SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS The 414th Contracting Support Brigade is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support requirements for any of the services listed below. The location of the services will be in Gulu, Uganda. The Period of Performance will be for one (1) year from the date the contract is awarded. The objective of this requirement is to obtain contractor support services to develop and execute a biweekly radio program to promote defections from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The radio program will be rebroadcast in other LRA suspected locations to encourage support from Gulu, Uganda to have current LRA members return home. The contractor shall plan, establish, and execute twenty four (24), one (1) hour long radio shows using at least sixty (60) different LRA defectors throughout a twelve (12) month period. Contractor will establish syndication of a radio show on a popular radio station that has a minimum coverage radius of at least fifty (50) kilometers surrounding Gulu, Uganda. Contractor shall purchase all the required parts and materials necessary in order to conduct the radio program. Contractor will provide transport for all materials, personnel, and equipment. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name 2) Address 3) Email address 4) Web site address 5) Telephone number 6) Size and type of ownership for the organization 7) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. [Note: In accordance with FAR 10.001(b), agencies should not request potential sources to submit more than the minimum information necessary.] The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards WILL NOT be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice No Later Than 18 August 2015 0900 HRS EAST AFRICAN TIME. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to MAJ Peter Luft at
[email protected] and SSG Charlee Thousand at
[email protected].