Operations Assessment Program Criteria.

DOE-EM-STD-5505-96

to:

Establish responsibility and accountability for assessment of contractor operations and for

corrective action as required;

Ensure that hazardous facilities and activities are competently operated in a manner providing

proper assurance of worker and equipment safety, and protection of the environment;

Enable management to determine the operational condition of all activities on a comparable

basis;

Provide the basis for management actions to improve activity operations;

Provide an objective methodology to track performance of an activity in conduct of

operations; and

Provide an objective basis for contractor monetary incentive determination and for assignment

of penalties, when appropriate.

4.2 Operations Assessment Program Criteria. DOE Field Element managers are responsible

for carrying out the EM Operations Assessment Program which shall include:

Operations assessments conducted in accordance with a documented schedule

Documentation of programmatic breakdowns or widespread problems (concerns) supported

by individual items that do not meet requirements (findings)

Communication of concerns and findings to contractor management

Follow-up to verify concerns are corrected

Utilization of operations assessment results as a factor in determining contractor monetary

incentives

4.2.1 Operations assessments conducted in accordance with a documented schedule. Field

Element managers shall ensure full operations assessments are conducted at least once every two

years and partial operations assessments are conducted at least once every six months for each

EM activity. A full operations assessment shall cover all applicable elements of conduct of