Request for Information - Media Activity.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) USAID/Serbia Media Activity

Issuance Date: December 16, 2020 Response Date: January 11, 2021; 17:00, Central European Time

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

USAID Mission in Serbia Office of Democracy and Economic Growth

Request for Information (RFI) - Media Activity

USAID/Serbia has developed a DRAFT Statement of Objectives (SOO) for a media industry development activity (final name TBD). The purpose of this RFI is to provide industry and stakeholders an opportunity to review, comment, suggest and enhance areas in the SOO. The RFI is anticipated to result in a finalization of the SOO that may lead to a formal Request for Proposals for potential offerors. The potential period of performance is five years. The Draft SOO is included as an attachment.

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by USAID to form a binding contract; only the information requested in this RFI will be reviewed. Further, USAID is not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that USAID will not be responsible for any costs incurred in response to this RFI.

Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized at https://beta.sam.gov/.

It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor https://beta.sam.gov/ for additional information or updates pertaining to this RFI.

Submission is strictly voluntary. USAID will not provide feedback or responses to questions submitted in response to this RFI and no proposals or resumes will be accepted or considered.

Respondents are not required to respond to all questions but may choose to do so.

Thank you for your feedback.

Regards, Patricia Siaso Regional Contracting Officer

USAID

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SECTION I - FAR Clause

52.215-3 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR SOLICITATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES

(OCT 1997)

a. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

b. Although “proposal” and “offeror” are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal.

c. This solicitation is issued for the purpose of requesting comments for a proposed program.

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SECTION II - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

DRAFT STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE - See attachment 1

QUESTIONS

The USAID Serbia Media Activity Design is seeking comments on the draft SOO attached in this notice. Please ensure comments are concise and specific to the information requested, note page and section numbers as applicable. Special consideration should be given to the following:

1. Are there additional issues relevant to the activity’s objectives that should be included in the development challenges and opportunities section? Please elaborate.

2. Are there areas in the draft SOO that require further clarification? If yes, please elaborate.

3. Are there any major potential risks that should be mitigated to achieve the intended objectives?

4. Are the objectives listed in the draft SOO achievable within an estimated activity time frame of 5 years and estimated budget range (11-12 million USD) ? If not, please elaborate.

5. Based on the objectives, are there additional stakeholders, development partners or activities that USAID needs to coordinate with to ensure development of the media and information industry as described in the draft SOO?

6. Any other feedback, or suggestion on the SOO, its objectives and development challenges and opportunities.

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SECTION III - Submission Instructions

General. All comments must be submitted electronically in English to arexhepi@usaid.gov and bbulatovic@usaid.gov with the subject line: RFI - Media Activity by the date listed on the cover letter. All documents submitted must be .pdf or .doc format. The submitted information must not exceed 15 pages, including annexes/attachments. Do not send zip files.

Respondents are not required to answer all questions but are encouraged to respond to any and all question(s) for which they have knowledge, experience, or ideas. Please number your responses to correspond with the questions in this RFI.

The submitted response must include the following information:

Reference Number: RFI - Media Activity Date:

Affiliation/ Organization:

Business Address:

Representative Name / Email:

A short technical narrative that includes responses to some or all of the questions in the RFI.

Disclaimer. The submitted documentation and content thereof becomes the property of USAID and will not be returned. This announcement is not to be construed as a formal solicitation. It does not commit USAID to reply to information received, or to later publish a solicitation, or to award a contract based on this information. Furthermore, it does not commit USAID to pay for any costs incurred in response to this RFI. Only the information requested above will be considered.

Proprietary Information. This notice is part of USAID market research. Information received as a result of this request will be considered as sensitive and will be protected as such.

Any company or industry proprietary information contained in responses should be clearly marked as such, by paragraph, such that publicly releasable and proprietary information are clearly distinguished. Any proprietary information received in response to this request will be properly protected from unauthorized disclosure. USAID will not use proprietary information submitted from any one source to establish the capability and requirements for any future acquisition, so as to inadvertently restrict competition.

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SECTION IV – List of attachments:

Attachment 1: Draft Statement of Objectives – Media Activity.

Attachment 2: INVEST Serbia Media Investment Assessment Attachment 3: PEA Summary Attachment 4: SMMTA Summary.

Attachment 5: GDPR Serbia English Attachment 6: Demand side report Serbia Attachment 7: J2SR Fact Sheet June 2020 Attachment 8: FSR Fact Sheet 10/10/2019 Attachment 9: USAID PSE policy final Attachment 10: USAID Digital Strategy Attachment 11: MIPS - Key Findings

[End of Section IV]

[End of RFI - Media Activity]

Issuance Date: December 16, 2020