SECTION C SOURCES SOUGHT.docx

SECTION C – PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Contractor will perform the following tasks: The Contractor shall provide support services in a variety of areas related to the Census. The specific services provided by the Contractor are:

ACTIVITY 1: Provide access software for legislative targeting, tracking, and outreach to all 50 states.

ACTIVITY 2: Provide a platform that data is customizable to topics and issues.

ACTIVITY 3: Provide the ability to build profiles about legislators and issues, which allows tracking of conversations in real time.

ACTIVITY 4: Provide the ability to email congressional offices and staffers, state and local officials, tribal and NHPI partners and stakeholders directly from the system.

C.1 BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW

The Census Bureau is the federal government’s largest statistical agency. The Bureau is dedicated to providing current facts and figures or data about America’s people, places, and economy. The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the Nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. More than just numbers, this information shapes important policy decisions that help improve the Nation’s social and economic conditions. Our goal is to provide the best mix of timeliness, relevancy, quality, and cost for the data we collect and services we provide. We support over a hundred different surveys including the Decennial Census, the Economic Census, the Census of Governments, the American Community Survey, Demographic Surveys, Economic Surveys, Sponsored surveys, the Small Business Pulse Survey, and the Household Pulse Survey. We also publish population estimates and projections. We provide data tools that give the public easy access to our data.

To support the mission and goals of the Census Bureau, OCIA serves as the Census Bureau’s liaison to Congress, state, local, and tribal governments. Through stakeholder engagement, OCIA advances the Census Bureau’s mission to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. The objective of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to acquire support services with a company who possess the required expertise to support the Census Bureau in the execution of its mission.

More than just numbers, this information shapes important policy decisions that help improve the Nation’s social and economic conditions.

C.2 SCOPE OF WORK-TASK AREAS

OCIA seeks to continue its excellent customer service to Bureau Leadership, Department of Commerce officials, and our stakeholders. The contractor shall provide access to a software platform that can map, track, change and report on the policy landscape all in one place. More specifically the contractor will provide access to a software platform that gives legislative tracking alerts, the ability to connect with officials and their staff, the ability to monitor interactions with offices, and the ability to deliver metrics on OCIA’s interactions. The platform should also have the ability to customize email outreach and tailor messaging to congressional, intergovernmental, tribal, and NHPI partners and stakeholders. The contractor’s platform should also the have the ability to customize background information on officials for background purposes and preparations.

C.2.1 SPECIFIC TASKS

The Contractor shall provide support in the following task areas:

•Task 1: Legislative Tracking: Provide access to software for legislative targeting, tracking, and outreach to all 50 states.

•Task 2: Social Media Tracking: Ability to pull reports on latest Census Bureau mentions on Social Media for tracking purposes and vital hearing preparations.

•Task 3: Hearing Preparations: Provide the ability to build profiles and biographies about legislators or causes, which allows tracking of conversations in real time.

•Task 4: Searchable Database: Provide a searchable library of contacts both federal and state level officials and staff.

•Task 5: Customizable Platform: Provide a platform that data is customizable to topics and issues and the ability to customize profiles of elected officials.

•Task 6: Outreach: Provide the ability to email legislators and staffers directly from the system with the ability to customize email templates and the ability to tailor messaging.

•Task 7: Training: Training new members of the team to learn more about the platform and provide additional trainings on an as needed basis on specific topics in using the platform.

•Task 8: Metrics: Ability to pull metrics reports off of the platform and to keep track of team performance and interactions with stakeholders and partners.

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