Attachment_V_-_Sample_Task_Order.pdf

ATTACHMENT V – SAMPLE TASK ORDER

NEWS WRITING, GRAPHICS, & PODCASTS - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA

1.0. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) publishes the monthly scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). EHP is a world-renowned journal that helps the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to implement its strategic plan of advancing science and improving health. The basic service objective is to perform news writing, graphics, and podcast support services for the monthly scientific journal EHP. The contractor shall commission news articles for publication in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) and on its website; obtain graphics for use and publication with EHP materials, based on guidance and feedback from EHP staff; and create podcasts for publication based on EHP guidance.

2.0. TASK: The Contractor shall provide Graphics Support Services for the EHP. This article is about congenital heart defects in babies whose mothers were exposed for long periods to extreme heat during the first trimester. The contractor shall provide two (2) graphics:

2.1. First-trimester woman having an ultrasound, preferably wearing summer clothes; example:

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2.2. Ultrasound image of a first-trimester fetus with or without a congenital heart defect.

3.0. COMPLIANCE: All content published in EHP must be Section 508 accessibility guidelines as defined by the federal government. Please see the following URLs for details:

Section 508 Information: http://www.section508.gov/

Guide to the Section 508 Standards: https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards/guide-to-the-section-508-standards

Making Files Accessible: http://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/index.html

NOTE: If the deliverable includes features and functions in addition to those identified as requirements, these features and functions also need to conform to relevant Section 508 technical provisions, functional performance criteria, and information, documentation and support.

4.0. DATA RIGHTS: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract to the extent permitted by the data rights clauses. The parties mutually acknowledge their understanding that this is the government’s intent. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, if applicable, produced under this contract shall be government owned and are the property of the government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the contracting officer. All materials supplied to the

Government will be the sole property of the government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other government rights.

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