SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Moblie Phone Survey
- Notice Date
- 1/15/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, Office of Contracts, Office of Contracts (CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 4300, Washington, District of Columbia, 20237, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20237
- Solicitation Number
- BBG50-13-01152013-WG
- Archive Date
- 2/22/2013
- Point of Contact
- Wayne D Greene, Phone: 202-619-2339, Herman P Shaw, Fax: 202-382-7870
- E-Mail Address
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wgreene@bbg.gov, hshaw@bbg.gov
(wgreene@bbg.gov, hshaw@bbg.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. Price quotations submitted in response to this RFQ that exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (as specified in FAR Subpart 2.101, Definitions) will not be considered as responsive to this RFP. Contractor must be registered in the System For Award Management (SAM) database before an award can be made. This system replaced CCR and ORCA. The Broadcasting Board of Governors, Office of Contracts, Washington, DC, on behalf of the Office of Research, has a requirement for Mobile Phone Surveys, per the included Statement of Work. STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) The Broadcasting Board of Governors', International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB) has a requirement, subject to the availability of funds, for a contractor to conduct surveys by mobile phones about certain media consumption behaviors in the following countries: Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Quoters are herein requested to submit written price quotations and technical capabilities/experience information for conducting mobile surveys as outlined below. SECTION A: DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS 1) Nature of Surveys. Data shall be obtained through an SMS-based survey of mobile phone users in the countries cited above. Questions will be administered by sending SMS texts to respondents, who will respond via SMS. No more than 10 questions will be included in the each survey, and all will be closed ended. 2) Sample: Respondents should be randomly selected from a sample frame consisting of mobile phone numbers in each market of interest. Steps should be taken to ensure that the achieved sample is as representative as possible of the entire universe of mobile phone users in each market, with respect to gender, age, urbanicity, and education. An achieved sample of 500 respondents is required in each market. All respondents should be age 15 or older. 3) Contractor responsibilities: Contractor will be responsible for designing and executing the survey sample, translating and adapting the BBG-supplied survey questionnaire for mobile administration via SMS, administering the survey and supervising all aspects of fieldwork, recording and encoding the responses, cleaning the data and providing BBG with a clean and complete data set in SPSS format. Contractor will also be responsible for providing any incentives customarily used in each market to encourage survey participation in the markets to be studied. 4) Respondent information: The final dataset shall contain demographic data for each respondent, including age, gender, education level, and location. In addition, if possible, the dataset should include the make and model of mobile phone used by each respondent participating in the survey. SECTION B: DELIVERABLES: Deliverable required under this solicitation will be: a) A complete, clean, and fully labeled dataset in SPSS format containing responses to all survey questions from each respondent, as well as the demographic information for each respondent cited above in Section A.4. b) A copy of the final questionnaire, as fielded, in all languages of administration. c) A technical report describing the sampling methods used, the final makeup of the sample and any known deviations from the population covered by the survey, dates of fieldwork administration, and well as any problems encountered in survey fieldwork. SECTION C: TIMING It is anticipated that survey fieldwork should be conducted between February 11, 2013 and March 30, 2013, with all fieldwork completed by the latter date. Deliverables as specified in Section B shall provided no later than 2 weeks subsequent to completion of fieldwork in each market. SECTION D: SELECTION CRITERIA. A contract (i.e., Purchase Order) award will be made by the contracting officer based on: A) the quoter's Technical Capabilities/Experience (for which there are five (5) equally weighted sub-criteria); and B) the quoter's Price Quotation. Of the two Selection Criteria, Technical Capabilities/Experience is the significantly dominant criterion over the price criterion. The Technical Capabilities/Experience sub-criteria are as follows: 1. Demonstrated experience in conducting quantitative research by SMS in the markets cited in this solicitation. 2. Quality of the procedures proposed for sampling, including details on the nature of the sampling frame to be used in each market and procedures for respondent selection. 3. Overall quality control measures proposed. 4. Professional qualifications of proposed project managers. 5. Ability to complete the project in a timely manner While it is IBB's preference to award this contract to a single vendor who can provide the required services in all of the markets listed in this solicitation, IBB will consider making awards to multiple vendors in the event that no single firm can provide these services in all markets. SECTION D: SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES TO THE RFQ (i.e.. Price Quotations and Technical Information): In the event that price quotations for the work outlined in this RFQ significantly exceed IBB's budgetary limitations, IBB reserves the right to reduce the scope of the work specified here in. This could include reduction in the overall sample size, reduction in the length and complexity of the questionnaire, and/ or a reduction in the number of markets to be covered. Each quoter's response to this RFQ shall include sufficient information on the following technical items to enable IBB to objectively evaluate the quoter's capabilities/experience to successfully perform the work specified in the above Sections A and B of the RFQ: A. A detailed description of the proposed research methodology, including specific listing of organizations the quoter shall use for performing fieldwork (if subcontractor are to be used by the contractor); B. Current information on the qualifications of quoter's office and field staff who will participate in performing the work specified in the above sections A and B of the RFQ; C. Specific information on quoter's past experience in conducting research of the nature described in this solicitation D. A detailed description of the proposed fieldwork plan, including Sampling Plan and procedures. E. A schedule showing the time required for each phase of the project. For quoter's interested in submitting price quotations on the survey (Section A), this would include (1) translation, pretest, reporting of pretest results and preparation of final questionnaire, (2) completion of fieldwork, (3) completion of data verification, data entry, and codebook, (4) delivery of data files and technical report. FAR Provisions and Clauses: 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated By Reference 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference Referenced Provisions and Clauses have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. 52.212-1 Instruction to Offers-Commercial Items 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items - Evaluation factors are technical capability, price and past performance. Each is equally important. 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items Within 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders the following clauses apply and are incorporated by reference: 52.222-3 Convict Labor 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21 Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans 52.222-36 Affirmative Action For Workers With Disabilities 52.222-37 Employment Reports On Special Disabled Veterans Of The Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans 52.225-3 Buy American Act - Free Trade Agreements Provide responses on your company's letterhead, include the solicitation number, your company's business size, DUNS No. and Cage Code Proposals shall be in writing and must be signed by an official who is authorized to bind the organization. Oral, email or faxed proposals will not be accepted. Questions must be submitted in writing to Wayne Greene via e-mail at wgreene@bbg.gov. Written questions must be received by 2:00 p.m., Daylight Savings Time Monday, January 22, 2013. Technical proposals shall be submitted with an original and three (3) copies. Price proposals shall be submitted with an original and one (1) copy. Proposals may be sent via courier or overnight delivery before the closing deadline below. Proposals are due to be submitted to Wayne Greene, wgreene@bbg.gov, Contract Officer, Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Contracts, 330 C Street, SW, Room 4007, Washington, DC 20237 before 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 7, 2013. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the BBG.
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