PROCUREMENT- RADIO ADVERTISING- JUNE 14

SMALL BUSINESS RESERVE PROCUREMENT

TITLE: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Maryland WIC Program

Maryland WIC Program – Radio Station Sponsorship- Baltimore Metropolitan Region

This is Small Business Reserve (SBR) procurement, only registered SBRs may respond. Please apply at https://www.smallbusinessreserve.maryland.gov/ to se if your business qualifies. Your SBR number must be included on the bid sheet or you will be deemed non-responsive.
Summary Statement

The Office of the Maryland WIC Program is the designated State Agency for Maryland and responsible for the statewide administration of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). WIC is a federally funded program administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The purpose of the WIC program is to provide supplemental foods and nutrition education through Local Agencies at no cost to eligible persons. The WIC Program serves as an adjunct to good health care during critical times of growth and development to prevent the occurrence of health problems and improve the health status of low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children under five years of age who are at nutritional risk. The Office of the Maryland WIC Program promotes breastfeeding and encourages new mothers to breastfeed their newborn infants. The Office of the Maryland WIC Program within the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is soliciting a Radio station sponsorship for a period of three consecutive weeks to promote breastfeeding. The purpose of this Bid Board Notice is solicit bids from broadcast radio stations (AM or FM) and companies/individuals who have professional relationships with broadcast radio stations (AM or FM) that have a large listening audience of women from the ages of 18 years of age to 35 years of age. Proposals of $20,000 or less will be considered.

SCOPE OF WORK
The Office of the Maryland WIC Program is seeking broadcast radio stations (AM or FM) and companies/individuals who have professional relationships with broadcast radio stations (AM or FM) that reach WIC’s target audience of women from the ages of 18 years of age to 35 years of age. The radio station will air 60-second breastfeeding spots owned and provided by DHMH’s Office of the Maryland WIC Program. The spot shall be aired for up to 3 weeks, between August 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Proposals must be mailed or hand-delivered and must be received by the PROCUREMENT OFFICER NO LATER than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday June 14, 2010 in order to be considered.

Offerers who hand deliver proposals are requested to please ask the building’s security desk to telephone the PROCUREMENT OFFICER.

Offerers who mail their proposals should allow sufficient mail transit time to ensure timely receipt by the PROCUREMENT OFFICER. Proposals and/or unsolicited amendments to proposals arriving after the closing hour and date noted above will not be considered. For any response that is not hand-delivered, the offerer must confirm, at least 60 minutes before the deadline, that the proposal were received in FHA Procurement. FHA is not responsible for proposals dropped off in the mailroom.

Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to the PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
PROCUREMENT OFFICER:

Michael J. Trombetta

Family Health Administration

201 West Preston Street Room 306

Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: 410-767-5039