national levels. In this task, the Contractor shall advise the End User on a strategy about transparent stakeholder involvement to enable effectively carrying out its role and responsibilities regarding nuclear power plants and radioactive waste generated by research reactors and medical applications.
Task 6
