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It explains how readers across government and industry—contracting staff, managers, technical experts, accountants, and lawyers—should interpret the SOW, emphasizing language selection. The template outlines sections for background, objectives, scope, tasks, delivery expectations, and guidance on execution-based, performance-based, and level-of-effort approaches.","Generic Statement of Work (SOW) Template  \nThe Statement of Work (SOW ) format herein is only meant to be a guide and is not necessarily all-inclusive; as such, contents should be tailored to the requirement. Consult your Organization’s requirements and the acquisition process for further customization.  \nThe client will need to prepare a SOW , for instance, when getting a work executed or acquiring a service but not solely relying on the Contractor’s commercial description to define the requirement. In this situation, procurement professionals are tailoring the execution mechanism for tasks performed by the Contractor (e.g. , program management services) to meet a particular Government need.  \nSOW Format  \nFollowing is a generalized SOW to guide the Procurement professionals to draft the specific operation, product and process information format:  \nBackground  \nA variety of people with different perspectives and life experiences will read your SOW. Readers typically include Government and industry contracting personnel, managers, technical experts, accountants and lawyers. All these readers need to understand the SOW in a clear and concise manner; therefore, language selection is very important. Therefore, identified as the“Introduction,” this section provides information needed to acquaint any reader with the basic acquisition & execution situation. The background information may:  \n• Identify the requirement in general terms;  \n• Describe why the project is being pursued and how it relates to other projects ;  \n• Summarize any situation which needs to be tackled because of an impact of a statutory authority or regulations affecting the overall requirement; and  \n• Identify any background materials attached to the SOW.  \nObjectives  \nThis section should provide a concise overview of:  \n• The contract effort goals and objectives; and  \n• How the results or end products will be used.  \nScope  \nProvide a brief statement of what the Government expects to accomplish under the contract. It will describe the breadth and limitations of the contract effort. It should not include specific work tasks or a description of deliverable products with micro details.  \nTasks  \nSometimes identified as “Requirements” or “Work Requirements,” this section defines the tasks that the Contractor must complete during contract performance. 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