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Schedule for - Publication Media
Federal Supply Group: |
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076 3 |
Class: F499 |
Contract Number: |
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GS-02F-0103W |
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Contract Period: January 22, 2010 through January 22,
2015
| Contractor: |
TBC Solutions, Inc. |
Business Size: |
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Small, Service-disabled, Veteran-Owned |
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PO Box 7054 |
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Oak Ridge, TN 37831 |
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| Telephone: |
(865) 621-9306 |
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| Web Site: |
www.tbcsolutions.com |
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| E-Mail: |
JKHolt@tbcsolutions.com |
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Contract Administration: Jeff Holt
CUSTOMER INFORMATION:
1a. Table of Awarded Special Item Number(s) with
appropriate cross-reference to page numbers: SIN 076-3: Editorial, Publishing, and Library Media Services
TBC Solutions has over 12 years of experience providing writing and editing services, and has provided those services for the past 5 years to numerous federal government agencies and prime contractors. Specific services provided by TBC Solutions during previous consulting projects have included the following:
- Taking scientific information and re-writing it for a more general audience.
- Development of style and format guides for the preparation of various document types including procedures, instructions, and manuals.
- Technical writing and editing of books, reports, research studies, general manuscripts, procedures, instructions, and presentations for accuracy, consistency, readability, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence and paragraph construction, and usage of acronyms.
- Copyediting, proofreading, indexing, researching, fact-checking, and outlining all types of documents.
- Preparation of graphics, tables, photographic images, maps, statistics, and illustrations incorporated into professional publications.
- Preparation (design and layout) of final reports, procedures, instructions, manuals, and presentations for hard copy and electronic distribution to clients, including both print and electronically published media.
Some past documents produced include:
• U.S. Department of the Interior Performance and Accountability Highlights (DOI Office of the Secretary)
• A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment (Office of Wildland Fire Coordination)
• Comprehensive National Strategy for Use of Aviation Resources in Wildland Fire Management (Office of Wildland Fire Coordination)
• 2006 Bureau of Indian Affairs Performance and Accountability Report (Indian Affairs)
• 2007 Bureau of Indian Affairs Performance and Accountability Report (Indian Affairs)
• High Reliability Operations (B&W Pantex)
• Causal Factors Analysis (B&W Pantex)
• Region 1 Wildland Fire Management Program Review (FWS, National Interagency Fire Center)
• Region 5 Wildland Fire Management Program Review (FWS, National Interagency Fire Center)
• Region 6 Wildland Fire Management Program Review (FWS, National Interagency Fire Center)
• Region 8 Wildland Fire Management Program Review (FWS, National Interagency Fire Center)
• Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment, Sullys Hill (FWS, Region 6)
• Comprehensive Conservation Plan, Sullys Hill (FWS Region 6)
• Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment, Red Rock Lakes (FWS, Region 6)
• National Indian Programs Training Center Strategic Plan 2009-2012 (National Indian Programs Training Center)
1b. Identification of the lowest priced model
number and lowest unit price for that model for each special item number
awarded in the contract. This price is the Government price based on
a unit of one, exclusive of any quantity/dollar volume, prompt payment,
or any other concession affecting price. Those contracts that have unit
prices based on the geographic location of the customer, should show
the range of the lowest price, and cite the areas to which the prices
apply. N/A
1c. If the Contractor is proposing hourly rates
a description of all corresponding commercial job titles, experience,
functional responsibility and education for those types of employees
or subcontractors who will perform services shall be provided. If hourly
rates are N/A, indicate "N/A" for this item.
Government Awarded Prices (Net Prices)
Labor Category Name |
Unit |
Hourly
Option Year 1-2010 |
Hourly
Option Year 2-2011 |
Hourly
Option Year 3-2012 |
Hourly
Option Year 4-2013 |
Hourly
Option Year 5-2014 |
SIN No. 760-3 |
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Project Manager |
N/A |
$102.22 |
$106.31 |
$110.56 |
$114.98 |
$119.58 |
Quality Officer |
N/A |
$78.73 |
$81.88 |
$85.15 |
$88.56 |
$92.10 |
Graphic Artist |
N/A |
$74.84 |
$77.83 |
$80.95 |
$84.18 |
$87.55 |
Indexing Specialist |
N/A |
$74.84 |
$77.83 |
$80.95 |
$84.18 |
$87.55 |
Senior Technical Writer/Editor/Researcher |
N/A |
$67.72 |
$70.43 |
$73.25 |
$76.18 |
$79.22 |
Junior Technical Writer/Editor |
N/A |
$36.44 |
$37.90 |
$39.41 |
$40.99 |
$42.63 |
Production/Design Layout Specialist |
N/A |
$36.44 |
$37.90 |
$39.41 |
$40.99 |
$42.63 |
TBC Solutions, Inc.
Professional Labor Categories and Descriptions |
Cat# |
Labor Category |
Job Description |
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Project Manager |
Plans, conducts, and manages projects. Develops and implements plan for work assignment performance, including the project staff. Responsible for day-to-day management of project activities including oversight of staff work activities. Supplies technical advice and counsel to staff during work perfomance. Maintains the work assignment technical project file. Ensures that security of customer documentation is maintained, and the documentation is destroyed in an appropriate manner after use. Responsible for tracking and reporting of technical, financial, and quality performance to Project Director. Serves as the primary point of contact for customer technical representatives. Requires Masters Degree or 2 Bachelors Degrees OR 10 or more years experience. |
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Quality Officer |
Responsible for overall administration and implementation of the corporate QA/QC program. Works with project management personnel to define QA/QC objectives and goals for work assignments based on customer and corporate quality requirements. Conducts QA/QC training for work assignment staff. Develops and conducts quality assurance surveillances and audits for work assignments. Prepares and distributes quality assessment reports to project management personnel to stop work whenever work assignment quality is jeopardized. Maintains the work assignment quality project file. Requires Masters Degree or 2 Bachelors Degrees and 5 years experience OR 10 or more years experience. |
3 |
Graphic Artist |
Plans and conducts elements of work assignments related to preparation of graphics, tables, photographic images, maps, and illustrations as directed by the Project Manager. Works with other work assignment staff to establish formatting requirements for graphical elements. Requires Bachelors Degree OR 10 years or more experience and demonstrated knowledge regarding the use of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) graphics and word processing software applications. |
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Indexing Specialist |
Creates indexes for textbooks. Requires Bachelors Degree
OR 10 years or more experience and demonstrated knowledge regarding the use of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) indexing software applications. |
5 |
Senior Technical Writer/Editor/Researcher |
Plans and conducts work assignments as directed by the Project Manager. Responsible for providing senior level leadership to subordinate staff personnel during performance of work assignments. Responsible for writing or editing of work assignment deliverables including review for accuracy, consistency, readability, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence and paragraph construction, and usage of acronyms. Responsible for understanding and writing for the intended audience of the document. Often will be required to gather material from numerous authors and rewrite it so that it has one voice. Resolves customer comments on draft versions. Requires Bachelors Degree OR 10 years or more experience. |
6 |
Junior Technical Writer/Editor |
Plans and conducts work assignments as directed by the Project Manager and/or Senior Technical Writeres/Editors. Responsible for writing and editing of work assignments for accuracy, consistency, readability, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence and paragraph construction, and usage of acronyms. Often will be responsible for proofreading. Requires 2 or more years experience. |
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Production/Design Layout Specialist |
Produces draft and final graphical elements in required electronic format. Works with printer to ensure quality of print work is maintained. Prepares templates and lays out text and graphics in a printed document. Requires 5 years or more experience and demonstrated knowledge regarding the use of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) graphics and word processing software applications. |
2. Maximum order: $1,000,000.00
3. Minimum order: $300.00
4. Geographic Coverage (delivery Area):
Domestic only
5. Point(s) of production (city, county, and
state or foreign country): Same as company address
6. Discount from list prices or statement of
net price: Government net prices (discounts already deducted)
7. Quantity discounts: None Offered
8. Prompt payment terms: Net 30 days
9a. Notification that Government purchase cards
are accepted at or below the micro-purchase threshold: Yes
9b. Notification whether Government purchase
cards are accepted or not accepted above the micro-purchase threshold:
Will Accept Over $2,500
10. Foreign items (list items by country or origin):
None
11a. Time of Delivery (Contractor insert number
of days): Specified on the Task Order
11b. Expedited Delivery. The Contractor will insert
the sentence "Items available for expedited delivery are noted in this
price list." Under this heading. The Contractor may use a symbol of
its choosing to highlight items in its price list that have expedited
delivery: Contact Contractor
11c. Overnight and 2-day delivery. The Contractor
will indicate whether overnight and 2-day delivery are available. Also,
the Contractor will indicate that the schedule customer may contact
the Contractor for rates for overnight and 2-day delivery:
Contact Contractor
11d. Urgent Requirements. The Contractor will
note in its price list the "Urgent Requirements" clause of its contract
and advise agencies that they can also contact the Contractor's representative
to effect a faster delivery: Contact Contractor
12. F.O.B. Point(s): Destination
13a. Ordering Address(es): Same as company
address
13b. Ordering procedures: For supplies and services,
the ordering procedures, information on Blanket Purchase Agreements
(BPA's), and a sample BPA can be found at the GSA/FSS Schedule homepage
(fss.gsa.gov/schedules).
14. Payment address(es): TBC Solutions,
Inc., PO Box 7054, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
15. Warranty provision: Contractor's
standard commercial warranty
16. Export Packing Charges (if applicable):
N/A
17. Terms and conditions of Government purchase
card acceptance (any thresholds above the micro-purchase level):
Contact Contractor
18. Terms and conditions of rental, maintenance,
and repair (if applicable): N/A
19. Terms and conditions of installation (if applicable):
N/A
20. Terms and conditions of repair parts indicating
date of parts price lists and any discounts from list prices (if applicable):
N/A
20a. Terms and conditions for any other services
(if applicable): N/A
21. List of service and distribution points (if
applicable): N/A
22. List of participating dealers (if applicable):
N/A
23. Preventive maintenance (if applicable):
N/A
24a. Special attributes such as environmental
attributes, (e.g., recycled content, energy efficiency, and/or reduced
pollutants): N/A
24b. If applicable, indicate that Section 508
compliance information is available on Electronic and Information Technology
(EIT) supplies and services and show where full details can be found
(e.g. contractor's website or other location.) The EIT standards can
be found at: www.Section508.gov/. N/A
25. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number:
14-076-8909
26. Notification regarding registration in Central
Contractor Registration (CCR) database: Registered
Contractor will accept LH and FFP
