SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Radio Ads for Study Participants
- Notice Date
- 5/16/2023 6:22:35 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541890
— Other Services Related to Advertising
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NICHD BETHESDA MD 20817 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NICHD-23-145
- Response Due
- 5/22/2023 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/24/2023
- Point of Contact
- ROBINSON, TINA
- E-Mail Address
-
robinsti@mail.nih.gov
(robinsti@mail.nih.gov)
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the� format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This� announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be� issued. This solicitation number is 75N94023Q00055 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).� The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through� Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-03. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is� 541890 and the business size standard is $19m. However, this solicitation is not set aside for small business. This acquisition is being� conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. Eunice Kennedy� Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have a requirement for a� radio broadcaster with multiple radio stations that can air ads throughout the District of� Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) area. The vendor must be a radio broadcaster with multiple radio stations that can air ads throughout the� DMV. The radio stations must have a wide audience in the DMV area, because the recruitment area is� the DMV. The approved language for the ads has already been created and approved by NIH� Institutional review board, thus voice over or a need for an outside vendor or independent� contractor to create the language for the ads is not needed. Background The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation�s leading medical research agency and the� primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior� of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and� reduce illness and disability, conducting, supporting and making medical discoveries that improve� people�s health and save lives. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is a� part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of the Clinical Director conducts� several research studies which requires participants. Vendor will place radio ads on multiple radio� stations for NIAAA studies. They will have at least 30,000 impressions a week for radio� advertisements aired on the radio stations. Statement of Objective: Study subject recruitment using on air radio advertising done by a radio station in the Washington� DC metro area. Scope of Work Ads will be used to recruit treatment seeking and healthy volunteers. Ads will target healthy� volunteers who are not looking for help with their drinking as well as people who have tried to� stop drinking but can�t. The NIAAA has provided 2 NIH Institutional Review Board approved radio� scripts, 30 seconds each, that will be aired on the radio stations to recruit study volunteers. Radio stations must broadcast in the Washington DC metro area to recruit study participants to come� into the clinical center in Bethesda Maryland. NIAAA does not pay for travel for study� participants. Radio station must have a large reach in order to be heard in over 50 households per� month. Ads must be aired and heard over 700,000 times over two months period across multiple DC� metro area radio radio stations must have demographic reach which includes males and females of African American, Asian, Caucasian and Hispanic backgrounds. Deliverables / Reporting Requirements: Weekly ad with monthly invoices and listing of how many ads� placed a day, time of broadcast and which stations were used. A written summary report and invoices msut be submitted monthly Period of Performance: One full calendar year and estimated start date June 2023. The offeror must include a completed copy of the provision of FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror� Representations and Certifications � Commercial Items with its offer. The provisions of FAR Clause� 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors � Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation � Commercial� Items -Evaluation Procedures: The Government will award a procurement resulting from this� solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, based on� lowest price/technically acceptable. Only those offerors determined to be in compliance with the� requirements as stated in this solicitation will be considered for award. Non-conformance with this� requirement may result in the offeror's quote being determined unacceptable. The offeror must include a completed copy of the provision of FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror� Representations and Certifications � Commercial Items with its offer. The provisions of FAR Clause� 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors � Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation � Commercial� Items; FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions � Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5,� Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders � Commercial Items� � Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions applies to this acquisition. Note to vendor: The vendor� must provide a completed copy of FAR 52.204-24, ""Representation Regarding Certain� Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment"" with their quote in response to� this solicitation. The offeror must include their Unique Entity ID (UEI), the Taxpayer� Identification Number (TIN) and the certification of business size. The clauses are available in� full text at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/. Vendors capable of furnishing the government with the� services specified in this synopsis should submit a copy of their quotation/offer to the following� email address: robinsti@mail.nih.gov Attn: Tina Robinson by the due date and time below. Offers� must also be accompanied by descriptive literature and/or other information that demonstrates that� the offer meets all the foregoing requirements. Offeror must include which radio stations will air� the ads, monthly breakdown of impressions, days and times the ads are to be aired for the duration� of the period of performance. Quotations will be due within seven calendar days from the� publication date of this synopsis thus NLT May 22, 2023, before 5:00 pm EDT. The quotation must� reference Solicitation number 75N94023Q00055 and Solicitation number 75N94023Q00055 must be on/in� subject line of email. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received,� shall be considered by the agency. Any questions must be sent via email to robinsti@mail.nih.gov� and must include Solicitation number 75N94023Q00055 in the subject line of email. Note: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered as all awards and have valid� certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) @ www.Sam.gov. Lack of valid registration in� SAM will make an offeror ineligible for award. �
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/0b234d15e4c841f19a0d68d154961ad2/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN06683771-F 20230518/230517212021 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's SAM Daily Index Page |