SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- Survey & Install, Operation & Maintenance, Technical Support of Broadcast Systems in Middle East, Africa and South Asia
- Notice Date
- 5/2/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 515112
— Radio Stations
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Director, Office of Contracts, Office of Contracts (CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 4300, Washington, District of Columbia, 20237, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20237
- Solicitation Number
- 05022014WG
- Archive Date
- 7/19/2014
- Point of Contact
- Wayne D Greene, Phone: 202-382-7860, Herman P Shaw, Fax: 202-382-7870
- E-Mail Address
-
wgreene@bbg.gov, hshaw@bbg.gov
(wgreene@bbg.gov, hshaw@bbg.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Note: This is a reissuance of the PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE initially posted on 03 June 2013. For firms that are interested and that replied to the previous request, see submittal instructions below for options regarding re-submissions. 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 Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. BBG is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. All respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the Interested Party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is released. In the event a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the FedBizOpps website for additional information pertaining to this RFI. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is conducting a second Request for Information (RFI) to ascertain Industry's capability to provide surveys, installation, hosting, operation, maintenance, and technical support of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) Frequency Modulation (FM), Television (TV) and satellite uplink/downlink stations in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The BBG anticipates a future need for a Contractor (or Contractors) to survey, install, provide hosting services, operational and maintenance (O&M) services and technical oversight for approximately seventy (70) FM transmitter systems and approximately five (5) television transmitter systems located throughout the Middle East, Africa and South Asia; Provide site survey, installation, O&M and other technical services throughout the Middle East, Arabic speaking North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia as needed by the BBG; Provide timely technical support directly or on-contract to maintain high transmission availability at all responsible transmission locations; and Shall have the ability to communicate in Arabic and other local languages by telephone, Short Message Services (SMS) and/or email with all transmission locations, and travel freely throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. BACKGROUND :. BBG anticipates a future procurement with the award of a firm fixed-price (FFP) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a Base Year and four (4) yearly options, subject to the availability of funding. In addition, BBG may make multiple contract awards if, after review of submissions, it is determined that no single firm can accomplish all the BBG requirements at every location. BBG currently has anticipated operational requirements as follows: A. Provide hosting services, operational and maintenance (O&M) services and technical oversight for approximately twenty-six (26) FM transmitter systems and approximately five (5) television transmitter systems located at approximately fifteen (15) widely separated sites in Iraq; B. Provide technical oversight for approximately two (2) FM transmitter systems in Jordan; C. Provide technical oversight for approximately six (6) FM transmitter systems in Lebanon; D. Provide hosting services, O&M services and technical oversight for approximately three (3) FM transmitter systems in Libya; E. Provide hosting services, O&M services and technical oversight for approximately six (6) FM transmitter systems in Morocco; F. Provide hosting services, O&M services and technical oversight for approximately four (4) FM transmitter systems in Palestine; G. Provide hosting services, O&M services and technical oversight for one (1) possible FM transmitter system in Chad; and H. Provide technical oversight for approximately fifteen (15) FM transmitter systems in Afghanistan. I. BBG also anticipates having site surveys, system installation and emergency maintenance requirements on an as-needed basis throughout the target areas. Interested Parties that submitted Capability Statements to the previous RFI dated June 3, 2013 may resubmit its previous Capability Statement; may submit a new Capability Statement; or may submit an updated Capability Statement incorporating the previous submittal. Previous submittals were determined to be acceptable. BBG has a current need to “refresh” the Capability Statements before moving forward. REQUESTED INFORMATION. Interested Parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a comprehensive written "Capabilities Statement" consisting of an original and two (2) copies (OR (one (1) copy is acceptable if submitted as PDF attachment(s) to an email)), describing their approach to this Notice. The "Capabilities Statement" must include, at a minimum, the following: (1) BUSINESS SIZE (i.e., small, large, etc.) and ownership; (2) EXAMPLES OF CAPABILITIES: Evidence of specific examples of the respondent's successful past performance with a minimum of five (5) years experience in site survey, installation, and the hosting, operation, maintenance and technical support of FM, TV and satellite program feed systems; (3) TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE: Evidence of the respondent's current on-going operations in the Middle East (specifically Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon), North Africa (Libya, Morocco), Sub-Saharan Africa (Chad) and Afghanistan with an unclassified description of its current ongoing operations in these locations; Specific examples of the respondent's self-sustaining capabilities in the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa; and its ability to travel throughout these locations; (4) REFERENCES: Verifiable evidence of the respondent's capability to communicate (written, email, telephone, person-to-person) in both Arabic, English and other local languages (optional); List references, name and contact information; and (5) ESTIMATES: A sample project plan, including but not limited to a project schedule, equipment list, description of activities, and budgetary Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) to deliver to BBG a complete, operational FM and TV network as described above. Interested Parties should provide Hourly or Daily rates in US Dollars for categories of work including, at least, management, financial, technical (O&M) and technical (site survey and installation); and how those rates may change over the course of a proposed engagement. Interested parties should specifically describe and identify the amount of management fees. Interested Parties MAY state and provide evidence of their capabilities to provide services to ONLY SOME OR ALL of the above specified locations. Please be advised that BBG and the U.S. Government will NOT provide personnel or facility security in any of the locations. There presently is an incumbent Contractor(s) with broadcast equipment in place at most of the named locations and operating at the incumbent's owned/leased facilities. The incumbent's facilities may NOT be transferable to another Contractor for a future procurement. Also, in some locations, BBG has separate O&M contracts in place whereby the incumbent Contractor provides technical support to BBG. Interested Parties are cautioned that it is mandatory that BBG broadcasts NOT be interrupted during any future procurement or transition process which MAY mean the future contractor provides and installs its own equipment/facilities during the transition period. Interested parties responding to this RFI that clearly demonstrate they meet the above stated capabilities may be requested to provide full proposals with detailed information. All written or courier delivered responses, consisting of original and two (2) copies to (OR (one (1) copy is acceptable if submitted as PDF attachment(s) to an email), this RFI notice, must be received by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time (DST), on June 19, 2014 at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, Attention: Wayne Greene, Office of Contracts (CON), Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 "C" St., SW., Room 4007, Washington, DC 20237. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED ON EVERY PAGE. To aid the BBG, please segregate proprietary information. 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 BBG, 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, a future procurement solicitation 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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