Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Contracts (CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 2500, Washington, DC 20237

D -- CONVENTION POOL FEED (PHILADELPHIA, PA AND LOS ANGELES, CA) SOL CON-00-0071 DUE 072400 POC Contact Point/Contracting Officer: Gloria Sweetney; Voice: (202) 619-1623; Facsimile: (202) 205-1921. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, gjsweetn@IBB.GOV. The Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Bureau (BBG/IBB), Office of Contracts, Simplified Acquisitions Branch, (CON/SA) has a requirement for a contractor who can provide multiple camera coverage of the Republican and Democratic Convention feeds, as listed below, using the "Simplified Acquisition Procedures" specified in Part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). This is a combined Notice/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this Notice. This announcement constitutes the only notice/solicitation for convention pool feed services. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation document will not be issued. Price quotations submitted in response to this combined CBD Notice and Request For Quotation (RFQ) No. CON-00-0071 that exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (as specified in FAR Subpart 2.101, Definitions) will not be considered asresponsive to this RFQ. For the purpose of this RFQ, all references to "Offers" are understood to be "quotations" and all applicable FAR solicitation provisions and contract clauses up through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-17, are hereby incorporated by reference into this RFQ. The solicitation line items are as follows: Item 1. Republican Convention Pool Feed in Philadelphia, PA for the period: July 31 through August 3, 2000, Qty: 4 Days; Item 2. Democratic Convention Pool Feed in Los Angeles, CA for the period: August 14 through 17, 2000, Qty: 4 Days. For both conventions the contractor shall provide unkeyed, gavel-to-gavel multi-camera, switched and isolated head-on video and audio multiple camera coverage of events. The contractor shall also provide the pertinent items that are required for access to its feeds and any special payment provisions. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: As stated in items 1 and 2 above; PERFORMANCE PERIOD: As stated above in items 1 and 2. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items and 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items are applicable to this procurement. The following FAR clauses are applicable to this procurement: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, including subparagraphs (b) ( 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 23) and (c) (1 and 2);. Evaluation: The Government will award a firm-fixed price Purchase Order resulting from this solicitation/ request for quotation to the responsible quoter whose quotation, conforming to this RFQ, is most advantageous to the Government based on price and the contractor who is able to provide multiple camera coverage of the conventions floor proceedings. NOTE: Quoters responding to this RFQ should submit to the below-listed Contracting Officer the following information: unit and extended price for all requested items, prompt payment terms, correct remittance address if different from the firms mailing address, Tax Identification Number (TIN), DUNS number and a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their price quotation. A company not in possession of the above-referenced FAR clauses or provisions in full text may contact the Contracting Officer and a copy of the clause(s) or provision(s) will be facsimiled to the company. Price quotations shall be in writing and they shall be accompanied by a completed Representations and Certifications or they will be rejected. A company representative authorized to bind your company must sign the price quotation. Oral quotations will not be accepted for this procurement. Any questions (technical or otherwise) related to this procurement shall be in writing and shall be sent directly and only to the Contracting Officer, Gloria Sweetney. All price quotations shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer, not later than, COB (5:00 EST), Monday, July 24, 2000 and shall reference this RFQ No. CON-00-0071. Price Quotations may be sent via either facsimile (202) 205-1921 or mailed to the above address. Posted 07/14/00 (W-SN474963). (0196)

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