SOURCES SOUGHT
T -- HHS Television Production and Programming
- Notice Date
- 5/2/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 512110
— Motion Picture and Video Production
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-OASPA-TVPROG
- Response Due
- 5/18/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/2/2006
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), INVITATION FOR BID (IFB), REQUEST FOR QUOTES (RFQ), REQUEST FOR APPLICATION (RFA) OR AN ANNOUNCEMNT OF A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT ASSUME THE GOVERNMENT WILL AWARD A CONTRACT OR PROCEED WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE SOLICITATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS NOTICE IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (OASPA), is seeking capability statements from organizations with the core competencies necessary to develop and produce TV shows, interstitials and content for the Internet and digital mobile devices in a timely and cost effective manner. The NAICS Code is 512110 and the size standard is $25.0 M. In today?s world, any terrorist event, as well as a major natural disaster, is an instant national, if not international, story. In the immediate moments after an event occurs, a host of activities begin to unfold in response to the consequences of the event. Today, how the Government communicates with the media and the public about how it is responding to a crisis is just as important as how we deploy our physical assets. In the pre-event ?awareness, preparation and preparedness? phases of the event ?life cycle,? there is a critical need to educate the public, the media, state and local officials, health care providers, and others with a basic understanding of how the Government responds to a crisis and what resources are available to these groups to meet their varied needs if disaster strikes, and, when speaking to the general public, it cannot be overstated. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created a way to reach the public with emergency preparedness, response, and mitigation information. HHS will program for the general public and will emerge as the most trusted source of health and emergency information to the media and general public. To accomplish programming expectations, HHS will need to commission nationally recognized award-winning production companies and producers to develop and produce TV shows, interstitials and content for the Internet and digital mobile devices in a timely and cost effective manner. In the event of a national emergency, the Headquarters facility will serve as the central emergency broadcast center for the Department, delivering instantaneous on-air bulletins for emergency announcements that will be on air within minutes of our becoming aware of an emergency. 24/7 regularly scheduled TV and Web video programming will provide the American public with: 1) A place to turn for critical health-related emergency information when it's needed; 2) A new and authoritative source of objective, high-quality medical, health, and wellness television programming; 3) Awareness of the initiatives and priorities of America's health leadership; 4) Internet and new media information resources; and 5) ?Push" technology alerts via email, PDA, podcast and other systems. The contractor will produce complete programs at the HHS studio and/or remote locations. Possible deliverables include: 1) Thirty-minute Nonfiction series-based programs comprised of 12 to 24 series, studio and location based. The series may include examples of dramatic, scripted or unscripted reenactments or programs developed to show what steps the general public should take in an emergency; 2) Thirty-minute and one hour Nonfiction Specials, studio and location based to include dramatic, scripted programs developed to show what steps the general public should take in an emergency. These productions could also be reenactments of actual events in support of a ?lessons learned? talk show; 3) Ninety-minute Nonfiction Specials with thirty-minute call-in talk show/discussion, location and studio based. These specials are intended to inform or educate the general public or specific audiences on current events or issues where the intended audience may be suspicious or apprehensive of the subject matter and/or its application in their lives. These programs generally originate from a studio setting and include live interaction with a studio audience or live call-in questions; 4) Thirty-minute Call-in Talk Show, studio based. These specials are intended to inform or educate the general public or specific audiences on current events or issues where the intended audience may be suspicious or apprehensive of the subject matter and/or its application in their lives. These programs generally originate from a studio setting and include live interaction with a studio audience or live call-in questions; 5) Thirty-minute TV News Program comprised of nonfiction reporter packages relevant and timely in nature, reporting on the current health related news and information from the public and private industry. This program style will have on-camera journalist(s) as anchors, studio and location based; 6) Thirty to Sixty-minute TV Magazine style nonfiction program, with on-camera host(s) or journalist(s), studio and location based; 7) Daily Health Updates? 1.5 to 3 minute packages relevant and timely in nature, reporting on the current health related news and information; and 8) Information ?Shorts? ? 1.5 to 3 minute packages relevant and timely in nature, reporting on the current health related news and information based on pandemic planning or emergency preparedness. The primary objective for the production company is to support HHS by developing creative ideas and writing creative treatments and then implementing those ideas by producing programming that offers the most timely, trustworthy, accurate emergency preparedness and disaster relief programming to enable HHS to be a national source for health and wellness programming. The capability statement should address the following capabilities for each deliverable (listed as numbers 1 through 8 above) they are responding to: 1) The contractor must demonstrate they possess all management and production staff necessary to produce the deliverable(s); 2) The contractor must demonstrate television production experience relevant to the deliverable(s) listed in terms of complexity, technical difficulty and delivery in a timely and cost effective manner; 3) The contractor must show past experience in productions addressing health issues and health related emergency preparedness, response and mitigation information; and 4) The contractor must demonstrate they possess all equipment necessary to produce the deliverable(s). No solicitation exists, and any solicitation that could possibly result from this announcement will be synopsized and advertised. Interested contractors possessing the required capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a cover letter citing the deliverable(s) by deliverable number that they are responding to and providing a capability statement not to exceed 10 pages demonstrating the ability to perform all aspects of all the deliverable(s) they are responding to. Responses must clearly indicate which deliverable(s) the information provided corresponds to and include the following: name and address of the firm, named central point of contact along with email address; DUNS number; any applicable commercial price list(s); size of business, including average annual revenues for the past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are a large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) HUBZone, woman-owned, historically black college or university and/or minority service institute, number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners; list of customers covering the past five years; and additional documentation such as company literature and brochures. If this additional documentation supports the required capabilities it is incumbent to address this reference in the cover letter or other area of the capability statement and indicate specifically how it addresses the capabilities sought. Documentation provided must address all required elements listed herein; providing only a reference to a website is unacceptable for purposes of this announcement and will not be considered or reviewed. Capability statements with the cover letter and any supporting documentation must be submitted via email to pscacquisitions@psc.gov, to the attention of Jonathan Hamlet and referencing this announcement number. No hand-delivered or by-mail copies shall be accepted under any circumstances. Responses are due no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Time, May 18, 2006.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Health and Human Services OASPA, 200 Independence Ave, S.W. Room 107G, Washington, DC or on location of project
- Zip Code: 20201
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20201
- Record
- SN01038940-W 20060504/060502220319 (fbodaily.com)
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