TV Converter
Box Coupon Program Administration
The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a contract to IBM on August 15, 2007, to provide services for the TV Converter Box Coupon Program, which was designed to help all Americans complete the transition to digital television. The initial award was $119,968,468, which breaks down to $84,990,343 for the base period, and $34,978,125 for a contingent period. The contract performance began on the award date, and is scheduled for closeout January 31, 2010. NTIA issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide services in support of the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program authorized by section 3005 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The services required cover three broad functional areas: (1) consumer education and communications, (2) systems processing (e.g., determine consumer eligibility, coupon distribution and activation, and certify retailers and provide training materials), and (3) financial processing (e.g., administer the coupon authorization for redemption, and retailer payment process, and perform independent auditing). NTIA awarded a single contract for an end-to-end solution and execution of the Coupon Program that encompasses all three functional areas. The Coupon Program components require expertise across a variety of fields. NTIA encouraged potential Offerors to include expertise from small businesses as well as large businesses to provide the best mix of resources to enable NTIA to execute the Coupon Program efficiently and effectively. In November, 2008, NTIA awarded $2.7 million to the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) to help seniors transition to digital television and $1.65 million to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF) to help vulnerable populations make the tranisiton. For more information: Press
Release: Commerce’s NTIA Awards $1.65 Million
to Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund to Help
Vulnerable Groups Transition to Digital TV: NTIA awarded
today $1.65 million to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Education Fund (LCCREF) to help vulnerable populations transition
to digital television with the TV Converter Box Coupon Program.
(Acrobat PDF 27 Kb) Press
Release: Commerce’s NTIA Awards $2.7 Million to National Association
of Area Agencies on Aging to Help Seniors Transition to Digital TV: NTIA
announced today an award of $2.7 million to the National Association of Area
Agencies on Aging (n4a) to help seniors transition to digital television through
the TV Converter Box Coupon Program. Full-power TV broadcasters switch
from analog to 100 percent digital broadcasts after February 17, 2009. (Print
version Acrobat PDF 27 Kb) Final Phase Plan
for Distributing TV Converter Box Coupons:
Plan demonstrates that the Coupon Program has both sufficient
funds and system processing capabilities to distribute
a total of more than 50 million coupons through March
31, 2009, and to do so without the creation a large backlog.
Date: November 6, 2008 (Acrobat PDF 242 Kb) TV Converter
Box Coupon Program Consumer Education Plan: This
document provides NTIA’s strategic plan of action
to educate consumers about the digital transition and
the Coupon Program. (Acrobat PDF 408 Kb)
DTV
Technical Assistance: This document addresses
how NTIA intends to meet the informational and technical
assistance needs of vulnerable populations using the
funds made available in the “DTV
Transition Assistance Act.” (Acrobat PDF 33 Kb) Consumer Testing
Results Report: NTIA conducted independent research
to identify what consumers thought were important pieces
of information about the Coupon Program; what type of
identity attracted their attention; and whether the Coupon
Program application was understandable and easy to fill
out. (Acrobat PDF 1,274 Kb)
Privacy Impact Assessment: Both personally identifiable information and business identifiable information are collected. The personal information collected is pertinent to the stated purpose for which the information is to be used, and only information that is required to implement the coupon program is collected. Public
Notice: Digital-to-Analog Converter Box program System
of Records: NTIA has published a notice to announce
the effective date of a Privacy Act System of Records
entitled COMMERCE/NTIA-1, Applications Related to Coupons
for Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes. This new system
of records is necessary to identify those households that
qualify for and receive coupons towards the purchase of
a digital-to-analog converter box. (Printable
version - Acrobat PDF 14 Kb) Federal
Register: New System of Records for DTV Transition
Converter Box Coupon Program: The Federal Register
notice announces the Department of Commerce's (Department)
proposal for a new system of records under the Privacy
Act. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) is creating a new system of records for applications
related to coupons for the Digital-to-Analog Converter
Box program. Amendment
to Request for Proposals: On April 20, the NOAA
Acquisition and Grants Office issued an amendment with
changes to the Request for Proposals, including an extension
of the deadline to submit proposals to 2 P.M. EST, May
7, 2007. Procurement
Website for Offerors: As announced on the Federal
Business Opportunities site, offerors can now access a
procurement website for this solicitation. Located on
the website are: Pre-proposal
Conference: A pre-proposal conference will be
held on Monday, March 26 at 10:00 a.m. at NOAA, Room 4527
in Building SSMC3, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD. All planning to attend must contact Diane Trice by
noon on Friday, March 23 with the following information:
name, company name, phone, and email address. Email: diane.trice@noaa.gov.
Request
for Proposals: NTIA has issued a Request for Proposals
to provide services in support of the Digital-to-Analog
Converter Box Coupon Program authorized by section 3005
of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Digital-to-Analog
Converter Box Coupon Program Presolicitation Notice
Market
Research for Implementation of Digital-to-Analog Converter
Box Coupon Program |
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