Attachment_B.pdf

Attachment B

STATEMENT OF WORK –COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL AND U.S. NEWSWIRE

SERVICE

The Contractor shall furnish to VOA twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, the news wire services for comprehensive international and U.S. news (including breaking news), business and financial news, sports (all major sports events worldwide), entertainment and lifestyle, from which VOA will select the wires it feels most meets the needs of the organization. Contractor shall provide daily schedules and advisories of the top scheduled international and national news events.

The VOA subscribed wires shall constitute a license for VOA. VOA may use the wires across multiple locations and platforms – including but not limited to VOA radio, VOA television and VOA websites and/or sites maintained by VOA, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and the iTunes store and affiliated distribution, or any other site off the VOA network, mobile and wireless devices, or via any other method of delivery developed now or in the future.

The Contractor shall provide these services by means of lines and equipment supplied by the Contractor.

Each party shall be responsible for maintaining in proper operating condition the lines and equipment which it furnished.

The contents of the above-described news services will be used by VOA for dissemination by its broadcasting services and other media. The locations of the delivery points include VOA Washington, DC headquarters and any domestic and overseas locations designated by VOA management through the Agency’s Office of

Contracts. The Contractor agrees to provide access to its news wire services at any location worldwide. The

Contractor shall provide the names for all of the news wire services that it offers.

The Contractor shall provide a primary delivery system of the supplied news wire services, as well as a backup delivery system of the supplied news wire services via the Internet.

The Contractor shall provide supplied news wire services in a format compatible with VOA’s Newsroom

Computer Management System, which is accessed by VOA broadcasters.

In the event, the Contractor makes changes in delivery method or modifies the structure of or the appearance of textual material delivered under this contract, VOA shall be notified 60 days in advance of the change, given complete details of the changes to determine the full impact of the change, and afforded the opportunity to test any changes before implementation. Should the notification, coordination and testing not occur, VOA would be refunded for a full month of the service costs, and any subsequent monthly costs until the change has been integrated into acceptable form for VOA’s technical and computer systems.

In the event of failure of Contractor-furnished equipment due to mechanical or other difficulties or defects beyond the control and without the fault of the Contractor, the Contractor shall make every reasonable effort to continue the services by whatever means or methods may be available, until the inoperative or defective equipment has been restored to proper operating condition. Requests by VOA for servicing of the

Contractor-furnished equipment shall be honored promptly and any necessary repairs or servicing shall be without additional cost to the Agency.

VOA shall provide space, power, wiring and supply electrical current necessary for the operation of the equipment. Except for gross negligence, VOA will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever to the

Contractor’s equipment, including accessories.

On circuits terminating in Washington, DC, the Contractor agrees to extend its facilities for channeling news services as provided herein to other offices of the Agency in Washington, DC, should such services be requested by the Agency; the Agency shall reimburse the Contractor for all costs entailed in setting up and/or installing additional lines and equipment as requested by the Agency and invoiced by the distribution entity.

In the event that the equipment used in connection with the services described herein is moved by the

Contractor from its present location at the Agency’s request, the Agency will reimburse the Contractor for the amount the Contractor customarily charges other customers under similar circumstances.

The Contractor, in the absence of gross negligence or misconduct, shall not be liable for the accuracy of the news furnished, nor shall it be liable for delays, errors or omissions in the services arising out of causes beyond its control.

VOA agrees that in broadcasting or otherwise disseminating the contents of the news wire services, it will accurately state the substance of the news furnished to it by the Contractor.

It is mutually agreed that the Contractor shall have the right to make working agreements and exchanges of news wire facilities with, and to sell said services to, any other party or parties.

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. (FEB1998)

This contract incorporated one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available

52.246-2 INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES-FIXED-PRICE. (AUG 1996)

(End of clause)

TERM OF CONTRACT

The term of this contract shall be for a one (1) year base period from October 1, 2015 through September

30,2016, with the option to extend the term at the discretion of the Government four (4) additional one (1) year periods, upon written notice of the Government’s intention to the Contractor not later than the expiration date of the initial contract term or any extension thereof.

CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE

The Contracting Officer will appoint by letter a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), who will have the responsibility of ensuring that the work conforms to the requirements of the contract and such other responsibilities and authorities as may be specified in the letter of authorization or this contract. It is understood and agreed, in particular, that the COR shall not have authority to make changes in 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 the contract. THE CONTRACTOR IS HEREBY FOREWARNED THAT, ABSENT

THE REQUISITE AUTHORITY OF THE 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 COST TO THE GOVERNMENT, TO TAKE

ALL CORRECTIVE ACTION NECESSITATED BY REASON OF THE UNAUTHORIZED

ACTIONS.

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

The Contractor shall designate below a company official whom the BBG may contact during the period of performance of this contract for prompt contract administration:

NAME:

TITLE:

ADDRESS:

E-MAIL:

PHONE:

FACSIMILE:

In the event of an emergency or there is an extensive problem that requires higher level managerial attention, please provide the following information for your point of contacts. The Contractor shall designate below a company official whom the BBG may contact during the period of performance of this contract for day to day operational administration:

FACSIMILE: _____________________________________________________

The Contractor shall also designate below a company official responsible for reviewing performance evaluation entered into the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS).

FACSIMILE: _____________________________________________________

INVOICE SUBMISSION

(a) The Contractor shall submit an advanced quarterly invoice to the COR via email. The COR will be identified at the time of contract award. See Note 2 below.

(b) The Contractor’s monthly invoice shall list: (1) name and address of Contractor, (2) invoice date and invoice number, (3) BBG contract number (e.g., BBG50-C-15-0000) and (4) the number of days services will be provided..

(c) Pursuant to the Prompt Payment Act, the BBG will pay the invoice within 30 days of either: (1) receipt of the invoice or (2) acceptance of deliverables; whichever is later.

Note No. 1: The BBG intends to change its current invoicing procedures to the Invoice Processing Platform

(IPP) system. The Contractor may be required in the future to register and submit invoices through the IPP system. Any costs associated with complying with the invoice change will be at the Contractor’s expense.

Please visit https://www.ipp.gov/ for more information.

Note No. 2: The invoice date must be within the current quarter being billed. For example if the contract period of performance is 1/1/15 – 12/31/15, then the invoice for the first quarter can be dated any date from 1/1/15 to 3/31/15. In this example, the invoice cannot be dated earlier than 1/1/15.

REGISTRATION

The Contractor shall possess a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) throughout the period of performance of the contract.

End of Statement of Work