PRESOL | T | Video Director Services

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 26, 2010 FBO #3044
SOLICITATION NOTICE

T -- Video Director Services

Notice Date: 3/24/2010
Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS: 711510 — Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
Contracting Office: Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Unit - Air Force District of Washington, 11 CONS, 20 MacDill Blvd Suite 400, Bldg P20, Bolling AFB, District of Columbia, 20032, United States
ZIP Code: 20032
Solicitation Number: FA7012-10-T-0018
Archive Date: 4/20/2010
Point of Contact: Anthony Vaughn, Phone: 202-767-8034, Monica L. Ceaser, Phone: 202-767-7979
E-Mail Address: anthony.vaughn.ctr@afncr.af.mil, Monica.Ceaser.ctr@afncr.af.mil
(anthony.vaughn.ctr@afncr.af.mil, Monica.Ceaser.ctr@afncr.af.mil)
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: This is a combined synopsis/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 solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as Request for Quotation (RFQ) and the reference number is FA7012-10-T-0018. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-39. The North American Industry Classification System code is 711510 with a business size standard of $7.0 million. The proposed contract is 100 percent set-aside for small business. CONTRACT LINE ITEMS: 0001: Nonpersonal Services: The contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, tools and transportation necessary to provide a video director services in accordance with the statement of work (SOW) below. The contractor services shall be performed at the Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD 20852-3385. The period of performance is from 12 April 2010 through 9 July 2010. QTY: 1 LOT, UNIT PRICE: Schedule A: _________, EXTENDED AMOUNT: _________. Schedule B: _________, EXTENDED AMOUNT: _________. 1.0. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES 1.1. SCOPE OF WORK. The Contractor shall furnish personnel, materials and transportation necessary to provide a Video Director Services for the USAF Band musical broadcast. This broadcast shall be taped for later release, approximately 90 minutes in length and shall showcase at least two guest artists. The musicians shall be USAF Band personnel. The govenrment shall contract for the audio and video crews separately to perform along with the director sevices on this contract. The show shall be performed at the Strathmore located in the Bethesda, MD. 1.2. DIRECTOR SERVICES. The Contractor shall provide original camera shots and switching based on the script and the artistic scope of the USAF Band Producer and shall prepare scripts and provide direction for image magnification above the stage of the hall. The Contractor shall be on site at the Strathmore for the duration of production (10-14 May 2010) and provide all services associated with directing a high production value entertainment television special suitable for national broadcast in accordance with standard commercial practices. The government shall provide a hard drive with AVID HD files of the performance footage. The Contractor shall be responsible for creating an edited off-line version of the program with an accompanying Avid HD project file for approval by the USAF Band Producer prior to a final listening and viewing session at Bolling AFB on 18 June 2010. The Contractor shall be on site at the on-line post production facility 5-9 July 2010. 1.3. MEETINGS. The Contractor shall ensure that the director attends at a minimum, the production meeting on 12 April 2010 at the Strathmore. Key personnel shall be available, in person or via teleconference, for any additional meetings that may be required during the entire production period 12 April 2010 through 9 July 2010. All prospective contractors shall ensure they can meet the daily schedule as stated in the SOW. 1.4. PRODUCTION. The contractor's key personnel shall be on-site and available from 10-14 May 2010 and 18 June 2010 and 5-9 July 2010 as determined necessary based on coordination with the USAF Band Producer. During this period, specific rehearsal times, arrival times, and release times will be subject to change and the Contractor shall meet the requirements necessary to fulfill the production expectations. The contractor shall ensure key personnel can be contacted immediately if an emergency meeting or change in schedule becomes necessary. All meetings and taping services shall be provided at the Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane Bethesda, MD 20852-3385. All Post Production services shall be provided by a contractor and yet to be determined. There are two options for schedules. The vendor shall provide a separate quote for each schedule. Schedule A is as follows: Production Meeting 12APR10 1000-1200 Load-In 10MAY10 0800-1700 Cue to Cue Tech Rehearsal/Work Notes 11MAY10 0800-2200 Cue to Cue Tech Rehearsal/Work Notes 12MAY10 0800-2200 Dress Rehearsal and Taping 13MAY10 1000-2100 Show and Taping 14MAY10 1300-2200 Load-Out 14MAY10 2200-0300 Audio/Video Final viewing 18JUN10 0900-1730 Video Post Production 5-9JUL10 0900-1730 Schedule B is as follows: Production Meeting 12APR10 1000-1200 Load-In 11MAY10 0800-1700 Cue to Cue Tech Rehearsal/Work Notes 12MAY10 0800-2200 Dress Rehearsal and Taping 13MAY10 1000-2100 Show and Taping 14MAY10 1300-2200 Load-Out 14MAY10 2200-0300 Audio/Video Final viewing 18JUN10 0900-1730 Video Post Production 5-9JUL10 0900-1730 1.5. GENERAL INFORMATION 1.5.1. Government Remedies. The contracting officer shall follow FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, for contractor's failure to perform satisfactory services or failure to correct nonconforming services. 1.5.2. Recognized Holidays. Memorial Day and Independence Day 1.5.3. Security Requirements. All personnel employed by the contractor in the performance of this contract, or any representative of the contractor entering the government installation, shall abide by all security regulations of the installation. 1.5.3.1. Base Access. The contractor shall obtain personnel identification passes for all employees and vehicle passes for all contractor and personal vehicles entering Bolling AFB. The contractor must complete AF Form 75, Request for Visitor/Vehicle Pass and DD Form 1172, Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card and submit them to Security Forces, Pass and Registration. Vehicle registration, proof of insurance, and a valid driver's license must be presented for all vehicles to be registered. The contractor must submit a complete list of all employees performing on this contract through the Contracting Office to the Security Forces. Lost vehicle and entry passes shall be reported immediately to Security Police and the govnerment representative. 1.5.3.2. Physical Security. The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government property provided for contractor use. 1.5.4. Contractor Requirements. 1.5.4.1. Contractor Employees. The contractor shall provide qualified and trained employees for all equipment used in this contract. The contractor shall have a minimum of 12 years experience of professional experience as a video director of high production value multi-camera entertainment programs for broadcast, provide a minimum of two (2) examples of professional work in the form of video, and professional experience as a director for live musical HD broadcast and a resume reflecting the 12 years of experience. The contactor shall provide three (3) references. 1.5.4.2. The crew chief and control of contractor employees in fhe performance of this contract shall be the responsibility of the contactor, to coordinate between crew, director, and the USAF, however, the contractor shall comply espcially with the contract requirements and Bolling Air Force regulations concerning conduct of employees. 1.5.5. Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The service provider shall be knowledgeable of and shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, permits, Department of Defense (DoD), AF, and base requirements and instructions required for the performance of the duties in this SOW. The service provider shall ensure policies and procedures are established that protect the safety and welfare of customers, employees, and the community to minimize or eliminate safety or environmental pollution risks. 1.5.6. Indemnification: The contractor agrees to indemnify and hold the Government and the Department of the Air Force harmless, whether in tort or in contract, for any and all loss or liability for injury to or death of service provider personnel in transit to, from or during the period of attendance at any of the required locations in support of this production. 1.5.7. RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES All rights and royalties resulting from the production of this musical shall become the property of the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Band. The Contractor shall not have any rights to potential royalties, now or in the future, as a result of their performance under the terms and conditions of this contract. INSPECTON AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS: Services shall be accepted at Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD 20852-3385. FAR PROVISIONS: The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and the applicable Addendum to FAR Clause 52.212-1 is as follow: 52.252-1 http://farsite.hill.af.mil, 52.252-5: (b) DFARS (Chapter 2), 52-222-22, 52.222-25, and 252.225-7000. 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be advantageous to the Government. The competing offerors' price is more important after technical information is acceptable. The government seeks to award to the offeror who best meet or exceed the requirements affordably. A decision on the technical acceptability of each offeror's quoted shall be made. Only those offerors determined to be technically acceptable, either initially or as a result of clarifications, will be considered for award. A rating of unacceptable will render the entire proposal unacceptable. The Government will determine technical acceptability as described by the evaluation factors. In making this decision, the Contracting Officer will integrate the evaluation team's evaluations of the evaluation factors. Evaluation Factors: 1. Technical Factor: Trained Contractor Personnel: The standard is met when adequate resumes/certifications for key personnel are provided with sufficient information indicating personnel education, experience, references, and examples of work submitted as well as any other information relative to performance of this contract. The extent, depth and quality of the key personnel's relevant work experience, as well as the quality and applicability of their education technical experience and professional development as they relate to their proposed position in performance of the contract shall be evaluated. The following technical evaluation factors will be evaluated and rated according to the chart listed below: Rating Definition Acceptable Acceptable - meets minimum mandatory requirements. Unacceptable Unacceptable - does not meet minimum mandatory requirements. 2. Price Factor: This factor will evaluated the cost proposal to determine price analysis and price reasonableness of the proposed total evaluated price. Offerors are specifically advised that, under this evaluation method, the government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the prices are unbalanced if they are significantly overstated or understated in relation to the actual cost of the work. This may be ground for eliminating a proposal from competition either on the basis that the offeror does not understand the requirement or the offeror has made an unrealistic proposal. By signing its offer, the offeror certifies that the price stated on the CLIN includes an appropriate apportionment of all costs, direct and indirect, overhead, and profit. Review of the offeror price data will consist of an analysis to determine the following: (A) Price Analysis. All cost and financial information required by the is RFQ and amendment (s) there to have been submitted. One or more of the following techniques may be used to perform price analysis. (1) Comparison of proposed prices received in response to the solicitation. (2) Comparison if prior proposed prices and contract prices with current proposed prices received for the same or similar end items. (3) Comparison of proposed prices with Independent Government Estimates (IGE). (B) Price Reasonableness. Each quotation will be evaluated to determine whether the government considers the proposed price to be reasonable. The government will evaluate price reasonableness in relation to commercial or market price lists, IGE, or any other information used as a basis for comparison. FAR 52.212-3, "Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items" applies to this acquisition and offeror(s) must include, a completed copy with its offer. FAR 52.212-3 can be obtained from http://farsite.hill.af.mil or from http://orca.bpn.gov if registered in Online Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA). An offeror shall complete only paragraph (j) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically at ORCA. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) through (i) of this provision. FAR CLAUSES: The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and the applicable Addendum to FAR Clause 52.212-4 are as follow: 52.204-7, 52.214-31(f)(1) fax# (202)767-7887, 52.214-34, 52.214-35, 52.223-5, 52.223-6, 52.237-2, 52.252-2, http://farsite.hill.af.mil, 52.252-6: (b) DFARS (Chapter 2), 52.253-1, 252.204-7003, 252.204-7004 Alt A, 252.212-7001: 252.232-7003, 252.232-7006, 252.246-7000 and 252.247-7023 Alt III, 252.225-7001, 252.225-7002, 252.232-7010, 252.243-7001, and 5352.242-9000: (c) Mrs. Diane Dade, 1535 Command Drive, Suite 202, Andrews AFB, Camp Spring MD, 20762 Phone # 301-981-7342. FAR CLAUSE 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, including the following sub-clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.219-6, 52.222-3, 52.222-21,, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-41, 52.222-43, 52.222-50, 52.223-5, 52.232-33, 52.233-3, and 52.233-4. To be eligible for an award, all contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. A contractor can contact the CCR by calling 1-888-227-2423 or e-mail at http://www.ccr.gov. NO EXCEPTIONS. A DUNS (Dun and Bradstreet) number is required in order to register. The FAR clause web site is http://farsite.hill.af.mil. All invoices shall be submitted through Wide Area Work Flow. You can register at https://wawf.ef.mil/index.html. All quotes must be received by 2:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 5 April 2010 to 11th CONS/LGCO, 20 MacDill Blvd, Suite 400, Bolling AFB, DC 20032 by mail, facsimile, or e-mail to anthony.vaughn.ctr@afncr.af.mil. An official authorized to bind your company shall sign and date the quote. Questions concerning this solicitation should be addressed to Anthony Vaughn, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 767-8034, FAX (202) 767-7887 or e-mailed to anthony.vaughn.ctr@afncr.af.mil or Monica Ceaser, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 767-7979, FAX (202) 767-8097 or e-mailed to monica.ceaser.ctr@afncr.af.mil.
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Place of Performance: Address: Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, 20852, United States; Zip Code: 20852
Record: SN02101482-W 20100326/100325011628-eb888096c3e34c1441410da3c7601eaf (fbodaily.com)
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