SOLICITATION NOTICE
T -- Multimedia/Web Design/Video Production Fair
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Contracting, 750 9th Street, NW, Suite 6200, Washington, DC, 20560-0907
- ZIP Code
- 20560-0907
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-ANN-R02-355
- Response Due
- 3/20/2002
- Archive Date
- 4/1/2002
- Point of Contact
- Bruce Falk, Contract Negotiator/Attorney, Phone 202/275-1602, Fax 202/275-0624,
- E-Mail Address
-
falkb@contracting.si.edu
- Description
- *SEE ATTACHED FOR APPROPRIATELY FORMATTED DOCUMENT* Dear Sir or Madam: In an effort to increase internal awareness of web design/multimedia contracting options throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI), the Institution plans to host a Small Business Web Development/Multimedia Vendor Information Fair (the "Fair"), accessible to SI staff and other possible venues in the Washington, D.C. museum and arts community. We expect to have approximately 250-300 Webmasters, Multimedia and Information Technology Professionals, Curators, and other Technical and Program personnel participate in the Fair. As currently projected, the Fair will be held as follows: Date: April 30, 2002 Place: Smithsonian Institution Ripley Center (the Quadrangle) 1100 Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20560 The Fair will target the following: Approximately 50-75 small, disadvantaged, women-owned, HUB Zone, and/or Veteran-owned businesses specializing in web design and multimedia services that have not done business with SI for the past two years. In addition, small businesses that have worked with any SI museum, gallery, or other programmatic unit in the past two years are encouraged to submit capabilities information about their firms, indicating projects completed during the last six months, for the purpose of providing information to participants at the Fair. Representatives may be allowed to publicize their individual firms at the fair depending on the space available. SI reserves the right to employ a panel of webmasters to select vendors for the Fair. All participants and the criteria for selection will be at the sole discretion of, and will be announced by, the Smithsonian. Participants will be permitted to cite their Fair selection, in conjunction with selection criteria, on their vendor resumes. In addition, selected vendors may be given a special opportunity to make a 15-minute presentation in the Marion & Gustave Ring Auditorium. SI will identify and group participating vendors by category. To be considered for any of the categories in the left-hand column below, vendors must provide no less than three (3) examples (URLs, electronic portfolio examples, etc.) of independent work created in each given category during the last 12-month period. Although each category asks that vendors identify no less than three samples for consideration, the same sample may be used as an example of work that meets the criteria for more than one category. A web-design project, for instance, may involve database programming and a flash-animation interactive qualifying in several categories. The right-hand column below indicates categories of small businesses as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Please indicate whether your firm can be designated in any of the following categories: Web/Multimedia Category: - Web Design ? plumbing /back-end programming/CMS - Web Design ? GUI/Front-end design - Multi-media/CD/DVD Kiosk (Stand Alone) - Animation - Audio/video production - Streaming media/Audio-video download - E-commerce engines Small Business Category: - Small business - Small disadvantaged business - Minority-owned business - Woman-owned business - Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone - Veteran-owned business - Service disabled veteran-owned small business All information obtained for the Fair will become the property of the Smithsonian Institution. It will serve as a resource base for web development and multimedia-based projects that may be implemented as funding becomes available Firms interested in being considered for participation in the Fair should respond to Rudy D. Watley, Supplier Diversity Program Manager (watleyr@si.edu) or Bruce A. Falk, Contract Negotiator/Attorney (FalkB@si.edu) by March 20, 2002. SI reserves the right not to consider late submissions. SI will make selections on a rolling basis on or before April 5, 2002, and will follow up on participation logistics with all selected firms. SI will make facility space available gratis; provide access to a targeted, interested audience as well as possible additional recognition to selected vendors. In addition, SI anticipates a seminar focusing on contracting at the Smithsonian Institution. SI cannot, however, accept responsibility for travel, per diem, or other costs associated with participating in the Fair. A public announcement shall be made the week of April 8, 2002, regarding Fair participants and the final selection criteria. SI reserves the right to cancel this vendor Fair opportunity should there be insufficient vendor response. Participation in the Fair is not a criterion for consideration in Smithsonian solicitation No. IDIQ F0236SOL0012 for multimedia/web design activity services. E-mail responses are preferred; however, any hard copy submitted should be addressed as follows: Contracting Officer Office of Contracting P.O. Box 37012 750 Ninth Street, N.W., Suite 6200 Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 ATTN: Bruce A Falk Whether or not you and your firm participate at the Fair, the Smithsonian invites you to include your firm in the Supplier Diversity Program Vendor Database, which will be made available to SI program offices upon request. Even though your name may currently be in the Office of Contracting database for web design/multimedia activity services, you may still desire that information on your services be made available to Smithsonian museums, galleries, and unit offices. Go to the following Internet web site: http://www.opp.si.edu/oeema to register electronically to increase the visibility of your firm?s capabilities. If you have any questions, please contact Rudy D. Watley (202-275-0145) or Bruce A. Falk (202-275-1602). We invite you to offer your firm for participation in the Fair, and look forward to increasing the opportunity for doing business with your firm as a result of this outreach initiative. Sincerely, Rudy D. Watley Supplier Diversity Program Manager
- Record
- SN00034186-W 20020302/020301082851 (fbodaily.com)
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