COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 16,2000 PSA#2665 U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration/OFA/AGFS/AMD -- OFA51, 1305 East West Highway -- Station
7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 R -- REGIONAL COMMERCIAL INFORMATION PROVIDER SOL 00-91040 DUE 082900
POC Sandra Souders, (301) 713-0854 R -- The U.S. Dept. of
Commerce/BISNIS has a requirement for a contractor (Regional Commercial
Information Provider) to provide BISNIS with U.S. export and partner
leads, useful market updates, and practical industry and regional
reporting for Khabarovska, Russia and other select regions (Jewish
Autonomous Region, Amurskaya Oblast, Sakha/Yakutia, and potentially
others). The contractor will actively promote BISNIS programs among the
business community and media in his/her region(s) of responsibility,
including U.S. government and international programs, and especially
among alumni of other U.S. government programs. Trade and investment
leads will be used in BISNIS Trades & Tenders and Search for Partners
publications, and will be collected using BISNIS' company
questionnaires. The contractor will also be expected to assist BISNIS
trade specialists while traveling in the region to collect market
intelligence and attend conferences, trade shows, etc. The contractor
will be required to provide BISNIS with a number of reports (i.e.
regional, market, industry and practical information useful to U.S.
businesses). Completion of regional and other market reports may
require brief regional travel. The contractor will also be required to
contribute to the BISNIS Russian language web page. Period of
Performance will be from October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001.
Applicants must meet the following criteria: 1) Have extensive
experience performing research and preparing English-language reports
on commercial issues for a Western commercial audience; 2) Be skilled
at identifying pertinent issues and also at organizing thoughts and
ideas in a straightforward manner, and indicate a commitment to
ensuring the validity of information contained in reports; 3) Have
experience working with U.S. government programs, especially those to
facilitate US-Russia trade and investment, as well as experience
preparing commercial information for the U.S. government or other U.S.
commercially focused organizations and also have knowledge of U.S.
policies; 4) Have widespread, active contacts with the business
community and government leaders, as well as with U.S. business and
business-related NGO community, in the region(s) for which the
contractor is responsible, or indicate a strong motivation and ability
to develop and maintain such a network; 5) Show fluency in written and
spoken Russian and English, including ability to write reports using
standard business English; 5) Have an office located at a site in the
city of Khabarovsk that is professional and easily accessible to both
local firms and U.S. companies interested in investment and commercial
opportunities in the region, or be able to quickly set up such an
office; 6) Have a working e-mail account for communication between the
contractor and BISNIS; 7) Be able to work independently; show
individual initiative in the workplace (individual should be able to
initiate, complete, and submit required deliverables according to the
terms of the contract without prompting by contracting agency, and
should generate ideas for potential BISNIS reports and projects to
facilitate U.S. trade and investment in the region); exercise an
exceptional degree of professionalism (including quick responsiveness
to communications from BISNIS or other sources); show strong individual
initiative (generate ideas for potential BISNIS reports and projects to
facilitate U.S. trade and investment in the region. Qualified
applicants are invited to submit a written request for the solicitation
package to the address above, to be received no later than fifteen (15)
days from date of this notice. All applicants must submit information
as to their capabilities and any other pertinent data. All responses
will be evaluated on a "best value basis". Requests/Responses should be
faxed to (301) 713-0806. Award will be made using simplified
acquisition procedures. (Reference No. 00-91040). Posted 08/14/00
(W-SN485480). (0227) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0083 20000816\R-0010.SOL)
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