Part time Media Specialist III Services

A.1 Offerors shall have and shall maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at: http://www.sam.gov to be eligible for a Government contract award.
If at the time of award, an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Government reserves the right to award to the next prospective Offeror.
A.2 Contracting Office Address: International Institute for Tropical Forestry
Attn: Amelia Davila, Contracting Officer
1201 Ceiba Jardin Botanica Sur
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926
A.3 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, "Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items," as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.
This solicitation is a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99 effective 6-15-2018.
The Contracting Office at the International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) intends to award a fixed-price contract for commercial part time media specialist services, for IITF in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS).
The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541820 - Public Relations Services.
Set-Aside Requirement: The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation.
A.4 SITE VISIT: N/A
A.5 BIDDERS QUESTIONS: N/A
A.6 ANSWERS TO BIDDERS QUESTIONS: N/A
A.7 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Proposals are due on/or before 09/27/2018 by 2:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Proposals shall be sent by email "ONLY" to the Contract Specialist (Mike Belovsky) at: jbelovsky@fs.fed.us. The Government wil award a Firm Fixed-Price Contract to provide commercial part time media specialist III services resulting from this RFP to the responsible individual through the evaluation process as outlined in the solicitation..