NIHDA201800297_Statement_of_Work_(Attachment_1).pdf

Version 11-30-2016-1 FAR Part 11—Describing Agency Needs

STATEMENT OF WORK (SERVICES)

(SOW)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Project:

Account Management, Planning, and Maintenance for Online Crowd-Sourced Studies.

Statement of Need and Purpose:

The contractor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the tasks and deliverables described in this Statement of Work (SOW). The contractor shall provide services for managing accounts for online crowd-sourced research.

Background Information and Objective:

NIMH, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition (LBC), Section on Learning and Plasticity, is requesting to run crowd-sourced studies online. To conduct these studies, NIMH will require a service for managing the online account and handling of participant compensation.

Period of Performance:

One 12 month base period from the time of award. Two (2) 12 month Options to extend the period of performance.

SCOPE OF WORK

General Requirements:

Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government as needed to perform the Statement of Work below:

Specific Requirements:

The Contractor shall provide the following services:

Task 1: General Maintenance of Account on Amazon Mechanical Turk

The contractor will set-up an Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT) account for online studies and will provide access to the NIMH, LBC. The contractor shall regularly monitor the account to ensure it remains open during the course of the contract. The contractor shall also 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 will 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 examples of potential studies NIMH plans to conduct on AMT, 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 is responsible for managing the accounting and maintaining sufficient funds for participant compensation for these above-mentioned experiments.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The government’s responsibilities involve providing feedback to the contractor on the operation of the ongoing online studies if a problem arises.

DELIVERY OR DELIVERABLES

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

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

N/A

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Travel:

Key Personnel:

The contractor shall have significant experience in providing services for managing online accounts and handling of participant compensation.

Data Rights:

The Government shall have unlimited rights to and ownership of all deliverables provided under this contract, including reports, recommendations, briefings, work plans and other deliverables.

(FAR Clause 52.227-17 Rights in Data- Special Works).

Section 508—Electronic and Information Technology Standards:

The contractor shall comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), August 7, 1998.

Publications and Publicity:

The contractor shall not write scientific publications based on any work conducted under this contract.

Confidentiality of Information:

The Government will not provide to the contractor any information or data of a personal nature about individual(s) or proprietary information or data pertaining to an institution or organization which is confidential. Whenever the contractor is uncertain with regard to the confidentiality of or a property interest in information under this contract, the contractor should consult with the Contracting Officer prior to any release, disclosure, dissemination, or publication.