TV_Copy_Editor_SOW-Final.docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

TV Copy Editor Services

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Voice of America (VOA) has a requirement for a TV copy editor for VOA programming. Assignments include a variety of subjects including national, international, sports and economic news as well as adapting scripts originally produced in foreign languages, as part of the VOA News Center’s TV Team.

BACKGROUND

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(1) General Responsibilities of Contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for the following specific tasks:

-Edits incoming television script text from a variety of sources. Checks for substance, balance, bias. All scripts must confirm to VOA style and guidelines which require balance, objectivity and comprehensiveness and eschew bias.

-Copy is written in clear, concise language suitable for translation, broadcast and digital.

-Contractor performs all work in the VOA News Center

(2) Required expertise.

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. Substantive, balanced and unbiased TV scripts.

2. Rewritten TV scripts based on content originally written in another language

3. Text stories for house wire

4. Voice overs

DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE

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

F.4 PLACE OF DELIVERY FOR DELIVERABLES

Item(s) to be delivered under this contract shall be delivered in Dalet or CMS to:

VOA 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 (or her designee) will review at the time of submission, 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 to inspect deliverables and return them to the Contractor for correction within 1 hour.

Acceptance Criteria All contractor-produced reports, CNVO/CNPK, voice overs or newscasts (‘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.

· 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 for scripts in News Center content systems.

· 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.