PWS_Desert_Voice_11-9-2016.pdf

Dated 11-9-2016

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

GENERAL: This requirement is for the printing of a quarterly magazine and one special edition calendar. The scope of this requirement includes the printing of the magazine and delivery to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Building 506.

DESTINATION ADDRESS: BLDG 506, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait 09366.

LOCATION OF WORK: Work shall be performed at the contractor’s facility.

DELIVERY OF PRODUCT: Contractor must have the means to deliver the product to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Building 506.

PRODUCTION START DATE: New contract will require first delivery of the Desert Voice on 1 December 2016.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIAL: The government shall provide the following:

(1) Original color pictures marked for the location,

(2) Disk with publication laid out on Adobe InDesign Software

(3) Disks with *.tif, *.jpg, *.pdf, for use with Adobe Creative Suite publishing software.

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED EQUIPMENT: The contractor shall provide all necessary equipment, tools, supplies, materials, labor and supervision necessary. Contractor shall have the ability to operate with Adobe Creative Suite publishing software.

STANDARD MATERIALS: Materials and supplies shall be of commercial standard commonly used by a contractor regularly engaged in the printing and publishing business.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The contractor shall perform the following functions, at a minimum, in the production of the magazine and special events planner:

(1) The quarterly magazine shall fluctuate from 20 to 28 pages with photos and the special edition events planner shall be 28 pages.

(2) Number of copies shall be 1000 copies per print on a quarterly basis and a one-time print of 2000 copies of a special edition events planner.

(3) The contractor shall perform all editing, photo sizing and printing/production at the contractor facility. Reminder: contractor must have Adobe Design software.

(4) The contractor shall use full color separation. This includes four (4) runs of color separation for photo reproduction and full use of spot color.

(5) The contractor shall use 150 mgs paper and 8.5” x 11” letter size for the magazine.

(6) The contractor shall stitch each issue with two (2) staples spaced evenly in the center fold.

(7) The special edition events calendar shall be printed once with 2000 copies at 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm, 28 pages, saddle stitching. Contractor must be flexible when working with special edition magazines.

(8) The contractor shall pick-up government furnished materials at Bldg. 506, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on the dates listed below, regardless of local holidays, between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m local time.

(9) Deliveries shall be bound in protective, durable shipping paper, in bundles of 250 magazines each.

(10) The contractor shall print a plain paper, draft copy within 3 calendar days of receiving the digital copy. The draft copy requires approval prior to the final printing of the quarterly magazine. The Government has 24 hours from the time it was delivered to review and provide feedback of the draft status.

a. If an error is found by the Government during the draft review with the Government Furnished Material; the Government will provide a corrected copy to the contractor within 24 hours after the draft was delivered.

b. If an error is found by the Government during the draft review due to an err on the contractor and it was not corrected prior to final print and the Government requests a reprint, then the financial responsibility to reprint the quarterly magazine or special events calendar relies on the contractor.

c. If error(s) are found, the specified delivery time of the magazine or special events calendar in the Final Magazine/Calendar Due remains unchanged.

Submit Disc to Printer Final Magazine/Calendar Due 25 November 2016 01 December 2016 23 February 2017 01 March 2017

26 May 2017 01 June 2017 25 August 2017 01 September 2017

24 November 2017 01 December 2017 23 February 2018 01 March 2018 25 May 2018 01 June 2018 24 August 2018 01 September 2018 23 November 2018 01 December 2018 22 February 2019 01 March 2019 24 May 2019 01 June 2019 26 August 2019 01 September 2019

Personnel and Manpower

DFAR Clause 252.225-7040 applies to this contract. The following specific requirements are emphasized:

(1) Prior to beginning work on this contract, the contractor will meet the requirements of paragraph (g) Personnel data and register in Synchronized Predeployment and Operations

Tracker (SPOT). This report shall be provided the COR and the contracting officer no later than 5 business days after contract award.

(2) Before contractor personnel depart from another country or before contractor personnel residing in the host country begin contract performance in the USCENTCOM AOR, the contractor shall ensure the following:

(i) All required security and background checks are complete and acceptable.

(ii) All personnel have all necessary passports, visa, entry permits, and other documents required for contractor personnel to enter and exit the foreign country, including those required for in-transit countries.

(iii) All personnel who are U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S. Embassy or Consulate with jurisdictions over the area of operations on-line at http://www.travel.state.gov.

Contractor Manpower Reporting

IAW DLAD 37.103-90(e)(1), the following requirement applies:

CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING LANGUAGE FOR CONTRACT

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENTS

The contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for services provided under this contract/purchase order via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address:

http://www.ecmra.mil/.

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year, beginning with 2014.

Contractors may direct questions to the help desk at: http://www.ecmra.mil.