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Statement of Work National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Weather Service (NWS) International Tsunami Information Center

Contract: ITIC Tsunami Video Production

Objective

The objective of this requisition is to obtain contract services for the NOAA’s International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) to produce 135 minutes of video content. ITIC will serve as the Project lead.

Scope of Work:

The contractor shall provide video production services for 135 total minutes of finished video as follows:

a. Training videos on tsunami topics – up to 4 videos of 15-20 min each

b. Tsunami Ready meeting videos (each 1-3 min, with interview sound bites, summarizing event) – minimum of 10 videos

c. Tsunami Ready Recognition summary video - summary of different activities contributing to Tsunami Ready Recognition, incl tsunami exercise and recognition ceremony, with interviews) – minimum of 8 videos (5-7 min long).

The video content (raw) will be provided by ITIC.

NOAA’s Tsunami Program is a partnership with the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission supporting the Global Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System, and the implementation of the international Tsunami Ready Recognition Program. The ITIC provides tsunami training, outreach, education, and coordination efforts for the Pacific and Caribbean regions, and is a lead facilitator for the international Tsunami Ready program.

The videos will also be shared through the ITIC Facebook and web sites, which reach audiences around the world.

The videos will be ADA 508-compliant, and may be enhanced with closed captions in different languages. The contractor will release all production materials and copyrights to

NOAA.

Specific Tasks

1. Pre-Production:

a. Consulting - define project details and timelines; assemble storyboard and script; review storyboard and script

b. Location – scout optimal film locations

c. Script & Storyboard Development – collaborate with ITIC staff

2. Production: Film the training (presentations, tsunami event analysis processes as carried out by duty staff on computers). Capture presentation, computer screen, and speaker as separate video streams.

a. Cinematography

b. Directing

c. Sound Recording

d. Voice-Over

3. Post-Production: Combine video streams above, and other moving or still images, to create final training video.

a. Video Editing

b. Inclusion of other ITIC-provided video and/or images

c. ADA 508-compliance

d. Subtitles and voice-over translations (in Spanish and French languages, if required)

e. Digital Authoring

f. Provision of completed video in common video formats

g. Provision of native files for each video

Period of Performance May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024

Vendor Qualifications The contractor shall have HD-video production experience, especially in creating video on science topics, and have thorough knowledge and proficiency in professional video production.

It is desirable that the contractor have background knowledge on the video topics, and ideally, past experience in the creation of training videos, public awareness videos.

Special consideration will be given if contractor has knowledge on the topics of tsunamis and earthquakes. Familiarity and experience working with NOAA, and especially on the ITIC on tsunami projects, including videos, highly desirable.

If possible, contractor is requested to use software that ITIC uses, which are:

1. Macintosh Final Cut video editing software.

2. Macintosh Screenflow software. Screenflow can capture the presentation, can be used to edit/combine other video and static images, and can create ADA compliant closed captions.

3. Macintosh Adobe Creative Suite software (Adobe Premiere should also be able to create captions).

Information Security in Acquisitions Data supplied for and produced by this contract is not privileged and the level of security required is low.