U.S. Information Agency, International Broadcasting Bureau, Contracts and Procurement Division, B/PA/AC, Room 2517, 330 C St, SW, Washington, DC 20547

B -- OFF-THE-SHELF AUDIENCE DATA AND ANALYTICAL REPORTS ON INTERNATIONAL MEDIA USE SOL CON-00-0010 DUE 011100 POC Contact Point/Contracting Officer: Lesley D. Isaac Jr., Contracting Officer, Telephone: (202) 619-1623; Facsimile: (202) 205-1921 The Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), Office of Contracts, Simplified Acquisition Branch, (CON/SA), intents solicit, negotiate, and award a Purchase Order (contract) on a non- competitive basis using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13) to INTERMEDIA to provide off-the shelf audience data (SPSS data files and printed tabulations) and analytical report on international media use in: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bosnia, Croatia, Ukraine and Russia. The data is proprietary to INTERMEDIA and is only available from them. The statutory authority to permitting other than full and open competition that is applicable to this procurement is FAR Subpart 6.302-1 (a) (2), 41 U.S.C 253 (c) (1), which states: "when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for." This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive price quotations. Interested firms or persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. All such price quotations must be received by the Government by 12 noon EST, Tuesday, January 11, 2000 to be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order (contract) based upon responses to this Notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any information received from interested firms/persons responding to this Notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any questions regarding this Notice shall be in writing and submitted to the Contracting Officer, Mr. Lesley D. Isaac, Jr. via facsimile at (202) 205-1921. This Notice is not a RFP, IFB, or RFQ. Posted 12/27/99 (W-SN411432). (0361)

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