SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Advertising of recruitment volunteers for vaccine trials
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541850
— Display Advertising
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, MD, 20817, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NOI7130
- Response Due
- 8/30/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/14/2007
- Description
- This is a combined/solicitation Notice of Intent for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is NOI7130 and the solicitation is being issued as a Notice of Intent on a sole source basis. This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2005-18). This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) intend to procure advertisement services from CBS Outdoor. CBS Outdoor is the only company that holds a contract with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to provide advertisement with their rail trains and METRO buses that serves the Washington Metropolitan area. NIH is recruiting volunteers to participate in clinical trials and using the METRO rail cars and METRO buses to run clinical trial ads. Using the METRO rail and bus system will reach a wide variety of individuals who commute by means of public transportation on a daily basis. (1) The period of performance for this campaign will be six months after the time of award. (2) The Contractor will print and display 220 metro car cards on the WMATA metro rail system and will disperse them on all bus lines and five metro lines with a focus on the Red line. (3) The price will cover placement and removal of 220 22inchHX21inchW car cards each. (4) The demographic area is limited to the Washington DC Metropolitan Area including: Virginia and Maryland (5) All copies of the draft advertisement are provided to CBS Outdoor by the Government. The North American Industry Classification System (NIACS) Code for this acquisition is 541850, and the small-business size standard is $6.5 million dollars. This is a firm fixed-price contract and the FOB terms are (Destination) and Net 30. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders, Commercial Items; FAR 52.225-1, Central Contractor Registration; and FAR 32.703-2, Availability of Funds, FAR 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central Contractor Registration. In order to be considered for an award, an offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at http://orca.bpn.gov/ in accordance with FAR 4.1201(a). By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR at www.ccr.gov/ prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation [Note: Lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration will make an offeror ineligible for award.] Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, August 30, 2007. For delivery of responses through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, Room 2NE38E, MSC/2811 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4812. E-mail and Fax submissions are not authorized. Requests for information concerning this requirement must be submitted in writing, and can be faxed to 301-480-0469, or e-mailed to knightte@niaid.nih.gov. It is the vendors responsibility to confirm receipt of all quotations and/or questions by the closing date of this announcement by contacting Terry Knight at 301-402-6162. Collect calls will not be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, NIAID, Bethesda, MD
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN01379304-W 20070823/070822065133 (fbodaily.com)
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