SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Staffing and Management of Talent Vendors
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 711510
— Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, Office of Contracts, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Office of Administration (OCB/A), 4201 NW 77th Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33166
- ZIP Code
- 33166
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-IBBCON-6013
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2012
- Point of Contact
- Wayne Greene, Phone: 202-382-7860, Herman Shaw, Phone: 202-382-7856
- E-Mail Address
-
wgreene@ibb.gov, hshaw@ibb.gov
(wgreene@ibb.gov, hshaw@ibb.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does NOT constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Quotations (RFQ), Invitation for Bids (IFB), a promise to issue a formal acquisition or Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Also, the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or Sources Sought Notice, or otherwise pay for information, inquiries, or the Government's use of such information. Failure to respond to this RFI does NOT preclude participation in any future procurement. In the event a related procurement action is released, it will be released via the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov). It is the responsibility of interested sources to monitor this website for any information that may pertain to this RFI. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is an Executive Branch Federal Government agency that oversees U.S. broadcasting of news and information to audiences around the world. BBG includes the Voice of America (VOA) and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), as well as grantee entities Radio Free Asia (RFA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and the Middle East Broadcasting Network (MBN). Together, VOA and OCB distribute programming in English and 42 other languages to an estimated weekly audience of 175 million people. These languages include English, Afan Oromo, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese, Creole, Croatian, Dari, French, Georgian, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Macedonian, Mandarin, Ndebele, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek and Vietnamese. BBG's programming is delivered using almost every available platform including, but not limited to radio, television ("TV"), Internet, and mobile phone technology. The BBG is seeking a company capable of providing regular reports from journalists presently residing in the Central American and Caribbean region. The journalists would conduct interviews and provide fair, accurate, balanced and objective news and feature stories in Spanish for broadcast on radio, television, mobile and web as required, including breaking news, and deliver news reports and work on short deadlines. Journalists should also be able to gather and provide photographs and video and should be able to both pitch their own stories and respond to the needs of the BBG newsrooms. Interested parties should also explain the existing procedures that they use to verify reports (double sourcing) before stories are transmitted to BBG. The journalists under employment need not be full time employees of the interested party (i.e. they can be freelancers) but the company will handle all necessary paperwork and payments related to the employment of said journalists, including taxes, tariffs, etc. In addition, the interested party would be responsible for the accuracy and technical quality of the reports. These services are currently provided by a large number of individual independent contractors. In order to enhance performance of its journalism and international broadcasting missions, BBG is exploring the possibility of consolidating these contracted services under one or more "umbrella" service contracts. BBG is conducting market research to ascertain the existence of sources having the demonstrated ability to provide staffing and management of contractor personnel to perform the services described above. The information below is provided to help those sources who are interested in responding to this RFI. Interested Parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a comprehensive written "Capabilities Statement," consisting of an original and two (2) copies, describing their approach to this Notice. The "Capabilities Statement" must include, at a minimum, the following: 1. State your business size (i.e., small, large, etc.) and ownership; 2. Provide evidence of specific examples of your successful past performance, with a desired minimum of three (3) years of experience providing journalistic services in the region of Central America and the Caribbean; 3. Clearly describe your ability to provide the journalists in the above region, including the procedures that you would employ to ensure that the stories you would provide are factual and "vetted" prior to transmission (i.e., "double sourcing"), Also, state your ability to deliver stories in Spanish; and the terms and conditions that you seek and any minimum work period for the journalists, if any; 4. Provide three current or former clients, including the names and title, current address, city, state, country, email and telephone number of the customer point-of-contact and how payments were completed; 5. Must have the capability of delivering original stories on a 24 hour per day, seven day per week basis in Spanish to the BBG; All proprietary information must be clearly marked in accordance with the instructions set forth below in "Marking Requirements." Any information that is not labeled in accordance with these instructions shall be deemed non-proprietary by the BBG. All information submitted in response to this RFI may be disclosed to BBG and other Government personnel, as well as to third parties. BBG will protect properly marked proprietary information submitted in response to this RFI from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with applicable law and regulation. The BBG reserves the right to challenge proprietary information markings. Notwithstanding any proprietary information marking, BBG shall be able to include any information provided by interested sources, in a subsequent RFP, should one be issued. Marking Requirements. The header and footer of each page containing interested source proprietary information shall be marked with the legend "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION." Further, the particular paragraph(s), section(s), etc. containing the actual proprietary information shall be clearly high-lighted or otherwise marked by the interested source. The Capabilities Statement must address the following matters. CORPORATE CAPABILITES (maximum 10 pages). The Source shall clearly describe its demonstrated experience relative to staffing and managing a workforce of at least100 full-time employees providing to news organization and Government customers (with very general guidance from, but NOT supervision by, those customers): English and multiple foreign language translation and broadcast journalism services, video editing services, related broadcast studio and non-studio technical services (including electronic graphic arts services), and other services as described above. PAST CONTRACTS. List 3 locations and customers where and for whom you have provided the same or similar services. For each, provide: the contract number, type, total amount, and contract start and completion dates; a brief description of the project; and customer contact information (including name, address, telephone number, and email). REFERENCES. Provide the name, title, current address, city, state, country, and email for at least three customers (who may include individuals named in the "Past Contracts" section, immediately above). Interested sources may send their submittals by regular U.S. mail, e-mail, or courier. Telephone or facsimile responses ARE NOT acceptable and WILL NOT be considered. All written or courier delivered responses, consisting of original and two (2) copies to this RFI notice, must be received by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), on June 28, 2012 at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, Office of Contracts, Attention: Wayne Greene, (wgreene@bbg.gov), Office of Contracts (CON), Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 "C" St., SW., Room 4007, Washington, DC 20237. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. NO telephone or oral responses will be accepted. Those who respond to this Notice will be notified whether their written "Capabilities Statement," as verified by VOA, is responsive to this Notice. If it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government, interested and qualified sources responding to this Notice may be requested to provide follow-up information. A determination to compete, or not to compete, in a future procurement will be based on the responses to this RFI notice, and is solely within the discretion of the Government. This Notice is not a RFP, IFB, or RFQ.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Miami, Florida, 33166, United States
- Zip Code: 33166
- Zip Code: 33166
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