Quality Assurance Plan – Rev2: Afghanistan Engineering Support Program

The contractor, PEREZ, is the USAID prime contractor for implementation of the designs and construction management of the 200-bed dormitory building at AUAF. Tetra Tech (Tt) is responsible for reviewing contractor quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) plans/procedures and project execution to ensure that the contractor is operating in accordance with approved quality standards. Tt's role is to provide QA services during the period of performance to ensure compliance to the approved design, project specifications, and approved standards. This includes monitoring project costs and schedules, as well as the progress of work and adherence of contractor QC and construction management teams. The objective of the QA process is to identify, define, and report any issues that may negatively impact the project. This Quality Assurance Plan outlines the QA activities of AESP in the following areas: pre-construction activities, design and drawing reviews, field observations, testing, environmental compliance, review of quality control procedures, health and safety oversight, schedule reviews, invoice reviews, factory quality assurance, site quality assurance, and regular reporting to USAID. The QA plan is intended to provide uniform information to USAID on the procedures and resources that will be employed by Tt during the construction of the 200-bed women's dormitory at AUAF. The QA Plan will be augmented by the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP), which provides for specific tasks that will be audited/inspected to established performance standards. These tasks and standards are derived from the contractor's quality control plan and contract documents. The QASP can be found in Appendix A. Tt will deploy an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) to manage and coordinate documents among various stakeholders. Distribution of all documents, including recommendations, audits, and inspections, will be exclusively to USAID, unless otherwise authorized by USAID. The QA plan will provide an effective, consistent, comprehensive, and useful QA program for the project. The QA activities outlined in this plan include pre-construction meetings, design reviews, field observations, testing, environmental compliance, review of quality control procedures, health and safety oversight, schedule reviews, invoice reviews, factory quality assurance, site quality assurance, and regular reporting to USAID. Tt will also be responsible for assessing and assuring that the contractor's materials, quality of work, and the final products comply with the design, project technical specifications, and approved construction, health, safety, and environmental standards. Tt is aware that quality and compliance cannot be "inspected in" to a product. Quality must be built into the product or service, and therefore must be controlled by the contractor's QC organization. Tt shall be responsible for providing high-quality services to assist and ensure that the project is being constructed in accordance with the approved schedule, budget, and quality standards.