SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- R- TECHNICAL SERVICE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Notice Date
- 7/28/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOps), ATTN: AMSSB-ACN-S, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W91A2K-3191-9010
- Response Due
- 8/7/2003
- Archive Date
- 10/6/2003
- Point of Contact
- Kathleen Wilder, (508) 233-4124
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOps)
(kathy.wilder@natick.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NA This is a combined/synopsis/solicitation for commercial technical services for the Public Affairs Office, at SBCCOM, Natick, Mass. prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. A Firm Fixed Price Contract based on 2000 hours is intended to be used for the procurement of these technical services for one year from the time of award with 4 options years of 2000 hours each. The requirements are as follows: The contractor shall provide technical services critical to the data collection and analysis efforts of the Public Affairs Office in support of the U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command's (SBCCOM) Soldier Systems Center (SSC) Public Affairs Office's effort. Services shall be performed at SSC during the period of 15 Sep 2003 - 31 Aug 2004. Federal holidays are not part of the work schedule. Th e contractor shall provide the following services: coordinate the organization's internal communications (Command Information (CI)) programs. Plan and develop story ideas and themes for the bimonthly Warrior and biweekly electronic Bulletin. Coordinate el ectronic posting of these publications on the Internet and Intranet. Develop, write, and edit hard news and feature articles using a journalistic style for internal publications and for release to external print and electronic media (approximately 80 perce nt of the effort). Layout and design publications using desktop publishing (approximately 15 percent of the effort). Coordinate and execute other CI activities such as the annual Organization Day, and assist the PAO with execution of the Community Relation s and Public Information programs (approximately 5 percent of the effort). The contractor shall also generate ideas and copy for news releases, fact sheets, brochures, video scripts, and other information products. The contractor shall also assist with the dissemination of information materials generated by the Public Affairs Office. The contractor must have the ability to work accurately and quickly to meet deadlines. The contractor shall coordinate and conduct meetings relative to the production of CI pro ducts and the execution of the CI mission. The contractor shall be responsible for meeting all deadlines associated with CI projects. The contractor shall collaborate with SSC personnel, as appropriate, in the documentation of the product and service data . All information materials must be coordinated with Subject Matter Experts to ensure technical accuracy and appropriateness of public release, and with the Security Office to ensure Foreign Disclosure concerns are addressed. The contractor shall be suppl ied a government-owned computer for use during the course of business on-site, at SSC. The contractor shall have a working knowledge of a variety of software including word processing, desktop publishing, photo management, and electronic mail. All files, s oftware and hardware, as well as general office supplies necessary for contract performance, shall be supplied by the government. All intellectual property, to include, but not limited to files, databases, articles, and photographs resulting from the cont ractor's performance of work under this Statement of Work and the applicable order, shall physically remain at SSC, Kansas St., Natick, MA, 01760, and shall become the exclusive property of the US government, as represented by SSC, pursuant to the copyrigh t laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the regulations contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement. The Order of precedence for said laws and regu lations shall be: the laws of the United States, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Federal Acquisition Regulations, and then the Defense Federa l Acquisition Regulations. The contractor shall be required to coordinate all activities, projects, and products with the chief, public affairs office, or his designee. The contractor shall normally provide up to eight (8) hours of support per day, up to forty (40) hours per week, up to the total quantity of 2000 hours per year. In some instances the contractor may need to work more than eight (8) hours/day or more than forty (40) hours/week, subject to PAO approval. However, in no event shall this Stateme nt of Work be construed as increasing the hours, or value, of the subject order over that reflected in the Schedule. On-site work shall be conducted between 0700 hours and 1730 hours Monday - Friday, unless otherwise arranged with the PAO. Workspace will b e provided in Building 45, room L110, U.S. Army SSC Public Affairs, Kansas St., Natick, MA, 01760. Contractor will be paid every two weeks upon demonstrating progress (e.g. stories, photographs, news releases, announcements, remarks, and various other copy required by PAO including the final products themselves). Toward the publication of the bi-weekly electronic bulletin, Warrior, and other information products required the Soldier Systems Center and assigned by the PAO. The contractor shall submit certif ied invoice for actual work performed (hours expended) in direct support of the PAO and consistent with this Statement of Work. Invoices may be submitted as frequently as every two weeks. The resulting payment shall be issued for gross pay, with no deducti ons. The contractor is considered an independent contractor and shall, therefore, be responsible for the payment of all taxes, and any other deductions, due on income resulting from performance of work under the effort covered by this Statement of Work. In addition, the contractor shall not be entitled to any benefits or other form of compensation over and above that expressly stated in the purchase order to which this Statement of Work is attached. One copy of each invoice shall be submitted through the Pu blic Affairs Officer to the contracting officer for certification for payment. This invoice shall include a summarized report of the work performed and hours expended, which shall contain a weekly breakdown thereof, with the time estimates of copies writte n and/or modified and documentation updated. Any travel required would be subject to prior approval by the Government and travel costs will be reimbursed in accordance with DOD joint travel regulations at the time of travel approval. In accordance with FAR Part 37, services to be provided are nonpersonal. Contractor will perform all taskings independently. This acquisition document incorporates FAR provisions and clauses in effect. FAR provision 52.212-1 applies. FAR Provision 52.212-4 applies and DFARS cl auses listed in 252.212-7001 are attached as addenda; and 52.212-5 applies and includes the additional FAR clauses 52.219-14, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.232-33, DFARS Provision 252.225-7000; DFARS clauses: 252.206-7000; 252.22 5-7012, 252.225-7001 applies. FAR Provision 52.212-2 applies and in accordance with paragraph A of that clause, the following evaluation factor shall be used to evaluate offer in descending order of importance: 1. Contractor must have qualifications and p revious experience required to complete tasks. Submit portfolio of previous work to include resume, three hard-news writing samples using journalistic style, three feature-news writing samples using a journalistic style, and three examples of products that they designed and published. 2. Price. Following the evaluation of all proposals, the Government will select the lowest price proposal that meets the government's needs. Written proposals required. Response time is 7 August, 2003 at 3:00 P.M. est. Offeror s shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, for their offers and certifications. The applicable SIC code for this effort is 8743. For th e purpose of this requirement any concern having annual receipts of $5.0 is considered a small business. This is a 100% small business set-aside.
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/USA/USAMC/DAAD16/W91A2K-3191-9010/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOps) ATTN: AMSSB-ACN-S, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Record
- SN00385373-F 20030730/030728223607 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |