RECOVERY Tongass Movies

THIS IS AN AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 (ARRA) PROCUREMENT RECOVERY- Tongass Movies. The U.S. Forest Service, EROC-NW, servicing Region 10 has a requirement to obtain two brief High Definition, museum-quality films, one for the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, Alaska, and the other for the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors center in Juneau, Alaska. Each of these locations has a world class Visitor Center and provides the face of the Tongass National Forest to over one million visitors annually. The contractor is responsible for the planning, production, and completion of the two films. These artistic products need to reflect the themes, key take away messages as listed in the solicitation. These films will be made available for public viewing beginning in 2012. The contractor will provide all the labor, materials, services and facilities to research and prepare a script, provide appropriate images, direct location shoots and gather images and sound recordings to produce a 13 to 15 minute high definition film to orient visitors to the entirety of the Tongass National Forest at two world class visitor centers. **THIS IS A COMBINED SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS--QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED** These visitor centers are located at: Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, 8510 Mendenhall Loop Road, Juneau AK 99801 Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, 50 Main Street, Ketchikan AK 99901 **NOTES** --Additional work details are outlined in the attached solicitation. --There will not be a Pre-proposal meeting offered by the Government for site inspection. --An oral presentation is required for those proposers in the Competitive Range. The presentations will occur on December 22, 2009. The Government intends to award a contract(s) resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Contractor whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and technical factors considered. The following evaluation factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Past Performance; Artistic Quality of Comparable Works; Understanding of our Values and Message, Edit-ability; Familiarity with Alaska Conditions; Our Participation; Technical Ability to get Footage; Graphics, Modeling, Simulation Expertise; Variability; and Price. The non-price evaluation factors are significantly more important than price. This acquisition is a 100% Small Business set-aside. The North American Classification System Code (NAICS) is 512110. The size standard is $29.5 million. Contractors are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). The solicitation with specifications and Service Contract Act wage rates will be posted to the FedBizOps website www.fbo.gov. No hard copies of the solicitation and applicable amendments will be mailed or issued. To receive the solicitation and any applicable amendments, offerors must download them from www.fbo.gov.