U.S. Dept. Of HUD, Ofc. of Procurement & Contracts, Admin. Support Div. (ARCA), 451 7th St., Sw, Rm. 5266, Washington, DC 20410-3000

R -- MOTION PICTURE AND VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION SERVICES SOL R-OPC-21444 DUE 052799 POC Amelia McCormick (202) 708-1772 ext. 7127 WEB: http://www/hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html, http://www.usa.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. E-MAIL: Amelia McCormick@hud.gov, Elisa B. Scott@hud.gov. R- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to procure a competitive 8(a) contract for Motion Picture and Video Tape Production services. HUD owns and operates a distance learning television distribution system on the premises which is used primarily for Distance Learning Training and Information Delivery. HUD has a need for ongoing operational systems engineering, facilities maintenance, and technical support staff to provide daily operation of its distance learning facility and training services. The selected contractor shall provide skilled television industry professionals to provide varying level of support for this effort in the areas of: project management, technical staff, systems operations analysis, design and specification, ongoing physical plan documentation, network operations, transmission delivery coordination, studio operations, equipment maintenance and most phases of television systems operation and protocol. The selected contractor must have experience in all phases of broadcast-quality production for television, with emphasis on satellite transmission and delivery systems for day-to-day studio operations and management, scheduling, production, and operations, creative development, script writing, technical treatment, qualitative testing, and video production services. The selected contractor must have experience producing live multi-site, broadcast-quality video productions transmitted via terrestrial satellites, microwave fiber-optics and operations utilizing television broadcast technologies. The contractor must have logistical experience in simultaneous multi-location television productions, coordinating with major broadcast television networks affiliates, providing media tours, and experience in producing live two-way video and two-way audio transmissions. The contractor must be capable of mobilizing an Electronic Field Production (EFP) or Electronic News Gathering (ENG) team on short notice. Contractor must be able to respond with 4 hours notification during HUD business hours 7:00 AM-6:00 PM Monday through Friday or on weekends. Estimated emergencies are six per year. Flexibility in staffing to accommodate production services after normal duty hours is a requirement. The period of performance is a base year of twelve months with two-one year options. The anticipated contract type will be Indefinite Quantity Contract with Fixed Unit Rates. SIC Code is 7812 and Size Standard is $21.5 Million. The date and time established for receipt of proposals will be set forth in the solicitation. No RFPs will be accepted nor sent via Facsimile. HUD posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on its Internet Home Page Contracting Opportunities site at http://wwww.hud.gov/cts/ctsoprty.html. NOTE: THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABE FOR DOWNLOADING NO EARLIER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ITS PUBLICATION. Potential offerors who download copies of the solicitation from HUD's Page will NOT automatically received any amendments to those solicitations. You are advised to check back frequently to see if HUD has issued any amendments to the solicitations you have obtained. All amendments will be posted on, or may be downloaded from HUD's Home Page Contracting Opportunities site. Posted 04/28/99 (W-SN325339). (0118)

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