§ 2835.005-70 - Work statement.

(a) The preparation of a clear, concise, and complete statement of work is essential to sound contracting for R&D activities. Work statements must be individually tailored by technical and contracting personnel to attain the desired degree of flexibility for contractor creativity, both in submitting proposals and in contract performance. Distinction must be made between level of effort (term) work statements which generally require the furnishing of technical effort and a report on the results thereof, and task (completion) work statements which generally require development of tangible end items designed to meet specific functional requirements.

(b) In preparing statements of work for R&D activities the following elements shall be considered:

(1) A general description of the required objectives and the desired results;

(2) All background information helpful to a clear understanding of the requirements and how they evolved;

(3) Technical considerations which affect the requirements such as known specific phenomena or techniques;

(4) A detailed description of the technical requirements and subordinate or associated tasks;

(5) A description of the reporting requirements and any other deliverable items such as data, experimental hardware, prototypes, etc.; and,

(6) Other special considerations.