SPECIAL NOTICE
T -- Teacher Video Series - Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 512110
— Motion Picture and Video Production
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Contracts & Acquisitions Management, Contracts (All ED Components), 550 12th Street, SW, 7th Floor, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202
- ZIP Code
- 20202
- Solicitation Number
- ED-OOS-14-P-0023-MOD1
- Archive Date
- 8/20/2014
- Point of Contact
- Gary L. Weaver, Phone: 202-302-8907
- E-Mail Address
-
Gary.Weaver@ed.gov
(Gary.Weaver@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT ACTION: The United States Department of Education (Department), Office of Communications and Outreach, intends to award a sole source contract action to Thorough Productions, GP (Thorough) located at 2125 N 19th Street, #7, Arlington, VA 22201 to provide video production support. The Department recently contracted with Thorough under Purchase Order ED-OOS-14-P-0023 to produce a single 3 - 4 minute video to promote understanding and to explain the policies and priorities of the Administration and the Department. Under purchase order ED-OOS-14-P-0023, a competitive award under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, the Department has spent a considerable amount of time explaining our key messages and policies to Thorough. Since then, Thorough has developed a creative concept and direction for the video, which the Department now wants to turn into a series and to amplify to important audiences. In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b), the Department intends to make a noncompetitive award to Thorough to accomplish three additional videos because the Department has already invested considerable time and funds in developing an initial video treatment. The Department wants to build on the existing creative idea that Thorough has developed so that we can use their creative concepts for the additional videos, resulting in the same look and feel. The Department wants to maintain the consistency of style and approach throughout the video series. In addition, the Department expects to achieve economies of scale by sourcing the additional videos from Thorough. The Department intends to modify the existing purchase order to add a new requirement to provide three additional videos to create a series. Making a noncompetitive award to Thorough, who developed the initial video approach, is the most advantageous acquisition strategy for meeting the Department's need for a series of videos. While other companies may be able to develop and produce additional videos for the series, only Thorough is reasonably available to accomplish the work in a way that maintains the integrity of the creative approach resulting in final products that mimic the original video and result in a series, which is the intention of the procurement. The contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one sole source under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a single source, only one source reasonably available. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any responses to this notice of contract action shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer no later than the Response Date. Responses shall include a brief description of previously performed contracts for the provision of a video series. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 512110, Motion Picture and Video Production.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/ED-OOS-14-P-0023-MOD1/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20202, United States
- Zip Code: 20202
- Zip Code: 20202
- Record
- SN03459978-W 20140813/140811235221-43b226982cb53fcd3e3bd93074a59d45 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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