Directorate Of Contracting, Hq Carlisle Barracks, 314 Lovell Ave, Suite 1, Carlisle Pa 17013-5072

R -- NEWS MEDIA ROLE PLAYING SUPPORT SOL DABT43-99-Q-0001 DUE 120798 POC Richard A. Myers, Contracting Officer 717-245-4631 E-MAIL: Richard A. Myers, myersr@awc.carlisle.Army.mil. The US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership's, Strategic Crisis Exercise is to be conducted the last two weeks of March 1999. The exercise requires contractor/government produced News media role playing support for realistic effect. Before and during the exercise, media analysts and controllers generate CNN-style newscasts, which are broadcast at set periods and as needed during the exercise. Six "media" support personnel will augment the Public Affairs Detachment's (PAD) electronic media cell in five roles: Writer/On-camera reporter, News Director/On-camera anchor, Two (2) news producers, Avid editor and production assistant. Planning meetings at Carlisle Barracks will be 15-18 December 1998 and 4-6 March 1999. Additional the contract team will travel to to the Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) Headquarters at St. Paul, Minesota during a multiple unit training assignment (MUTA) drill period in January or early February 1999 (date to be determined) to coordinate with PAD leaders. Thegovernment will provide all workspace, equipment and supplies, i.e. b-roll, editing machines and cameras. PAD and War College personnel will serve as camera crews and editors. Contractor personnel must posses a secret security classification or be escorted. All data is owned by the government and must be protected for unauthorized release. Previous exercise and national media experience is prefered. Simplified purchase procedures and "Best Value" decisional rules apply. A mid-November date for a pre-proposal conference will be announced in the RFQ packet. Packets will be mailed after 6 November 1998. Do not telephone the Contracting Officer for the date or time of this conference and requests for RFQ packets must be in writing. All questions will be answered at the pre-proposal conference or submitted in writing, prior to the conference. Offers must include all work specified. This acquisition is un-restricted, SIC code 8742. Posted 10/22/98 (W-SN264649). (0295)

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