Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Rm. 1D245, Washington, DC 20310-5200

R -- RADIO/TV TRANSCRIPTS OF DEFENSE RELATED STORIES SOL DASW01-97-Q-0570 DUE 080897 POC Contact Contract Specialist Pat Buchanan, 703/695-6593 The Defense Supply Service-Washington, on behalf of the American Forces Information Service is issuing a combined synopsis/solicitation for commerical 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; quotes are hereby requested, a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotations DASW01-97-Q-0570. The solicitation document, incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circulart 90-32, Oct 95. This solicitation is unrestricted. The standard industrial classification code (SIC) is 7375. DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS TO BE ACQUIRED: Radio/TV Transcripts of Defense-related Stories. BASE YR 1 OCT 97 THRU 30 SEP 98: CLIN 0001 251 ea. Daily Newsletters; CLIN 0002 5,600 pgs Transcripts; CLIN 0003 2 ea. Deliveries; OPTION YR (1) 1 OCT 98 THRU 30 SEP 99: CLIN 0004 251 ea. Daily Newsletters, CLIN 0005 5,600 pgs Transcripts; CLIN 0006 2 ea. Deliveries: OPTION YR (2) 1 OCT 99 THRU 30 SEP 00: CLIN 007 251 ea. Daily Newsletters, CLIN 0008 Transcripts, CLIN 0009 2 ea. Deliveries: OPTION YR (3) 1 OCT 00 THUR 30 SEP 01: CLIN 0010 251 ea. Daily Newsletter; CLIN 0011 5,600 pgs Transcripts; CLIN 0012 2 ea. Deliveries; OPTION YR (4) 1 OCT 01 THRU 30 SEP 02: CLIN 0013 251 ea. Daily Newsletter, CLIN 0014 5,600 pgs Transcripts, CLIN 0015 2 ea. Deliveries. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commerical Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 "Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with their Offers"; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Order -- Commerical Items; FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a Firm Fixed Price contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror offering the lowest overall price. Evaluation will be in accordance with FAR 52.212-2, past performance AND price. STATEMENT OF WORK: The contractor will produce a daily recurring-format verbatim electronic transcript -- referred to from now on as a "newsletter" -- which will consist of the Defense related news segments broadcast by the major television networks as part of their evening newscast of the previous day. Major television networks are defined as ABC,NBC,CBS,PBS & CNN. The cover page of the newsletter will consist of summaries of the reports included in that edition. The newsletter will normally be approximately 8 single-spaced pages in length (11 point size font; 2 columns per page; 3 inch colmn width; 1 inch top margin, 1 1/2 inch bottom margin; 1 inch left margin; 1 inch right margin, 1/2 inch center margin); however, the content of the Defense related news being broadcast may very in volume because of topicality. therefore, there will be occasions on which the length will vary between (4) and (16) pages. (A sample copy of the newsletter will be faxed upon request). The contractor shall transmit via e-mail a formatted newsletter file each day of the week, Monday through Friday; the Monday issue shall cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the preceding week for a total of (5) publications for each full week; the Monday issue will be approximately double the size of the other weekday versions. This is the normal number of weekly publications. However, when a Federal holiday falls on any day, Monday through Friday, the newscasts for that day shall be added to the newscasts for the previous day and be contained within (1) publication. The annual requirement is for 251 newsletters. When directed by the COR, the contractor shall provide verbatim transcripts of significant Defense related broadcasts. It is anticipated there will be a requirement of (3) verbatim transcripts per week averaging (10) pages in length. It is anticipated that 20% of these requestedtranscripts will require delivery within (24) hours of the initial telephone request. Transcripts requiring a rapid turnaround will be sent via e-mail immediately upon completion. Other requested transcripts will be transmitted with the publication specified before and no later than (3) work days after the CNARS requests. Contractor will be provided with date, time and source of broadcast for which a transcript is required. The Contractor shall provide delivery of the newsletter and all verbatim transcripts in Microsoft Word 6 via e-mail. In the event e-mail transmission is impossible for whatever reason, contractor shall deliver newsletter and transcripts via modem. If both e-mail and modem are inoperable, contractor shall deliver via courier newsletter and transcripts on a 3" disk by 2:00 am. DELIVERABLES: ITEM 1. The newsletter shall be delivered electronically via e-mail to the Pentagaon not later than 1:00am of the next Government workday after the Defense related news is broadcast. Example: Defense related stories broadcast on CBS Evening News at 7:00pm on a Wednesday would be included in the Thursday 1:00am transmission. ITEM 2. The solicited verbatim transcripts shall be delivered no later than 1:00am with the newsletter no later that the third Government workday after the contractor's receipt of request. Twenty percent of solicited verbatim transcripts shall be delivered with (24) hours of the initial telephone request to the contractor. ITEM 3. In the event the Government determines special courier service is needed, delivery of items no.1 and 2 shall be made to: Current News Analysis and Research Service, Room 4C881, The Pentagon, Washinton DC 20301-7500. This will be accomplished by delivering newsletter and transcripts on a 3" disk to the River Entrance at the Penetagon no later that 2:00am of the next Government workday after the Defense related news broadcast No oral quotes will be honored. Responses shall be submitted (1) original and (3) copies NLT 12:00 noon EST 8 Aug 97 to: Defense Supply Service-Washington, DASW01-97-Q-0570, Room 1D245, The Pentagon, 5200 Army, Washington, DC 20310-5200, POC Pat Buchanan, (703)695-6593, FAX (703)695-9756. (0206)

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