Criar Productions, Inc.

Criar Productions, Inc. is a woman-owned, minority-owned small business based in Arlington, Virginia that provides media production and communications services to federal agencies, primarily the U.S. Agency for Global Media's Voice of America. According to their registration in SAM.gov, they are a corporate for-profit entity certified as a small disadvantaged business.

Over the past few years, Criar Productions has been awarded several firm-fixed-price contracts from the Voice of America to provide television studio services, makeup artistry, and television directing services in support of VOA's multimedia journalism programming. These contracts were issued through calls against an established Blanket Purchase Agreement that VOA has in place with Criar Productions for media production services, with a total potential value of $191,000. The contracts did not include any set-aside provisions or subcontracting requirements. By procuring these specialized media services through Criar Productions, VOA aims to enhance the production quality and studio capabilities for their television, radio, and digital content distributed globally.

Criar Productions currently holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Voice of America for television studio services, television directing services, and other unspecified media production or communications support. This BPA, established in 2022 with no defined ceiling value, facilitates the issuance of firm-fixed-price task orders to Criar Productions for their media expertise over multiple years. Between FY2018 and FY2020, VOA issued three task orders totaling $191,000 against this BPA vehicle to procure television production capabilities from Criar Productions in the Washington D.C. area. By utilizing this streamlined BPA for media services, VOA can efficiently obtain specialized solutions from Criar Productions to support their international broadcasting mission and enhance their outreach through improved studio and on-air production quality.