MODIFICATION
D -- RFE/RL Russian Programming - Moldova - Corrected SOW/Solicitation
- Notice Date
- 10/4/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 515111
— Radio Networks
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, Office of Contracts, Office of Contracts (CON), 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 4360, Washington, District of Columbia, 20237, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20237
- Solicitation Number
- BBG50-73-R-17-0021
- Archive Date
- 11/2/2016
- Point of Contact
- Cheryl Peters, Phone: 202-382-7866, Alisa Martine, Phone: 202-203-4176
- E-Mail Address
-
cpeters@bbg.gov, amartine@bbg.gov
(cpeters@bbg.gov, amartine@bbg.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Revised SOW/Solicitation Document Type:Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Solicitation Number:BBG50-73-R-17-0021 Posted Date:October 3, 2016 Original Response Date:October 18, 2016 AMENDED: October 4, 2016 Product or Service Code:D309 - IT and Telecommunications - Information and Data Broadcasting or Data Distribution Set Aside:N/A NAICS Code:515111 Contracting Officer Address: Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Attn: Cherylynn Peters, Contracting Officer 330 Independence Avenue, SW Suite 4360 Washington, DC 20237 United States of America Description (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued. A contract will be awarded using simplified acquisition procedures in FAR Part 13.5. (ii) Solicitation No. BBG50-73-R-17-0021 is issued as a request for proposals (RFP). (iii) The Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-089 effective September 16, 2016. (iv) This acquisition is unrestricted. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 515111, with a small business size standard of $38.5 million. (v) The Broadcasting Board of Governors is seeking a news radio multicity Provider to provide the services described in (vi) and (vii) below. (vi) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), Office of Strategy and Development (OSD) in Prague, Czech Republic, is seeking an Offeror that is a news radio Provider (hereinafter "Provider") with multicity coverage in Moldova that has a reputation for rebroadcasting respected, credible news programming and that has the ability to reach a significant portion of the Moldovan population. Corrected: The Provider shall broadcast the Radio Free Europa/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL's) Russian program from Monday to Friday at 1800-1900 and 1930-2130 and from Saturday to Sunday at 1830-2200 local time and Romanian program "Svoboda v 7 Moldavian" from Monday to Friday at 0700-0730 and 1900-1930 and from Saturday to Sunday at 1800-1830 local time with the broadcast airing not varying more than two minutes from the aforementioned times. Samples can be found here: http://www.rferl.org/howtolisten/MD/ondemand.html BBG is solely responsible for the content of all BBG provided programming is authorized to produce program in any way it sees fit, so long as it does not violate the laws of Moldova. The Provider shall broadcast the program in its entirety, without alteration, abridgement or excerption. However, the Provider (offeror) shall have the right to determine whether the program is in accordance with the laws of Moldova. BBG's programing feeds will be transmitted by BBG via satellite or Internet/File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The technical details of the transmission to the Provider as well as the programming feeds transmission times will be mutually agreed upon post award. The Provider shall identify points of contact to discuss with BBG in advance of any planned alteration of the program's scheduled broadcast airing playback or other technical or administrative issues. (vii) The anticipated award date under this Solicitation is November 1, 2016. Duration of this proposed award shall be twelve (12) months ending October 31, 2017, with four (4), one-year option year periods available to be exercised at the sole discretion of the BBG subject to the availability of funding. The Place of Performance for the services will be performed at the contractor's facility/site. 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984) Funds are not presently available for this contract. The Government's obligation under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. (viii) The provision at FAR Subpart 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items) applies to this acquisition. (ix) The provision at FAR Subpart 52.212-2 (Evaluation of Commercial Items) is hereby incorporated by reference into this combined synopsis/solicitation and the following evaluation procedures will be used for this acquisition. FAR provisions and clauses may be obtained from the Internet Web address at: https://www.acquisition.gov/. This requirement will be evaluated on lowest price/technically acceptable as follows: BASIS FOR AWARD This procurement will utilize the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. This is a competitive LPTA Solicitation in which price is the most important factor. By submission of its offer, the Offeror accepts all Solicitation requirements, including terms and conditions, representations and certifications, and technical requirements. All technically acceptable offerors shall be treated equally except for their prices. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being determined technically unacceptable. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale. The Government reserves the right to make a selection based upon the initial proposals submissions and make award without discussions -the offeror should submit its best terms in the initial proposal. For the purpose of award, the government shall evaluate offers based on the evaluation factors described below: (i)Technical Proposal a.Experience - 5 years minimum in broadcasting radio programs, b. Capability - to reach "mass audiences" located in Moldova. Mass audiences are defined as the potential to reach a significant portion of the Moldovan population. The selected vendor shall be a station with multicity coverage in Moldova in the following cities: Chisinau, Edinet, Straseni and Ungheni. Price (for the base period and four option year periods) •Base Period: November 01, 2016 - October 31, 2017 •Option 1: November 01, 2017 - October 31, 2018 •Option 2: November 01, 2018 - October 31, 2019 •Option 3: November 01, 2019 - October 31, 2020 •Option 4: November 01, 2020 - October 31, 2021 The base period is subject to the availability of funds per FAR 52.232-18. The option year period is subject to the availability of funds per FAR 52.232-19. The Government shall select the awardee based upon the evaluation of the offeror's price and technical acceptability. The non-cost evaluation factors are all of equal importance. Thus, the failure to meet any one of the technical factors will prelude award to the offerors submitting the proposal. The government shall choose the lowest -priced and technically acceptable offer for award. Rejection of Unrealistic Offers: The Government may reject any proposal that is evaluated to be unrealistic in terms of program commitments, including contract terms and conditions, or unrealistically high or low in cost/price when compared to Government estimates, or are unbalanced, such that the proposal is deemed to reflect an inherent lack of ability to distribute the programming. (x) Offerors shall submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items with its proposal which is completed by registering in the System for Award Management (SAM) website at: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. This provision can be found at the following website: https://www.acquisition.gov/; if requested by an Offeror, a copy of FAR Subpart 52.212-3 can be obtained by contacting the Contracting Officer. Offerors must be registered in SAM prior to award. (xi) FAR 52.212-4, "Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition with addendum to the clause. (xii) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation by reference and the proposed subsequent contract as well as the following clauses contained in FAR clause 52.212-5: _X_ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402). _X_ (33)(i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627). _X (ii) Alternate I (MAR 2015) of 52.222-50 (22U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627). _X_ (42) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513). _X_ (44) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). _X_ (54) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332). Additional FAR provisions and clauses incorporated by reference and applicable to this solicitation and the proposed subsequent contract are: FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999); FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000); 52.232-18 Availability of Funds (Apr 1984); and52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications (Oct 2015); 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013); and 52.233-2 Service of Protest (Sept 2006). (xiii) PAYMENT AND BILLING: Payment from BBG shall be in arrears in United States Dollars (USD), net 30 days upon proper invoice. The broadcast fee to be paid to the Provider shall be reduced for failure to broadcast the BBG provided programs. No invoices shall be paid for the period when the Provider (contractor) does not broadcast the provided programs. (xiv) A Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) assigned rating is not applicable to this acquisition. (xv) All offerors shall submit the following: (i) One technical Proposal which addresses the technical factors described and one price proposal. The technical and price proposals must be submitted separately. No price information should be contained in the technical proposal. To facilitate the award process, all proposals must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: Documents submitted in response to this Solicitation must be fully responsive to and consistent with the requirements of the solicitation. Failure to comply with all the requirements of the solicitation may result in the offer being considered unacceptable for award. Proposals shall be received not later than 12:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at BBG, 330 Independence Ave, SW Suite 4360 Washington, DC 20237 USA or via email to: cpeters@bbg.gov and amartine@bbg.gov. No FAX PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). Offers will not be accepted from agents; from principals only. Proposals that do not include pricing for the option periods shall be deemed incomplete and will not be eligible for review. Any questions or concerns regarding this Solicitation shall be submitted via email by 1:00 EDT PM Tuesday October 11, 2016 to either Cherylynn Peters, Contracting Officer at cpeters@bbg.gov or Alisa Martine, Contract Specialist at amartine@bbg.gov. Questions which are submitted after 1:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, will not be addressed. Responses to the questions submitted, in accordance with the aforementioned instructions will be via an amendment to the Solicitation only, which will be posted to FEDBIZOPPS (www.fbo.gov). (xvi) Points of Contact: Cherylynn Peters, Contracting Officer at cpeters@bbg.gov or via phone +1-202-382-7866. Alisa Martine, Contract Specialist at amartine@bbg.gov or via phone +1-202-203-4176.
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