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Haskell Indian Nations University: Sports Official Assignor

Statement of Work (SOW)

Background Haskell Indian Nations University is seeking a contractor to serve as a sport official assignor for the Department of Athletics. The position exercises responsibility for establishing a schedule, disseminating official assignments, and controlling disbursement of fees for all sports officials for all intercollegiate contests at Haskell to include:

· Establishing an athletic officials schedule for set varsity intercollegiate competitions

· Assigning certified sports officials to various venues on the Haskell campus

· Adjustments of sports official's athletic assignment schedule as needed

· Distribution of set official assignment schedules to the Department of Athletics

· Disbursement of sports official's fees as appropriate Contractor must submit

· A cost proposal

· Resume

· Current or recent certification under national governing body as a sports official

Objectives The goal of the contract is to secure a sports official assignor to serve as a liaison between the Athletic Department and various certified sport officials in the states of Kansas, Missouri and possibly Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arkansas; states representing the Association of Independent Institutions that Haskell Athletics is a member of.

· Creation of an official schedule and assigned fee structure for certified sports officials

· Verification of certified sports official pool in accordance with NAIA and recognized governing boards

· Compliance with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics by providing certified officials to officiate NAIA varsity contests at Haskell Indian Nations University.

Scope Haskell Indian Nations University, under the governance of the Bureau of Indian Education expects the contract to yield a successful vendor for the job. The vendor will act in accordance to Federal regulations in representing the institution and the government in a positive manner.

The contract proposal will be evaluated on adherence to the noted requirements, as well as past experience and performance. Prospective contractors will be ranked accordingly, and a determination will be made as to which contractor has demonstrated the greatest value to the Federal Government as well as the Department of Athletics at Haskell Indian Nations University. The factor of proposal bid amount (price or cost) will not be considered as significant in comparison to fulfillment of requirements, experience and performance.

Tasks In addition to outlined functions and objectives, the contractor is expected to demonstrate successful completion of the following tasks:

· Coordinate, assign and communicate sports schedules with certified sports officials

· Distribution of officials to venues in a timely fashion

· Accounting of fee structures per assigned sport

· Evaluation of certified officials

· Provide a year in review report

Contractor will be evaluated on fulfillment of outlined functions, successful demonstration of objectives, and timely completion of the aforementioned tasks.

Travel The Assigner will only travel when requested, or it is required for officials’ evaluations.

Special Material Requirements Current or recent certification as a sports official, certified by the NAIA.

Place of Performance On Haskell Campus Venues, Off-site from the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University, to include city venues, and regional venues when Haskell is responsible for officials during a contest.

Period of Performance The contract start date will be August 1, 2021and conclude on May 30, 2022 for the first contract year. Optional years (3) will start on August 1, and conclude on May 30, during the option years that follow. If the university does not have Varsity Competitions during any of these times because of the pandemic or other reasons the university does not offer competitions, the contractor will not be charged for services for that period and revert over to the next season of competition dates.