SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Washington video coverage
- Notice Date
- 2/25/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511110
— Newspaper Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia, 22219
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA09I0006
- Archive Date
- 4/9/2009
- Point of Contact
- Raschell D. Jones,, Phone: 703-875-5319
- E-Mail Address
-
jonesrd@state.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 (Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items). U. S. Department of State intends to award a sole source contract to The Associated Press, 1100 13th Street, NW, Washington, D. C., DUNS #040549347. The Department proposes to enter into this contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 © (1) only one available source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the Department’s requirements. The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Broadcast Services maintain two production facilities located at the Truman Building and the National Press Building. The Office of Broadcast Services requires outsource video coverage to gain access to the Washington Pool Materials. The Associated Press is the only contractor that provides the Washington Video Coverage that includes the live Washington Pool Feed Video and select overseas events. The Associated Press also provides the following services; •APTN Washington Video Coverage, including Washington Pool events •Comprehensive daily Washington Video Coverage •Live Washington Pool Feed Video, as events warrant, seven days a week •Global coverage of major news events involving the actions, speeches addresses, and meetings of the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and other members of the Executive and Legislative Branches of the Government Coverage hearings on Capitol Hill with broad appeal •State Department, Pentagon and Presidential briefings, news conferences and speeches •Rundowns, schedules, and advisories regarding this content via AP web site This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract, it does not restrict the Governments ultimate approach, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation cost, the contractor for any costs associated with preparing or substituting a response to this notice.
- Web Link
-
FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=34a83ddc0bac2867e3cc41db87f69b95&tab=core&_cview=1)
- Place of Performance
- Address: There is no primary place for contract performace. The contractor's place of performance is where global news events happen., United States
- Record
- SN01756614-W 20090227/090225215520-34a83ddc0bac2867e3cc41db87f69b95 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |