This is a combined synopsis/solicitation notice of intent for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued for the solicitation number NOI9062 issued as a Notice of Intent. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2005-31). This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a Small Business Set-Aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 515111, which has a small-business size standard of $7.0 million dollars. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intend to procure radio advertisement services from Bonneville International Group. Bonneville is the only known vendor responsible for advertising on various radio stations in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. Advertising with various media sources continues to be instrumental in reaching a wide variety of individuals needed to maintain the number of volunteers needed to complete clinical trials. The period of performance for this agreement will be for a continuous 12 month period from the date of award. The Contractor will run multiple 30 second radio advertisements on their radio stations. The demographic area is limited to the Bonneville listening audience in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, including Maryland and Northern Virginia. All copies of the draft advertisement are provided to the vendor by the Government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) price and 2) capability to meet required specifications. The government will award a fixed price purchase order to the responsible contractor. The FOB terms are “Destination” and Net 30. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212.5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders, Commercial Items; FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies; FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; and FAR 32.703-2, Availability of Funds, FAR 52.232.34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Center Contractor Registration. In order to be considered for an award, an offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at http://orca.bpn.gov/ in accordance with FAR 4.1201 (a). By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR at www.ccr.gov prior to award during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. [Note: Lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration will make an offeror ineligible for award.] All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, April 17, 2009. For delivery of responses through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Room 2NE52E, MSC 4812, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4812. E-mail and Fax submissions are not authorized. Request for information concerning this requirement are to be submitted in writing, and can be faxed to 301-480-8720, or e-mail to
[email protected]. It is the vendor’s responsibility to confirm receipts of all quotations and/or questions by the closing date of this announcement by contacting Mr. Terry Knight at (301) 402-2282. Collect calls will not be accepted.