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MICC FORT RUCKER

BUILDING 5700 ROOM 380

NOVOSEL STREET

FORT RUCKER AL 36362-5000

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Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

STATEMENT OF WORK

THE FORT RUCKER PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE IS AN ELEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONTRACT

AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTRUCTION

5120.4 AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND BINDING REGULATIONS

PUBLISHED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. ALTHOUGH THIS

CONTRACT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FAR) OR THE

DEFENSE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENT (DFARS), FAR CLAUSES USEFUL IN

PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE LEGAL

PROVISIONS REQUIRED BY LAW ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CONTRACT.

Section C - Description and Specifications

STATEMENT OF WORK

CIVILIAN ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPER

THE ARMY FLIER

SECTION 1

GENERAL

1.1 INTRODUCTION.

1.2 SCOPE OF WORK. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, labor, supplies, tools, materials, supervision and other items necessary to produce and distribute a weekly civilian enterprise newspaper for Fort Rucker, Alabama. Period of Performance 22 June 2018 - 21 June 2019

1.3 PERSONNEL

1.3.1 Project Manager. The Contractor shall provide a Project Manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work under this agreement. When the PM is sick or otherwise unavailable, an individual shall be designated to act for the PM and assume his duties and responsibilities. The name of the Project Manager and proposed alternate shall be provided, in writing, to the Contracting Officer before commencement of any work and at the time any change is made. The PM and alternate PM shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on all agreement matters relating to the daily operation of this agreement.

1.3.2 The project Manager or alternate shall be available, upon contact by Government officials, within one (1) hour during normal duty hours, to promptly discuss any questions and resolve any problems that arise during the term of this agreement.

1.3.3 The Project Manager and alternate must be able to fluently read, write, speak and understand English.

1.3.4 Contractor Employees. The Contractor shall provide personnel who are fully competent in performing the work required under this agreement.

1.3.5 The Contractor shall provide a minimum of two employees. One primary employee who can serve as the automation systems manager and contract liaison. Both personnel will serve as reporter, proofread, design and paginate the Army Flier with automated news production and computer graphics systems furnished by the Contractor to the Fort Rucker Public Affairs Office, hereinafter referred to as the PAO. These people will effectively be Army Flier staff members, but will be paid and supervised by the Contractor. The primary employee must understand and use modern electronic news gathering and computer graphics equipment and train the Army Flier staff to do likewise. These employees shall administer a set production schedule for the Army Flier. These employees shall be responsible for proofreading, designing, paginating and performing any past-up and key-line work on the Army Flier. The editor of the Army Flier will inspect and must approve the completed pages before they are shipped to the printer. The duties are essentially the same as journalists/layout design professionals of a weekly newspaper. They will work no less than 40 hours per week and the salary/compensation package should be sufficient to attract and retain quality individuals.

1.3.6 Newspaper design. Provide technical assistance in publication design to improve the overall appearance of the Army Flier. This task may be accomplished, when agreed to by the PAO and the Project Manager, through the use of consultants.

1.3.7 Conduct of Contractor Staff. Neither the Contractor nor the Contractor representatives shall solicit advertising in the name of Fort Rucker or the United States Army. The Contractor and its representatives shall conduct all business operations on an ethical and businesslike basis, dealing honestly and fairly with all advertisers or others coming in contact with the newspaper. The Contracting Officer will provide the Contractor and its representatives a letter of authorization to be shown to potential advertisers to establish the relationship between the Government and its requirements for a newspaper and the Contractor.

1.3.8 Off-Duty Employment. The Contractor shall not hire any person whose employment would result in a conflict of interest under Army Regulation (AR) 600-50 (Standards of Conduct), and with any relationship with the Public Affairs Office staff, the senior staff of the command and those who could benefit from a relationship with the Contractor's organization. No Government personnel may be hired by the Contractor without the written approval of the PAO.

1.4 Quality Control

1.4.1 Editorial Material. The editorial staff of the PAO is responsible for the initial proofreading of all editorial material of the Army Flier (except wire service and syndicate reports, which the Contractor must Proofread) and for checking security and accuracy of content. The Contractor shall be responsible for the paste-up of each page of the Army Flier subject to the guidance, direction and supervision of the commander or his designated representative.

1.4.2 Quality of Advertising. The Contractor shall accept for publication only those advertisements which, in the Government's opinion, are in conformance with the principles of good taste. The Contractor shall not accept or publish advertising which in the Government's opinion is objectionable or obscene in nature; or which reflects adversely upon the Government of the United States or any of its components; or which the Government determines is not pertinent to its internal audience at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

1.4.3 "Off limits advertisement." Under no condition shall a business establishment listed by any federal agency as "off limits" be permitted to advertise in the Army Flier. A list of the "off limits" establishments will be provided the Contractor by the Government at least quarterly, with interim lists provided as establishments may be designated "off limits" between the usual reporting periods.

1.4.4 Government Clearance. The Contractor shall have all content, including advertising, reviewed by the government prior to publication. Failure to do so is a violation of the agreement.

1.4.5 Advertisement accuracy. The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for the accuracy of any advertisement appearing in the Army Flier. Advertisers will be notified that their advertisements will not conflict with maintaining the morale, welfare and discipline of the command.

1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE

1.5.1 Agreement Maintenance. The printing and distribution of the Army Flier will be monitored by the

PAO, in coordination with the Contracting Officer. Only those photographs, news stories, editorials, headlines, captions, outlines, and any other editorial material approved by the PAO will be used in any edition of the Army Flier.

1.6 Information control. Any article appearing in the Army Flier may be made available to anyone else who requests it following distribution of the Army Flier. All such requests will be referred to the PAO. Under no circumstances will the printer make such material available to third parties.

1.7 Disclaimer. The Army Flier will not state or imply that it is an official publication of the Department of the Army. The Contractor shall carry the following disclaimer within the first five pages of each copy of every edition in type no smaller that 8-point bold or 10-point. "This newspaper is an authorized publication for member of the U. S. Army. Contents of the Army Flier are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U. S. Government, the Department of Defense, and Department of the Army of Fort Rucker, AL. The appearance of' advertising in this publication, including inserts and supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Army, or (name of Contractor) of the firms, products or services advertised.

1.8 Debts. The Government will not be responsible for debts that may be incurred in the printing and distribution of the Army Flier.

1.9 Use of seals, insignia or emblems. Any statement that implies that the Army Flier is an official publication of the Department of the Army is prohibited. Official Department of the Army seals, insignia, or emblems may not be used in the flag or masthead.

1.10 Government Funds. Neither U.S. Government Appropriated Funds, nor Non-appropriated Funds, stationery, nor other materials will be used to print or distribute the Army Flier. The revenue, which the Contractor receives from the sale of advertisements in the Army Flier, shall constitute full payment to the Contractor.

1.11 Use of Mails. The Contractor shall not use DOD Postage and fees paid indicia labels for distribution of copies of the Army Flier.

1.12 First Use Rights and Distribution Rights. First use of command information material produced by the

PAO and exclusive official channels distribution rights on the installation and other approved areas are granted to the Contractor as contractual consideration for producing the Army Flier.

SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS

2.1 STANDARD DEFINITIONS

2.1.1 Contracting Officer (KO). A Government employee duly appointed with the authority to enter into, administer and / or terminate contracts and make related terminations and findings on behalf of the Government.

2.1.2 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). A Government employee, appointed in writing by the contracting Officer, to act as his/ her authorized representative in administering a contract. In the context of this agreement, the COR will establish audience and command-related control over the content of the publication.

2.1.3 Civilian Enterprise Newspaper. Newspapers printed and distributed by civilian printers under this agreement with Army components or their subordinate command. The news and editorial content is approved and provided by the Public Affairs Office. These newspapers contain advertising sold by the civilian printer and may include supplements or inserts. They become the property of the command, installation or intended recipient upon delivery in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

2.1.4 Editor. An individual within the Public Affairs Office designated to act as point of contact for the civilian printer of the Army Flier. The editor is responsible for the content, overall assignments for writing, photography, layout and design, graphic illustrations, and other various functions of editorial management.

2.1.5 In accordance with DODI 5120-4 and the inclusion of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Clauses appearing in CE contracts, Fort Rucker is an element of the United States Government.

This agreement is a United States Government contract authorized under the provisions of Department of Defense Instructions (DODI) 5120.4 as an exception to the Government Printing and Binding Regulations published by the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing. Although this contract is not subject to the FAR or the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) FAR clauses useful in protecting the interest of the Government and implementing those provisions required by law are included in this contract.

SECTION 3

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

3.1 GENERAL. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary supplies to include but not limited to, 3 professional digital cameras capable of at least 18 megapixel imagery, 3 camera flash systems, and three appropriate lens kits – fisheye, 18-55mm, 50-200mm, and 80-300mm and lens filters -- Adobe photo shop for all work stations, repair parts, materials, tools and support equipment required to perform all services. Contractor shall also provide 3 digital voice recorders.

3.1.1 The Contractor shall update equipment every two years and provide annual cleaning of all equipment.

3.1.2 The Contractors shall provide 20 newsstands labeled with the logo of the Army Flier for the display of the newspaper within (30) days of the signing of this agreement. The Contractor agrees to replace and or repair any damaged, destroyed, or lost newsstands.

3.1.3 The Contractor shall provide a minimum selection of 20 varied styles of headline type and 15 various styles of test (body) type on a weekly basis. (Headline styles in sizes 20 point through 72 point with capability for larger sizes as required and text sizes from 10 to 24 point.)

3.1.4 Within 30 days of the signing of this agreement, the Contractor shall provide the Army Flier with an automated newsroom system with a total of five (5) computer workstations and the associated software for the production, management and transmission of all copy. The Contractor shall assume all costs for designing, procuring, maintaining, repairing, and installing the system in Fort Rucker Building 131 and linking the system to the Contractor’s printing facility. Repairs to the automation system shall be made within 24 hours, or a suitable substitute must be provided at the Contractor's expense. The terminals shall be linked and interactive, both with other Army Flier terminals and the central processing unit, allowing the Contractor, system manager/ layout and design specialists, Public Affairs Officer and editor to view and edit all reporters' notes and copy.

The software must be capable of graphics production, pagination and transmission of all material and of news management tasks such as maintaining a future file, editor's and reporter's notes and points of contact, design, layout and pagination. Potential Contractors must provide the name, manufacturer and technical specification of the automation system they propose to provide in the proposal they submit to the Contracting Officer. Potential Contractors may be required to demonstrate their system, should the source selection board request a demonstration.

3.1.5 The Contractor shall provide up to 12 cartoon strips, an editorial cartoon, and other syndicated products such as crossword puzzle, horoscope, movie reviews, etc., as agreed to by the Contractor and PAO.

3.1.6 The Contractor shall provide a clip art service and a computerized graphics art system for the design of artwork and charts. The name, manufacture and technical specifications of the software and computer will be provided by potential Contractors in the proposal they submit to the Contracting Officer. The source selection board may also require potential Contractors to provide examples of the type of clip art and graphics the proposed system can produce.

SECTION 4

SPECIFIC TASKS

4.1 GENERAL

4.1.1 The Contractor shall print and distribute a minimum of 10,000 copies per week, a minimum of 50 weeks per year which will be tabloid size and published each Thursday.

4.1.2 When the publication day falls on a holiday, the newspaper will be published on the day prior to the holiday. Government will provide Contractor with a list of recognized holidays upon award of agreement. The dates will be established year upon renewal in two years.

4.1.3 The number of newspapers to be delivered each week is subject to change by the Government when necessitated by significant increases or decreases of personnel at Fort Rucker. Such increases or decreases will not exceed (10) percent, unless previously agreed to by both parties of this agreement.

4.1.4 Special Editions. Special editions of the Army Flier may be printed either in addition to or in lieu of the weekly edition of the newspaper. The size, number of copies and content of such special editions shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties. It is understood that all terms and conditions of this agreement shall apply to such special editions. Publication of special issues will be subject to the maximum amount of advance notice to the Contractor as possible but not less than (two) calendar weeks.

4.1.5 The Army Flier will not be distributed either as a supplement or insert to any privately produced civilian newspaper or periodical. Privately produced newspapers or publications may not be distributed as inserts to the Army Flier.

4.1.6 The name of the newspaper resulting from this agreement will be the Army Flier. Said name, property and registered trademark of the Government, will not be subject to registration as a trademark by the Contractor. The use of said name is loaned to the Contractor for the Contractor's exclusive use. The Contractor has no authority to permit or authorize other firms or persons to use said name.

4.1.7 Pages. The newspaper shall consist of a between 8-20 editorial pages, with an increase based on agreement by both parties. The number of pages is not specifically restricted except to reasonable needs and shall be in sufficient quantity to present comprehensive coverage, as determined by the Government.

4.1.8 Color. The Contractor shall provide a maximum of 4 four-color separations for the front page of the paper and the middle section of the Army Flier on a weekly basis. Contractor shall prepare all color overlays, masks, or keys for each issue for which color is used. The PAO will be notified of the availability of spot color as soon as a color ad is sold.

4.1.9 Paper stock. As a minimum, paper stock will be newsprint, off-white stock.

4.1.10 Headline and Text Type. The Contractor shall provide complete typeface options and galley measurement planning tools to the Government. A design package which details photograph cropping, editorial content assembly, sample layout sheets, color sequence options and a glossary of terms will also be provided by Contractor.

4.1.11 Furnish PDF files of each Army Flier issue.

4.2 CONTENTS

4.2.1 Ad-to-editorial copy ratio will not be larger than 60 percent advertising to 40 percent editorial per single issue. Four issues during the year may have a maximum of 70 percent advertising to 30 percent editorial, which will be jointly agreed upon. Ad-to-editorial ration should average 50-50 percent annually over the term of the agreement.

4.2.2 Any insert or advertising supplement will not count in the ad-to-copy ratio as advertising. The commander or his representative, however, may limit the number of advertising inserts should they determine that such inserts are excessive.

4.2.3 The Army Flier will include only material that reflects the standards of decency characterizing the U.S. Army and Fort Rucker as determined by the Government. The commander reserves the right to prohibit distribution of the Army Flier when, as determined by the commander, the Army Flier includes advertising which undermines the command's successful mission performance and preservation of morale and discipline or which is otherwise contrary to the best interest of the command. The contractor agrees not to include in the publication any advertising of the following types: (i) paid political advertisements for a candidate, party, or which advocate a particular position on a political issue, including advertisements advocating a position on any proposed DoD policy or policy under review, or which advocate lobbying elected officials on a specific issue; (ii) advertisements for any establishment declared “off limits” by the command; (iii) advertisements that are contrary to law or to DoD or Military Service regulations or that in the Government’s opinion pose a danger or detriment to DoD personnel or their family members, or that interfered with the command or installation missions; (iv) advertisement for bingo games or lotteries conducted by a commercial organization whose primary business is conducting lotteries; and (v) any advertisements offensive to the accepted standards of good taste, and any advertisements that tend to ridicule or degrade any race, color, creed or religion, any advertisements deemed by the commander or his representative to be prejudicial to the welfare morale and discipline of the troops.

4.2.4 Material appearing in the Army Flier will be factual, objective, accurate, balanced, impartial, and as timely as practicable.

4.2.5 The masthead of the Army Flier will contain the names of the editorial staff, to include the commander, with military rank and following disclaimer, as a minimum, printed in type no smaller than 8-point on one of the first five pages of the publication: "This newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. Army. Contents of the Army Flier are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or Fort Rucker. It is published weekly by the Fort Rucker Public Affairs Office, Bldg 131, and Fort Rucker, AL 36362. 334-255-1239. Printed circulation: (10,000)

4.2.6 The printer may also, with mutual agreement of the PAO include a listing of the production staff in the editorial box.

4.2.7 The following disclaimers will be printed within the first five pages of the publication in no smaller than 8-point bold or 10-point type: "The appearance of advertising in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Army or (name of Contractor) of the products or services advertised. "All Editorial content of the Army Flier is prepared, edited, provided and approved by the Fort Rucker Public Affairs Office. The Army Flier is printed by a commercial publisher, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the army, under exclusive written agreement with Fort Rucker, AL. The civilian printer is responsible for commercial advertising."

4.2.8 No opinion poll, survey, or straw vote on political campaigns, candidates, or issues will be conducted for publication in the Army Flier. The Army Flier will not contain political campaign news. Editorials, cartoons or other items, which are partisan in nature and not within the mission of the organization and its common information objectives. The Army Flier will not carry partisan political advertising, which is political in nature and not pertinent to the mission of Fort Rucker, AL and its command information objectives as determined by the Government. The commander reserves the right to prohibit the distribution of the Army Flier when, as determined by the commander, the Army Flier includes prohibited political advertising.

4.2.9 Except as authorized by section 1307, title 18, United States Code with regard to state lotteries and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the Army Flier is prohibited from publishing advertisements or editorial material about "games of chance".

4.2.10 Government will specify layout and design of the editorial content of the Army Flier. Column width for (8, 9, 10, 11 and 12)-point body type will be no less than (12) picas and not greater than

(24) picas. Columns or blacks of less than (12) - pica width will appear as white space.

4.2.11 Unless otherwise authorized by the PAO editorial staff, advertising on all pages will be blocked across the top of the ad block to facilitate contemporary modular design of editorial material.

These blocks will be no less than (18) column inches. Editorial space at the top of a page will be no less than (4) inches per column.

4.2.12 Contractor shall furnish the PAO editorial staff with proofs of all editorial copy prior to publication. Advertising dummies must be provided no later than COB Monday each week.

4.2.13 Contractor shall provide resources to ensure the Army Flier will be available on line if required.

Those services will include the establishment and maintenance of a Web site for the Army Flier, which will be updated with locally generated articles from each section posted. The Contractor shall be responsible for all labor associated with said web site. Army Flier must be separate from contractor's web site to avoid appearance of Government endorsement

4.3 ADVERTISING

4.3.1 General Advertising

4.3.1.1 The Army Flier will not carry an advertisement, which implies discrimination with regard to race, creed, age, color, sex, or national origin of the purchaser, user, or patron. Even if their advertisements do not imply it, the Contractor will ensure that advertisers in the Army Flier do not practice such discrimination. Under no circumstances will a business establishment listed by Fort Rucker as "off limits" be permitted to advertise in the Army Flier.

4.3.1.2 The Army Flier will place its readers and advertisers on notice of this equal opportunity requirement by including, in a prominent location within the first five pages of the publication (preferably masthead), the following statement. In 8-point bold type: "Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation, or any other non-merit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. A confirmed violation of this policy of equal opportunity by and advertiser will result in the refusal to print advertising from that source.

4.3.1.3 The Contractor shall ensure that commercial businesses soliciting military personnel though advertising in the Army Flier are ethical in describing foods, services, commodities and sale terms (including guarantees, warranties, etc.).

4.3.1.4 Advertisements offering credit terms must carry a clear statement of the total cash price as well as the total credit costs, including all charges. If payments are shown, the number, amount of each, and the time period will also be shown. These will be shown clearly in the advertisements in type no smaller that 6 point.

4.3.2 Advertisement Restrictions

4.3.2.1 The PAO reserves the right to disallow distribution of supplemental advertising material in any issue when such supplements or inserts is deemed "excessive" by the commander.

4.3.2.2 A minimum of four pages will be free of advertising. These will include pages 1 and 2, and the two pages that make up the middle of the paper (doubletruck).

4.3.2.3 Any advertisements that appear to be editorial copy will be clearly marked at top and bottom in no smaller than 10-point bold type "paid advertisement".

4.3.3 Allotting and filling ad space. The Contractor shall assume full responsibility to filling in all space set-aside on the dummies for advertising. In the event tentative advertising does not materialize, the Contractor will fill the space with house advertising and the space will not be counted as editorial space.

4.3.4 The Contractor shall furnish to the PAO 100 percent of the complete advertising page dummies no later than COB Monday prior to the date of publication. When holidays occur affecting the makeup or distribution deadlines contained herein, the Contractor shall adjust the delivery date accordingly.

4.3.5 The Contractor will have all advertisements reviewed by the PAO no later than COB Tuesday prior to the date of publication.

4.3.6 Contractor will create ad layouts, placement/layout of ads will not be done by on-site Army Flier employees.

4.3.7 Real Estate Advertising. Advertising for off-post housing available for rent, sale, or lease by an owner, manager, rental agency, and agent or individual will include only those available on a nondiscriminatory basis for all personnel. No facilities will be advertised without the Contractor having been notified in writing that open-housing practices are enforced by the owner, manager, rental agency, agent or individual.

4.3.7.1 Contractor agrees to carry the following disclaimer near real estate advertising in the Army

Flier classified section: "All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin, or an intention to make such preference, limitation, or discrimination. The Army Flier will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate, which is in violation of the law. All dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis."

4.4 DISTRIBUTION

4.4.1 Deliver to PAO. Fifty copies of the Army Flier will be delivered upon agreement by both parties.

The agreement will be contingent upon the contractor receiving the final pages at the agreed upon deadline.

4.4.2 Delivery to quarters. Contractor will deliver a copy of each week's newspaper to each set of family quarters on Fort Rucker no later than 7 a.m. the day of publication.

4.4.3 Delivery to newsstands and other location. The Contractor will fill all newsstands upon agreement by both parties. The agreement will be contingent upon the contractor receiving the final pages at the agreed upon deadline.

4.4.4 Conditions of Delivery. Contractor shall open all newspaper bundles and place all papers with the front page facing up in the newsstands. Contractor shall remove previous issues.

4.4.5 Contractor shall mail up to 150 copies of the Army Flier to members of the intended audience.

PAO will provide list of addresses. The printer shall maintain the mailing list with periodic review and approval of the PAO. Under certain conditions, as when Fort Rucker units are deployed to other areas, the PAO may require the Contractor to mail bundles of the Army Flier to the commander of the deployed units.

4.4.6 The Contractor may charge a reasonable fee for mailing and handling of subscriptions authorized by the PAO. No Profit from this activity will be realized by the printer. All requests will be approved by the PAO. The following information also pertains to the agreement:

1. Effective dates. The agreement is effective through unless sooner terminated under other provisions of this agreement.

2. Prohibiting circulation. If the Contractor does not comply with the provisions of this agreement, the commander has the authority and responsibility to prohibit distribution of any issue of the publication. The commander agrees to notify the Contractor no later than 3:00.p.m. the day prior to publication by telephonic communication of a decision to exercise this right.

3. Terms for termination. This agreement is subject to Army regulations and is intended to conform in all respects with the principles and policies of the Department of the Army or its agencies.

When such agreement is in conflict with such regulations, principles, and/or policies, this agreement is to be amended to conform therewith. If the Contractor does not agree to such a provision, this agreement shall be terminated.

4. Should the commander determine an emergency exists, such as mobilization, or that situations demand such action, the publication can be suspended or the agreement terminated upon written notice to the Contractor.

5. Failure by the Contractor to comply with the terms of this agreement shall be grounds for immediate termination.

6. Government may terminate this agreement at any time for cause or other Department of Defense commitments. Written notice will be given at least 90 days in advance unless an emergency situation exits as provide in paragraph 4 above. The Contractor is responsible for reimbursement of fees paid for advertising not distributed.

7. Automatic renewal. This agreement may be renewed annually without rebid and automatically, This license agreement may be renewed annually without rebid upon mutual written agreement of the parties, provided all and conditions have been met.

SECTION 5

CONTRACT PERIOD AND EXECUTION

5.1 CONTRACT PERIOD. This contract shall be effective for one year from the date of signing unless sooner terminated under the terms of this contract. The total duration of this contract shall not exceed two years.

5.2 PROHIBITING CIRCULATION. If the contractor does not comply with the terms of this contract, the

Publisher has the authority and responsibility to prohibit circulation of any issue of the publication within the command.

5.3 TERMS FOR TERMINATION

5.3.1 This contract is subject to Army regulations and is intended to conform in all respects to the principles and policies of the Department of the Army or its agencies. When such contract is in conflict with such regulations, principles, and/or policies, this contract shall be modified to conform therewith. If the contractor does not agree to such a modification, this contract will be terminated forthwith.

5.3.2 Should the commander determine an emergency exists, such as mobilization, or that situations demand such action, the publication can be suspended or the contract terminated upon written notice to the Contractor.

5.3.2.1 Termination for Default. The government may, by written notice of default to the contractor, terminate this contract in whole or in part if the contractor fails to:

a. Deliver the CE publications in the quantities required or to perform the services within the time specified in this contract or any extension;

b. Make progress, so as to endanger performance of this contract;

c. Perform any of the other provisions of this contract.

5.3.2.2. If the government terminates this contract in whole or in part, it may acquire, under the terms and in the manner the contracting officer considers appropriate, supplies or services similar to those terminated. However, the contractor shall continue the work not terminated.

The rights and remedies of the government in this clause are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law or under this contract.

5.3.3 Termination for Cause. The government may terminate this contract at any time for cause, or other

Department of Defense commitments. Written notice will be given at least 30 days in advance unless an emergency situation exists as provided in paragraph 5.3.2 above. Any such termination shall be at no cost to the government. The contractor shall be responsible for reimbursement of fees paid for advertising not distributed.

Section G - Contract Administration Data

ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBILITY

a. The Contracting Officer is responsible for the administration of this contract, and alone, is authorized to the extent indicated in this contract to take actions on behalf of the Government which result in changes in the terms of this contract, including deviations from the specifications, details and delivery schedule.

b. All matters pertaining to Government administration of this contract should be directed to the following address.

Mission & Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Rucker ATTN: Ms. Cynthia Culliver Email Addres: cynthia.a.culliver.civ@mail.mil Phone: 334-255-1522 453 Novosel Street, Bldg. 5700 Room 380 Fort Rucker, AL

Section I – Contract Clauses

STATUS OF FAR CLAUSE

CIVILIAN ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPER

Fort Rucker, Alabama is an element of the United States Government. This agreement is a United States Government contract authorized under the provisions of Department of Defense Instructions 5120.4 as an exception to the Government Printing and Binding Regulations published by the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing.

Although this contract is not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), FAR clauses useful in protecting the interests of the Government and implementing those provisions required by law are included in this contract.

DEFAULT

The Government may, by written notice of default to the contractor, terminate this contract in whole or in part if the contractor fails to:

Deliver the CE publications in the quantities required or to perform the services within the time specified in this contract or any extension; Make progress, so as to endanger performance of this contract; Perform any of the other provisions of this contract.

If the Government terminates this contract in whole or in part, it may acquire, under the terms and in the manner the contracting officer considers appropriate, supplies or services similar to those terminated. However, the contractor shall continue the work not terminated.

The rights and remedies of the Government in this clause are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law or under this contract.

TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT

The contracting officer, by written notice, may terminate this contract, in whole or in part if the services contracted for are no longer required by the Government, or when it is in the Government's interest, such as with installation closures. Any such termination shall be at no cost to the Government. The Government will use its best efforts to mitigate financial hardship on the publisher.

CHANGES

Any changes to the Statement of Work (SOW) or other terms and conditions of the contract shall be made by written contract modification signed by both parties.

TERM OF CONTRACT

CE contracts may be entered into for an initial period of up to 2 years, and may contain options to extend the contract for one or more additional periods of 1 or 2 years duration. The total period of this contract shall not exceed 2 years, after which the contract must be recompeted.

MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT

Any changes to the SOW or other terms and conditions of the contract shall be made by written contract modification signed by both parties.

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a No Cost contract resulting from this solicitation.

52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY 1989)

In compliance with the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR Part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and

52.203-3 Gratuities APR 1984 52.204-7 System for Award Management JUL 2013 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance JUL 2013 52.222-41 Service Contract Act Of 1965 NOV 2007 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons FEB 2009 52.233-1 Disputes JUL 2002 states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from Glenda Calcote, 6661 Warrior Trail, Bldg 350, Fort Polk, LA 71459

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm https://acquisition.gov/far/index.html

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm https://acquisition.gov/far/index.html

5152.209-4000 DOD LEVEL I ANTITERRORISM (AT) STANDARDS (FEB 2009)

(LOCAL CLAUSE)

(a) Pursuant to Department of Defense Instruction Number 2000.16, “DoD Antiterrorism (AT) Standards,” dated October 2, 2006, each contractor employee requiring access to a Federally-controlled installation, facility and/or Federally-controlled information system(s) shall complete Level I AT Awareness Training on an annual basis and receive a certificate of completion. The training is accessible from any computer and is available at https://atlevel1.dtic.mil/at/. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that all applicable employees have completed antiterrorism awareness training and shall certify that their workforce has completed the training through the submission of completion certificate(s) to the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer’s Representative (if appointed) within five working days after contract award or prior to access to a Federally-controlled installation or information system.

(b) In the event that the automated system at https://atlevel1.dtic.mil/at/ is not available (e.g., server problems), Level I AT Awareness Training can be provided by a qualified instructor. However, if the training is not completed online, the Level I AT Awareness Instructor qualification must be coordinated with the Installation Antiterrorism Officer (or Installation Security equivalent) and the resultant name(s) of approved instructors shall be provided the contracting officer or designee along with all associated cost or schedule impacts to the contract.

(c) Antiterrorism performance (Level I AT Awareness Training attendance and compliance) may be documented as a performance metric under the resultant contract, and be part of past performance information in support of future source selections.

5152.233-4000 AMC-LEVEL PROTEST PROGRAM (Feb 2014) (LOCAL

CLAUSE)

Prior to submitting an agency protest, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve your concerns with the responsible contracting officer. However, you may also file a protest to the Headquarters (HQ), Army Materiel Command (AMC). The HQ AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 35 calendar days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.103. If you want to file a protest under the HQ AMC-Level Protest Program, the protest must request resolution under that program and be sent to the address below.

Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel-Deputy Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road Rm: A6SE040.001 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000 Fax: (256) 450-8840 or email usarmy.redstone.usamc.mbx.protests@mail.mil

The AMC-Level Protest procedures are found at:

http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/commandcounsel.html.

If internet access is not available, contact the contracting officer or HQ, AMC to obtain the HQ AMC-Level Protest Procedures.

FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification and Army Directive 2014-05 (CACs for contractors with routine access to installation 6+ months and/or access to installation network)

1. IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES:

1(a) Common Access Card (CAC) Requirement: Employee CAC badges shall be issued prior to any employee performing work under this contract. FAR 52.204-9 implements Homeland Security Presidential Directive -12 (HSPD-12) and Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 201-2 (FIPS PUB 201-2), which mandates that all federal employees and Contractor personnel with routine physical access to a Federally-controlled facility be issued a common identification with specific security, registration and identity proofing objectives. Specifically, Fort Rucker meets this requirement by using the Common Access Card (CAC) for all such federal employees and Contractors.

1(b) Common Access Card (CAC) Badges: Each Contractor employee will be required to obtain a CAC issued by the Government. Each Contractor employees' name, social security number, date of birth and email address will be entered into a database (by the COR) called the Contractor Verification System (CVS). CVS is an automated system to allow Contractors' personal information to be verified when applying for a new or renewal Government identification card referred to as the CAC. Once the Contractor employee's information is registered, the COR will electronically forward the form to the individual Contractor. Each Contractor employee is required to electronically fill out the CAC request form. Once the form is properly filled out, the COR will verify that they are authorized and required to have a CAC. The Contractor employee will be directed to go to the designated in-processing facility and obtain the CAC. Should an employee leave prior to the contract expiration, the Contractor is responsible for ensuring the employee turns-in their CAC at that time. All prescribed identification shall immediately be delivered to the COR for cancellation upon the release of any employee. Failure, inability, or delay in obtaining the CAC does not relieve the Contractor from performing under the terms of the contract.

1(c) Contractor-provided ID badge: The Contractor shall be responsible for furnishing to each employee, and for requiring each employee to display or possess, appropriate identification. The Contractor shall provide each employee an identification (ID) badge on contract start date or on employment start date. The ID badge shall be made of nonmetallic material to prevent electrical shock. The ID badge shall be easily readable and include the employee's name, contractor's name, functional area of assignment, security clearance if applicable, and color photograph. The Contractor shall furnish an identification badge to each employee performing work as part of this contract. Identification badges shall be worn by contractor personnel at all times. The identification badges include as a minimum the following information:

a. Employee’s Name

b. Employee’s Picture

c. Contractor’s Name

d. Contractor’s Telephone Number

e. Owner’s or Superintendent’s Signature

1(d) Display of ID…