SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- R ? Packaged Television News/Feature Reports
- Notice Date
- 2/2/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 512210
— Record Production
- 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
- BBGCON3606S5797
- Response Due
- 2/21/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2006
- Description
- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR 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. (ii) SOLICITATION NO. BBGCON3406S5797 IS ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) AND A CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED USING THE CONTRACTING BY NEGOTIATION PROCEDURES. (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-08, dated January 5, 2006. (iv) This is an unrestricted requirement under NAICS 512110 ? Motion Picture and Video Production (TV show production). More than one provider may be selected to provide video content for VOA programming. (v) The International Broadcasting Bureau?s (IBB), Central News Division of Voice of America (VOA), has a requirement to establish an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract for a Contractor(s) to provide Packaged Television News/Feature Reports (hereinafter referred to as ?TV Reports?) to the VOA. VOA requires no less than 50 to 60 TV reports per calendar month to be received from Contractor(s). The objective is to meet VOA?s ever-growing need for a steady reliable supply of television reports suitable for worldwide broadcasting, as described in the Statement of Work herein. Offeror shall provide a firm-fixed price (FFP) for each Agency-approved broadcast quality program using the following Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) format below: CLIN B.1-- Base Year: B.1.1 Packaged TV News/Feature Reports $______ per Report; CLIN B.2--Option Year 1: B.1.2 Packaged TV News/Feature Reports $______ per Report; CLIN B.3?Option Year 2: B.1.3 Packaged TV News/Feature Reports $______ per Report; CLIN B.4-- Option Year 3: B.1.4 Packaged TV News/Feature Reports $______ per Report; CLIN B.5--Option Year 4: B.1.5 Packaged TV News/Feature Reports $______ per Report. (vi) STATEMENT OF WORK: REQUIREMENT: Each TV report shall be from 1:30 to 4 minutes in length and shall include: (1) a finished TV report voiced in English without standup; (2) a natural-sound re-feed of said TV report of all relevant video and additional b-roll; (3) audio for each TV report; (4) a script, and (5) a shot sheet for each TV report. Any sound involving a foreign language shall be accompanied by an English-language translation as part of the text information. Important Note: Offeror shall propose, in their technical proposal, the number of TV reports they are able to deliver each month. TOPICS: Subject matter shall generally cover issues that are timely and of news value, but NOT the headline news of the day. Stories must have sufficient ?shelf life? to be relevant for several days after they are provided to VOA. Topics shall include (but not limited to) science, health, medicine, technology, business entertainment and lifestyle stories of interest to international audiences. Venues for stories can either be the U.S. or abroad, although US domestic stories will constitute the majority of those provided. WORK FLOW: VOA will collaborate with the Contractor to choose stories to be covered and set deadlines, with each organization designating a staff member to serve as point of contact. Contractor shall then arrange for coverage of the story by any means deemed feasible by the Contractor, so long as the product meets VOA?s professional and journalistic standards. Prior to final production, VOA will review each script. Upon script approval from VOA, Contractor shall supply a finished TV report voiced in English, a natural sound version of said TV report and complete sound bites at full audio level, and additional b-roll for lengthening said TV report. Contractor shall produce the final version and transmit the entire product (package, b-roll, supporting text) to VOA via a method agreed to by both parties. This method could include Internet, satellite, conventional shipping or clip mail method. All TV material shall be broadcast quality. The time frame for each finished TV report will be agreed upon when the story is ordered. CONDITIONS ? VOA: (a) VOA is not required to use any material provided by the Contractor; (b) Can mix Contractor?s material with other audio or video as needed; (c) VOA retains unlimited retransmission rights from date of delivery; (d) VOA retains unlimited rights over all material submitted by Contractor under terms of the contract; (e) VOA has full authority to translate scripts and sound into any of its broadcasts languages without prior approval or oversight by the Contractor; (f) VOA can use TV report audio for radio reports and can make material provided under terms of the contract available on VOA Internet sites. (g) VOA can provide training for Contractor?s personnel, if necessary, on minor aspects of script or video delivery. CONDITIONS - Contractor: (a) Contractor is guaranteed payment for each story accepted by VOA, regardless of whether it is aired by VOA; (b) Contractor may offer material produced for VOA to other broadcasters but not before use by VOA; (c) Contractor has final authority to make all staffing and logistical decisions related to fulfilling the VOA contract; (d) Contractor is not required to meet any request that does not come from the designated Authorized Representative to the Contracting Officer (AR/CO) for this contract, and (e) Contractor can provide training for VOA personnel, if necessary, on minor aspects of script or video delivery. (vii) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE ? Base Year shall be a period of 12 months from the date of contract award, with four (4) additional 1-year options to extend the term of the contract, contingent upon availability of funds. (viii) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items apply to this solicitation. Interested contractors who are capable of providing these services should submit a capability statement (consisting of separate technical and price proposals) as noted below. (ix) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: [1] Quality of content contained in Offeror?s submitted samples of work that were submitted to other international news organizations; [2] Offeror?s qualifications and background, to include verification that they are currently used by other international news organizations; Verification shall include the bureaus they have established worldwide containing the bureaus? points of contact including address, telephone number/fax number, E-mail address and other relevant information. All references shall be available to respond with a reply within 36 hours after being contacted; and [3] Offeror?s proposed price. When combined, technical and price proposals will be approximately equal. The following factors, listed in descending order of importance, shall be used to evaluate proposals: a. Offeror?s sample work; b. Offeror?s qualifications and background/ past and present performance; and c. Offeror?s Price which will be equal to the technical factors. (x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items with its offer. Offers shall be submitted on a SF-1449 signed by an official authorized to bind your organization. Submit to the Contracting Officer: work samples, two (2) copies of technical, and two (2) copies of price proposal, bound separately. An award may be made without discussion. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition with no addenda to the clause. (xii) FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders--Commercial Items, including subparagraphs (b) (3,6,7,8 and 9) applies to this acquisition as well as the following clauses contained within FAR Clause 52.212-5: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246); 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabilities (29 U.S.C. 793); 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212); 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration (31 U.S.C. 3332). (xiii) FAR Clauses 52.232-18, Availability of Funds; 52.217-9 Option To Extend The Term of The Contract, and FAR Clause 52.237-3 Continuity of Services applies to this procurement. There are no additional contract requirements necessary for this acquisition other than those consistent with customary commercial practices. (xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating is not applicable to this acquisition; (xv) There are no numbered notes which apply to this procurement. (xvi) Failure to provide any of the above required items may result in the rejection of your proposal. Full text of all FAR clauses and provisions are available electronically at the following Internet address {http://www.arnet.gov/far}. Oral proposals will not be accepted. Questions must be submitted in writing by 10 a.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), on February 10, 2006 to the Contracting Officer at the Email address or facsimile number provided at the end of this notice. Proposals are due at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, Office of Contracts, 330 C Street, SW, Room 2527, Washington, DC 20237 on February 21, 2006, 2006 at 2:00p.m., EST. (xvii) Contact Marlene Brooks, Contracting Officer, Telephone: (202) 205-9664, Facsimile: (202) 260-0855, Email: mbrooks@ibb.gov.
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