DOCUMENT
R -- Advertising Placement in College/University Publications - Amendment 2
- Notice Date
- 8/19/2008
- Notice Type
- Amendment 2
- NAICS
- 541830
— Media Buying Agencies
- Contracting Office
- Peace Corps, Office Of Acquisitions And Contract Management, OACM, 1111 20th Street, N.W., Room 4416, Washington, District of Columbia, 20536
- ZIP Code
- 20536
- Solicitation Number
- PC-08-Q-GLP3
- Response Due
- 9/2/2008 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 9/17/2008
- Point of Contact
- Garnel N Palin,, Phone: 202-692-1618
- E-Mail Address
-
gpalin@peacecorps.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Attachment A has been revised for vendors to provide pricing for the following contract line items; 1. Campus Print Advertising (only), 2. Online Advertising(only), 3. Combined Campus Print and Online Advertising, and 4. Posturing / Poster Placement services. The following are the Question and Answers for this RFQ. 1.The excel spreadsheet listing the newspapers and ad sizes: Is the ad size (i.e. 2 x 2) a 2 column x 2 inch size? Or is it 2 inches x 2inches? Most newspaper is bought by column inch (2 column x 2” is 4 column inches). However, if the ad sizes shown are 2 inches x 2 inches, this will carry a completely different rate/cost. Peace Corps works in columns by inches and inches by inches, however for this RFQ we are asking for quotes based on column by inches. 2.Specifically at the outset, what is the annual budget? It is estimated that the annual spend for this requirement is approximately $90,000.00 per year at the Peace Corps. Individual Regional Office Budgets vary dramatrically. 3.Will you be providing the posters? Yes, Peace Corps will provide posters. 4.When you ask "paper size" do you mean whether they are tabloid or broadsheet, or do you want the actual dimensions of the paper? Peace Corps advertises with various papers that use both tabloid or broadsheet format and may ask for the paper dimensions in BPA calls, however we are not requiring this information for this RFQ. 5.Are there sizes for the online ads? The various sizes for online ads are; 120x600, 120x90, 468x80, and 728x90 pixels. 6.Are the prices for print ads, the only determining factor for an awarded contract? Refer to RFQ page 33. 7.Please confirm that a company can submit a quote for 2 of the 3 services, such as Print Ads & Online Advertising only – excluding Campus Postering? Refer to RFQ page 2. 8.Are the submitted print ad prices – the FIXED PRICES which print ads will be ordered (call) if awarded a contract? No. 9.Are creative production services needed for re-sizing of print ads and/or creating online print ads? No 10.Will print ads and online ads run the same amount of times (freq)? On other words, each print ad ordered (call), we will also order (call) an Online Ad? This will be determined in individual BPA calls. 11.Please confirm - Print & Online Advertising - contractor's fee is a PERCENT. Yes 12.Can vendors bid on only a portion of this BPA (campus print advertising)? It appears we can; I just want to double check on this item. Refer to RFQ page 2. 13.What sections under 52.212-3 (page 19) do we need to complete in order to submit our BPA? Refer to RFQ page 19. 14.I am adding our fee into the cost of the ads on the spreadsheet. Is this the way you expect this spreadsheet to be filled out or should we just list the percentage or fee in our cover letter and have the net ad cost on the spreadsheet. In completing Attachment A, vendors must list out their proposed % fee in each column that requests the contractor’s fee for print, online, and combined print & online advertising services. However for postering / poster placement services; vendors must list out their proposed fix dollar price per poster. 15.I was just wondering if we could email our response to Solicitation Number: PC-08-Q-GLP3 to you or do you need hard copies? Quotes shall be submitted via email as stated in the RFQ. 16.I only see the price information form to be filled out. We will also provide you with a cover letter of our capabilities and prior experience. Correct? Refer to RFQ pages 29 through 34. 17.Regarding Columns N-Q, shouldn't the header read "Contractor's Total Price for option year 1-4", not "Contractor's Fee for option year 1-4"? This is because the normal publication price will most likely increase every year, and needs to be combined with our fee to give you as accurate a price as possible. Columns that have “Fee” in them is your quoted fee changed to the government. Refer to question 14. 18.Garnel, your solicitation may have it, but I can't find the paragraph that gives HUBZone companies the 10% extra for budgeting. I believe it's FAR 52.219-6. Pls incorporate it if possible. Tks. As this is a 100% Small Business set-aside, there is no price evaluation preference for HUBZone Small Business concerns. 19.have completed most of the spreadsheet for the Peace Corps BPA. I just had a few questions regarding Columns L & N-Q on the spreadsheet. What is the difference between Column L (Contractor's Fee for 1 year base) & Column N (Contractor's Fee for Option Year 1)? Is Option Year 1 actually the 2nd year of the contract, or should this number (Column N) be the same as Column L? Option year 1 is the second year of the contract. 20.just reviewing what I questioned last week, what sections of the RFQ Word Document (pages 1-34) do we need to complete? Refer to the Full RFQ and pages 29 through 34 in particular. 21.When you request the "normal publication price", does that mean the price to purchase the publication directly from the paper? Normal publication price is the price the publication normally charges to all vendors. This will not include any discounts you negotiate. The “price charged to contractor” is the actual price you have negotiated with the publication. 22.When the RFP refers to the "contractor" what is this? It is any vendor that submits a quote. 23.Is "contractor's fee" our mark up? Yes. 24.Atlanta University is a 5 school, school consortium. Do you want us to include each school for poster quote? This should only be quoted as one school. 25.Can we submit our quote on our own Excel spreadsheet or do we need to use your attached spreadsheet? Use Attachment A as provided. 26.- Can we submit directly to your email address? Yes this is the only way quotes shall be sent. 27.When do the Peace Corps Regional Offices normally request quotes for their winter advertising requirements? August for the fall semester and December for the spring semester
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