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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Sources Sought Notice Rev. March 2010 D Television Subscription Service - MPLS 57741 36C26319Q0591 05-15-2019 N 515210 Department of Veterans Affairs Network 23 Contracting Office (NCO 23) 113 Comanche Rd.

Fort Meade SD 57741 Shane Galles shane.galles@va.gov Department of Veterans Affairs VA Minneapolis HCS 1 Veterans Dr.

Minneapolis, MN 55417

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shane.galles@va.gov shane.galles@va.gov This is a sources-sought notice only; it is not a request for quotations. The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to determine how many sources are available to provide Television services to the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, to determine the level of capability, experience and qualifications, and whether it might be suitable for a specific small business socioeconomic group set-aside.

Scope: Either cable or satellite television subscription to the Minneapolis VAHCS.

· At a minimum, the following channels will be provided via this subscription:

· ESPN

· ESPN2

· ESPNews

· Fox Sports 1

· Big Ten Network

· Golf Channel

· MLB Network

· NFL Network

· Sportsman Channel

· Local Channels

· Fox Sports North (Local Minnesota sports channel)

· Various FM radio station channels

· Various hospital provided education channels

· Additional channels that are desired, but not required are:

· A&E

· AMC

· BBC America

· CNN

· Discovery

· E! Entertainment Television

· Food Network

· Fox News Channel

· FX

· FXX

· Hallmark Channel

· Hallmark Movies and Mysteries

· HGTV

· History Channel

· HLN

· Investigation Discovery

· Lifetime Television

· MSNBC

· National Geographic Channel

· Pursuit Channel

· ReelzChannel

· SpikeTV

· SyFY

· TBS

· Turner Classic Movies

· The Learning Channel

· TNT

· USA Network

· VH1

· WEtv

· Television subscription to approximately 600 televisions at the Minneapolis VAHCS shall be provided. Televisions are in patient rooms, break rooms, and some offices.

· Existing DirecTV hardware may be utilized to provide television service to the Minneapolis VAHCS. If existing hardware cannot be utilized, contractor shall provide new hardware (capable of utilizing existing infrastructure) at no cost to the Minneapolis VAHCS. Existing hardware is detailed below:

· Receivers

· Quantity – 48

· Make – DirecTV

· Model – H25-500

· Digital Video Encoders

· Quantity – 12

· Make – Zeevee Model – HDB2640

The anticipated period of performance will include 1 12-month Base period and 4 12-month option periods. The applicable NAICS code for this procurement is 515210 – Cable and Other Subscription Programming. The Product Service Code (PSC) D399 – IT and Telecom-Telecommunications and Transmission and the Small Business Size Standard is $38.5 Million.

Expressions of interest shall be submitted to Shane Galles, Contract Specialist, by e-mail at shane.galles@va.gov. Responses to this announcement are due on May 15th, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., MST and shall include:

This Sources Sought Notice is to assist the VA in identifying an appropriate acquisition strategy, improve small business access to acquisition information and enhance competition by identifying contracting and subcontracting opportunities. Therefore, is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government; no contract will be awarded from this announcement. A solicitation package is not available at this time. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this notice; neither will the Government reimburse any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. Once a solicitation is issued, the same will be posted in the Federal Business Opportunities website at: https://www.fbo.gov/ with sufficient time for all interested parties to respond accordingly.