R701--SPECIAL Advertising for Outreach VA Iowa City

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No phone calls. Responses by e-mail only. As this is a Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes, the Government will not accept any technical questions at this time.

This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine small business sources capable of providing TV advertising services per this notice under NAICS 541840 (Media Representatives). Small business size standard is $18.5 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is R701 (Advertising Services).

BACKGROUND:

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This notice is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This notice does not commit the Federal Government to contract for any service at this time.

Further, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23/Services Branch, Sioux Falls, SD, is not at this time seeking offers, and will not accept unsolicited offers.Â

Respondents are advised that the Federal Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party s expense.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Federal Government to form a binding contract. Although the term offeror is used in this notice, your respective organization s response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as an offer.

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this notice is to conduct market research to determine if there are Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) sources capable of providing TV Advertising Services for the Iowa City VA Health Care System.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:

The Iowa City VA Health Care System requires TV advertising services to promote Veteran enrollment at the Iowa City VA Health Care System. Services shall provide 30 second advertising spots for the local TV market to promote VA enrollment for local Veterans.

PLACES OF PERFORMANCE:

Local Iowa City television advertising market

POTENTIAL SCOPE OF WORK:

Securing 30 second advertising spots on local Iowa City TV markets

POTENTIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:

None

SUBMITTAL OF RESPONSES:

Responses shall be sent via electronic mail only by 10:00am Central Standard Time (CST), 08-22-2022 to:

Curt LaRose

Contracting Officer

E-mail: curt.larose@va.gov

Offerors shall submit a capability statement indicating their ability and experience to provide the services cited above; such statement shall also list:

Name of offeror

Address of offeror

Unique Entity ID (SAM)

Point of contact name, phone number, and e-mail of offeror

Whether or not vendor is SDVOSB or VOSB; SDVOSB and VOSB will be verified through Vet Biz at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov.

Whether or not vendor has General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract; if so, please provide GSA FSS contract number

certifications and licensure that its applicable staff holds