Audience Analysis

The Department of State seeks audience analysis research services through Request for Quotations 19AL6026Q0014, with quotations due September 18, 2026 at 16:30 Local Tirana Time. The Government intends to award a firm fixed-price purchase order based on initial quotations without discussions, unless offerors are determined to be in the competitive range.

Place of performance is Tirana, Albania. The scope requires a nationally representative survey of Albanian adults on attitudes regarding domestic and international affairs, encompassing questionnaire development (107–110 questions), sampling design and methodology development, electronic data collection programming for CAPI/CATI platforms, recruiting interviewers and field supervisors, implementation of face-to-face nationally representative interviews combined with telephone outreach for 1,000 respondents, four Focus Group Discussions, quality control throughout fieldwork, data cleaning and processing, construction of weighted statistical databases, and comprehensive analytical reports with findings, visualizations, and executive summaries. Deliverables include a detailed methodology document, approved questionnaire, interviewer training materials, fieldwork quality control reports, cleaned dataset, FGD transcripts, and final analytical report with presentation.

Offerors must identify subcontractors and provide their qualifications, demonstrate comparable survey experience in Albania or the region, and submit safety and security plans. The NAICS code is 541910, Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling; PSC code is R422, Support–Professional: Market Research/Public Opinion. Technical evaluation criteria include proposed methodology, project timeline, key personnel qualifications, subcontractor identification and qualifications, and past performance on comparable surveys. Price is evaluated for fairness and reasonableness as a non-price factor in trade-off analysis. Quotations must be submitted electronically to TiranaBids@state.gov in Word, Excel, or PDF format not exceeding 70 megabytes.