FY23 HarrisX PWS New Base.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ENTERPRISE SERVICES

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT:

US STREAMING AND SPENDING DATA FOR PCE

FOR

BEA/NEA/EID

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1.0 Task Order Overview

This is a non-personal services task order. The Government will not supervise or control the task order service providers performing the services herein. Such task order service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor, who, in turn, is responsible to the Government as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS). The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this task order.

2.0 Background

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides many economic measurements as part of the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs). The NIPAs are used for various purposes in setting national economic policy and forecasting and interpreting macroeconomic activity. They include the gross domestic product (GDP), considered the most useful summary measure of the Nation’s production. As the nation’s accountant and one of the world’s leading statistical agencies, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public. In this role, BEA collects source data from many specific sectors of the economy.

It is important that BEA continually strives to improve and rely on accurate and consistent source data to develop improved measures of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), which is the largest component of GDP. The objective of this procurement is to continually obtain US video streaming data for use in the estimation of PCE Video and Media Rental (VID). This will help improve the estimation of personal consumption expenditures (PCE) in the NIPAs.

2.1 Objective

BEA requires a consistent time series of US video streaming, including pure SVOD, SVOD+Live TV, premium network apps, sports subscription, video rentals, % of households, household counts, and spend data. This data will continue to improve our monthly, quarterly, and annual estimates of the increasingly important PCE series for

VID.

BEA needs the data to track these goods' personal consumption expenditures (PCE), an important and rapidly changing consumption sector. The data must come from a large, consistent, representative sample of retailers across the United States.

3.0 Requirement

3.1 The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform this requirement.

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3.2 The Contractor shall monitor performance following the approved Quality Control Plan (QCP). The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure the non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractor’s QCP is how they will ensure that work complies with the task order requirements.

3.3 The Contractor shall always maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall consider the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

4.0 Place of Performance

Contractor support shall perform at the vendor’s site. The deliverables will be emailed to

BEA.

5.0 Period of Performance

The total performance period with all options exercised is from 4/1/2023 – 3/31/2028 from the award date.

Base Period: 33,000.00 Option Period I: 36,300.00 Option Period II: 39,930.00 Option Period III: 43,923.00 Option Period IV: 48,315.30

6.0 Hours of Operation

Under this task order, the Contractor is responsible for conducting business, Monday thru Friday, during normal business hours except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government-directed facility closings.

7.0 Government Furnished Resources

7.1 The Contractor shall safeguard all government equipment, information, and property provided for Contractor use. The Contractor shall not use GFP/E/I for any purposes other than official Government business as performed under this task order. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

7.2 Contractors working on Government sites will be provided standard business equipment, including all or some of the following: desk, chair, phone, computer, and access to office equipment such as printers, copiers, fax, etc.

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8.0 Qualifications

The Contractor is responsible for and shall ensure staff are properly trained and hold the appropriate credentials for the services being performed.

9.0 Identification of Contractor Employees

All Contractor personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their Contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by Contractors are suitably marked as Contractor products or that Contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

10.0 Travel

Travel ☐ is ☒ is not required under this task order.

If required, the Contractor shall travel as approved by the designated TM or COR during the performance of this task order to attend meetings, conferences, or conduct other official business covered under this task order. Authorized travel is reimbursable following the contract. The Contractor shall ensure adequate funding is available for costs of travel before incurring costs.

Local travel to meetings, conferences or other official business covered under this task order is not reimbursable as a direct charge.

11.0 Conflicts of Interest

Contractor and subcontract personnel performing work under this task order may receive, have access to, or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.), or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the CO immediately whenever he/she becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and may merit the submittal of a plan to the CO to avoid or mitigate any such OCI.

This mitigation plan would be determined to be accepted solely at the discretion of the CO. If the CO unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may employ other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequently contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

12.0 Data Rights

The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this task order. All documents and materials, including the source code of any software

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13.0 Applicable Publications (Current Editions)

☒ No publications are applicable for this task order.

☐ The following list of publications applies to this task order:

14.0 Reports and Deliverables

14.1 The data will be delivered to BEA via an excel scorecard every month via email.

The data delivery will be 15 days after the close of the month, i.e., for the month of June 2023; data will be delivered on July 15th, 2023.

15.0 Attachment/Technical Exhibit List

15.1 Attachment 1/Technical Exhibit 1 - Performance Requirements Summary

15.2 Attachment 2/Technical Exhibit 2 - Deliverables Schedule

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TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary The Contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success.

Services Measures required for each service

Hulu Paid Amazon Prime Video Netflix Sling TV AT&T TV NOW (Formerly DIRECTV NOW)

DirecTV Stream YouTube TV Hulu with Live TV Spectrum TV Stream Premium paid network websites/apps Sports streaming Video rental or DVD subscription plan Hulu, Disney + and ESPN+ Bundle Disney+ Apple TV+ HBO Max Peacock TV Fubo TV Paramount+ TV Discovery+ TV

Household User %

Household Subscriber %

Subscribers MSRP

Users MSRP

Household User Counts

Household Subscriber Counts

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1