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Schedule Title: Advertising & Integrated Marketing Solutions
FSC Group: 541, Part 1
Contract Number: GS-23F-0161S
For more information on ordering from Federal Supply Schedules, click on FSS
Schedules at fss.gsa.gov.
Contract Period: April 24, 2006 to April 23, 2011 (with three 5-year option
periods)
Creative Communications Network, Inc.
612 Lancelot Drive
Liberty, MO 64068-1024
Telephone: 816-407-9194
Toll-Free: 877-410-3551
Fax: 206-350-2273
www.ccnmarketing.com
Contract Administrator
Mr. Ronald E. Butler
612 Lancelot Drive
Liberty, MO 64068-1024
Telephone: 816-407-9194
Toll-Free: 877-410-3551
Fax: 206-350-2273
Email: ronccn@gmail.com
Business Size: Small, Women Owned
Customer Information Page
1a.
- SIN 541-1 Advertising Services
- SIN 541-2 Public Relations Services
- SIN 541-4A Market Research and Analysis
- SIN 541-4C Exhibit Design and Implementation
Services
1b. See Attachment 1 for pricing of Tasks.
1c. See Attachment 1.
2. Maximum order: $1,000,000
3. Minimum order: $100
4. Geographic coverage: (delivery area): Domestic
5. Point of Production (city, county, and state, or foreign country): Liberty,
MO 64068
6. Discount from list prices or statement of net prices: Prices above are
net and discounts are inclusive.
7. Quantity discounts: Not Applicable.
8. Prompt Payment terms: Net 30 days.
9a. Notification whether Government purchase cards are accepted at or below
the micro-purchase threshold: Yes.
9b. Notification whether Government purchase cards are accepted or not accepted
above the micro-purchase threshold: Yes.
10. Foreign items: Not applicable.
11a. Time of delivery: To be negotiated at the task order level.
11b. Expedited delivery: Items available for expedited delivery are noted
in this price list.
11c. Overnight and 2-day delivery: Overnight delivery is available. Customers
may contact the contractor’s Contract Administrator for rates for overnight
and 2-day delivery.
11d. Urgent Requirements: See contract clause 1-FSS-014-B. Agencies can contact
the contractor’s Contract Administrator to obtain faster delivery.
12. F.O.B. points(s): Destination.
13a. Ordering Address:
Creative Communications Network, Inc.
612 Lancelot Drive
Liberty, MO 64068-1024
13b. Ordering Procedures: For supplies and services, the ordering procedures,
information on blanket purchase agreements (BPA’s), and a sample BPA can be
found at the GSA/FSS schedule home page (fss.gsa.gov/schedules).
14. Payment Address:
Creative Communications Network, Inc.
612 Lancelot Drive
Liberty, MO 64068-1024
15. Warranty provision: Not applicable.
16. Export packaging charges: Not applicable.
17. Terms and conditions of Government purchase card acceptance (any thresholds
above the micro purchase level): Not applicable.
18. Terms and conditions of rental, maintenance and repair: Not applicable.
19. Terms and conditions of installation: Not applicable.
20. Terms and conditions of repair parts: Not applicable.
20a. Terms and conditions for any other services: Not applicable.
21. List of services and distribution points: Not applicable.
22. List of participating dealers: Not applicable.
23. Preventative maintenance: Not applicable.
24a. Special attributes such as environmental attributes: CCN uses recycled-content
paper whenever possible or requested. Commercial printers CCN uses (for flyers,
brochures, etc.) are asked to use soy-based ink.
24b. If applicable, indicate that Section 508 compliance information is available
on Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) supplies and services and show
where full details can be found: Not applicable.
25. Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number: 79-541-9209
26. Notification regarding registration in Central Contract Registration (CCR)
database: Registered on September 23, 2002. Valid until September 11, 2010.
Attachment 1

Awarded Contract Price List
541-1 Advertising Services
Task Price: Includes all services and Other Direct Costs (ODC’s) necessary
that are directly related to the service being contracted. Includes creative
concept, copy, design, production of final art for one ad. Does not include
broadcast or print media buying/costs. Includes the Industrial Funding Fee
of 0.75%. Lower prices may be quoted. Task Price: $3,237.50 Per Task.
Advertising Services may be quoted using hourly direct labor rates. Please
refer to the table of Hourly Direct Labor Rates below.
541-2 Public Relations Services
Task Price: Includes all services and Other Direct Costs (ODC’s) necessary
that are directly related to the service being contracted. Includes strategic
concept, copywriting, clearances, and placement. Includes the Industrial Funding
Fee of 0.75%. Does not include media list development. Does not include distribution
other than electronic. Lower prices may be quoted Task Price: $4,348.00 Per
Task.
Public Relations Services may be quoted using hourly direct labor rates. Please
refer to the table of Hourly Direct Labor Rates below.
541-4A Market Research and Analysis
Task Price: Includes all services and Other Direct Costs (ODC’s) necessary
that are directly related to the service being contracted. Includes project
background research, writing of interview or polling script, recruiting of
subjects (focus group or one-on-one interviews), audio and video taping, analysis
and findings report, presentation of findings. Task Price includes two focus
group sessions or up to 24 one-on-one interview sessions of 45 minutes duration
each. Includes the Industrial Funding Fee of 0.75%. Lower prices may be quoted.
Task Price: $43,680.00 Per Task.
Services for Market Research and Analysis may be quoted using hourly direct
labor rates. Please refer to the table of Hourly Direct Labor Rates below.
541-4C Exhibit Design and Implementation Services
Task Price: Includes all services and Other Direct Costs (ODC’s) necessary
that are directly related to the service being contracted. Includes planning,
liaison with agency and show, design and production of one 4-part “mural” or
10 detachable Lamda-Flex thermal exhibit graphics for 10 feet wide by 8 feet
high backwall display and ancillary foamcore signage and visuals. Does not
include rental/purchase of exhibit space or all exhibit furnishings, carpet,
Internet service, electrical, drayage, etc. Includes the Industrial Funding
Fee of 0.75%. Lower prices may be quoted. Task Price: $5,670.00 Per Task.
Exhibit Design and Implementation Services may be quoted using hourly direct
labor rates. Please refer to the table of Hourly Direct Labor Rates below.
Hourly Direct Labor Rates:
CCN Direct Labor
Categories
Including discount
from commercial rates
|
GSA Net Price
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Unit/ Issue
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1. Senior Account Planner/Manager
|
$81.61
|
Hour
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2. Senior Public Relations Director/Counsel/Writer
|
$81.61
|
Hour
|
3. Senior Creative Director
|
$99.74
|
Hour
|
4. Senior Market Research Director
|
$99.74
|
Hour
|
5. Senior Media Analyst/Buyer
|
$77.07
|
Hour
|
6. Senior New Media/Web Developer
|
$72.54
|
Hour
|
7. Public Relations Manager/Writer
|
$77.07
|
Hour
|
8. Market Research Associate
|
$36.27
|
Hour
|
9. Associate Media Analyst
|
$63.47
|
Hour
|
10. Art Director
|
$63.47
|
Hour
|
11. Account/Traffic Manager
|
$36.27
|
Hour
|
12. Account Financial Manager
|
$45.34
|
Hour
|
Labor Category Descriptions
1. SENIOR ACCOUNT PLANNER/MANAGER
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen years of increasing responsibility in accomplishing
strategic communications and business planning, strategic analysis, problem solving,
project(s) management, or account administration.
Functional Responsibility: Research client needs and issues, develop marketing
communications strategic plans, and select/manage staff working on the project(s).
Budget development and financial management for accounts and individual projects.
Overall planning and program execution. Market research management. Liaison
with client. Management of government paperwork, reports, and follow-up. Quality
control of all aspects or programs.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in communications, journalism, marketing,
fine arts, management, business, or related discipline or equivalent years
of relevant professional experience or education.
2. SENIOR PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR/COUNSEL/WRITER
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen years of increasing responsibility in development
and execution of strategic public relations plans; account development and
management;. writing of plans and elements of their tactical execution, including
backgrounders, white papers, media kit components, news releases, feature
stories, brochures and other collateral materials; media relations, and client
liaison.
Functional Responsibility: Research client public relations needs and issues,
develop public relations strategic plans, select and manage staff working on
the project(s). Budget development and management. Planning and program execution.
Liaison with client and account management staff. Writing of public relations
program components, placement of news releases and feature stories, market
research management. Photography and/or supervision of photography and graphics.
Quality control of public relations projects.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in public relations, journalism, communications,
marketing or related discipline or equivalent years of professional experience
or education.
3. SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen years of increasing responsibility in development
and execution of strategic communications and graphics creative concepts
and designs; layout and production of graphics and communications collateral
materials such as print advertising, brochures, sales aids, flyers, exhibit
display materials, billboard advertising; and supervision of graphics staff
and suppliers.
Functional Responsibility: Research, develop and produce creative communications
concepts and designs in coordination with account managers and clients. Select
and manage graphics staff and suppliers working on projects, including artists
and photographers. Graphics budget development and management. Liaison with
client. Research and sourcing of graphics images. Quality control of graphics
projects.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in fine arts, graphics design, or related
discipline or equivalent years of professional experience or education.
4. SENIOR MARKET RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen years of increasing responsibility in development,
execution, and data analysis of strategic market research programs, analysis
and reporting, including a variety of qualitative and quantitative studies
and combinations of the two disciplines, and supervision of research staff
and suppliers.
Functional Responsibility: Research, develop, execute, and analyze/report
strategic market research qualitative and quantitative projects, including
focus group interviews, one-on-one interviews, tele-groups, triads and dyads,
executive interviewing, opportunity sessions, customer satisfaction audits,
and cross-functional sessions. Training and supervision of moderators and interviewers.
Development of recommendations to address strategic needs and issues revealed
by the research. Presentation of findings to client. Research budget development
and management. Liaison with client and account management staff. Quality control
of research projects.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in market research or related discipline
or equivalent years of professional experience or education, with emphasis
on statistical analysis and marketing.
5. SENIOR MEDIA ANALYST/BUYER
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen years of increasing responsibility in media
analysis in coordination with an overall strategic marketing communications
plan; development and execution of strategic media planning, recommendations,
and schedules; negotiation and buying of media; tracking and reporting of
media placements; supervision of associate media planners and buyers.
Functional Responsibility: Research, develop and produce media analysis, plans,
and recommendations, and schedules as part of a strategic marketing communications
plan. Negotiate and buy print and broadcast media. Track, document, and report
media placements. Selection and supervision of associate media planners and
buyers working on projects. Media budget development and management. Liaison
with client and account staff. Quality control of media analysis and placement
programs.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in advertising, media or related discipline
or equivalent years of professional experience or education.
6. SENIOR NEW MEDIA/WEB DEVELOPER
Minimum/General Experience: Fifteen years of increasing responsibility in development
and execution of Internet and New Media (CD-ROM, DVD) concepts and components
of a strategic marketing communications program; text and graphics creative
development and production; software research, sourcing, and deployment;
and supervision of New Media and Internet staff and suppliers.
Functional Responsibility: Research, develop and produce Internet-based or
New Media creative communications concepts and content in coordination with
account managers and clients. Select and manage Internet development staff
and suppliers working on projects. Sourcing of images and other content. Internet
and New Media budget development and management. Liaison with client. Quality
control of Internet and New Media projects.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in fine arts, graphics design, journalism,
or related discipline or equivalent years of professional experience or education,
with emphasis on Internet structure and software.
7. PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER/WRITER
Minimum/General Experience: Eight years of increasing responsibility in development
and execution of strategic public relations plans, management and writing
of elements of their tactical execution, including backgrounders, white papers,
media kit components, news releases, feature stories, brochures and other
collateral materials, media relations, and client liaison.
Functional Responsibility: Research, develop, and execute components of public
relations strategic plans. Budget development and management. Liaison with
client and account management staff. Writing of public relations program components,
placement of news releases and feature stories. Photography and/or supervision
of photography and graphics. Quality control of public relations projects.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in public relations, journalism, communications,
marketing or related discipline or equivalent years of professional experience
or education.
8. MARKET RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Minimum/General Experience: Five years of market research project development
and execution; interviewing or data analysis of strategic market research
programs, including a variety of qualitative and quantitative studies and
combinations of the two disciplines.
Functional Responsibility: Planning, facilities and suppliers sourcing prior
to implementation of research projects. Interviewing of market research respondents.
Collating, writing, and proofing of market research results and reports. Assistance
in executing strategic market research qualitative and quantitative projects,
including focus group interviews, one-on-one interviews, tele-groups, executive
interviewing, opportunity sessions, customer satisfaction audits, and cross-functional
sessions. Liaison with account management staff. Quality control of research
projects.
Minimum Education: Associate degree in market research or related discipline
or training/certification as an interviewer or market research technician,
or equivalent years of professional experience or education, with emphasis
on statistical analysis and market research.
9. ASSOCIATE MEDIA ANALYST/BUYER
Minimum/General Experience: Five years of increasing responsibility in media
analysis in coordination with an overall strategic marketing communications
plan; development and execution of strategic media planning, recommendations,
and schedules; negotiation and buying of media; tracking and reporting of
media placements.
Functional Responsibility: Develop and produce media analysis, plans, and
recommendations, and schedules as part of a strategic marketing communications
plan. Negotiate and buy print and broadcast media. Track, document, and report
media placements. Liaison with account staff. Quality control of media analysis
and placement programs.
Minimum Education: B.A./B.S. degree in advertising, media or related discipline
or equivalent years of professional experience or education.
10. ART DIRECTOR
Minimum/General Experience: Five years of increasing responsibility in development
and execution of strategic communications and graphics creative concepts
and designs; layout and production of graphics and communications collateral
materials such as print advertising, brochures, sales aids, flyers, exhibit
display materials, billboard advertising; and supervision of graphics staff
and suppliers.
Functional Responsibility: Research, develop and produce creative communications
designs and layouts in coordination with the Creative Director. Select and
manage graphics. Provide desktop publishing and PhotoShop services. Liaison
with account management staff and the managing Creative Director. Research
and sourcing of graphics images. Quality control of graphics projects.
Minimum Education: B.S./B.A. degree in fine arts, graphics design, or related
discipline or equivalent years of professional experience or education.
11. ACCOUNT/TRAFFIC MANAGER
Minimum/General Experience: Five years of increasing responsibility in coordinating
project details, administrative assistance, and traffic management of projects
from inception to delivery through an advertising or public relations agency.
Functional Responsibility: Initiate project paperwork and tracking. Liaison
with account management staff and suppliers involved in project. Monitor and
report on project status. Source and manage suppliers as needed. Cataloging
and maintaining files pertaining to projects and their components. Manage scheduling
and deadline compliance of project components. Quality control of suppliers
and traffic flow. Administrative assistance as needed.
Minimum Education: B.A./B.S. degree in advertising, public relations, graphics
production or related discipline or equivalent years of professional experience
or education.
12. ACCOUNT FINANCIAL MANAGER
Minimum/General Experience: Five years of increasing responsibility in accounting
and bookkeeping, including accounts payable and receivable, general ledger,
and other modules of bookkeeping, with emphasis on service industries such
as advertising and public relations agencies.
Functional Responsibility: Set up new client accounts in the bookkeeping system.
Enter payables, receivables and adjustments under direction of accounting managers.
Track and report on costs related to projects and clients. Assist in generating
invoices promptly and paying suppliers promptly. Liaison with account management
staff and suppliers involved in project. Monitor and report on project financial
status. Maintain accounting files. Accounting administrative assistance as
needed.
Minimum Education: B.A./B.S. degree in accounting or related discipline or
equivalent years of professional experience or education. |