SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- HEALTHY MOMENTS - Statement Of Work
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 515112
— Radio Stations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Nat'l Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, & Kidney Diseases, 2 Democracy Plaza, Suite 700W, 6707 Democracy Blvd., MSC 5455, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5455
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5455
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM-10-0046-1
- Archive Date
- 5/3/2010
- Point of Contact
- Ms. V. L. Griffin, Fax: 301-480-8501, Edward J Kostolansky, Phone: 301-594-4758
- E-Mail Address
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griffinv@mail.nih.gov, ekostola@mail.nih.gov
(griffinv@mail.nih.gov, ekostola@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- HEALTHY MOMENTS (SOW) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number is NIHLM-10-0046-1 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-39. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 515112 the business size standard is $7.0. This acquisition is being conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. However, this solicitation is not set aside for small business. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to procure the following services: 50 weeks (one year) of radio time for the Healthy Moments reports delivered by NIDDK Director Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers. Healthy Moments will feature healthy lifestyle tips and other important health information. Through Healthy Moments reports, NIDDK and Dr. Rodgers will convey consistent, reliable, and authoritative health information to African Americans, who are disproportionately affected by diabetes, kidney and some digestive diseases, and other health problems. Healthy Moments audio reports will be broadcast on the radio, posted on the web, and will stream on the web via multiple radio stations that target adult African American listeners across areas in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Healthy Moments reports will be produced and recorded by NIDDK. NIDDK will also provide transcripts plus supplementary web content to the stations for the duration of the contract. The contractor will secure and deliver Healthy Moments reports on-air and via the web, with five radio stations that target adult African American listeners in local areas. Requirements include the following services: broadcasting and streaming a designated number of Healthy Moments audio reports; providing announcements throughout the week to promote those on-air and streaming reports; designing and maintaining accurate, customized, Healthy Moments Web pages for each station's website; creating and displaying web promotions and advertisements for Healthy Moments; building and maintaining a Healthy Moments survey for each station's website; and sponsoring, implementing and promoting an annual contest to promote the Healthy Moments survey. The contractor will also provide consistent feedback to NIDDK on audience impressions and quality control by providing NIDDK with monthly survey results and Arbitron ratings data for each Arbitron book. To ensure quality control is on target, the contractor must supply weekly air checks for each broadcast and offer make-good time for any audio reports or web components that are delivered outside agreed-upon parameters. Basis for Award: Offerors must provide descriptive literature or other material that demonstrates their offer meets the forgoing requirements. The contract will be awarded to the responsible offeror whose offer fully meets the requirements of the solicitation, provides the best value, with price and technical factors equally important in award evaluation. The offeror must include a completed copy of the following provisions: 1) FAR Clause 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial; 2) FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. As stated in FAR Clause 52.212-2 (a), The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Evaluation, Price, and Past Performance; 3) FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification of Commercial Items; 4) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; and 5) FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions. Vendors must submit a listing of the most recent contracts/awards (minimum of 3) in which similar technical services were purchased. Contracts/awards may include those entered within the Federal Government, state and local governments and commercial concerns. Include the following information for each contract or subcontract: 1. Name of Contracting Organization 2. Contract Number (for subcontracts provide the prime contract number and the subcontract number 3. Contract Type 4. Total Contract Value 5. Description of Requirement to include Statement of Work 6. Contracting Officers Name and Telephone Number 7. Program Managers Name and Telephone Number * If past performance questionnaire is available, please submit. All responses received within 15 days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. The offeror must include in their quotation, the unit price, the list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. The clauses are available in full text at http://www.arnet.gov/far. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the item specified in this synopsis should submit their quotation to the below address. Quotations (3 copies) will be due fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis or by April 30, 2010, 12pm, Eastern Standard Time. The quotation must reference "Solicitation number" NIHLM-10-0046-1. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations must be submitted in writing to the National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Room 773, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Attention: V. Lynn Griffin, griffin@mail.nih.gov. Faxed copies will not be accepted.
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