TV_Journalist_London_SOW_final.DOCX

STATEMENT OF WORK

“TV Journalist – London Based”

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Voice of America (VOA) has a requirement for TV journalist to provide non personal services as described below. The contractor shall adhere to the standards principles of the VOA journalistic code.

BACKGROUND

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(1) General Responsibilities of Contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for reporting and producing TV packages for the News Center and all of VOA. This includes research, shooting video, conducting interviews, writing scripts for TV, OCN (Original Central News) social and radio, doing Facebook lives and Q and A’s, and providing b-roll footage and interview footage as requested. All work must be of network quality and contain full script and source identification. Will provide unvoiced, raw and or edited material, including elements of stories, interviews, b-roll, stills when requested. The majority of work will be in the VOA facility in London.

(2) Required expertise.

-at least one year reporting, shooting, voicing and editing complex stories for tv and web -at least one year shooting interviews and b-roll at industry standard -at least one year experience going live, doing q and a’s and provide contextual reporting -proven experience with journalistic principles, practices and ethics

DELIVERABLES, INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE, AND PAYMENT TERMS

DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall provide deliverables that are responsive to the statement of work / specifications described in the task order and that conform to the Deliverables Inspection and Acceptance Criteria section of this task order. The Contractor shall submit all deliverables to the COR identified herein for dissemination to BBG subject matter expert(s) for review and comments. Final inspection and acceptance of all work performed and deliverables will be performed by the COR.

The following deliverables are essential to the successful completion of this contract:

1. Fully Produced TV reports

2. Raw video footage

3. Radio reports

4. Web reports

5. Q and A’s/Facebook Lives

DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE

The Contractor shall submit the required deliverables to the COR in accordance with the following schedule:

Fully Produced TV reports

As assigned and according to deadline

Raw video footage

As assigned and according to deadline

Web reports

As assigned and according to deadline

F.4 PLACE OF DELIVERY FOR DELIVERABLES

Item(s) to be delivered under this contract shall be delivered electronically to:

News Center 330 Independence Ave SW

The COR will specify the place of delivery for items to be delivered under this contract that have not been listed in the preceding table upon their assignment.

DELIVERABLE INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

Inspection The COR will review, for completeness and quality, all deliverables submitted by the Contractor, and may return them to the Contractor for correction. The Contracting Officer may delegate responsibility for review to other employees with appropriate expertise. Absence of any comments by the COR will not relieve the Contractor of the responsibility for complying with the requirements of the contract. Final approval and acceptance of deliverables will be provided to the Contractor in writing by the COR. The COR will have up to 4 hours to inspect deliverables and return them to the Contractor for correction.

Acceptance Criteria All contractor-produced documents and documentation (‘deliverables) shall meet the following general acceptance criteria. Final inspection and acceptance of all work performed, reports and other deliverables, will be performed at the place of delivery by the BBG’s COR.

· Clarity Deliverables and technical content shall be relevant and unambiguous, and shall adhere to accepted elements of style. Presentations, if any, shall be easy to understand and be relevant to the supporting narrative.

· Adherence to Requirements All deliverables must satisfy the requirements of this statement of work and must contribute to the overall success of the tasks.

· Format Deliverables shall be submitted in the format specified on the Deliverables section of the contract (if applicable), or as specified by the COR. If format is not specified in the Deliverables section of the contract, the Contractor shall submit all work products in formats compatible with Microsoft.

· Completeness Deliverables shall be comprehensive and entirely developed (i.e. have all required parts and elements).

· Timeliness –Deliverables shall be available at the time required and generated on or before specified and mutually agreed to due dates or in accordance with a later mutually agreed to scheduled date.

· Significant Deficiencies - Deliverables shall be free of significant deficiencies. Significant deficiencies are findings by reviewing officials of serious omissions, inaccuracies, noncompliance with contract requirements and standards.

PAYMENT

The Contractor shall submit invoices only for work that has been submitted to the COR, and inspected and accepted by the COR.

SECURITY

All staff must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust background investigation. (If applicable).

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The contract will commence on or about July 1, 2018 with work described concluding on or about June 30, 2022 and will be contingent upon availability of funds

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The work on this contract shall be conducted at Voice of America London News Center 6th Floor of 167 Fleet Street London, UK or contractor’s worksite in the field as approved by COR.

CONTRACT TYPE/VEHICLE

Firm Fixed Price to be awarded under a Commercial Contract.

SUBMISSION OF INVOICES

1952.232-91 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Payment Platform (IPP) (April 2016) Payment requests for all new awards must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Payment Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), "Payment documentation and process" and the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in this contract. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.