750393_Statement_Of_Work_for_internet_news_services_for_climate_energy_and_environment_news_July_2015.pdf

Requirements Statement

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is Seeking an On-line news source on Climate, Environment and Energy

1 BACKGROUND

The nineteen USDA/FAS staff assigned to the USAID Global Climate Change office are responsible for providing expert assistance to USAID in the areas of clean energy, climate change adaptation, and sustainable landscapes. These technical staff persons, and other USAID staff that collaborate with them, require daily updated information on climate change, environment, and energy in order to develop and maintaining expertise to prepare credible, reliable and timely reports and intelligence for senior USAID officials, Congress, and to support State Department negotiators. Due to frequent changes in news in these areas, these sources must be updated on at least a daily basis.

2 OBJECTIVE

The objective of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to acquire or re-new an on-line subscription news service to assist the USDA/FAS staff assigned to the USAID Global Climate Change Office by providing current, up-to-the-minute information on climate, environment, and energy.

3 SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work encompasses the delivery of daily on-line news coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets, as well as climate change. This is needed to track U.S. federal legislation, U.S environmental legislation, federal agency news, and international and national climate change issues.

4 TASK AND DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall provide an on-line news source dedicated to energy, environment, and climate change news. This news must be updated on at least a daily basis. Specific areas of information needed: U.S. federal legislation, U.S. environmental regulation and federal agencies, international and U.S. climate policy issues, global energy resources and markets, alternative energy, air and water issues, hazardous and toxic substances, public lands, endangered species, mining and agriculture, and technology. Coverage must be provided of major, breaking news that goes deeper than mass-markets news services, to provide technical staff with informed, balanced, un-biased reporting to keep them atop critical issues and developments. These news sources must be available on the internet 24 hours a day/seven days a week, and access for up to 100 persons required.

OTHER PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Not Applicable.

PLACE(S) OF PERFORMANCE

Not applicable.

5 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance for this effort is September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016.

7 POINTS OF CONTACT

Terence Albrecht International Affairs Specialist Office of Capacity Building and Development Foreign Agricultural Service/USDA Rm. 3210-S, 1400 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20250 Phone (202) 690-1916 Fax: (202) 260-9218 Email: Terence.Albrecht@fas.usda.gov

8 CONTRACTING OFFICER

The Contracting Officer (CO) for this effort is as follows:

USDA/FSA/Acquisitions Management Division Beacon Facility, Stop 1108 PO Box 419205

KANSAS CITY, MO 64141-6205

Attn: Roberta Martel

9 INVOICING

Invoices will be processed via U.S. Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). The IPP website is https://www.ipp.gov