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T -- COPY WRITING AND EDITING SERVICES SOL RFQ-CAFP-98-VPS-0009 DUE 111097 POC Vivian P. Smith 202-501-2971 The General Services Administration, Public Building Services (PBS), Office of External Affairs, PB, is seeking vendors to provide Copy Writing and Editing Services. The Office of External Affairs is located at 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, Room 1300. These services will be contracted under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) in accordance with Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13.106). This procurement will be a 100% small business set-aside (FAR 52.219.6). The contractor will provide the government with copy writing and editing services for marketing materials (publications) which promote PBS services to its constituencies. The materials could include, but not limited to the following: brochures, flyers, newsletters, press releases and magazine articles. All written material will follow the standards for governmental punctuation guidelines as established by the Government Printing Office. Typesetting elements will be in accordance with the style guide standards specified in the BPA. All work will be submitted in hard copy and on a 3 " diskette in Microsoft Word. This BPA includes two rounds of changes. In each round the reviewed manuscript will clearly note changes, and will be returned to the contractor within ten working days. Final review will be due within five working days from receipt of the corrected copy from the Government. These timetables are the standards, unless otherwise negotiated in the Request For Quotation (RFQ) for the specific task. All drafts will be reviewed by GSA for structure, style, usage, accuracy and clarity. The Sic Code is 8999. The RFQ will be evaluated on a low cost, technically acceptable basis that includes past performance, experience, price, and other factors. A technical proposal will be required. The awardees will be selected and ranked according to high scores in the technical range. Firms will then be contacted to perform services under the BPA on a rotational basis. The rotation will be based on ranking in the technical range. The program office will only contact selected awardees on a per job basis. The anticipated period of performance for this BPA will be from date of award to September 30, 1998. The reference number for this Request For Quotation is RFQ-CAFP-98-0009. Firms requesting a solicitation package must state the reference number. The closing date for requesting packages and quotations are 2:30 p.m. E.S.T., November 10, 1997, (FAR 13.106-2). Quotations received after the closing date will not be considered by the government. Facsimile requests will be accepted on 202-208-4107. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS OF THE WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA. ALL RESPONDENTS MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF A FULLY OPERATIONAL OFFICE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED RADIUS. The mailing address is General Services Administration, CAFP, 1800 F Street, NW, Room B-242, Washington, DC 20405 Attention: Vivian P. Smith. For technical questions contact Virginia McDonald on 202-501-9165. Point of contact forcontracting questions is: Vivian Smith on 202-501-2971. (0289)

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