SOW_Broadast_Journalist-FBO_BBG50-R-17-0004.docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

BROADCAST JOURNALIST (Paris) VOA Persian Division

Introduction The Office of VOA Persian Division (VOA/LNN) has a requirement for a Broadcast Journalist (hereinafter referred to as “Contractor”) to provide non-personal services as described below. The work shall be performed and remunerated on an assignment basis. The work shall be performed as an Assignment based.

In addition, the Government will reimburse the Contractor for actual expenses per Federal Travel Regulations as stated below. Contractor must provide the Division with an estimate prior to starting the work and must get pre-approval on all actual expenses before proceeding. The Contractor’s assignment rate will be inclusive of all associated to include overhead cost (e.g. health insurance). Contractor shall be responsible for meeting all obligations under the term of this contract.

For the purpose of this contract, an assignment is defined as:

· Researching and collating evidence and information to support a story by following leads (from news agencies, the police, the public, press conferences, etc), traveling to the scenes of news events.

· Writing factually correct, creative and concise scripts for bulletins, headlines and reports which adhere to the principles of accuracy, fairness and balance, while observing legal and contractual guidelines.

· Adapting TV reports for online publication.

· Preparing and presenting material 'on air' for both prerecorded and live pieces;

· Identifying potential interviewees, briefing them, preparing interview questions and conducting both live and recorded interviews.

· Translating data from French to Persian and back. The Contractor must understand the subject matter of documents in order to translate information to other languages. You need to manipulate sentences and ideas to have the same coherence of the source language text.

Scope of Work The Contractor shall perform the following work for the BBG/IBB/Voice of America, in Paris and surrounding areas unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Contracting Officer.

The Contractor shall perform the following services upon direction of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). Job duties could include, but are not limited to the following:

· The Contractor shall report to COR or Coordinating Producer for direction on day’s work or check work email for any editing that may have been assigned.

· The Contractor shall pitch ideas for stories and features to editors and News Managers.

· The Contractor shall select appropriate locations, pictures and sound according to VOA editorial guidelines on the best angle to approach a story.

· The Contractor shall identify necessary resources and deploying/directing technical crews for location shoots, and sometimes sound operators and camera crew

· The Contractor shall develop and maintain local contacts and expanding VOA Persian’s database.

· The Contractor shall Understand and comply with media law and industry codes of conduct.

· The Contractor shall at all times adhere to the standards and principles in the Voice of America Journalistic Code and shall request pre-approval before engaging in outside speaking and writing that might give rise to an actual or perceived violation of the Code.

The Contractor shall provide a Firm Fixed Price quotation showing an assignment rate for a approximate amount of 2 assignments to an approximate maximum of 25 assignments per month.

Time of Performance: VOA is a 24/7 new/program operation and the schedule will vary depending on the need of the government.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities The Contractor shall be fluent in French and Persian, with a working command of English.

The Contractor shall have at least 2 years of experience in TV reporting.

Samples of work product maybe requested for submission and researched online via YouTube and other similar internet portals.

Contract Type/Vehicle This is a Firm Fixed Price/Assignment based award.

Period of Performance The period of performance is anticipated to start on or about July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 with one (1) option year period.

Place of Performance Paris, France

Submission of Deliverables A) The Contractor shall be responsible for hosting VOA Persian News or Non News shows as assigned by the COR.

B) The Contractor shall be responsible for delivering stories at the time established by the COR (on Deadline).

C) The Contractor shall ensure that all material loaded into Dalet Plus is approved by the managing editor prior to going to Control Room/Studio.

D) The Contractor shall ensure that they are providing the highest level of quality without errors (such as show timing issues, graphics errors, Chyron misnames and typos and use of “out of date” promos, E) The Contractor shall provide a daily report of the Show production including both problems faced and solutions found.

A through D must be met in order for work to be approved or accepted.

The Contractor shall submit assignments to the COR at the address listed below:

Voice of America Cohen Building - 330 Independence Ave., SW

Submission of Invoices 1952.232-91 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Payment Platform (IPP) (April 2016) Payment requests for all new awards must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Payment Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), "Payment documentation and process" and the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in this contract. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice (CO to edit and include the documentation required under this contract):

(a) The Contractor shall submit an original invoice to the COR at the address listed below:

Voice of America Cohen Building - 330 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20237

(b) The Contractor’s monthly invoice shall list: (a) the days and the assignments type that being billed for work performed,(b) log of work performed (c) the attendance log of days and (d) reimbursable expenses, if any.

(c) The Contractor shall submit by the first working day of the following month a detailed invoice for assignment(s) completed and accepted by the Government. Invoices for the last month of the fiscal year may be requested one week in advance of September 30th. All payments will be made 30 days after receipt of proper invoice, in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act.

Acceptance The Contractor shall maintain a log of all assignments submitted and accepted by the COR. A copy of this Assignment Deliverable Log shall be attached to the Contractor’s invoice.

A through D, from the Submission of Deliverables section, must be met in order for work to be approved or accepted.

The Contractor shall revise work as directed by COR to ensure accuracy, completeness.

Government Furnished Property, Facilities, Services or Information The Government may furnish contractor with broadcast equipment solely for the Contractor’s use while performing the work prescribed herein. Personal use of the Government equipment is prohibited.

Maintain equipment that is loaned out for editing, report and document all broken/lost/stolen equipment to COR. Maintain all Contractors work that is stored on the house servers to ensure that the server’s folders are organized. All work submitted must suitable for broadcasting.

Security

Contractor must pass a security background check. Failure to pass the background check would terminate the contract immediately.

Reimbursable Items

(a) Travel and Per Diem - The terms and conditions of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) shall apply to all travel and travel-related matters authorized herein. The Contractor shall be reimbursed at cost for travel-related expenses upon submission of properly substantiated invoices. There shall be no profit allowed on these expenses.

(b) The Contractor shall obtain prior written approval from the Contracting Officer Representative identified in the Contract before incurring any of the above reimbursable expenses.

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