T -- FOREIGN LANGUAGE RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING/PROGRAMMING/FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCRIPT TRANSLATION/BROADCASTING PRODUCTION/RESEARCHER/WRITER/LISTENER MAIL PROCESSING/ASSIGNMENT DESK COORDINATOR/PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/TELEVISION MAKE-UP ARTISTS/TELEVISION ESCORT OFFICERS/NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLA

Notice Date

October 4, 2000

Contracting Office

Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), 4201 Nw 77th Avenue, Miami, FL 33166

ZIP Code

33166

Solicitation Number

n/a

Point of Contact

Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Administrative Operations Division, ATTENTION: Mary Ann Amps, Room 311, 4201 NW 77th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33166.

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the contracting officer via (mamps@OCB.IBB.GOV)

Description

The International Broadcasting Bureau, (IBB), Office of Cuba Broadcasting, a leading international radio and television broadcast organization, is seeking qualified individuals for free-lance assignments. OCB broadcasts to an international audience in Spanish. OCB is seeking qualified sources for the following types of free-lance assignments: Radio-TV Broadcast Announcers/Narrators and Personalities/Researchers/Writers/Producers/ Editors/Listener Mail Processors/Assignment Desk Coordinator/Production Assistants/Television, Make-up Artists/Television and on-camera Talent Escort Officers/Non-English Language Translators/Narrators/Videotape Editors/Character Generator Operators/Electronic Graphic Artists. General Information: A. Free-lance assignments are performed on contract basis. Most assignments require working in Miami, Florida. Some assignments require work at the International Broadcasting Bureau studios. B. Sources may be required to undergo a background security investigation and successfully pass the security clearance process in order to receive work assignments. C. Contractor candidates must be willing to work on an "as-required" basis. Some broadcasting activities require working irregular hours -- such as very early in the morning or late into the evening -- depending on the broadcast schedule. D. Videotape editor candidates should have at least two (2) years experience as a videotape editor in either a commercial or government television production facility, utilizing modem computerized editing systems and videotape machines. E. Free-lance assignments are requested as needed. The International Broadcasting Bureau makes no guarantees on the amount of work contractors can expect to receive. F. The Government is obligated to inspect all contractor performed work to insure that it fully satisfies the Government's requirements. The Government is further obligated to reject all work that fails to meet Government-specified requirements. The following criteria, depending on the type of contract services, will be used to evaluate prospective contractors: A. Radio or television broadcast experience, including translating and adapting broadcast scripts. (Note: For broadcasting work, OCB requires that prospective contractors take a voice test. For translation or on-camera work, OCB requires that contractors take a translation and/or on-camera test.) B. Extensive knowledge of the target broadcast language and the ability to adapt to Spanish material into the target language. C. Ability to produce work that demonstrates a keen knowledge of national and international issues. D. Ability to explain complex issues in clear, logical terms that can be understood by OCB's worldwide audience. E. Ability to operate highly specialized and complex broadcast television equipment, such as audio consoles, character generators, waveform monitors and vectorscopes, and videotape machines, such as Betacam-SP and U-Matic machines. F. Highly developed production skills, such as: assembling/coordinating material, monitoring program segments for proper sequencing and integration, ensuring continuity, editing broadcast scripts as necessary, etc. G. Typing/word-processing skills. H. Ability to operate a wide variety of broadcast equipment, including reel-to-reel recorders, audio consoles, disc turntables, cartridge machines, etc. Individuals having the ability to furnish any of the above-stated services should write and request additional information from the contact person stated above.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001006/TSOL003.HTM (W-278 SN5034X9)