Paydesk Limited, doing business as Paydesk, has been awarded multiple blanket purchase agreement call contracts by the United States Agency for Global Media and its broadcast entities. The contracts have a combined value of approximately $5 million and procure various products and services to support the agency's international media programs.
The USAGM oversees civilian international media supported by the U.S. government, including the Voice of America, which produces and broadcasts news, information, and programming in over 40 languages to global audiences. Under the contracts, Paydesk will provide journalistic talent and multimedia stringer services, translation and interpretation capabilities, financial transaction processing, and journalism training. Performance will take place in Great Britain with no set-aside designations applied.
The products and services are intended to aid the agency's mission of informing, engaging and connecting people around the world in support of freedom and democracy by strengthening its news gathering and distribution activities. This includes coverage of global events such as the conflict in Ukraine and programs in languages like Ukrainian, Persian, Portuguese and Swahili. The contracts also facilitate the work of individual broadcast entities such as Voice of America and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting.
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