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R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL CAFP-99-VPS-0029 DUE 120498 POC Vivian P. Smith 202-501-2971 WEB: Trade Show/Special Event Marketing Consulting, http://www/usa.gov/procurement/index.html. E-MAIL: vivianp.smith@gsa.gov, vivianp.smith@gsa.gov. The General Services Administration/Public Buildings Service/Office of External Affairs is seeking vendors who can provide Trade Show and Special Event Marketing Consulting Services to the Public Building Service (PBS) to promote the goals, products and service to our constituencies at trade shows, associations and client meetings. Marketing tools and aids must be designed to broadcast clear and consistent messages of PBS' capabilities, achievements, and strategic direction. Materials must capture audience direction and peak their interest. Vendors will need to furnish marketing strategies, market data, research and analysis, and marketing products for trade shows and special events. This procurement will be a 100% small business set-aside (FAR 52.219.6) SIC CODE 8742. Award under this Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be made under the Best Value continuum trade off process, as described in FAR 15.101 and 101-1. The Best Value continuum is defined as the means of source selection strategies and approaches that may be used to reflect the relative importance of cost of price. The Source selection approach or combination of approaches that will result in the Best Value is a case by case determination and can include: risk of unsuccessful performance, definitiveness of the requirement, amount of development work required, relative importance of technical factors and/or past performance and cost or price. GSA reserves the right to use a trade-off process if it deemed to be in the best interest of the Government. These services will be contracted under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13.106). The BPA will be 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 of this BPA will be from date of award to September 30, 1999. The reference number for this RFQ is CAFP-99-VPS-0029. Firms requesting a packet must state the reference number. Facsimile request will be accepted on 202-208-4107. NO TELEPHONE REQUEST WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO WALK INS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ONCE YOU FAX YOUR REQUES IN AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP YOUR PACKET, PLEASE INDICATE IT ON YOUR FAX, OTHERWISE THE INFORMATION WILL BE MAILED. The mailing address is General Services Administration (CAFP), 1800 F Street, NW, Room B-242, Washington, DC 20405. ALL QUOTES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1998 AT 2 PM E.S.T. ANY QUOTES RECEIVED AFTER THAT DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. SPECIAL NOTE: A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU MUST HAVE AN OFFICE 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. Posted 11/10/98 (W-SN270285). (0314)

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