DIR-22-0011-12 - FY22 STOCK IMAGES AND VIDEO.pdf

census.gov

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION FOR

STOCK IMAGES, GRAPHICS

AND VIDEO

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations Part 10, the following Request for

Information (RFI) is issued solely for Market Research purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a commitment to issue a Request for Proposal by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Census Bureau is not accepting offers at this time nor will the information provided be evaluated or considered as an offer. The Census Bureau is not responsible for any administrative cost incurred by a vendor in response to this announcement. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this

RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.

Based on the information provided, and as part of its ongoing market research, the Census

Bureau may contact individual respondents for additional information.

All information provided will be kept confidential and will be utilized for market research purposes directly related to this effort. Any price or technical information submitted in response to this RFI will not be evaluated by the government.

BACKGROUND:

The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy. The role of the Census Bureau’s Public Information Office (PIO) is to gain positive coverage of Census Bureau programs, people, and products. The Public Information Office

(PIO) offers a variety of services to help publicize Census Bureau materials, products and services including data releases, tip sheets, press kits, online feature articles, webinars, live webcasts, photos, events standards. The Public Information Office is seeking to gain knowledge of companies that can supply access to stock images, graphics and video for the production of publications, web and video to support the Census Bureau’s programs, including the 2020

Census data releases, the new Pulse Surveys, the American Community Survey, the Economic

Census and numerous other censuses and surveys conducted by the Census Bureau as well as internal communications.

The information hereby requested is intended to assist the Census Bureau to learn more and identify potential sources for an online subscription service for access to stock images, graphics, and video to produce publications, web and video to support the Census Bureau’s mission.

Please see attached draft statement of need for further information about the requested product and services.

REQUESTED INFORMATION:

The following information shall be provided in response to this request for information:

Section I - Business Information

Please provide:

1. Company name, address, and website address.

2. Contact person’s name, position, email address and phone number. The contact person shall have the authority and technical knowledge to clarify responses with government representatives.

3. Business information:

a. Business size (i.e., large, small, SBA certified small disadvantaged, SBA certified

8(a), SBA certified HUB Zone)

b. Ownership (i.e., woman-owned, veteran-owned, service disabled veteran-owned)

c. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes

d. Federal contract vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the services if available (e.g., GSA schedule [number and name], Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), agency-specific acquisition contracts).

4. Customer Information: Vendors are encouraged to include contact information of current customers using their products, preferably federal government agencies, including name of agency, Point of contact, title, phone number and email address.

Section II - Product Technical Information

Please provide a written statement addressing technical capabilities of vendors’ product(s) and services that could meet all government needs for online subscription service, as described in the attached draft Statement of Need. Marketing information (e.g. sales brochures) about product capabilities are encouraged to be submitted.

In addition, please provide the following information, if applicable to your services. If any of the items below is not applicable, please state so in your response.

1. Does your company provide access via an annual subscription?

2. Describe your stock image library. Include information on number of images, graphics, icons, and vectors. Include available resolutions.

3. Describe your video library. Include available resolutions.

4. Describe your user accounts:

4a. Do you provide the ability to assign unlimited separate user accounts to control access and analyze usage of each user?

4b Do you provide the ability to grant users a “view only” account to access images and video with no access to download?

5. Describe licensee administrative capabilities.

6. Describe your reporting ability such as the ability to download activity by month or user.

7. Describe the service’s ability to filter searches.

8. Describe the service’s ability to create boards and share access with other users for collaboration.

9. Describe the subscription set-up and technical support.

10. Describe Print Runs and Rights Level included in subscription.

Section III - Product Pricing

Does your company have and/or offer customary practices, including warranty, buyer financing, discounts, etc., under which commercial sales of the products or services are made? If so, please describe as applicable.

The submitted information may be used by the government to assist in developing an estimate of the lifecycle cost of procuring the service. This information does not constitute, nor shall it be considered a proposal to the government.

Submission Instructions

Responses shall be submitted no later than 4:00p.m. (EST) on Thursday, February 10, 2022 and shall be submitted via email, as an attachment (Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat formats only), to:

• Rhonda Talbert, Contract Specialist at rhonda.m.talbert@census.gov (301) 763-1846

• Amanda Nicole White, Contracting Officer at amanda.n.white@census.gov (301)763-6586

The subject line shall read, “[Name of Company] - RFI - Online Subscription for Stock Images, Graphics and Video.”

The USCB representatives may or may not choose to meet with potential offerors. Such discussions would be for Market Research purposes only and intended to get further clarification of potential capabilities to meet the requirements.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to identify sources that can provide

Online Subscription for Stock Images, Graphics and Video to the USCB. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The U.S.

Government has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

mailto:rhonda.m.talbert@census.gov mailto:amanda.n.white@census.gov