SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- AUDIENCE SURVEY IN AMMAN, JORDAN
- Notice Date
- 1/25/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Associate Director for Management, Office of Contracts (M/CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 2500, Washington, DC, 20237
- ZIP Code
- 20237
- Solicitation Number
- CON-02-0006
- Response Due
- 2/15/2002
- Point of Contact
- Lesley Isaac, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-619-1623, Fax 202-205-1921, - Gloria Sweetney, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-619-1623, Fax 202-205-1921,
- E-Mail Address
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lisaac@ibb.gov, gsweetney@ibb.gov
- Description
- International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) has a requirement, subject to the availability of funds, for a contractor to obtain quantitative data on the impact of a new Voice of America broadcasting initiative in Amman, Jordan. The assessment will be performed by conducting two surveys; the first to establish a baseline measure and the second to measure audience change following a period of approximately 6 months. Quoters are herein requested to submit written price quotations and technical capabilities/experience information for conducting two audience surveys as outlined below SECTION A: Nature of Surveys. Audience data shall be obtained through survey of Amman, Jordan. The first survey shall be conducted as early as possible in March, 2002; the second shall be conducted around September, 2002. The surveys shall be designed to measure the present audience for VOA programming and the change in the audience following the introduction of a new programming initiative, presently scheduled for late March or early April of this year. Both surveys shall also collect basic information on the overall media use patterns and attitudes of the population of interest. The interviewing shall be face-to-face and conducted in the home of the respondent by a trained interviewer. 1) General Responsibilities of the Contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for the project design including the following specific task: a) translation, formatting, pretesting, adaptation, and printing of IBB supplied questionnaires; b) developing the sampling plan; c) training interviewers; d) supervising fieldwork; e) cleaning and encoding survey responses; f) entering and processing the data; g) ascertaining the representativeness of the sample and weighting the data, if necessary; g) preparing cross-tabulations in data books; h) submitting data on diskette; i) and communicating all necessary information and results to IBB in a timely manner. 2) Sample Design. Interested quoters are herein requested to submit price quotations for two surveys, each with a samples of 1,000 adults age 15 or older and representative of the population of greater Amman. The precise area to be covered by the surveys shall be jointly determined by IBB and the contractor (awardee) for this project. If necessary, weights shall be derived and applied to the survey data by the contractor in order to bring the sample into conformity with the characteristics of the entire population. The sample shall be drawn using recognized probability methods, all the way down to the selection of the individual respondent at the household level. Only one individual per household shall be selected, and at least three attempts shall be made to interview selected respondents before substitution is allowed. A detailed Sampling Plan, including stratification criteria, description of the sampling frame, listing of anticipated Primary Sampling Units (PSUs), approximate number of interviews in each, procedures for selecting households within PSUs, and procedures for selecting individual respondents at the household level, shall be submitted to and approved by IBB prior to commencement of any fieldwork. 3) Questionnaire. IBB will supply a set of questions for an interview of approximately 30 minutes consisting of approximately 50 questions (in English), up to 5 of which may be open-ended. The questionnaire will be provided in draft form for suggestions and comments by the contractor. Following receipt of the contractor's cos review of any contractor comments and final approval of translations of questionnaires, the contractor shall prepare final versions in English and other languages as agreed in form suitable for use by interviewers. 4) Pre-test. The questionnaire shall be pre-tested by the contractor prior to the commencement of any fieldwork. At least 25 pre-test interviews shall be conducted. The contractor shall provide IBB with a written report of the results of the pre-test, along with details of any problems encountered and suggested remedies, prior to the commencement of any fieldwork. 5) Fieldwork. Fieldwork for the first survey shall commence on or about the first week in March 2002, and shall be completed by about the middle of that month. It is anticipated that the second survey shall take place in September 2002; however, that date may be changed due to programming considerations. Interviews shall be conducted by experienced field workers who shall be thoroughly briefed by the contractor prior to commencement of any work. The contractor shall ensure that interviewers are thoroughly familiar with household and respondent selection procedures, call back procedures, and the structure of the questionnaire, including routing and filtering. Interviewer training shall include practice sessions in administering the questionnaire. A minimum of 10% of interviews shall be back checked and 5% shall be accompanied by a team supervisor. The contractors' proposals shall include a description of the professional qualifications of the proposed interviewers and a description of the training that shall be provided to interviewers. 6) Data Processing. The contractor is responsible for data entry, cleaning, and processing. The contractor shall provide printed tabulations of results, including percentage responses to all questions broken down by gender, age group, and educational level. The tabulations shall show weighted and unweighted base for each question. The contractor shall provide data to IBB as an SPSS for Windows syntax file (*.sps) (SPSS version 10.0 or lower) file and as an SPSS "*.sav" file with a complete data dictionary of variable names and value labels. The contractor shall also supply raw data on computer diskettes in ASCII fixed format with accompanying codebook identifying location of all variables and coding scheme. There shall be one data record for each respondent and records shall be of fixed length. If weights are used, weighting factors shall be in the same position on each record, with location specified in the codebook. Each record shall include a unique respondent ID number, interviewer ID number, PSU ID number, and codes for precise location and date of interview. Each record shall include demographic information about the respondent, including: gender, exact age, education level, and occupation. 7) Technical Appendix. When delivering printed tabulations and raw data, the contractor shall provide a Technical Appendix which shall include the following: (a) A complete Sampling Plan, including list of PSUs and individual sampling points and number of interviews conducted in each and a map showing location of each PSU (b) Details of response rates (c) Interviewer instructions (d) A brief report on survey operations including any practical difficulties encountered in carrying out the survey (e) Estimated sampling ers complete written response to this RFQ shall be sent directly and only to the Contracting Officer for this procurement, Mr. Lesley D. Isaac, Jr., via facsimile at (202) 205-1921 or email at lisaac@IBB.GOV. The price quotations submitted as part the quoter's response to this RFQ shall be on a separate page from the above requested Technical Capabilities/Experience and schedule information. The Contracting Officer has found and determined that this proposed work is appropriate for an "unrestricted" procurement pursuant to FAR Subpart 19.502 (Setting Aside Acquisition). All responsible sources may submit a price quotation which will be considered.
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: AMMAN
- Country: JORDAN
- Country: JORDAN
- Record
- SN00037955-F 20020309/020307214403 (fbodaily.com)
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