NIHDA201800297_Sample_Task_Order_(Attachment_2).pdf

Sample Contract Task Order ATTACHMENT 1

CONTRACT TASK ORDER (T.O.)

Contractor: T.O. Title:

Contract No:

T.O.. No: Modification No.: T.O.. Originator:

Contracted Task Area: Date Prepared:

Part I. INITIATOR'S REQUEST

A. Period of Performance: From August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019

B. Task Description

1. (Administrative Task Order for General Start-up Tasks) General Maintenance of Account on Amazon Mechanical Turk

Task 1: General Maintenance of Account on Amazon Mechanical Turk

The contractor shall set-up an Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) account for online studies and will provide access to the NIMH. The contractor shall regularly monitor the account to ensure it remains active during the course of the contract. The contractor shall engage in planning related to the studies that will be performed with the account, including preparing the account for being able to administer the proposed experiments and updating information on the account as experimental needs change.

Task 2: Managing the Account and Participant Compensation for Individual Studies on Amazon Mechanical Turk

The contractor shall send funds to the AMT account for fulfilling compensation for participants. The contractor will regularly monitor and add funds to the AMT account to ensure there is enough for the completion of individual studies that are specified to the contractor. The following are three studies we plan to conduct on AMT upon approval, with the amount that would be added to the account for each study.

1. A large-scale memory recall task where one set of participants does the memory experiment, while another set scores the results of the memory experiment. Anticipated # of participants: 20,000 for memory task + 400,000 for scoring = 420,000 participants total.

2. A large-scale object matching task. Anticipated # of trials: 10,000,000 total.

3. A longitudinal study looking at effects of the time of day on cognitive performance. Anticipated # of participants: 5,000 x 20 time points: 100,000.

The contractor would deal with managing the accounting and maintaining sufficient funds for participant compensation for these experiments.

C. Task Leader

D. Deliverables

The contractor is required to complete account maintenance and patient compensation services within seven (7) calendar days after each new study is established.

E. T.O. Response Due Date:

Contractor: Contract No:

T.O. No: Modification No: Date Prepared:

PART II. CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSE TO T.O. REQUEST

(The Contractor may attach additional sheets to this form to present requested data.)

A. Estimated Cost and Effort

1. Labor hours - list T.O. leader, specific individuals to be assigned, labor category, and estimated hours for each.

2. Labor costs - list by labor category and total.

3. Employee benefits.

4. Direct materials

5. Travel

6. Subcontracts

7. Other direct costs

8. Indirect costs

9. Total estimated costs for this Order

B. Detailed description of the approach to be used and of the deliverable(s). (Be specific.)

APPROVAL TO PROCEED: The Contractor shall not exceed the estimated labor hours, estimated T.O.

amount, or change the T.O. leader without the prior written approval of the Project Officer and the Contracting Officer.

l. For the Contractor: Date:

(Signature)

Typed name:

2. For the Government: Date:

(Project Officer)

Date:

(Contracting Officer)

Contractor: Contract No:

T.O. No: Modification No: Date Prepared:

PART III. CONTRACTOR'S REPORT OF T.O. PERFORMANCE

(The Contractor may attach additional sheets to this form to present the requested data.)

A. Actual Cost and Effort

1. Labor hours - list specific assigned individuals, labor category, and actual hours worked.

2. Labor costs - list labor category, individual, and total amount.

3. Employee benefits

4. Direct Materials

5. Travel

6. Subcontracts

7. Other direct costs

8. Indirect costs

9. Total costs for this T.O.

B. Report of Deliverables

REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE

The signatures below indicate that the services/products required under Task Order No.

have been delivered, received and satisfactorily meet the requirements of this Task Order.

l. For the Contractor: Date:

(Signature) Typed name:

2. For the Government: Date:

(Project Officer)

Date:

(Contracting Officer)