Defense Innovation Unit - Communications Support Services

This sources sought announcement is for informational purposes only. It is not to be construed as an obligation on the part of Washington Headquarters Services/Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD). In order to proactively plan for future requirements, WHS/AD is conducting market research to locate qualified, experienced, and interested large and small business concerns capable of providing external communication and marketing services. Services to support The Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit. DIU is seeking an external communication and marketing agency to assist in continuing the mission to accelerate commercial innovation for national defense and to align DIU with the two new activities. The Contractor will provide information-dissemination and graphic design services in development of presentations, documents, speeches, electronic media, website development, and video collateral. The Contractor will provide these services in order to help DIU convey the essence of program concepts, technical results, and benefits. Example media include PowerPoint presentations, multimedia, exhibits, quantitative technical information, and conference materials. The Contractor Information Dissemination Teams should collectively be proficient in information design techniques and be capable of providing editorial support for embedded and standalone prose. The Graphic Design Team should possess the artistic skills and demonstrate the ability to grasp technical concepts in order to illustrate and convey critical program ideas. The Government is specifically performing Market Research to see if there are potential large or small business concerns capable of providing the services outlined in the Sources Sought Notice - Requirement Task. However, all interested and capable contractors are encouraged to respond. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the sources sought evaluation. This is not a solicitation announcement. This notice neither constitutes a Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD) to the ultimate acquisition approach. No contract will be awarded from this announcement and requests for solicitation will not receive a response. No reimbursement will be made for any cost associated with providing information in response to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents is strictly voluntary. Please see the attached Performance Work Statement and Sources Sought notice. If your company is an interested large or small business that has the capability to provide the services listed in the draft Performance Work Statement please send the capability statement to the following contacts listed below: Contract Specialist, Steven Yang, steven.yang3.civ@mail.mil Contracting Officer, JC Carroll, james.e.carroll34.civ@mail.mil No phone calls related to this Request for Information (RFI) will be accepted. All correspondence shall be via email. Responses must be submitted no later than Friday, September 18, 2020 by 12:00 PM (Eastern). Capability statements will not be returned.