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D -- TRAFFIC SCHEDULING SYSTEM (TSS) FOR RADIO/TV BROADCAST FACILITY DUE 120198 POC Contracting POC: Brent Peavler, B/PA/AC, Phone: (202) 619-3545, Facsimile: (202) 260-0855; Technical POC: John Rogers, B/E; Phone: (202) 619-3287; Facsimile: (202) 619-3594. E-MAIL: Click here to send e-mail to the Technical Point of, jrogers@ibb.gov. Market Survey/Request for Information. The USIA International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) seeks information from qualified and experienced firms for providing a "Traffic Scheduling System (TSS)" package. The TSS will allow automated scheduling of broadcasting resources, such as radio studios, transmission and program source circuits, recording and playback devices, telephone interconnects, personnel, etc. It will schedule events such as air shows, feed recordings, playback etc. The TSS will operate on a widely supported, enterprise-type relational data-base, exchanging traffic scheduling data electronically with other data-base systems. The TSS will respond to user inquiries for data display, indexed by any of the forgoing resources, and it will manually or automatically output customer-defined reports. Interested firms shall have documented experience in supplying TSS's as described above for large-scale broadcast facilities, and they are requested to provide pertinent capability experience by identifying and describing customers/projects for which their firm has provided a TSS that meets the above stated technical requirements. Interested firms shall have an existing, off-the-shelf, working TSS that can be readily customized to meet IBB's specific needs, and is available for demonstration. Interested firms shall provide product, qualifications, and experience capability information to: USIA International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Engineering and Technical Services (B/E), Digital Project Team, Room 4554, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20547, Attention: Mr. John Rogers. Proprietary information shall be marked as such. Responses shall be provided on or before December 1, 1998. The Agency will not award a contract on the basis of responses nor pay for preparation of any information submitted. This sources sought notice is for information and planning purposes only, and is not a Request for Proposal. Any future solicitation will be synopsized in the Commerce Business Daily prior to its release. Posted 10/29/98 (W-SN266677). (0302)

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