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- Notice Date
- 12/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Associate Director for Management, Office of Contracts (M/CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 2500, Washington, DC, 20237, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- V0072589
- Response Due
- 1/22/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/6/2007
- Description
- The U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau's(IBB), Voice of America (VOA) is seeking qualified individuals for free-lance journalist assignments in Washington, DC; not serviced by full-time VOA staff correspondent. The VOA broadcasts in English and 43 other languages. VOA is seeking qualified source for Persian Free-Lance Journalist as follows: the contractor shall write weekly report highlighting VOA Persian Television programming. Contractor must cull material from 20-50 submitted reports and supplement with context from news events of the week. All spellings, position titles and affiliations must be verified. Contractor shall be well versed in US policy toward Middle East, regional relationships, and background of people in the news. It is essential that contractor have first-hand experience in target area so he/she can explain importance of programming material to international audiences. In addition, the Contractor must have 10-15 years experience with international broadcasting as well as experience writing reports for Washington policymakers. Contractor Reports must include material provided to contractor as late as early Sunday afternoon, and reports are due at the beginning of the workweek, by 8 am Monday morning. Contractor shall provide draft for review and approval to WSA Division Director. The following general information pertains to the above requirement: 1) Assignments are performed on a contract basis at various VOA location in Washington, DC. 2) Contractor candidates may be required to undergo a background security investigation and successfully pass the IBB's security clearance process in order to receive work assignments. 3) Contractor candidates must be willing to work on an "as-required" basis, depending on when the VOA requires the filing of news stories. 4) Free-lance assignments are contracted for strictly on an "as needed" basis. The VOA makes no guarantees on the amount of work assignments that contractors can expect to receive. 5) The Government is obligated to inspect all contractor work to insure that it fully satisfies the Government's requirements. The Government is further obligated to reject all work that fails to meet Government-specified requirements. VOA will use the criteria listed below to evaluate prospective contractors: 1) Newspaper, wire service, radio, television or Internet experience. 2) Experience in writing news for broadcasts. 3) Extensive knowledge of the target broadcast language(s). 4) Ability to produce work that demonstrates a keen knowledge of national and international issues. 5) Ability to explain complex issues in clear, logical terms that can be understood by VOA's worldwide audiences. 6) Ability to research, select, and prepare material to provide background and highlight key elements of VOA web news reports, prepare and encode additional streamed media, and ensure compliance with copyright restrictions. 7) Documented (i.e., education/training and/or practical experience) knowledge of the principles and practices of journalistic writing, editing, and Internet publishing. Individuals who are interested in and believe that they have the experience and capabilities to perform one or more of the above-stated free-lance English or foreign language news broadcasting assignments on a contract basis with one or more of the above-stated BBG organization (VOA) at their respective Washington, DC may submit written inquiries for additional information and/or submit their written statement(s) of interest, technical qualifications, and pertinent experience for proposing to contract for one or more of the above-listed free-lance English and foreign language news broadcasting assignments with the appropriate BBG organization(s) as follows: (a) For free-lance assignments with the VOA (Persian) in Washington, DC, submit written inquiries for additional information and/or contract technical proposals to the Voice of America (VOA), Attention: Seneca Belinfontie, VOA/C, Room 1300, Cohen Federal Building, 330 Independence Avenue (SW), Washington, DC 20237, email address: at sbelinfo@VOANews.COM. Any written inquiries and/or contract proposals responding to this Public Notice may be submitted to the above-listed respective VOA POC at any time up to the January 22, 2007 expiration date of this Public Notice. This Notice is not a RFQ, RFP, or IFB.
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