Presolicitation_Notice.pdf

U.S. Embassy Ottawa Public Notice

ACTION CODE: P - Pre-Solicitation

DATE POSTED: July 26, 2018

CLASSIFICATION CODE: D309 – IT and Telecom – Information and Data Broadcasting or Data Distribution

NAICS CODE: 515120 – Television Broadcasting

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS:

U.S. Embassy Ottawa, 490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1N 1G8

SUBJECT: U.S. Embassy Media Monitoring Services

PROPOSED SOLICITATION NUMBER: 19CA5218Q0049

CLOSING RESPONSE DATE: N/A

PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT:

Ryan R. Ruta, Contracting Officer

SECONDARY POINT OF CONTACT:

Alma Andico, Procurement Agent

EMAIL: ContractsOttawa@state.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DESCRIPTION:

The requirement is for the contractor to provide media monitoring services to include access to the following: newspapers, broadcast clips and social media content from news outlets across Canada, the U.S. and internationally. Details of the requirements shall be described in the actual RFQ.

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Ottawa will launch the solicitation on the U.S. Embassy Ottawa and FedBizOpps websites when it is available. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror who is a responsible contractor. The Government may award the contract based on the initial offer without discussion. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price type contract. The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation.

All contractors have to be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207. Therefore prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of quotations/proposals. The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at the above web address.