Social_Media_Producer_SOW-Final_(002).docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

Social Media Producer Services

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The Voice of America’s voanews.com has a requirement for a talent vendor (hereinafter referred to as “contractor”) to provide social media production described below. The work shall be performed on a fix-price-labor-hour basis. The contractor’s hourly rate shall include overhead (e.g. health insurance), G&A and profit. The contractor shall be responsible for meeting all obligations under the term of this contract.

BACKGROUND

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· General Responsibilities of Contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for the project design and execution, including the following specific tasks:

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:

· Working with the voanews.com audience engagement analyst, and News Center tv show teams contractor shall interact with readers through monitoring and posting to official VOA social media channels (Facebook, twitter, blogs, Instagram, etc.)

· Contractor shall recognize, recommend and implement Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to increased referred traffic from search engines.

· Contractor shall cut engaging videos for News Center Shows

· Contractor shall grow VOA audience engagement with News Center Shows

DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE

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

Working with the voanews.com audience engagement analyst, and News Center tv show teams contractor shall interact with readers through monitoring and posting to official VOA social media channels (Facebook, twitter, blogs, Instagram, etc.)

As agreed at assignment

Contractor shall recognize, recommend and implement Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to increased referred traffic from search engines.

As agreed at assignment

Contractor shall cut engaging videos for News Center Shows Contractor shall grow VOA audience engagement with News Center Shows

As agreed at assignment

F.4 PLACE OF DELIVERY FOR DELIVERABLES

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

330 Independence Ave SW

DC 20237

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 1 hour 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 September 1, 2018 until August 31, 2019, with an option to continue services for one additional option year.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The work on this contract shall be conducted at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 330 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20237 or contractor’s worksite.

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.