Spectrum System Management Services Sources Sought Notice T001-26-IQ-00004 final.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Type of Notice: Sources Sought

Notice Number: T001-26-IQ-00004

Short Description of Supply or Service: Spectrum System Management Services

Place of Performance:

NAICS Code: 541618 Other Management Consulting Services

PSC Code: DD01 IT and Telecom - Service Delivery Support Services

Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No

Response Date: June 12, 2026

Primary Point of Contact / Title: Ms. Natalie Ellis, Contracting Officer

Description: The submission of this information is for planning purposes only to determine industry interest. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, nor does USAGM intend to award a contract based on this request for information or otherwise pay for the information solicited.

U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), TSI Broadcast Technologies Division (T/EBD), is seeking preliminary information, for market research purposes only, from capable and reliable sources who may be interested in submitting a proposal to provide Spectrum System Management Services. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential local qualified businesses capable of delivering these services being requested.

USAGM requires contractor support in fulfilling its spectrum scheduling, monitoring, and broadcast engineering and operations activities.

Response Requirements: Interested offerors that meet the requirements above are encouraged to submit a Statement of Capability (SOC) in response to this notice. The SOC must include the following:

1. Provide a statement of your firm's ability to fulfil this requirement fully, that will meet the tasks identified below. The respondent may also submit questions and or comments regarding the sources sought notice/draft SOW.

2. Business Information: Please provide the following business information for your company/organization and for any teaming or joint venture partners:

• Company/Organization Name:

• Address:

• UEI:

• CAGE Code:

• Phone Number:

• Point of Contact and E-mail Address:

• Web Page URL:

• Size of business pursuant to North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) Code: 541618 Other Management Consulting Services

• Based on the above NAICS Code, state whether your company is:

• Small Business (Yes / No)

• Woman Owned Small Business (Yes / No)

• Small Disadvantaged Business (Yes / No)

• 8(a) Certified (Yes / No)

• HUBZone Certified (Yes / No)

• Veteran Owned Small Business (Yes / No)

• Service Disabled Veteran Small Business (Yes / No)

• System for Award Management (SAM) (Yes / No)

• A statement as to whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign, please indicate the country of ownership).

3. Years of company experience maintaining similar services.

The SOC must contain a cover letter including the company name, local address, point of contact, telephone and e-mail address. USAGM will accept Statements of Capability in English only.

The points of contact for this Notice is the Contracting Officer, Ms. Natalie Ellis at nellis@usagm.gov.

Email responses to this Notice shall be sent to the attention of the individual listed above. Due date of responses are no later than Friday, June 12, 2026 at 12:00PM Eastern Standard Time

(EST).

Please include the following in the subject line: “USAGM Spectrum System Management Services”

This Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. All costs associated with responding to this notice are solely at the responding party’s expense. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purposes deemed necessary and legally appropriate.

Furthermore, the Government may contact the vendor for additional information regarding the information submitted as part of this market research effort. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation MAY be published. However, responses to this notice will NOT be considered adequate responses to a solicitation, if one is issued.

mailto:nellis@usagm.gov.

Reponses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The USAGM will not be obligated to pursue a particular acquisition alternative as a result of this notice. Response to the notice will not be returned.

Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if one is issued.

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). If so, respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and identifying such information within their response.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND PROPOSALS RECEIVED AS A

RESULT OF THIS NOTICE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR EVALUATED.

USAGM- Draft STATEMENT OF WORK Spectrum Management/Broadcast Engineering Support

Background USAGM requires contractor support in fulfilling its spectrum scheduling, monitoring, and broadcast engineering and operations activities.

Competencies Possess an in-depth understanding of propagation mechanisms and seasonal, cyclic and daily atmospheric impacts on shortwave and medium wave broadcasting.

Demonstrated familiarity with propagation analysis and coverage prediction tools, and how these may be used for optimal frequency and transmitting location selection.

In depth knowledge of broadcast transmitting antennas, their modes of operation and use to optimize broadcast reception in a required area.

Prior, proven expertise in frequency selection, selection of transmitting station location and antenna configurations to provide the strongest coverage in a desired geographic region or country while minimizing interference to, or from other broadcasters.

Familiarity with USAGM stations, equipment, planning tools, and broadcast schedules.

Duties – As tasked Provide radio scheduling support requiring intimate knowledge of the Agency's broadcasting schedule, transmission assets, scheduling software, as well as in-depth knowledge of radio propagation.

Provide support for scheduling meetings by providing suggestions for improving schedule based on propagation and potential interference.

Provide expert engineering support for USAGM radio broadcast activities

Provide extensive knowledge of radio wave propagation, Agency and other broadcasters' facilities and capabilities and regulations governing international broadcasting.

The Contractor shall recognize and exploit opportunities for improved efficiency and effective use of USAGM facilities and resources.

Issue “OPS Memos” for changes to the USAGM broadcast schedule, initiation of new services, and support of maintenance requirements.

Provide reports of irregularities noted while rating sounds and live monitoring.

Provide suggestions for improving reception based on live and RMS monitoring.

Provide ad-hoc information about facilities used by other broadcasters

Draft SOW for SS Notice -T001-26-IQ-00004.pdf