Blanket Purchase Agreement BBG50A170089B

This Blanket Purchase Agreement from the U.S. Agency for Global Media's Voice of America to Lawrence, Virginia doing business as Beauty provides for makeup artist services in support of the agency's media and broadcasting programs. Over the period from July 2019 to August 2022, the agency awarded multiple firm fixed price call orders against the BPA with a combined value of approximately two hundred twenty-three thousand dollars ($223,000). The prime contractor provides makeup application for on-air talent and production staff at agency facilities in Washington, D.C. and Catonsville, Maryland. No set-aside designation was applied to the BPA or associated call orders. As the primary independent federal agency overseeing the international broadcasting activities of the U.S. government, the Voice of America likely requires makeup artist support for on-air talent and productions to effectively communicate American perspectives to global audiences through its media programs.

The multiple call orders awarded over the BPA's period of performance procured unspecified makeup artist services, with one order in 2021 adding funds for unspecified services. Pricing models included both firm fixed price and labor hours depending on the individual call. Places of performance were consistently listed as agency locations in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metropolitan areas. No set-aside provisions or socio-economic goals were referenced in the BPA or call orders provided.