Intent to sole source

Added: Nov 18, 2016 6:15 pm
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Office of Management Services/Contracts (CON) located at 330 Independence Ave, SW., Washington, D.C. 20237, intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to Ibrahim Al Hajaj, P.O. Box 901991, Jebel Alhusain, 35 Ibnsina St. Amman, Jordan. The Contractor is currently providing the services this action covers. The planned sole source award will allow the Contractor to continue to provide the BBG operational, maintenance and technical support throughout the Middle East and Arabic speaking North Africa. The Contractor possesses the capabilities to provide the services necessary for the BBG to meet its broadcasting mission in the Middle East and Arabic speaking North Africa. This contract award will include a one (1) year base period with four (4) option periods. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition that is applicable to this procurement is 41 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(1) which is implemented at FAR 6.302-1 as follows: "When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for." BBG is currently operating twenty six (26) radio stations and five (5) television (TV) stations in Iraq, which are of critical importance to the mission of BBG. The Contractor's services are urgently needed by BBG in order to keep the above stations on the air to ensure continued BBG broadcasting and to preserve its audience in Iraq. The situation in the Middle East is volatile and with this award BBG will be able to continue to provide programming to the region. In the event that this award is not executed and the above stations will go off the air, and BBG will lose the broadcasting infrastructure that is already in place. If BBG were to lose this broadcasting infrastructure in the Middle East, it would be very costly and require additional expenditure for related services for BBG to re-establish the lost infrastructure. In addition, BBG would lose the audience that it has already established and BBG may not get that audience back. It is important that BBG have a broadcasting apparatus within the Middle East as it is a critical part of the BBG broadcast mission to broadcast in the Middle East. This broadcasting infrastructure took more than five (5) years to develop and without this award it will be lost.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive price proposals. Interested firms must submit a written response that demonstrates their ability to provide the above. Also, interested firms must state how they would fulfill the requirement above and include appropriate documentation describing the number of years they have been providing such services. The written response received from interested firms shall provide sufficient detail to allow for an evaluation by the Government without the need for the submission of additional information. The written response must be submitted to Seneca Belinfontie, Contract Specialist, by Friday, December 2, 2016, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time via email at sbelinfo@VOANews.com. ALL ATTACHMENTS MUST BE SENT IN "PDF FORMAT" AND INCLUDE THE SOLICITATION NUMBER IN THE SUBJECT LINE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TOTAL SIZE OF ALL ATTACHMENTS MUST NOT EXCEED 23MB. Telephone or faxed responses are NOT acceptable and will NOT be considered. Any questions regarding this Notice of Intent shall be in writing and submitted to Seneca Belinfontie, Contract Specialist via e-mail to sbelinfo@VOANews.com and must include the solicitation number in the subject line. Any determination to compete or not to compete this proposed contract is solely within the discretion of the Government. This Public Notice is not a RFP, IFB, or RFQ.