Cable_Television_Services_RFI_Draft.docx

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION | Commercial Television Services IDIQ

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT

Commercial Television Services IDIQ Notice ID: M6700126RFI001 Issuing Office: Marine Corps Installations East, Regional Contracting Office Response Due:

Questions Due: 21 August 2026 – 08:30 A.M. EASTERN TIME Point of Contact: Eris H. Cassano, Sgt/USMC email:eris.cassano@usmc.mil phone: 910-451-1019 Anticipated NAICS: 517111, Wired Telecommunications Carriers - 1,500 employees Anticipated PSC: DG11, IT and Telecom - Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services

FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY - THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION

1. Purpose and Regulatory Basis Marine Corps Installations East (MCIEAST) is conducting market research under the Department of Defense class deviation implementing Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (RFO) Part 10 and DFARS/PGI Part 210. This notice seeks information from interested sources concerning the availability, capability, customary commercial practices, and competitive conditions for commercial television services and ancillary interior cable-drop installation.

The Government will use the information received to refine its legitimate need, identify serviceable locations and delivery technologies, determine commercial practices, assess small-business participation, develop an acquisition strategy, and decide whether a single award, multiple awards, geographic awards, or another approach is appropriate.

This notice is not a request for quotation, request for proposal, invitation for bid, or promise to issue a future solicitation. Responses are not offers and will not be accepted to form a contract.

2. Background and Preliminary Need The United States Marine Corps has recurring requirements for commercially available television service at Government facilities. The contemplated requirement may include activation and recurring standard or base programming service, contractor-furnished receivers or conversion equipment, equipment setup, serviceability assessments, ancillary installation of interior low-voltage cable drops, maintenance, outage response, moves/adds/changes, disconnects, equipment accountability, and transition support. Exact locations, quantities, activation dates, and periods of performance would be established by individual task orders under a contemplated indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

ANCILLARY CABLE-DROP INSTALLATION - The principal requirement is commercial television service. A task order may include interior low-voltage cable routing and termination from an existing authorized service entrance or distribution point to a Government-designated endpoint. This may include coaxial or Category 6 cabling, connectors, faceplates, splitters, amplifiers, approved surface raceway, minor interior drilling and fastening, firestopping, labeling, testing, and incidental patching.

The contemplated IDIQ would not include trenching, excavation, directional boring, new outside plant, poles, aerial distribution, major conduit systems, exterior building-envelope penetrations, structural or load-bearing modifications, major demolition, or alteration of a facility utility system. Respondents should distinguish customary ancillary interior cable-drop work from civil, exterior, or structural work that would require a separate Government action. A location that cannot be served from an existing authorized service point within this boundary should be identified as not currently serviceable.

The desired outcome is reliable television service to Government-owned televisions or monitors without unnecessary dependence on Government information systems. The Government is interested in commercially available coaxial, fiber-based, satellite, stand-alone Internet Protocol television, or other technically viable approaches that comply with the ancillary-installation boundary above. Respondents should identify any cybersecurity, network, licensing, access, or infrastructure implications associated with their proposed delivery method.

Current Government records indicate that at least one nonexclusive cable franchise agreement covers certain installations. The Government is separately verifying the current franchise terms, amendments, expiration, base-access and service-activation approval processes, and ownership of existing facilities. A Government contract and an installation franchise or access authorization are separate instruments.

The Government does not represent that any respondent may use facilities, equipment, cabling, conduit, headend equipment, or outside plant owned or controlled by an incumbent provider. Respondents should base capability statements on facilities they own or lease, or on access rights they can lawfully obtain.

3. Potential Service Areas and Planning Status The following areas are being considered for planning purposes. The final requirement may include all, some, or additional supported locations. Respondents may identify partial or geographic capability and are not required to claim coverage in every area.

The planning summary below is derived from the workbook 'II MEF Cable & Television Services_Aggregate.xlsx.' Wi-Fi entries are excluded because Wi-Fi is outside the contemplated requirement. Building counts reflect normalized, nonblank building designators associated with a positive value in the workbook's '# of TVs Requiring Services' column.

The source workbook is not yet an order-ready inventory. Twenty-six rows contain positive values in both the 'receiving' and 'requiring' columns, and the workbook appears to use 'requiring' inconsistently as either an additional quantity or a desired total. Respondents should treat the summary only as an indication of potential scale. Before establishing an IDIQ estimate, minimum, maximum, or ceiling, the Government will validate current active service, new/additional requirements, desired totals, funding responsibility, serviceability, and inclusion in the acquisition. Detailed room-level or controlled-space information will be provided only through an appropriately controlled task-order attachment when necessary.

4. Preliminary Acquisition Considerations The following concepts are preliminary and may change based on market research:

1. The Government anticipates that the principal requirement will be a commercial service acquired using RFO Part 12 procedures.

2. The Government is considering an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under RFO Part 16, but the acquisition vehicle has not been finalized.

3. The Government may use firm-fixed-price ordering-period rates, fixed-price rates with an economic price adjustment, or separately priced option periods, depending on customary commercial practices and available supporting data.

4. The Government may make one award, multiple awards, awards by installation or geographic lot, or partial awards based on demonstrated service areas.

5. No decision has been made regarding sole-source acquisition, full and open competition, or a small-business set-aside.

6. Task orders may include ancillary interior low-voltage cable-drop installation from an existing authorized service entrance or distribution point to ordered endpoints.

7. Civil, exterior, and structural infrastructure work is outside the contemplated IDIQ and would require a separate Government action if needed.

5. Information Requested Respondents should provide concise answers to the questions below. A respondent may state 'not applicable' where appropriate. The Government prefers existing commercial descriptions, rate structures, and practices over acquisition-specific technical proposals.

A. Company and Market Information

8. Provide the company's legal name, physical address, website, Unique Entity ID, CAGE code, and primary point of contact.

9. State the company's business size and any socioeconomic status under the anticipated NAICS 517111 size standard of 1,500 employees. Recommend a different NAICS or PSC if it would better describe the principal purpose of the acquisition, and explain why.

10. Identify whether the respondent would perform as the telecommunications carrier, a reseller, an integrator, a prime contractor using one or more carriers, or another role. Identify anticipated teaming or subcontracting only to the extent known.

11. Provide no more than two recent examples of comparable commercial or Government television-service requirements, including approximate scale, geographic environment, delivery technology, and period of performance.

B. Franchise, Access, and Service Authority

12. For each potential service area, identify whether the respondent currently holds a cable franchise, license, right-of-entry, utility agreement, or other authorization to provide, operate, and maintain its proposed service using existing infrastructure. State the authorization's scope and expiration date.

13. If the respondent lacks a required authorization, describe the process, dependencies, information needed from the Government, and realistic lead time to obtain it.

14. State whether the authorization must be in place before contract award, before issuance of an order, before a site survey, or before service activation.

15. Identify the existing franchise, access, building-entry, infrastructure-use, or other third-party permissions on which the respondent would rely. Do not assume the Government will obtain new rights or authorize infrastructure expansion for this requirement.

16. Identify material limitations, approvals, or costs the Government should consider when allowing more than one provider to operate within an installation or service area.

C. Infrastructure and Serviceability

17. Complete Attachment 1 for each area the respondent can serve from existing authorized infrastructure and an existing service entrance, demarcation point, distribution point, or connection point, including any capability to install ancillary interior cable drops.

18. Describe the facilities the respondent owns, leases, or has the legal right to use to reach each proposed service area. Do not assume access to incumbent-owned facilities.

19. Identify any dependency on another provider's outside plant, headend, conduit, cabling, electronics, programming platform, or other facilities, and explain the legal or commercial basis for the dependency.

20. Describe the respondent's method and lead time for confirming whether a location is serviceable, identifying the existing authorized service point, and validating the proposed interior cable route.

21. Describe when existing Government-controlled inside wiring may be reused and how the respondent verifies ownership, condition, capacity, signal quality, and compliance.

22. Describe the respondent's customary capability to install interior coaxial, Category 6, or other low-voltage television-service cabling from an existing authorized service point. Address connectors, faceplates, splitters/amplifiers, surface raceway, minor drilling and fastening, firestopping, labeling, testing, incidental patching, facilities approvals, and acceptance documentation.

23. Identify standard assumptions or limitations for a separately priced cable drop, including cable medium, included route length, pathway availability, endpoint/faceplate configuration, test method, working hours, and lead time. Explain how nonstandard conditions are normally handled commercially.

24. Identify the conditions that would require trenching, excavation, directional boring, new outside plant, poles, major conduit, an exterior penetration, structural modification, major demolition, or facility-utility alteration. Explain how the respondent would report the affected location as not serviceable within the contemplated IDIQ boundary.

D. Technical Approach, Capacity, and Service Levels

25. Describe the proposed commercial delivery technology and any technically viable alternatives. State whether the solution requires connectivity to a Government information system or can operate as a stand-alone service.

26. Describe the respondent's standard or base commercial television programming package capable of providing local broadcast, national news, weather, and emergency information. Identify the commercial package or tier name and provide its included channel lineup. The Government does not contemplate sports packages, music packages, premium channels, pay-per-view, or other special or add-on programming. Explain customary channel-substitution practices for the proposed base package.

27. Describe required receivers, adapters, distribution equipment, licenses, and existing connection-point configurations, including high-definition service and closed-captioning capability.

28. State normal lead times for: (a) activation of one existing serviceable connection point, (b) activation of 10 to 25 existing serviceable connection points, (c) activation of more than 25 existing serviceable connection points, (d) installation and activation of 1, 10 to 25, and more than 25 ancillary interior cable drops, and (e) a large-scale transition from another provider.

29. Describe maximum practical monthly capacity for site surveys, cable-drop installations, activations, and equipment setup; identify significant labor or supply-chain constraints and recommend phase-in or transition methods for the potential planning scale in paragraph 3.

30. Describe customary outage-reporting channels, acknowledgement times, restoration targets, planned-maintenance notice, escalation procedures, and service credits.

31. Describe the ability to perform on military installations, including personnel credentialing, escorts, restricted working hours, and emergency or after-hours response.

32. Identify any cybersecurity, privacy, software-license, equipment-management, or network-authorization requirements associated with the proposed service.

E. Commercial Pricing Practices

33. Provide customary pricing for only the limited elements the Government may separately price: (a) recurring standard or base television service, identifying the associated commercial package or tier and channel lineup, (b) receiver or adapter rental only when not included in the base service, (c) one-time ancillary cable-drop installation from an existing authorized service point, and (d) one-time activation or equipment setup only when not included in the recurring service or cable-drop price. Do not include pricing for sports packages, music packages, premium channels, pay-per-view, or other special or add-on programming. Complete Attachment 2 or provide an equivalent commercial rate structure.

34. Provide available public rate schedules, commercial catalogs, or nonbinding illustrative price ranges. Information is requested for market-research and planning purposes only and will not be treated as a quote.

35. For a cable-drop price, identify the customary included cable type and length, route/pathway assumptions, connectors, faceplate or termination, distribution hardware, surface raceway, testing, labeling, minor drilling, firestopping, incidental patching, mobilization, and acceptance documentation. Explain any commercially customary conditions that require a different unit or price.

36. State whether routine account administration, serviceability confirmation, maintenance, outage response, ordinary service calls, moves or changes that do not require a new cable drop, disconnects, and equipment removal are included in the recurring service price. If an item is not normally included, explain the commercial practice without adding a separate pricing-matrix line unless it is essential to the proposed pricing structure.

37. Identify unavoidable pass-through or variable charges applicable to the proposed standard or base service, including any mandatory broadcast, regional sports, franchise, regulatory, tax, or programming fees that are not included in the recurring service price, and explain whether they apply to appropriated-fund Federal customers. Do not include optional premium-package or add-on charges.

38. Describe available volume discounts, term discounts, minimum commitments, or bulk-account arrangements.

39. Explain whether rates can remain fixed for a multiyear ordering period. If not, recommend a transparent economic-price-adjustment method, index, published rate schedule, cap, or option-period approach.

F. Acquisition Strategy and Competition

40. Is an IDIQ contract suitable for this market? If not, recommend an alternative such as a requirements contract, separate contracts by installation, or another commercial arrangement.

41. Would a single award, multiple awards, geographic lots, or partial awards produce the best competition and operational result? Explain how orders should be allocated when only one awardee can serve a location.

42. Would limiting task orders to locations serviceable from an existing authorized service point, while permitting ancillary interior cable-drop installation but excluding civil, exterior, and structural work, materially affect competition, coverage, or pricing? Identify the areas the respondent can serve within this boundary.

43. Identify any existing Governmentwide, DoD, or agency contract vehicle capable of satisfying all or part of the requirement.

44. Describe whether and how small businesses could perform as prime contractors, resellers, integrators, authorized dealers, equipment-support subcontractors, or teaming partners. Identify acquisition terms that would materially affect small-business participation.

45. Identify restrictive assumptions, unnecessary specifications, customary commercial terms, or other barriers the Government should avoid in the future PWS and solicitation.

46. Provide any additional information necessary to understand the market, franchise environment, infrastructure dependencies, pricing risks, or recommended acquisition strategy.

6. Response Instructions Format: Microsoft Word or searchable PDF. Use the section labels in paragraph 5 and include Attachments 1 and 2, or equivalent tables.

Page limit: Twelve pages, excluding a cover page, completed attachment tables, copies of applicable authorizations, and existing commercial rate sheets.

Submission: Email responses to [EMAIL ADDRESS TBD] with the subject line 'RFI Response - Commercial Television Services IDIQ - [Company Name].' Due date: Responses are due no later than [DATE AND TIME TBD - EASTERN TIME].

Questions: Submit questions by [DATE AND TIME TBD - EASTERN TIME]. The Government may publish questions and answers without identifying the submitting company.

File size: Limit the total submission to 20 MB unless the Government authorizes another method.

Sensitive information: Do not submit classified information, controlled unclassified information, export-controlled information, or detailed sensitive network diagrams. Clearly mark proprietary or confidential commercial information and provide a nonproprietary summary when practicable.

7. Disclaimer and Use of Information

47. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with preparing or submitting a response, participating in discussions, or providing follow-up information.

48. The Government may use response information to develop requirements, determine commercial practices, assess competition and small-business participation, prepare an estimate, and select an acquisition strategy.

49. The Government will protect properly marked proprietary information in accordance with applicable law and regulation, but respondents should not submit information they do not want used for acquisition planning.

50. Participation in this RFI is voluntary. A response is not required to compete in any future solicitation, and failure to respond will not preclude participation in a future acquisition.

51. The Government may contact respondents for clarification, invite respondents to an industry engagement, conduct a site visit, issue a revised RFI, or take no further action.

Attachment 1 - Geographic Capability and Access Matrix Complete one row for each potential service area. Add rows as necessary. If capability differs materially within an installation, identify the affected area without including controlled or sensitive room-level details.

MCB Camp Lejeune

MCAS New River

MCAS Cherry Point

MCAS Beaufort / other

For each area marked serviceable or potentially serviceable, briefly identify:

52. The facilities the respondent owns, leases, or has lawful authority to use.

53. Any dependency on third-party or incumbent-owned infrastructure and the legal basis for using it.

54. Authorization or franchise actions still required and estimated time to complete them.

1. Material geographic exclusions, existing-infrastructure dependencies, installation capacity, and conditions that would exceed the ancillary cable-drop boundary.

Attachment 2 - Commercial Pricing Structure Matrix Complete only the potential separately priced elements below. Routine administration, serviceability confirmation, maintenance, outage response, ordinary service calls, moves or changes that do not require a new cable drop, disconnects, and equipment removal are expected to be included in the recurring service price when commercially customary and should be addressed in the Commercial Pricing Practices narrative rather than added as separate rows. Do not add rows for sports packages, music packages, premium channels, pay-per-view, or other special or add-on programming; those items are not contemplated.

Recurring standard / base television service

Receiver / adapter rental (only if separate)

Ancillary interior cable-drop installation from an existing authorized service point

Activation / equipment setup (only if separate from recurring service or cable-drop price)

END OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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