International Affiliate Broadcasters
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- OSD-FY13-3Q
- Agency
- US Agency for Global Media
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 515111 Radio Networks
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Washington, District of Columbia 20237, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
International Affiliates Broadcasters for News Broadcasting Services
FBO Notice Number: OSD-FY13-3Q
Subject: International Affiliates Broadcasters for News Broadcasting Services
The U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau's (IBB), Office of Strategy and Development (OSD, Office Symbol: OSD), has a continuous need for international affiliate broadcasters and media outlets (broadcast stations, Internet news aggregators, mobile telephone operators, other outlets) capable of disseminating audio, video and text content produced by the following individual BBG entities: Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) - Radio/TV Marti - Radio Free Asia (RFA), Middle East Broadcast Network (MBN) - Radio SAWA/Alhurra Television.
Below is a listing of the languages used by the individual BBG international broadcasters: VOA, RFE/RL, OCB, RFA, and MBN. VOA broadcasts in English and 43 other languages such as: Afan Oromo, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese, Creole, Croatian, Dari, French, Greek, Hausa, Indonesian, Khmer, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Macedonian, Mandarin, Ndebele, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek and Vietnamese.
RFE/RL broadcasts and/or provides news and information on the Internet in English and 27 languages: Dari, Pashto, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Avar, Chechen, Circassian, Armenian, Azeri, Belarusian, Georgian, Persian, Arabic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Romanian, Russian, Tajik, Tatar, Bashkir, Turkmen, Ukrainian and Uzbek.
OCB broadcasts radio, television and Internet programming in Spanish. RFA broadcasts in Mandarin, Cantonese, Burmese, Korean, Lao, Khmer, Tibetan and Vietnamese. MBN broadcasts in Arabic.
Interested sources are encouraged to submit a Capability Statement detailing their past experience in transmitting content of any kind, audience(s) reached with this content, primary content language(s), organization, point of contact, address, availability, if the interest involves any specific BBG entity, and any requirements for retransmitting BBG content.
Please note that each Capability Statement will be evaluated against the criteria listed above. BBG may enter into an Affiliate Agreement with those sources whose broadcasting outlets have been selected to accomplish mission requirements and reserves the right to inspect the broadcasting facility. In addition, BBG will collect compliance information from all affiliate broadcasts, as well as Internet and mobile operations to insure that they fully satisfy the requirements of their affiliation agreements. Termination of an Agreement can be made in whole or in part by either party upon issuance of a written (30) day notice.
Please submit your written Capability Statement to International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Strategy and Development, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 3666, Washington, DC 20237 USA; e-mail: dboynton@bbg.gov; Telephone Doug Boynton at: +1-202-203-4161; fax: +1-202-203-4185.
Capability Statements will be received through June 30, 2013
All submission will be considered by the Agency.
This Notice is not a RFQ, RFP, or IFB.
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Update #1 ·
Added: Mar 29, 2013 9:01 am
International Affiliates Broadcasters for News Broadcasting Services
FBO Notice Number: OSD-FY13-3Q
Subject: International Affiliates Broadcasters for News Broadcasting Services
The U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), International Broadcasting Bureau's (IBB), Office of Strategy and Development (OSD, Office Symbol: OSD), has a continuous need for international affiliate broadcasters and media outlets (broadcast stations, Internet news aggregators, mobile telephone operators, other outlets) capable of disseminating audio, video and text content produced by the following individual BBG entities: Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) - Radio/TV Marti - Radio Free Asia (RFA), Middle East Broadcast Network (MBN) - Radio SAWA/Alhurra Television.
Below is a listing of the languages used by the individual BBG international broadcasters: VOA, RFE/RL, OCB, RFA, and MBN. VOA broadcasts in English and 43 other languages such as: Afan Oromo, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Bosnian, Burmese, Cantonese, Creole, Croatian, Dari, French, Greek, Hausa, Indonesian, Khmer, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Macedonian, Mandarin, Ndebele, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek and Vietnamese.
RFE/RL broadcasts and/or provides news and information on the Internet in English and 27 languages: Dari, Pashto, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Avar, Chechen, Circassian, Armenian, Azeri, Belarusian, Georgian, Persian, Arabic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Romanian, Russian, Tajik, Tatar, Bashkir, Turkmen, Ukrainian and Uzbek.
OCB broadcasts radio, television and Internet programming in Spanish. RFA broadcasts in Mandarin, Cantonese, Burmese, Korean, Lao, Khmer, Tibetan and Vietnamese. MBN broadcasts in Arabic.
Interested sources are encouraged to submit a Capability Statement detailing their past experience in transmitting content of any kind, audience(s) reached with this content, primary content language(s), organization, point of contact, address, availability, if the interest involves any specific BBG entity, and any requirements for retransmitting BBG content.
Please note that each Capability Statement will be evaluated against the criteria listed above. BBG may enter into an Affiliate Agreement with those sources whose broadcasting outlets have been selected to accomplish mission requirements and reserves the right to inspect the broadcasting facility. In addition, BBG will collect compliance information from all affiliate broadcasts, as well as Internet and mobile operations to insure that they fully satisfy the requirements of their affiliation agreements. Termination of an Agreement can be made in whole or in part by either party upon issuance of a written (30) day notice.
Please submit your written Capability Statement to International Broadcasting Bureau, Office of Strategy and Development, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Suite 3666, Washington, DC 20237 USA; e-mail: dboynton@bbg.gov; Telephone Doug Boynton at: +1-202-203-4161; fax: +1-202-203-4185.
Capability Statements will be received through June 30, 2013
All submission will be considered by the Agency.
This Notice is not a RFQ, RFP, or IFB.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FBO_Notice_-_OMPP-13_for_3Qtr.doc | DOC document |
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