36C24219Q0788-001.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

THERAPEUTIC FILM-MAKING PROJECT

1. Background:

The James J. Peters, VA Medical Center, Mental Health Patient Care Center, is in need of therapeutic filmmaking workshop services for veterans coping with service-related stress. The workshops are currently held at military installations in conjunction with the R2 (Ready Resilience) campaigns, and working with service-members and veterans who are undergoing physical and/or mental health treatment or in transition – either returning to full-time active duty or being medically discharged. To date, the program has been held at Fort Bragg, Campbell, Stewart, Drum, Carson, and Fort Hood, as well as a workshop in Israel and locally in Boston, MA. These workshops have been hosted at 8 military bases, VA hospitals, universities, and private clinics both in the US and Israel, enabling nearly 1000 veterans from

18 to 80 to collaborate on more than 300 short films expressing their experiences.

The Mental Health Patient Care Center has already conducted three highly successful workshops in FY

2018 and two workshops in FY 2017. Veterans that participated during these workshops reported that they experienced a decrease in stress related symptoms.

2. Scope of Work:

Therapeutic film workshops can be highly beneficial to veterans coping with service-related stress. Pre-and post-workshop surveys of participants (veterans) that have already participated indicate a substantial average drop (~20%) in reported PTSD symptoms among participants by the end of the workshop. The films and the process for making the films serves as a therapeutic conversation starter (aka ‘ice-breaker’) for participants who may have difficulty expressing or sharing their traumatic experiences conventionally with friends, family or fellow veterans. These workshops typically develop various follow-up protocol– including a website portal designed exclusively to enable participants to remain engaged with the process after they have completed the workshop, and the opportunity to participate as mentors to other participants at subsequent workshops.

3. Place of Performance:

Department of Veterans Affairs

James J. Peters VAMC

130 Kingsbridge Road

Bronx, NY10468

4. Period of Performance: This project will be conducted at the James J. Peters (Bronx) Veterans

Medical Center during the 3rd and 4th Quarter of each Fiscal Year.

Base Year: June 18, 2019 – September 30, 2019

Option Year #1: October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020

Option Year #2: October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021

Option Year #3: October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022

Option Year #4: October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023

5. Requirements:

The Mental Health department of the James J. Peters VA Medical Center requires filmmaking workshops that enables veteran participants an opportunity to collaborate with peers to validate and process their service experiences. The therapeutic films shall be produced and made available for sharing and supporting in creating a community dialogue to better educate veterans and their families facing mental health challenges. The vendor shall provide all supporting equipment and services to deliver video production of participant mental health treatment. Vendor shall provide film recording and production services to the Mental Health services department for the 3rd Quarter but no later the 4th Quarter in each

Fiscal Year.