SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- RFERL CT Central Asia - combined synopsis
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2018
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 515120
— Television Broadcasting
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, Office of Contracts, Eurasia Office of Strategy and Development, Vinohradska 159a, 100 00 Prague 10, Non-U.S., Czech Republic
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 95T813-18-R-0054
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2018
- Point of Contact
- Adam Gartner, Phone: 420221123773, Dominika Porkertova, Phone: 420221123780
- E-Mail Address
-
atgartne@bbg.gov, porkertovad@bbg.gov
(atgartne@bbg.gov, porkertovad@bbg.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Price schedule for Current Time in Tajikistan SOW Solicitation for RFERL and VOA joint program Current Time ATTACHMENT A STATEMENT OF WORK FOR SOLICITATION NO. 95T813-18-R-0054 VOA and RFERL JOINT PROGRAM CURRENT TIME ASIA IN TAJIKISTAN 1. The Broadcasting Board of Governors is seeking a news TV Station with nationwide coverage in Tajikistan that has the ability to reach mass audience in Tajikistan cable or terrestrial to provide the services described below. 2. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), Office of Strategy and Development (OSD) in Prague, Czech Republic, is seeking a "Provider" that is a news TV Provider. A Provider is defined as a full time TV Station with a one year minimum of operating experience, which has the ability to reach mass audience in Tajikistan with a reputation for producing respected, credible and accurate news programming. 3. The primary objective is to provide transmission of the BBG-provided content (VOA and RFERL joint program Current Time Asia) on a regular basis, as described below in the broadcast schedule, to the largest possible audience in Tajikistan using available BBG funding. 4. The preferred Provider shall broadcast VOA and RFERL joint program Current Time Asia for 26 minutes from 20:00-20:26 from Monday to Friday and Current Time Asia weekend show for 26 minutes every Saturday from 20:00 - 20:26 local time with the broadcast airing not varying more than two minutes from the aforementioned times. Samples can be found at the following website: https://www.currenttime.tv/ 5. BBG is solely responsible for the content of all BBG provided programming and is authorized to produce its program in the desired format, so long as it does not violate the laws of Tajikistan. 6. The Provider shall supply all personnel, equipment, and transmission services to receive and rebroadcast the VOA and RFERL joint program Current Time Asia in its entirety, without pre-emption, alteration, abridgement or excerption. However, the Provider shall have the right to decline to run the BBG content, so long as BBG is notified in advance of the intent and reason, and may recommend changes to program format or content. No alterations shall be made, however, without the prior written agreement of the Contracting Officer (CO), the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). 7. The Provider will only be paid for the original airings of the VOA and RFERL joint program Current Time Asia programs that are run from start to completion and to the satisfaction of the BBG. 8. The Provider shall inform the BBG in advance of any planned alteration of the program's scheduled broadcast airing or other technical or administrative issues post award. The Provider and the BBG shall provide each other with point of contact information for notification purposes. 9. The BBG will transmit VOA and RFERL joint program Current Time Asia to the Provider via satellite, Internet/File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or other means. The technical details of the transmission to the Station(s) and feed transmission times will be mutually agreed upon after contract award once a Station Provider is selected by the BBG.
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