Attachment 1 - September 2022 75 Tattoo Statement of Work REVISED.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

PRODUCTION ELEMENTS FOR

THE USAF 75th ANNIVERSARY TATTOO

(REVISED 22 JUNE 22)

1.0. SCOPE OF WORK: Contractor shall provide production elements including staging, lighting, sound equipment rental, video projection, custom set fabrication, video production, pyrotechnics, and misc. production services at the Tattoo Ceremony to be held at Audi Field in Washington, DC occurring on 15 Sep 2022.

2. STAGING: A stage shall be constructed in the center of the field. Exact dimensions shall be discussed during the production process. A two winged stage with a center section for drums, piano and bass with larger sections splayed out from the center is desired. Video walls shall skirt the front of the stage as per drawing. Stage shall be carpeted with black all weather carpeting. A 12’ long ramp shall be located on the front of the stage with a large vinyl Air Force logo. The stage must be built as late in the production process as possible and utilize Duradeck to protect the grass. The Stage MUST NOT damage the stadium grass. Stage hands should be made available during rehearsals and productions to handle staging needs.

3. SOUND: The Tattoo will consist of various musical performances, recorded media, speeches and sound effects. A high impact sound system is required to bring emotion to the audience. The audience will be located on the East side of the stadium in all directly-East-facing sections, from field level through last row of upper deck. The USAF Band will be providing all front-end equipment (mics, consoles, cabling, etc). The vendor must secure an L-Acoustics certified K2/K3 contractor to design/provide/support an L-Acoustics loudspeaker system to reinforce sound at a concert level. The USAF Band production team will collaborate with the contractor to design the system and integrate USAF loudspeaker assets with contractor assets to meet design goals. Vendor shall provide approximately 32 channels of RF transmitters and receivers with beltpack transmitters.

The exact crew numbers are the responsibility of the vendor, with manning required in order to meet production capability milestones within scheduled deadlines.

Suggested Audio Crew:

2-3 L-Acoustics System technicians for load in and out 1 L-Acoustics System technician for tuning, rehearsals, show and load out.

8 Audio Hands for load in / out 1 RF Lead engineer for duration of run (REMOVED) 1 RF Tech for all rehearsals and show 3 Audio A2s for all rehearsals and show

Equipment Requirements (All brands/models are required as they must match with USAF assets):

24 - L-Acoustics - K3 - 2-Way Full-Range Active WST Enclosure 6 - L-Acoustics - K3-CHARIOT - Cart for four K3 4 - L-Acoustics - K2-JACK - Leveling Jack Kit for K2 / K3 CHARIOT 8 - L-Acoustics KS28 - High Power - Flyable subwoofer 2 x 18" 2 - L-Acoustics - LA-RAK II w/ 3 LA12X Amplified Controllers 4 - L-Acoustics - DO5 - CA-COM Speaker Cable 5m (16.5 feet) length 6 - L-Acoustics - DOFILL -LA8 - CA-COM to 2 x NL4 Speaker Cable Adapter 12 - 10' - NL4 Cable 4 - NL4 "Y" to 2 x NL2 14 - 28" - NL4 Cable Jumper for K3

2 - 250' - EtherCon Cable 2 - 125' EtherCon Cable 4 - 100' - 30-Amp L21-30 to L21-30 2 - 100' - 30-Amp L21-30 to L21-30 1 - 50' - 30-Amp L21-30 to L21-30 3 - 50' - 30-Amp L21-30 to L21-30 6 - 100' XLR-XLR Microphone Cable 6 - 50' XLR-XLR Microphone Cable 4 - 8x8’ sections of duradeck for ground stacked loudspeakers 4 - L-Acoustics - A15 FOCUS - 2-way Constant Curvature WST® enclosure 10° 2 - L-Acoustics - DOSUB-LA8 - CA-COM to 4 x NL2 Speaker Cable Adapter 2 - L-Acoustics - DOSUB-LA8 - CA-COM to 4 x NL2 Speaker Cable Adapter 1 - L-Acoustics - Cable Package - Dual RAK support 6 - L-Acoustics - DO5 - CA-COM Speaker Cable 5m (16.5 feet) length 6 - L-Acoustics - DO10 - CA-COM Speaker Cable 10m (33 feet) length 2 - L-Acoustics - DO25 - CA-COM Speaker Cable 25m (82 feet) length 6 - L-Acoustics - DOBARREL - CA-COM Short Barrel 1 - L-Acoustics - DO25 - CA-COM Speaker Cable 25m (82 feet) length 6 - L-Acoustics - DO30 - CA-COM Speaker Cable 30m (100 feet) length 16 - L-Acoustics - KIVA II Loudspeaker 4 - L-Acoustics - KIVA Bumper 1 - Lot cabling for KIVA II arrays 32 - channels of Sennheiser 9000/6000 series wireless with beltpacks 32 - DPA 4099 with mounts TBD 16 - Channels WISYCOM In ear transmitters, receivers and and required antenna distribution and antennas 16 - Channels WISYCOM Beltpack transmitters and receivers

3.2 COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

24 - 16 channel radios w/ Biscuits –chargers, spare batteries

ClearCom Wired stations

LD, 4 spots, video director, DP, ME, LX Crew, camera operators

Wireless- The USAF Band will be providing a Clearcom Free Speak system with 8 wireless beltpacks.

The vendor will need to supply any additional beltpacks. Required wireless users are at a minimum:

4 - Lighting run crew 2 - Stage hands 2 - A2s 2 - USAF Band personnel

4. VIDEO: The Tattoo performance areas will be located throughout the large field with distances as much as 300’ away from some seats. Image magnification, recorded media and graphics are needed to bring the audience “closer” to the performance. A minimum 6-camera shoot shall be required, featuring broadcast-grade cameras (minimum of 3 with sports-grade long reach zoom lenses). Additionally, 2 mobile cameras with operators shall be needed in addition to the in-place manned cameras located throughout the stadium. Up to 3 Go Pro cameras shall be supplied for recording in aircraft cockpits. A jib may also be required and can be discussed at the site visit. Contractor shall provide a fully-equipped/fully-staffed video production truck, to include video switching, isolated video recordings, separately manned and switched IMAG output, manned camera shading control, playback control, streaming capability, and communication support for all video personnel. A skycam system may be required pending a discussion of viability in the stadium.

The exact video crew numbers are the responsibility of the vendor, with manning required in order to meet production capability targets within scheduled deadlines.

4.1 VIDEO WALL: A 125’ x 25’ 7mm dot pitch video wall shall be constructed and flown on the West side of the stadium. The video wall must be flown on box truss and hung from stadium I beam structure over the West seating. The trussing shall leave space, weight capacity, and availability for lighting fixtures to mount above the video wall for full length of truss. Additional video walls shall skirt the stage on the audience facing side only.

4.2 PROJECTION MAPPING: Projection mapping with the use of multiple projectors of the West side of the stadium may be required. Custom fabricated material to reflect projected light covering most of the stadium seats on the West side shall be discussed, and if required, must be commissioned by the contractor.(REMOVED)

5.0 POWER: Audi field has six (6) 200-Amp 3-phase disconnects available at ground level under the East side seating area of the stadium. All production on the East side of the stadium must use these disconnects including lighting, motors, sound and video, including shore power for video production truck.

5.1 POWER EQUIPMENT: All production on the West side of the stadium will require generators.

Generators will be needed for lighting, video and audio support and power requirements in stage/performance areas. A minimum of 3 generators, based on power requirements on the West Side of the field. They must be whisper quiet and earth grounded. Contractor is responsible for fueling the generators on a daily basis as well as keeping a technician on site during all work to ensure proper operation. Generators are to be left running 24 hours per day from when load in begins to when attached equipment is struck during load-out. Additional power equipment includes but is not limited to 3,000’ 2/0 5 wire cam sets and 500 linear ft of cable ramps, and back-up generator.

6.0 PYROTECHNICS: Contractor must secure a licensed pyrotechnics vendor to provide approximately 10 minutes of fireworks for 14 and 15 September. The contractor must coordinate and secure all licensing, permitting, and liability coverage with DC and Federal Government agencies, Ft McNair base security, and Audi Field, as well as coordinate aircraft safety requirements with the aircraft flyover Air Boss.

7.0 LIGHTING: A professional lighting system shall be deployed in Audi Field to allow for a professional concert atmosphere. Lighting shall be ground supported on the East side of the stadium club level. Use of truss and truss bases to build “goal post trusses” will be required. West side lighting fixtures shall be required to mount to the top of the video wall truss which is discussed in the “video” section of this document. Additional lighting placed throughout the venue is also included as seen below in the equipment list. Vendor shall provide all equipment and labor as per the following specs:

The exact crew numbers are the responsibility of the vendor, with manning required in order to meet production capability milestones within scheduled deadlines.

Suggested Lighting Crew:

2 - Crew Chiefs 24 - Lighting Techs (Load in/Load Out) 4 - Follow Spot Ops for all tech and performance rehearsals and show

4 - Running Crew at all times between load in and load out

POWER/DATA/CONTROL:

2 – MA Lighting grandMA 3 Full Size 1 – MA Lighting grandMA 3 Light 2 – MA Lighting grandMA 3 NPU XL 8 – 500’ FiberCon Reel 8 – 208v Dimmer Beach – Each Containing 208v multi-cable distro Via12 Network Switch, w/ fibercon 8port DMX/ACN Node 5 port, 5pin Optiospliter 2000va UPS

TRUSS/RIGGING:

400’ – 12”x12” truss 24 – 36” truss base 24 – 12”x12” corner block 120’ – 20x30 truss

FIXTURES:

50 – Martin Ultra Performance or Robe Forte 20 – Martin Ultra Wash or Robe ESpirte Fresnel 4 – Super Trooper Follow Spot (3000watt) on Base 60 – Clay Paky Sharpy 80 – GLP x4Bar 20

24 - GLP JDC1

50 – Robe Spiider or Martin Mac Aura XB 16 – Robe Tarrantula or Martin MK3 Wash 36 – Chauvet Well Fit 12 – Chauvet Well Panel 4 – WDMX Wireless Transmitter

EFX:

6 – Syncolites – Sky trackers (REMOVED) 6 – Stadium Hazer 12 – Sparktakular

CABLES:

25,000’ 5pin DMX 18,000’ 12/14 multi cable 10,000’ BLACK Edison Cable 50 – L6-20 Break Out 10 – L6-20 Break In 10 – Edison Break Out 10 – Edison Break in 20 – Edison Power Strip

8.0 RIGGING: Contractor must provide a team of riggers to install the chain motor points in the stadium.

All riggers must be SPRAT certified and screened by the USAF Band’s contracted rigging coordinator.

Contractor will need to construct a safety rope system and supply a boom lift or crane to lift equipment and cabling to the East and West roof. Estimated 1-ton motor count with 100’ chains is 24 to include 2 spares. West side rigging for PA can utilize a20’ stinger to extend the chain length to 120’.

9.0 FIELD PROTECTION: The stadium playing surface (grass soccer pitch) must be protected from all equipment at all times. Any equipment placed on the field must be removed each night and be placed on top of duradeck or similar ground protection. Vendor is responsible to provide all materials and labor required to meet the field protection standards as defined by Audi Field Master Groundskeepers.

10.0 EXPENDABLES: The contractor shall be required to supply all production expendable goods.

Minimum expendables shall include but are not limited to:

24 – Gel Sheets – TBD 30 – Electrical Tape, roll - BLACK 10 – Electrical Tape, roll - WHITE 10 – Electrical Tape, roll – YELLOW 10 – Electrical Tape, roll – GREEN 10 – Electrical Tape, roll – RED 10 – Electrical Tape, roll – PURPLE 24 – 2” PROFESSIONAL Gaff Tape, roll – BLACK 12 - 2” PROFESSIONAL Gaff Tape, roll – WHITE 6 - 2” PROFESSIONAL Gaff Tape, roll – RED 6 - 2” PROFESSIONAL Gaff Tape, roll – FLO GREEN 6 - 2” PROFESSIONAL Gaff Tape, roll – FLO YELLOW 6 - 2” PROFESSIONAL Gaff Tapes, roll – FLO BLUE 6 - 2” PROFESSIONAL Gaff Tape, roll – FLO ORANGE 12 – Gallon Hazer Fluid 1 – Inovativ Voyager 36” Cart 3 – First Aid kits for outdoor events (cold packs, band aids, bandages, ointments, etc)

11.0 LOGISTICS AND LABOR: Contractor shall provide appropriate number of qualified and trained employees necessary for all equipment to be used in this contract. The Contractor shall be responsible for the actions of any of their employees or who are working at any location as required by this contract.

Full production services for this event shall be included, which involve on-site forklifts, trucking of all equipment to and from the site, detailed structural drawings with engineering stamps in both on-site printed packet and digital packet provided to client two weeks prior to event, full event support, organization, and day-of production work with client, and all ancillary support to ensure a full and complete production.

12.0 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: Below is the tentative schedule. Adequate labor is expected for each event. All daily times shall be coordinated with a government representative. All prospective vendors shall ensure they can meet the daily schedule.

Pre-Production Meetings 1 week following contract award and then at least twice monthly leading up to load in.

Shop Prep Thurs-Fri 9/8/22 – 9/9/22 Rigging Safety Load-In 9/9/22 @ 1000 Load-In Mon 9/12/22 @ 0800 – 2000; 9/13/22 @ 0800 - 1400 Rehearsals/Cues: 9/13/22 @ 1600 and 1900; 9/14/22 @ 1900 *Subject to change Show Thurs 9/15/22 @ 1830

Load Out 9/15/22 @ 2100 - Overnight strike; load out MUST be complete by Friday 9/16/22 @ 0900