Vacancy Advertisement Publication Services - Local
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- Vacancy
- Agency
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Department of State
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Partial Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 54181 Advertising Agencies
- PSC
- R701 Support- Management: Advertising
- Place of performance
- Colombo Western 00300 Sri Lanka
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of State's Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka is seeking vendors to provide newspaper and web advertising services for job vacancy publications across Sri Lanka and Maldives. The solicitation requires vendors to submit price proposals for advertising space, specifically in 1cm x 1cm column rates for newspapers and 2-week publication periods for web advertisements. Vendors must demonstrate capabilities to provide artwork and translations within 24 hours of receiving advertisement contents, complete proof-reading by Friday morning, and confirm publications by Friday at noon. The government intends to award the contract to the responsible company submitting the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offer based on initial quotations. To be considered, vendors must submit a price proposal aligned with the Statement of Work, past performance records, a detailed vendor profile, and proof of SAM registration, with the proposal due by January 13, 2025, at 5:00 PM local time.
The solicitation is set aside as a partial small business opportunity and targets advertising services within the NAICS 54181 category for Advertising Agencies. The place of performance is Colombo, Sri Lanka, with services required across multiple publications including Sunday Observer, Sunday Times, Sunday Lankadeepa, Daily News in Sri Lanka, and Job Maldives, Jobsical, and Mihaaru Paper/online in Maldives. The contract includes specific requirements for vendor qualifications, such as demonstrating past performance in Sri Lanka and Maldives and evidence of working relationships with local publishers. Payment terms are structured to reimburse vendors within 30 days of service completion. While specific award values are not detailed, the solicitation indicates the U.S. Government will evaluate proposals without holding discussions, though they reserve the right to engage with companies in the competitive range if necessary.
Notice text
Embassy of United States of America -Colombo office is inviting vendors to submit their price proposals for the Newspaper and Web advertising services of the Embassy related Job Vacancies to be published in Sri Lanka & Maldives sources.
The quotations should be provided in 1cm x 1 cm Column Rate for Newspapers and 2 weeks publication period for web advertisements.
Prices should be duty free and VAT exempted
Quotation due date and time: On or before January 13th, 2025, at 1700 hours local time
Scope & Timeline –
Artworks and translations should be provided within 24 hours from receiving of advertisement contents.
For weekend publications, artworks will be provided by Wednesday evening / Thursday morning. Proof-reading should be completed by Friday Morning, in certain cases for urgent requirements the turnaround time should be within 24 hours or lesser.
Vendors should provide past performance records in Sri Lanka and Maldives with similar scope of work and evidence of working relationship with Local Publishers mentioned below.
Publications should be confirmed By Friday 12 Noon.
Payments to the vendors - Payments will be done within 30 days from the service completion date.
Vendors should be registered in SAMs.
Publication list as follows –
- Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
- Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
- Sunday Lankadeepa (Sri Lanka)
- Sunday Silumina (Sri Lanka)
- Sirikatha(Sri Lanka)
- Virakesari (Sri Lanka)
- Varamanjari (Sri Lanka)
- Daily News (Sri Lanka)
- Top Jobs Website (Sri Lanka)
- Job Maldives (Maldives)
- Jobsical (Maldives)
- Mihaaru Paper / online (Maldives)
In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:
- 1. Price proposal as per SOW
- 2. Past Performance records of the vendor on similar job criteria
- 3. Detailed vendor profile
- 4. Proof of SAM Registration
The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting the lowest priced, technically acceptable offer. We intend to award a contract/purchase order based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.
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