MODIFICATION
T -- USPTO Geographical Indications Video Production
- Notice Date
- 4/27/2004
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 512110
— Motion Picture and Video Production
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC, 20231
- ZIP Code
- 20231
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-PR140P0440406
- Response Due
- 4/29/2004
- Archive Date
- 5/14/2004
- Point of Contact
- Brendon Johnson, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-305-8146, Fax 703-305-8294,
- E-Mail Address
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BrendonJ.Johnson@USPTO.GOV
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Amendment 3. The purpose of Amendment 3 is to amend the combined synopsis solicitation as follows: 1. Questions and Answers are restated and hereby incorporated by reference and provided below. 2. The closing date for submission of quotations is unchanged. END AMENDMENT 3. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. Q. Is there an incumbent doing this work now? A. No. 2. Q. Can the full script be made available? Can you provide a draft or outline of the script? A. No. 3. Q. What dialect of Spanish is required? A. Latin American. 4. Q. Because the script is required in Spanish will the USPTO be supplying the Spanish version also, or will the winning vendor be required to transcribe the script? A. The winning vendor will be required to transcribe the script. 5. Q. Will the script call for on-camera interviews? A. Yes. 6. Q. If interviews are required is there a specific setting where those interviews may take place? A. All interviews will take place in the metropolitan Washington area, for the most part Arlington, Virginia and Washington DC. 7. Q. Because the USPTO has been involved with video production in the past, is there any stock footage available? A. Any appropriate stock footage the USPTO has can be used for this production. 8. Q. Does the final cut have to be in CD-ROM? Can it be in DVD? A. It can be in DVD. 9. Q. Can the work timeline be extended past the 1 June submission date? With submissions due on April 29, 2004 and possible evaluation timelines, this leaves under a month for project completion. A. Delivery of the final product is due by July 1, 2004. 10. Q. What is the U.S. position on geographical indications (GI)? A. Current U.S. trademark law provides adequate protection for the producers of products from geographic areas like Champagne in France. 11. I assume that there will be several interviews with USPTO staff to be included in this project, and that these interviews can be planned for the greater Washington DC area. Would that be correct? A. Yes, See Section 4.2 of the solicitation. Also, see Answer to Question 6. 12. Q. We are located on the West Coast. If filming is required on the East Coast, will travel expenses be allowed as part of this bid? A. Per Section 1 of the solicitation, the USPTO anticipates awarding a firm fixed price purchase order as a result of this solicitation. 13. Q. Can you give us a sense of how many interviews will need to be shot? A. 2 Days. 14. Q. Do you wish the graphic content of the video to be in both languages? (Spanish graphics for the Spanish video and English graphics for the English video or which language to use for all graphics?) A. Yes. 15. Q. Do you want an 'on camera' narrator and if so do you wish them to be bilingual? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 16. Q. To elaborate on the information in the Solicitation, what is the topic of the video as it is related to geographic indications? A. See Answer to Question 10. 17. Q. How many days of shooting are estimated? A. This will not be specified by the USPTO. 18. Q. How many cameras on each shoot are required? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 19. Q. What sort of stock footage is necessary? A. See Answer to Question 7. 20. Q. What are we taping on the field shoots? Interviews, B-roll? A. Yes. 21. Q. What is the budget allocation for this project? A. Not available for release. 22. Q. Can you further explain the goal and message of this video and who the audience will be that will be targeted for this video? A. See Section 3 of the Solicitation. 23. Q. What percentage of the finished product will be stock material as compared with original footage? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 24. Q. Will we be able to get information on the interviewees', so that we may put them on a schedule? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 25. Q. Can we have access to replacement interviewees' in case the primary interviewees' are not available to keep schedule, for some unforeseen reason? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 26. Q. With the Spanish version would you like the closed caption to be in Spanish? A. Yes. 27. Q. How long for payment once, the invoice is submitted? A. As per INTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUTION CRITERIA Payment is in accordance with FAR 52.212-4 available at www.acqnet.gov. 28. Q. Will the script require on-camera talent narration and/or narration? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 29. Q. Can we provide you with raw footage, through email or uplink to our website for your preview? A. Yes. 30. Q. How long will it take for us to get a copy of the pictures and the additional footage that is provided by the Government? A. No information will be made available at this time. 31. Q. Will we be held responsible, if agents of the government do not provide us with their in-house information in a timely matter? A. No information will be made available at this time. 32. Q. Since we are on a time schedule, can you tell us how long from April 29.2004 that the PO will go out? A. Award will be made as soon as practicable. 33. Q. What is the number and type (i.e. interview, factory, large conference room, etc.) of the locations in the script? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 34. A. Will actors, on-camera narrators or other be required? Any special wardrobe? Q. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 35. A. Will the Spanish version be sub-titled or will there be translation by off-screen voice-overs? Q. Dubbed. 36. Q. What is the amount of stock footage required, do you have free sources or should research, licensing and duplication fees be included in the cost estimate? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 37. Q. How long is this video? A. As per Section 4.1 of the solicitation, the video is 15-20 minutes in length. 38. Q. Is the script already completed? If so, could we see a copy of the script to estimate work required? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 39. Q. Will we have access to any photos, etc. that you wish to use in the video? Do you have photos in mind that you want to use? A. See Answer to Question 7. 40. Q. How many individuals do you project will be required for on-camera interviews? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 41. Q. How many days of camera shoots will be estimated for the video? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 42. Q. Is there a standard for to fill out for the Offeror Representation and Certifications requirement? If so, where can I find it? A. As per INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA of the solicitation, see FAR 52.212-3 available at www.acqnet.gov. 43. Q. Is there a template or a particular format that you would prefer in receiving the RFQ? If so, where can I obtain the template? A. The offer/quotation must meet the requirements of INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA of the solicitation. 44. Q. Please clarify the section of the solicitation that says"... respondents shall provide, all pricing information broken down by project/video and associated costs within each project video product," are you referring to previous work or this solicitation and if it is previous work how many budgets are you looking for, also if it is for past performance there is no other mention of budget - do you need a budget or just a quote? A. As per Section “INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA” of the solicitation, this is pricing information for this project. 45. Q. How many video samples or how long should the demo reel be? A. This is not specified. 46. Q. Do you anticipate any trademark or copyrighted material for this project and if so please specify this material? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 47. Q. Since no script is available could you be more specific and descriptive about the kind of footage that will be needed? A. No. 48. Q. Will there be multiple awards? A. No. 49. Q. Is there a government estimate for this solicitation? A. Yes. 50. Q. Would it be possible to schedule on-camera sessions within a 2-3 day time frame, since we would be traveling to put your video together? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 51. Q. Are you willing to review the drafts of the video via Internet delivery with the final product on DVD? If not, what are your requirements for review? Do we need to be present for the review sessions? A. Yes. 52. Q. How many days of shooting will be needed? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 53. Q. What format do you want it shot on? A. Beta 54. Q. Will you supply someone to do the interviews? A. USPTO will conduct the interviews off camera. 55. Q. How many people need to be interviewed? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 56. Q. Do you want the English and Spanish narrators off camera as voice or on camera as hosts/hostesses? B. A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 57. Q. Will the interviews be conducted in only English? If so, would your office prefer the translation to be subtitled or dubbed? A. English. Dubbed. 58. Q. It seems like you already have a contractor in mind for this project and that they maybe working on it already. Is this true? A. No. 59. Q. Will a percentage of the award be paid upfront for the purpose of covering production costs? What percentage? May we specify this in our bid? A. There is no provision for advance payment. 60. Q. Is their an outline available stating the official position you desire stated in the video? Who in the government will express the official position A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 61. Q. Will you provide information on the budget for this project? A. No. 62. Q. How many days do you envision the contractor needs to meet with you to understand all the aspects of the project and set up the shooting and editing schedule? A. 1 63. Q. How much of the preproduction will be done by the USPTO? A. No information will be made available at this time. 64. Q. How much of the pre-production will be done by the contractor? A. No information will be made available at this time. 65. Q. Are location surveys necessary? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 66. Q. How many shooting days do you anticipate with the camera crew(s)? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 67. Q. Is a day of shooting considered an 8 or 10 hour day? A. Per Section 1 of the solicitation, the USPTO anticipates awarding a firm fixed price purchase order as a result of this solicitation. This will not be on a labor hour basis. 68. Q. Interviewees are chosen by USPTO? A. yes 69. Q. Interviewees are paid? If so, how much do they demand? A. no 70. Q. Are there to be pre-interviews of all interviewees? A. No. 71. Q. Will the Contractor conduct the pre-interviews? A. No. 72. Q. Will the Contractor conduct the interviews? A. USPTO will conduct the interviews off camera. 73. Q. Who decides what questions will be asked? A. USPTO. 74. Q. Interviews will be done in Arlington, Virginia and DC. Are they on location (example office, outside) or in a studio? A. Office and on location (for example a local Safeway) 75. Q. If studio, will contractor be responsible for providing the studio? A. There will be no studio shooting 76. Q. Will the interviews be conducted with one camera or two? A. 1 77. Q. Will the interviews be conducted in English? A. English 78. Q. How many days will be needed to videotape the interviews? A. 2 79. Q. Wide screen or 4x4? A. 4 x 4 80. Q. Is there a preference on whether the video is shot on Beta Sp or DV? A. Beta 81. Q. How many days do you anticipate needing for b-roll footage? A. 1 82. Q. What percentage of the video will be archive and stock footage? A. Don’t have that information at this time. 83. Q. The USPTO has the archive and stock footage. Is it provided free of charge to the contractor? A. Free 84. Q. If not free from the USPTO, how much do they charge the contractor to use the material? A. 85. Q. How much of the stock footage is pertinent to this job? A. Don’t have that information at this time 86. Q. Where can it be viewed? A. At the Contractor’s facility. 87. Q. Can VHS dubs be made? A. Yes. 88. Q. Can the contractor take it to be viewed elsewhere? A. Yes. 89. Q. What is (are) the format(s) of the b-roll and stock footage? A. Beta. 90. Q. Who is responsible for the costs of tape transfers of stock footage? A. Contractor. 91. Q. Is there a host for the video? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 92. Q. Is there to be a narrator? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 93. Q. Will the narrator be on or off camera? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 94. Q. Once the video is finished, who makes up the audience of the videotape? A. See Sections 2 and 3 of the solicitation. 95. Q. How will the tape be used? A. See Sections 2 and 3 of the solicitation. 96. Q. Any chance that it will be broadcast on television? A. No. 97. Q. Is there a specific format you would like to see for the budget? A. No format has been specified. 98. Q. What is the sample video length to be? A. No length has been specified. 99. Q. What format do you want the sample video to be? A. No format has been specified. 100. Q. Is there a geographic limitation to which companies will be considered? A. No. 101. Q. If a non-local company can bid, will there be reimbursement for travel costs? A. As per Section 1 of the solicitation, the USPTO anticipates award of a firm fixed price purchase order. 102. Q. Can our proposal be faxed and what format do you wish to receive our samples of previous work? A. Offers/quotations shall be submitted as per “INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA” of the solicitation. Offerors may submit any text portions of their offer/quotation via email to brendonj.Johnson@uspto.gov. 103. Q. May we send samples on DVD or do you prefer Beta SP or VHS? A. Yes. 104. A. Will the USPTO assist in making available any necessary security clearances to complete the project in a timely manner as required? B. Yes. 105. A. Will the USPTO assist in making available necessary USPTO personnel to complete the project in a timely manner as required? B. Yes. 106. A. Due to the extremely tight scheduling necessary to complete the project, will the USPTO assist winning bidder in completing an accepted draft script in an asap manner? B. Yes. 107. Q. Is the close captioning to support the hearing impaired English or Latin-American Spanish? A. English for the English version. Latin-American Spanish for the Spanish version. 108. Q. In what language is the audio-narration to be (English or Latin-American Spanish)? C. English for the English version. Latin-American Spanish for the Spanish version. 109. Q. Will transportation be made available to the project crew? A. No. Transportation is the responsibility of the contractor. 110. Q. Could all on-camera talent required by the script be scheduled to be shot within one week? A. Yes. 111. Q. Could all locations that are under the control of USPTO that are to be shot be available the same week (along with the talent)? A. Yes 112. Q. Since time is a factor, how quickly will the review of the first edit video be completed upon delivery? A. Not available at this time. 113. Q. Will the necessary contact at USPTO make themselves readily available to questions and make decisions that may arise during the contract? A. Yes. 114. Q. Will the awarded proposal be posted? A. No. 115. Q. How is the bidder to budget pre-production, production, and post-production services if we cannot analyze the shooting script? A. This is a RFQ, respondents shall provide pricing information per INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA of the solicitation. 116. Q. Can you tell me how many slides or photos we may be incorporated into the video? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 117. Q. Will you be looking for a company located in Northern Virginia? D. The USPTO will select the solution that offers the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. 118. Q. Will anyone be supervising the edit in person? E. No 119. Q. What is the suggested format for submitting the "sample of work" videotape? Is beta SP okay? F. The format has not been specified. 120. Q. How many shoot days would you like us to include in the budget? A. This is not specified. 121. Q. How many expert interviews should we expect to conduct? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 122. Q. Roughly what percent of the video do you expect to be covered with file footage? A. No information will be made available at this time. See Answer to Question 2. 123. Q. Do you have a budget range in mind? A. Not available for release. 124. Q. Are you looking for high-end production elements such as original music, 3-D animation, etc., and if so can you provide more detail about those needs? A. See INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA in the solicitation. 125. Q. Can we submit a video piece on DVD demonstrating our production ability as part of our response to the RFQ? A. Yes. 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