SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- RFE/RL Radio Program in Kyrgyzstan - solicitation
- Notice Date
- 10/25/2018
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 515111
— Radio Networks
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Director, Office of Contracts, Eurasia Office of Strategy and Development, Vinohradska 159a, 100 00 Prague 10, Non-U.S., Czech Republic
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 95T813-19-R-0003
- Archive Date
- 11/14/2018
- Point of Contact
- Adam Gartner, Phone: +4901743965476, Dominika Porkertova, Phone: 420221123780
- E-Mail Address
-
atgartne@bbg.gov, porkertovad@bbg.gov
(atgartne@bbg.gov, porkertovad@bbg.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachment B - Price schedule SOW for RFE/RL Kyrgyz radio program in Kyrgyzstan Solicitation for RFE/RL Kyrgyz radio program in Kyrgyzstan ATTACHMENT A STATEMENT OF WORK FOR SOLICITATION NO. 95T813-19-R-0003 RFE/RL KYRGYZ RADIO PROGRAM IN KYRGYZSTAN 1. The Broadcasting Board of Governors is seeking a radio Station with coverage in Bishkek city, Osh and Jalal-Abad that has the ability to reach mass audience in Kyrgyzstan cable or terrestrial to provide the services described below. 2. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), Office of Strategy and Development (OSD) in Prague, Czech Republic, is seeking a "Provider" that is a news radio Provider. A Provider is defined as a full time radio Station with a one year minimum of operating experience, which has the ability to reach mass audience in Bishkek city, Osh and Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan with a reputation for producing respected, credible and accurate news programming. 3. The primary objective is to provide transmission of the BBG-provided content (RFERL Kyrgyz program) on a regular basis, as described below in the broadcast schedule, to the largest possible audience in Bishkek city, Osh and Jalal-Abad in Kyrgyzstan using available BBG funding. 4. The preferred Provider shall broadcast RFE/RL Kyrgyz radio program from Monday to Sunday from 07:00 to 09:00; from 18:00 to 19:00 and from 20:00 to 21:00 local time with the broadcast airing not varying more than two minutes from the aforementioned times. Samples can be found at the following website: https://www.rferl.org/p/5545.html 5. BBG is solely responsible for the content of all BBG provided programming and is authorized to produce its program in the desired format, so long as it does not violate the laws of Kyrgyzstan. 6. The Provider shall supply all personnel, equipment, and transmission services to receive and rebroadcast the RFE/RL radio Programs in its entirety, without pre-emption, alteration, abridgement or excerption. However, the Provider shall have the right to decline to run the BBG content, so long as BBG is notified in advance of the intent and reason, and may recommend changes to program format or content. No alterations shall be made, however, without the prior written agreement of the Contracting Officer (CO), the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). 7. The Provider will only be paid for the original airings of the RFERL radio programs that are run from start to completion and to the satisfaction of the BBG. 8. The Provider shall inform the BBG in advance of any planned alteration of the program's scheduled broadcast airing or other technical or administrative issues post award. The Provider and the BBG shall provide each other with point of contact information for notification purposes. 9. The BBG will transmit RFERL radio Programs to the Provider via satellite, Internet/File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or other means. The technical details of the transmission to the Station(s) and feed transmission times will be mutually agreed upon after contract award once a Station Provider is selected by the BBG.
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