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This is a written Request for Quotation RFQ NoCON020003 pursuant to procurement of the required services described below using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures specified in Part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Price quotations submitted in response to this RFQ that exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold as specified in FAR Subpart 2101 Definitions will not be considered as responsive to this RFQ The Broadcasting Board of Governors International Broadcasting Bureau BBGIBB has a requirement for a contractor to obtain qualitative information on media habits and evaluations of Radio Mart broadcasts by its regular or occasional listeners among Cubans traveling to the United States of America Scope of Work The contractor shall obtain the qualitative information through focus groups with recentlyarrived Cuban travelers in the Greater Miami area identifying and recruiting participants arranging transportation to the contractors focus group facility professional moderation and analytical reporting of the results This qualitative research will provide BBG IBB and Radio Mart management with a audience reaction to and suggestions for improving Radio Mart programs and b indepth analysis of attitudes toward foreign and domestic media sources of news and information and Radio Mart programs 1 General Specifications The contractor shall conduct a total of four focus group sessions each with 810 participants and lasting approximately 2 hours Each group shall include roughly equal numbers of women and men and at least two participants in each group shall be from each of the following age ranges 1829 3039 and 40 and older if possible three participants each from the 1829 and 3039 groups All participants must be Cuban citizens with at least complete secondary education and none shall have left Cuba more than 3 months prior to participation in a focus group as many as possible of the participants should have arrived in the US within the previous two months The contractor shall screen to minimize participation of recent political prisoners or others with outspoken political views whose involvement might bias group discussions As many of the groups as possible shall be composed of recentlyarrived travelers who listened regularly weekly to Radio Mart programs prior to leaving the island If it is not possible to recruit sufficient travelers who were recent regular listeners regular radio listeners who have listened to Radio Mart programs in the last 12 months occasional listeners may be recruited as necessary Separate groups shall be held with regular and occasional listeners if sufficient numbers of regular listeners can be recruited The same moderator shall conduct all groups Participants will be given a selfcompletion questionnaire during sessions and they will listen to brief insession stimulus tapes of 20 to 30 minutes total duration The tapes will be supplied to the contractor by the IBB prior to the focus group sessions 2 Discussion Guide IBB will provide the contractor with a draft discussion guide in Spanish which will specify questions of basic interest and suggested sequencing These issues shall include daily lifestyle and media habits in Cuba evaluation of the production style presentation quality and content of specific Radio Mart programs discussion of topic areas of interest to radio listeners reasons for listening and not listening to Radio Mart programs and participant suggestions of possible strategies for improving Radio Mart programs The contractor shall review and suggest revisions for final approval by IBBs Office of Research PNR 3 Identification and Recruitment of Participants The contractor will identify arriving Cuban travelers who meet recruitment criteria through direct contacts at Miami International Airport andor other points of entry or through referrals from publ

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This is a written Request for Quotation RFQ No CON020004 pursuant to procurement of the required services as described below using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures specified in Part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR Price quotations submitted in response to this RFQ that exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold as specified in FAR Subpart 2101 Definitions will not be considered as responsive to this RFQ The Broadcasting Board of Governors International Broadcasting Bureau IBB has a requirement subject to the availability of funds for a contractor to obtain quantitative data on the size composition and media habits of the audience for Voice of America VOA Spanishlanguage broadcasts in Peru Quoters are herein requested to submit written price quotations and technical capabilitiesexperience information for conducting an audience survey as outlined below SECTION A SCOPE OF WORK 1 Nature of Survey Audience data shall be obtained through a national survey of Spanishspeaking adults Peru that is designed to obtain the most accurate possible information about the number of regular ie weekly and occasional listeners to VOAs broadcasts the demographic characteristics and geographical distribution of the audience the size of the regular and occasional listening audience for other international and domestic broadcasters the previousday usage patterns among audiences for radio and television broadcasts awareness of international broadcasts available either directly or through local rebroadcasts audience opinions as to the accuracy reliability quality and relevance of programming from major radio and television broadcasters and general patterns of media use The interviewing shall be facetoface and conducted in the home of the respondent by a trained interviewer IBB will require demographic information on each respondent including gender age education and occupation 2 General Responsibilities of Contractor The contractor will be responsible for the project design and execution including the following specific tasks a translation formatting pretesting adaptation and printing of IBB supplied questionnaires b developing the Sampling Plan c training interviewers d supervising fieldwork e cleaning and encoding survey responses f entering and processing the data g ascertaining the representativeness of the sample and weighting the data if necessary g preparing crosstabulations in data books submitting data on diskette and communicating all necessary information and results to IBB in a timely manner 3 Sample Design Interested quoters are herein requested to submit price quotations for a sample of 2000 adults age 15 or older representative by gender age and education of the adult Spanishspeaking population of Peru The sample shall be stratified to include subsamples representative of each province Apart from excluded areas noted quoters may propose samples that exclude certain remote lesspopulated areas deemed impractical to survey for reasons of logistics security or excessive cost Quotes shall describe the rationale for such proposed exclusions as well as the estimated size of the population excluded which should not total more than approximately 10 of the national population The sample shall be drawn using recognized probability methods all the way down to the selection of the individual respondent at the household level Only one individual per household shall be selected and at least three attempts shall be made to interview selected respondents before substitution is allowed A detailed Sampling Plan including stratification criteria description of the sampling frame listing of anticipated Primary Sampling Units PSUs approximate number of interviews in each procedures for selecting households within PSUs and procedures for selecting individual respondents at the household level shall be subm

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The US Customs Service plans to make a sole source purchase of an Anton PAAR DMA5000 5place density meter with the following Accuracy 5x10 gcc 090C planinum incell temperature sensor hiresolution LC display for viewing up to 8 lines of data simultaneously full range viscosity correction and 10 programmable methods Included are SP3M Automatic sample changer for DMA4500DMA5000 holds up to 30 samples 71060 Oil version Needle for SP3M 10400RD Taintertops for use with SP3M IDP3110 Citizen printer wcable collect software for DMAs with cable 75836 heated conversion kit for SP3m uses 50ml vials 15012 inserts to fit 12ml vials into 50ml carousel MD4 Heating Circulator waterbath Instrument is capable of denisity measurement ASD per ASTM D4052 and Density of Crude Oil D5002

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NA Project Description Grounds maintenance at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant Includes scheduled mowing trimming and litter pickup of approximately 2000 acres in accordance with Scope of Work furnished with solicitation A CDROM with maps of all th e areas is a part of the solicitation An allday site visit will be scheduled prior to the due date for the receipt of proposals Note 1 applies

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NA REFERENCE PRESOLICITATION NOTICE AND POSTED TO BOTH FEDBIZOPPS ON 18 DEC 2001 AND CBD SUBMISSION NOTICE 5154H3 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS CONTACT IS CHANGED TO MARJORIE COOKE 7325325563 FAX 7325321600 AND EMAIL marjoriecookemail1monmoutharmymil ALL OTHER INFORMATION REMAINS THE SAME

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NA The Government intends to award a five year Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity IDIQ type contract for Interface Unit Comm CA67AU NSN 5895014435081 Part 3149A The above item must be able to fully and successfully i ntegrate into the end item G88MSE Delivery will be made to New Cumberland PA Expected initial delivery of a quantity of 200 each 180 days after contract award The Government does not currently possess the necessary technical drawings to enable com petition for this item Star Dynamic is the only source that possesses the capability and knowledge required to satisfy the Governments requirements The sole source acquisition with Star Dynamic is authorized IAW FAR63021 a 1 Only One Responsibl e Source or a Limited Number of Sources The US Army Communications and Electronics Command CECOM has established the Business Opportunity Page IBOP website to allow electronic transmittal of Request for Proposals RFPs Request for Quotes RFQs and Invitation for Bids IFBs from CECOM to industry All parties interested in doing business with CECOM are invited to access operate send and receive information from the IBOP at httpabopmonmoutharmymil Contractors are advised to access an d review the Business Opportunity Web Page daily for Solicitation DAAB0701RA755 on or about 010702 Point of Contact is Dennis Olson 732 5321130 See note 22

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NA The U S Army Communications and Electronics Command USACECOManticipates award to Raytheon Command Control and Communication Systems 1501 72nd Street NSt Petersburg Florida 337332248 of a modification to Contract No DAAB0797CJ437 to support Reliability Development Growth Testing RDGT for various transmit and receive configurations of the Joint Tactical TerminalCommon Integrated Broadcast ServiceModules JTTCIBSM Award will be made per FAR 63021b1 Only One Responsible Source Adequate technical source data is unavailable Level III drawings and complete system level documentation suitable to sustain a competitive procurement were not purchased on the current contract and are unavailable since the JTT is still under development The present JTT effort is under Contract No DAAB0797CJ437 with Raytheon Command Control and Communication Systems and is managed by CECOMPEO IEWS See Note 22

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Electronic solicitations may be obtained on or about December 31 2001 from the following URL httpwwwbosoammvagov Offers remain due January 18 2002

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NA POC Technical Daniel Tartaglia 7324271959 danieltartagliamail1monmoutharmymil Contractual Laura PaskmanSyms Contract Specialist 732 5323548 Andrew Dellomo Contracting Officer 732 5323569 1 The Department of the Army Project Manager Signals Warfare PMSW has a requirement for a ground based Signals Intelligence SIGINT capability called Prophet ANMLQ40v4 PMSW will be releasing a draft Request for Proposals RFP for Block IIIII of the Prophet system on or about 14 February 2002 The Block IIIII Program is an upgrade to the Prophet Block I Production System The Prophet Block IIIII system is HMMWV based and shall provide full Block I functionality the Block I frequency range i s 20 2000 MHz and add the following Electronic Support ES capabilities Demodulation and DFLOB of TAS signals Block I is capable of demodulating and DFLOB AM FM CW and SSB single channel pushtotalk unencrypted transmissions Automatic identification of TCS TAS and TOS signals in the specified frequency range All of the above functions must be performed while the vehicle is stationary andor OnTheMove OTM The DF accuracy in the stationary Configuration shall be no greater than 100 RMS and the DF accuracy while OTM shall be no greater than 2250 RMS The sy stem shall be fully automated with a Human Machine Interface HMI An Electronic Attack EA capability integrated with the ES functions is being considered as either a basic system requirement or a Better Value Capability BVC The above list represent s the major requirements being sought the complete list of requirements will be documented in the RFP Maximum reuse of the Block I system and its subsystems is encouraged and will be considered when evaluating proposals All pertinent data that the Go vernment has obtained from the production contract will be made available to requesting contractors The Government will offer all potential bidders access to utilize anyall applicable data information andor functionality from the current Block III Risk ReductionCAD Architecture efforts under contract with QinetiQ This access is limited to US and UK contractors QinetiQ will provide a briefing of their contracted activities at an Industry Day to be held on or about 21 February 2002 A standard data p ackage documenting QinetiQs efforts will be available for all potential bidders Note Prospective Bidders need to notify a POC by 15 January 2002 of their planned attendance at Industry Day so the proper documentation can be processed The Government r equires that any potential bidders have existing technology that meets the signal type and frequency range requirements noted above To satisfy this requirement all potential bidders need to participate in a demonstration of those capabilities to be condu cted in AprilMay 2002 at their own cost Details on demonstration requirements will be included in the draft RFP The upcoming solicitation will be a full and open competition where the RFP defines the performance requirements of the system along with a section defining better value capabilities The better value capabilities should be standalone features in terms of pricing and potential for inclusion in the final system design All contractors planning to respond to the solicitation must have the abil ity to handle store and process Sensitive Compartmented Information SCI 2 The Government is seeking the widest possible response from industry 3 Interested parties are encouraged to monitor the CECOM Business Opportunities Page httpabopmo nmoutharmymil for further information regarding the release of the draft RFP 4 This announcement is for information and planning purposes only does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this announcement

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• Department/Ind.Agency VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
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