W912P6-15-R-0009_Amendment_0002_Attachment_2_SOW.pdf

ATTACHMENT 2

W912P6-15-R-0009 AMENDMENT 0002

SCOPE OF WORK

Survey Research Studies and Public Outreach in Support of Water Resource Related Projects and Activities

Project Objectives The objectives of the resulting contract are:

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District (USACE) seeks proposals from experienced individuals and small businesses (“Contractor(s)”) to support a range of activities related to survey research, including sampling, traditional and electronic survey instrument development, conducting survey research studies, study analysis reporting and data management, and public outreach campaign management in support of water resource-related projects and activities. The objectives of the resulting contract are:

(1) To conduct a series of survey research studies in order to provide primary source data on water resource related projects and activities at selected locations, primarily in the Greater Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana area and secondarily within the boundaries of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division:

a. comparison of flood, storm and erosion damage to control conditions;

b. environmental impacts of flood and coastal storm damage;

c. post-flood and post-storm damage assessment surveys;

d. water-related recreation;

e. current and potential future demand for, and willingness to pay for specified facilities and services.

The work involves survey instrument design and development, survey planning, conducting and administering surveys, analysis of quantitative and qualitative survey data, and production of reports communicating the survey analysis.

(2) To design, populate and maintain a database with appropriate schema to aggregate population/sample data, survey responses, and relevant metadata from different survey modes (phone, mail, in-person interviews, internet/web/mobile web/sms/smartphone application) and allow for data interoperability among popular statistical analysis, document processing, spreadsheet, website, and geographic/geospatial information system (GIS) software packages.

(3) To develop and implement an effective public relations plan that includes community outreach and social media recruiting to foster the effective collection of data.

Identification of geographic locations and demographics of interest for solicitation of survey responses, as well as optimal modes of survey delivery, shall be included in the public relations plan. This plan would include identification of target markets (individuals and communities) based on past survey responses, storm event activity, and local interest, and develop public awareness and outreach campaigns to collect additional survey data in these markets. The activities pertaining to this objective, as identified in task orders, may involve travel to locations determined by the COR.

Description of Work

A professional survey research vendor (full service, with fully integrated functions) (“Contractor(s)”) is required with documented experience in conducting large-scale studies, including Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) studies, employing random digit dialing (RDD) and utilizing existing computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI), computer-assisted self interviewing (CASI) (including web-based, e-mail-based, and mobile device-based CASI) capabilities with full-time interviewers in combination with automated interviewing processes. Support facilities and personnel must include necessary equipment to conduct interviews and process survey responses; full-time supervision to monitor interviewers for quality control; sample design and questionnaire construction specialists, principal/officer assigned as project director/primary liaison between agency and vendor, hardware sufficient to provide study findings in a form compatible with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS), and Stata software package data formats. All products and documents created by the contractor under this contract are the sole property of the United States Government.

All new survey instruments must be submitted for approval by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and be consistent with guidelines for OMB-approved questionnaires and USACE, Engineering Regulation 1165-2-503 (Resources Policies and Authorities Office of Management and Budget Clearance for the Questionnaires for U. S. Army Civil Works Studies and Projects, 31 October 2007) in order to be administered. Survey instruments typically utilize a combination of open- and closed-ended questions. Capability for compilation of open-ended questions requiring qualitative data analysis (QDA) software would be beneficial.

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, materials, facilities, and other supplies and non-personal services necessary to conduct research services as defined in this Scope of Work (SOW) for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Contractor shall participate in necessary project meetings with USACE on a regular basis, as detailed in the task order, to inform USACE on the progress of the project and allow for formulation and discussion of project decisions. These meetings may include teleconferences or occasional onsite meetings at the USACE Chicago District Office. The Contractor will be responsible for conducting water resource surveys and statistical information collection in support of various water resources activities. The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

The primary area of performance of work is the Greater Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana region, including Cook, Dekalb, Dupage, Lake, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, Winnebago, Will, Grundy, and Kankakee Counties in Illinois and Lake, Porter, and LaPorte Counties in Indiana.

Services may also be required in the larger Great Lakes Region, including northeastern Minnesota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, northern and eastern Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, and northern New York.

Task Orders

Projects will be issued to the contractor by task orders issued against the awarded contract.

As work becomes available, the incumbent contractor will be responsible for providing the Government a cost proposal in response to the Government’s Request for Proposal (RFP) and Scope of Work (SOW). Upon receipt of the Contractor’s cost proposal, the Government will determine if the proposal is fair and reasonable. If the proposal is found to be fair and reasonable, a task order will be awarded to the contractor for the work described in the respective SOW. If the initial cost proposal is considered unreasonable, the Government will enter into negotiations.

After successful negotiations, the contractor will be awarded a task order.

Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work

The contractor is required to prosecute the awarded work systematically with faithfulness and diligence in order to complete and deliver the work within the timeframe specified by the individual task order.

For proposed work outside of the Chicago District boundaries, the contractor shall apply the rates established by the awarded contract, e. g. direct labor, materials, supplies, indirect cost;

rates for travel will vary depending on the location outside of the boundaries of the Chicago District.

END OF SCOPE OF WORK