SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Consumer Survey and Media Ownership Study - Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Managing Director, Contracts and Purchasing Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20554
- ZIP Code
- 20554
- Solicitation Number
- FCCRFQ1000000QR2
- Archive Date
- 7/21/2010
- Point of Contact
- Bridget C Gauer, Phone: 2024181865
- E-Mail Address
-
bridget.gauer@fcc.gov
(bridget.gauer@fcc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Statement of Work This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number FCCRFQ100000QR1 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This procurement is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures in FAR Part 13 under the FAR Subpart 13.5 test program for commercial items. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-41. This RFQ is issued as a small business set aside under NAICS code 541690. The size standard is $7 million. The following contract line item numbers (CLINs) are included in this RFQ: CLIN 0001: Conduct Consumer Survey and Provide Media Ownership Study in accordance with the statement of work. Sub CLIN 0001A - Status Report on Research Efforts 1 JB _________ Sub CLIN 0001B- Draft Survey Instrument and Procedures 1 JB _________ Sub CLIN 0001C- Survey Results 1 JB______ Sub CLIN 0001D - Draft Study 1 JB _________ Sub CLIN0001E Final Study 1 JB _________ Total ______________ Pricing: Vendors shall provide Firm Fixed Price (FFP) quotes. The Government may determine that a quotation is unacceptable if the proposed Sub CLIN prices are significantly unbalanced. Provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition with the following addenda: Vendors are requested to demonstrate their expertise through a written quotation. Vendor quotes shall be no more than fifteen (15) pages (excluding resumes, pricing, and 52.212-3 representations and certifications). Quotation information that exceeds the respective section page limitations will not be considered. Quotation text shall not be smaller than 12-pitch type. Quotation page format shall be based on standard 8½ by 11 inch paper. Failure to fully adhere to the prescribed format may result in your disqualification from the competition. Any Questions regarding the RFQ must be submitted by 3pm 6/23/2010 via email to Bridget.Gauer@FCC.Gov. Quotations shall address the following elements: 1. Technical Factor: The vendor shall describe the specific methodology you will employ to fulfill study objectives: a. Address the specific methodology you will employ including its: (i) merits; (ii) associated risks; and (iii) links to supporting the achievement of the specific study goals b. Describe how your study will identify the relevant performance metric(s) that relate(s) to one or more of the Commission's media ownership policy goals (competition, localism, and diversity) c. Describe how your study will analyze the impact of differences in local market media ownership structures on the performance metric (including, for example, controls for other factors influencing the performance metric) d. Identify the market(s) for your study; e. Identify the data you will use, including your plans for use of Government Furnished Information (GFI). For any other data to be acquired by the contractor ("additional data"), detail how it will be obtained and itemize the cost. f. Describe the statistical technique(s) you will apply to the data g. Address how your statistical technique(s) reduces and/or mitigates potential statistical biases h. Address your technical approach to drawing the sample of potential respondents to the consumer survey, how you plan to administer the survey (e.g., via telephone, on-line, mail, or some other method, including a combination of techniques), and your knowledge of and ability to use technically sound, feasible, and cost-efficient methods for collecting survey data and completing the statement of work tasks specified. i. Address how you will report study findings 2. Key Personnel - Provide resumes for proposed key personnel, including a project manager. For the key personnel who will be preparing the study based on the survey data, the minimum qualification is a Ph.D. in economics, political science, or an equivalent field. Resumes shall include at a minimum the following information: i. Name ii. Education / Professional certifications iii. Experience that is relevant to proposed effort For the key personnel who will be preparing the study based on the survey data, resumes shall also include publication experience (including publication, title, topic, date, etc.). 3. Past Performance-Vendors shall provide two (2) references of previous projects (e.g., consumer surveys) similar in size, scope, and complexity to this procurement. Each past performance reference shall not exceed two pages in length. The FCC may contact those references during the evaluation process to verify relevant experience and level of performance. The FCC may, at its discretion, obtain and evaluate information from sources other than those provided by the vendor. The Government will evaluate the degree to which the vendor's past performance demonstrates experience likely to result in satisfactory performance. Vendors shall submit past performance references in the following format: Section Content Section 1 - Customer Information 1.1. Name of Contracting Activity 1.2. Contract Number 1.3. Initial Contract Value 1.4. Total Contract Value 1.5. Period of Performance 1.6. Customer Point of Contact 1.7. Customer POC Phone Section 2 - Description of Work Products/Services Delivered Describe Work Products and/or Services Delivered to this customer. Describe and demonstrate how this past performance correlates with FCC's SOW Requirements Section 3 - List of Proposed Personnel that worked on this Past Performance reference. List of Proposed Personnel who worked on cited past performance, their role/responsibility on cited past effort, their utilization on cited effort, and their proposed role/ responsibility on proposed effort. The Government will make an offer to the vendor whose quotation conforms to the requirements of this solicitation and is most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: Technical, Key personnel, Past Performance, and Price. Technical, key personnel, and past performance when combined are more important than price. Price will be evaluated by adding Sub CLIN 0001A, 0001B, 0001C, 0001D, and 0001E together for a total price. If additional data is quoted, the cost should be itemized and included in Sub CLIN 0001D - Draft Study. Vendors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with their quotations. Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition with no addendum. Clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition: 52.203-6, 52.219-6, 52.219-8, 52.219-14, 52.219-28, 52-222-3, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-41, 52.222-42, 52.222-42, 52.225-13, and 52.232-33. Clause at 52.227-14 Rights in Data-General, applies to all data other than Government-furnished information (GFI), except as follows: (1) raw data that the contractor has acquired under license from a third party shall be identified as limited rights data and submitted with limited rights as provided in the Limited Rights Notice in FAR 52.227-14 Alternate II, with no rights to disclosure outside the Government; and (2) if the contractor-created data set delivered with the final report contains any licensed third party data acquired by the contractor, the data set shall be identified as limited rights data and submitted with limited rights as provided in the Limited Rights Notice in FAR 52.227-14 Alternate II, but is subject to disclosure outside the Government for the following additional purposes-(a) for the sole purpose of evaluating the study, the data set may be made available to peer reviewers subject to the terms of a non-disclosure agreement; and (b) for the sole purpose of allowing members of the public to comment upon the study, the data set may be made available to the public subject to the terms and conditions of a protective order issued by the Commission. Clause at 52.222-49, Service Contract Act-Place of Performance Unknown, is incorporated with the following time and date information for requesting wage determinations for vendors' proposed performance locations: by the response date. The offeror shall submit invoices in accordance with the FCC invoice procedures below: INVOICES NOTE: *Invoices may be submitted via email to: FO-Einvoices@fcc.gov. In addition, copies of the emailed invoices shall also be sent to the CO and COTR. Only one emailed copy is required. Invoices* may be submitted in an original and two copies to: FCC Travel/ Operations Group, Room #1A761, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor Location, United States
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