Contractor shall provide fee based Roman Catholic Priest duties and services for the Tomah VA Medical Center, according to the following Statement of Work.
- SCOPE
- Services are as follows;
- The contracted Catholic Priest shall be on the Tomah VAMC campus weekly to provide one Catholic Mass service for Catholic Veterans.
- While on site, the contracted Catholic Priest shall meet any identified Sacramental needs for Catholic Veterans to include, but not be limited to, Holy Communion, Reconciliation and Last Rites.
- When the Tomah VAMC staff Priest is absent, or on leave, the contracted Catholic Priest shall be available 24/7 to provide Catholic Ministry at end of life for Veterans actively dying.
- The contracted, fee based Catholic Priest SHALL NOT CHART, OR HAVE ACCESS TO ANY VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT RECORDS. The Tomah VAMC staff Chaplain shall be responsible for the updating of any Veteran’s medical records with the notation of Sacramental Visits.
- The Sacramental Ministry shall not exceed three (3) hours on any one day.
- Any changes to this SOW shall be authorized and approved only through written modification of this contract from the CO (Contracting Officer) in coordination with the COR (Contracting Officers Representative). Costs incurred by the contractor through the actions of parties other than the Contracting Officer shall be borne by the contractor.
- Notwithstanding, the Contractor shall perform no additional work without the prior written authorization of the Contracting Officer. Any additional work, which may be performed by the Contractor without this approval, will be performed by the Contractor at no additional cost to the Government.
Within fourteen (14) days of the award of this contract, the Contractor and the Government shall agree upon a date for work to take place.
