U.S. Information Agency, International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Personnel and Administration, Contracts and Procurement Division, B/PA/AC, Room 1645, 330 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20547

B -- AUDIENCE SURVEY AND FOCUS GROUPS IN TIBET SOL B/PA-99-26 DUE 072999 POC Contact Point/Contracting Officer: Gloria Sweetney, Contracting Officer, Telephone: (202) 619-1623; Facsimile: (202) 205-1921. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, gjsweetn@IBB.gov. The U.S. Information Agency's International Broadcasting Bureau (USIA/IBB), Contracts and Procurement Division (B/PA/AC), has a requirement, subject to the availability of funds, for a contractor to obtain: (1) quantitative data on media habits among ethnic Tibetan travelers and Tibetan exile communities residents in the bordering regions of India and Nepal, in particular on the size, composition, and media usage patterns of the audience for international radio; and (2) qualitative information on international radio listening and evaluations of VOA's Tibetan language broadcasts by international radio listeners and non-listeners among ethnic Tibetan adults. The USIA/IBB anticipates awarding a firm-fixed-price contract (purchase order), utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as specified in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 13, to the responsible quoter (offeror) whose price quotation conforming to a forthcoming RFQ is most advantageous to the USIA/IBB, based on the quoter's: (a) Technical Capabilities/Experience in conducting audience surveys and focus groups as outlined in the forthcoming RFQ for this procurement; and (b) Price quotation. Of the two selection criteria, the Technical Capabilities /Experience criterion is significantly dominant over the the Price criterion. Request for Quotation No. B/PA-99-26 is scheduled for release by B/PA/AC on July 8, 1999. Responses to the forthcoming RFQ (i.e., Technical Capabilities/Experience information, and Price quotation) are due to B/PA/AC by the close of business (5 p.m. EST), Thursday, July 29, 1999. Firms interested in receiving a copy of the RFQ must request such receipt in writing to the Contracting Officer, Ms. Gloria Sweetney, via facsimile at (202) 205-1921 or E-mail at gjsweetn@IBB.gov. All written requests for copies of the RFQ must be received by B/PA/AC by July 8, 1999; and such requests shall include the RFQ number, the requestor's company name, the name of the company's point-of-contact (POC), the company's mailing address, and the POC's telephone and facsimile numbers. No telephone requests for this RFQ will be accepted by B/PA/AC. The Contracting Officer has found and determined that this proposed work is appropriate for an "unrestricted" procurement, pursuant to FAR Subpart 19.502 (Setting Aside Acquisitions). All responsible sources may request a copy of the forthcoming RFQ upon its release by USIA/IBB. This Notice is not an IFB, RFP, or RFQ. Posted 06/22/99 (W-SN345632). (0173)

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