ATTACHMENT_B.pdf

BBG50-R-13-0005

ATTACHMENT B-- STATEMENT OF WORK

A. REQUIREMENT:

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has a requirement for the Contractor to provide space segment on Telstar 18. The Contractor shall provide two (2) stereo pairs with picture “Picture with

Audio” on Telstar18 at 138° E on their “Asia Beam” with both coverage area and downlink Effective

Isotropic Radiated Power in accordance with the attached footprint for single Multiple Channel Per

Carrier (MCPC) carrier operation on a single transponder. Service must be on a Ku-Band Free-To-

Air (FTA) transponder and in the normal Ku-Band spectrum between 10,700 and 12,700

MHz. Transponder K04A, downlink frequency 12.429 GHz, Horizontal Polarization is preferred but is not mandatory. The stereo pair with picture must be FTA on a Motion Picture Experts Group

(MPEG2)/ Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) compliant transmission system MCPC. The data rate of the stereo pair must be a minimum of 128 kb/s. The data rate on the picture can be negotiated but is approximately 256 kb/s. The space segment shall be non-pre-emptible and non-restorable.

The Contractor will provide the space segment set forth below:

Telstar 18

Satellite: Telstar 18 at 138°E

Band: Ku

Downlink Frequency: Between 10.700 and 12.700 GHz

Downlink Polarization: H o r i z o n t a l

B. CONTACT INFORMATION:

The Contractor shall provide day-to-day operational contact information as well as contact information in the event there is an extensive problem that requires higher-level managerial attention.

Contractor Government

Name: Mary Beth Goosman, TSI

Title: Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

Phone Number: Phone Number: 202-382-7334

Email: Email: mgoosman@bbg.gov

C. TERM:

This contract’s term is for one (1) year beginning September 15, 2013. The contract includes options for four (4) additional years subject to the availability of funds. If all options are exercised by BBG, the contract term will continue through September 14, 2018. The exercise of any options under this contract will be solely at the discretion of the BBG.

D. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY: NONE

E. LIABILITY

Neither the Contractor nor BBG shall be liable to each other nor any third party for any loss or damage sustained by reason of an interruption in the availability of the Contractor provided space segment, regardless of the cause of such interruption, except as otherwise stated in the contract.

F. PROGRAMMING:

The BBG is solely responsible for the content of all BBG provided programming, and the BBG is entitled to modify, at any time, the content and linguistic profile of its programming that shall be retransmitted on the Telstar 18’s space segment set forth in the contract. BBG provided programming or segments or excerpts may not be used in a manner that alters their accuracy, balance, timeliness or context. The context of all such programming will be consistent with the BBG’s broadcasting standards and principles set forth in applicable U.S. statutes.

G. INTERPRETATION OR MODIFICATION:

No verbal or written statement signed by anyone other than the Contracting Officer, or his authorized representative acting within the scope of his or her authority, shall be interpreted as modifying or otherwise affecting the terms of this contract. United States Federal Law shall govern the terms of this contract. All requests for interpretation or modification shall be made in writing to the Contracting

Officer. The terms and conditions of this contract may be modified only by written agreement of the parties hereto. All modifications made to this contract shall be memorialized in a written modification.

H. THE CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE:

The Contracting Officer will appoint by letter a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) who will have the responsibility of ensuring that the work performed by the Contractor conforms to the requirements of the contract and such other responsibilities and authorities as may be specified in the letter of authorization or in this contract. It is understood and agreed, in particular, that the COR shall not have the authority to make changes to the scope or terms and conditions of the contract unless and only to the extent that such authority is specified in the letter of authorization or in the contract.

THE CONTRACTOR IS HEREBY FOREWARNED THAT, ABSENT THE REQUISITE

AUTHORITY OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) TO MAKE ANY

SUCH CHANGES, IT MAY BE HELD FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGES NOT

AUTHORIZED IN ADVANCE, IN WRITING, BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER, MAY BE

DENIED COMPENSATION OR OTHER RELIEF FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WORK

PERFORMED THAT IS NOT SO AUTHORIZED, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED, AT NO

ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE GOVERNMENT, TO TAKE ALL CORRECTIVE ACTION

NECESSITATED BY REASON OF THE UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES.

I. MONTHLY INVOICE SUBMISSION:

The Contractor is authorized to submit monthly invoices electronically to the COR as described above in

FAR Clause 52.212-4 paragraph (g) entitled Invoice. Payment will be made in accordance with the U.S.

Prompt Payment Act.

Note: The BBG intends to change its current invoicing procedures to an optical reading system. The

Contractor may be required in the future to use a standard invoice template. Any costs associated with complying with the invoice change will be at the Contractor’s expense.

J. CATASTROPHIC FAILURE:

The Contractor shall be responsible for monitoring IBB transmission and shall immediately notify

BBG Network Control Center (NCC), in Washington D.C., in case of an emergency. The Contractor shall notify and coordinate planned down times with the NCC and the Contracting Officer

Representative (COR), at least five (5) business days prior to the planned interruption. The Contractor shall also notify NCC, immediately upon discovery of any unplanned interruptions in the IBB broadcasts. The appropriate telephone & facsimile numbers and email addresses are list below:

BBG Network Control Center (NCC): 202 382 7000

Facsimile: 202 382 7749

Email: ncc@bbg.gov

COR Email: mgoosman@bbg.gov

Under this contract, a termination for cause (in addition to FAR 52.212-4 (m)) is defined as the

Contractor’s failure to provide to BBG the KU Band Downlink Frequency, East Beam for the satellite capacity required herein.

K. INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE

If the services being provided to BBG under this contract (744 hours monthly [ 31 days x 24 hours per day] are interrupted for longer than one (1) hour (“Interruption”), the Contractor is required to refund a portion of the monthly contract amount, which is the Firm-Fixed-Price for the year divided by twelve

(12), directly proportional to the time of the outage by crediting the BBG on the Contractor’s next monthly invoice after the Interruption. Each such refund will be calculated as follows:

Refund Amount $ = (Monthly Contract Amount $) X (Number of Hours of interruption in service)

744 hours

L. NOTIFICATION OF SATELLITE INTERRUPTIONS

The Contractor shall be responsible for monitoring BBG transmissions and shall immediately notify

BBG’s Network Control Center (NCC), in Washington D.C., in case of an emergency. The Contractor shall notify and coordinate planned down times with the NCC and the Contracting Officer Representative

(COR), at least five (5) business days prior to the planned interruption. The Contractor shall also notify

NCC, immediately upon discovery of any unplanned interruptions in the BBG broadcasts. The appropriate telephone & facsimile numbers and email addresses are list below:

mailto:ncc@bbg.gov

BBG’s Network Control Center (NCC): 202 382 7000

Facsimile: 202 382 7749

Email: ncc@bbg.gov

COR Email: mgoosman@bbg.gov

M. TRANSPONDER/SATELLITE FAILURE

In the event the Transponder/Satellite should fail to operate and the Contractor fails to provide identical capacity and service on another Telstar 18 transponder or satellite and, as a result BBG Video and Audio services are suspended or canceled for at least two (2) continuous days (48 hours) , the Contracting

Officer shall have the right to terminate this contract. In the event of termination, any payment for services not received by BBG shall be refunded to the Contracting Officer, within 10 (ten) calendar days.

N. SERVICE AVAILABILITY

Beginning with the service commencement date, Contractor shall provide to Customer the service 24 hours per day, 7 days per week (except, without limitation, for outages caused by planned maintenance and repair that the contractor notified BBG about and to which BBG agreed, inclement weather and events of force majeure) during the term of the contract. The service shall be provided as “non-pre-emptible/non-restorable.” “Non-pre-emptible” is defined as capacity that is not subject to interruption by the Contractor for use by another entity except as specified in the terms of the agreement. “Non-restorable” is defined as capacity that will not be restored to capacity on an alternate Telstar 18 spacecraft in the event of the failure of the current spacecraft. If the service becomes unusable, the Contractor shall use its reasonable efforts to restore the attached service utilizing any other available capacity.

O. SPACE SEGMENT AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Satellite space segment capacity shall be available 99.9999% of the time.