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SUMMARY:

Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 5, is issuing this request for information/sources sought notice in order to identify vendors that are interested in and capable of providing Bulk TV Service for the Beckley VA Medical Center.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The Contractor shall provide all labor and parts necessary to complete services defined in the Description of Work for the Beckley VA Medical Center.

Cable Television for PATIENT USE ONLY

Location:
Beckley VA Medical Center
200 Veterans Avenue
Beckley, WV 25801

A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1. Provide cable television services for patient use televisions.
B. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
1. Contractor shall provide limited basic and expanded basic cable television services for approximately 150 locations through-out the Beckley VA Medical Center.
2. The contractor will run the cable to the existing head-end located in basement BA-118.
3. The contractor will provide a digital signal not analog.
4. The contract price includes all applicable Federal, State, and local taxes and duties.
5. All internal repairs to cable will be made by BioMed Beckley VAMC employees.
6. If a service request must be made, only the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Chief of Facilities has the authority to request a service call. If a service is requested by someone other than the COR or Chief, the unauthorized service will not be paid.
7. The Beckley VA will not be charged for any external repairs made for cable television services and/or any upgrades.

C. Information about the Beckley VAMC:
The Beckley VAMC does not have fiber optic cable and we are unable to run fiber optic as fiber optic is not available in this general vicinity.
Our current head-end is a COMS 300 headend. We have amplifiers placed in areas for signal control.
We are not allowed to have a satellite on the buildings. Our main cable service begins in our basement as stated above and is amplified and fed to other areas of the facility.
We are looking for cable TV service for 150 TV drops, please see the channel list below for what specific channels we are looking for.

Channel
#
Name
Channel
#
Name
14-2
CRTV
14-3
WSAZ
14-4
Beckley
14-5
WOAY
14-6
WVVA
14-7
WSWP PB
14-8
WCHS
14-10
WVNS FO
14-11
WVNS CB
14-911
EAS
15-15
WLFB
15-18
WVVA CW
15-19
WISE
15-20
GREENBR
15-21
JEWRED
15-25
TWC
15-130
COZITV
15-138
PBS KIDS
17-105
WOAY HD
17-110
WVNS FO
17-133
WOAY DA
18-106
WVVA
18-111
WVNS
18-118
WVVA
18-125
METV
24-37
FS1_13
24-44
GOLF_13
24-48
FXNC_13
24-50
CNN_13
24-51
HLN_13
24-56
FX_13
24-75
TCM
24-77
ENT_13
24-82
SYFY_13
24-90
GAC_13
24-511
IFC
24-47
FBN
25-59
HIST_13
25-60
DISC_13
25-61
THC
25-62
NAT GEO
25-63
FAM_13
25-64
DISNEY
25-66
TOON_13
25-67
DISNEY
25-68
APL_13
25-69
HGTV_13
25-70
FOOD_13
25-76
BRVO_13
25-78
OWN
26-30
LIFETIM
26-32
TRU TV
26-54
BBC
26-79
OXYGEN
26-80
WE TV
26-89
VELOCIT
26-92
NICK
26-93
NICK JR
26-94
TV LAND
26-95
COMEDY
26-96
SPIKE
26-97
BET
26-98
MTV
26-99
VH-1
26-103
BLOOMBE
27-46
TENNIS
27-49
I24
27-53
MNBC_13
27-57
FXX_13
27-58
AEN_13
27-65
UNIVERS
27-71
HALLMAR
27-73
ID
27-74
AMC_13
27-81
TRAVEL
27-85
WGN
27-86
GSN
27-91
OUTD_13
28-33
TBSC_13
28-34
TNT_13
28-35
ESPN_13
28-36
ESP2_13
28-38
ROOT_13
28-52
CNB_13
28-55
USA_13
29-31
LMN
29-42
INSP
29-72
HALLMOV
29-87
DISNJR
29-102
NEWSMAX
29-512
SUNDANC
46-323
DIY
46-376
RFD
46-406
ESPN NE
98-110
WSWP HD
98-137
WSWP 2
99-16
JEWLRY
99-17
EVINE
99-22
TBN
99-23
EWTN
99-26
CSPAN
99-27
CSPAN-2
99-28
QVC
99-29
HSN

Interested & Capable Responses:

NCO 5 is seeking responses from entities that are interested in this procurement and consider themselves to have the resources, capabilities, and qualifications necessary to provide the services required for the Beckley VA Medical Center.
Please respond to this RFI/Sources Sought 36C24524Q0253 with your:
1. Business name (including Unique Entity ID (SAM.gov)
2. Business type, socio-economic status (e.g., Veteran-Owned, Woman-Own
Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), etc.), and
3. Person of contact (including telephone number & email address).
4. Capability statement and summary of previous experience providing these types of services for the Veterans Health Administration or other similar facilities.
5. Available contract vehicles (GSA FSS, etc.) for use by Department of VA (include applicable NAICS)
6. Brief Summary of categories of services that your company can/cannot provide.
7. Certification(s) / Licenses for meeting the local requirements to provide these services at the DC VAMC (if applicable)
8. Confirmation that your organization has the capability & expertise to meet the performance requirements while complying with applicable limitations in subcontracting by responding to the questions below with your response:
a. Do you intend to self-perform this effort?
b. If you are located outside the immediate area, how will you self-perform?
c. Or do you intend to subcontract work under this contract?
d. If you intend to subcontract work under this contract, how will you ensure compliance with the limitations on subcontracting?

Response Instructions:
Responses must be submitted by 10:00 AM (ET) February 15th, 2024. Responses to the information requested above must be submitted via email to Bill Pratt at Billie.Pratt@va.gov.

This request for information/sources sought notice is for planning purposes ONLY and does not constitute a solicitation, responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The results of this market research will assist in the development of (1) the requirement, and (2) the acquisition strategy (e.g., SDVOSB/SDVOSB set-aside, small business set-aside, full and open competition, etc.). VA assumes no responsibility for any costs incurred as a result of a vendor s attendance to the Site-Visit nor the preparation of responses submitted as a result of this notice.

Bill Pratt
Contract Specialist
VHA, NCO 5 Billie.Pratt@va.gov

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