S02 36C25725Q0741.pdf

Sources Sought Notice

*= Required Field Sources Sought Notice

SUBJECT* STX Cable/Internet Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 78240

SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C25725Q0741

RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 07-17-2025 1:00pm CENTRAL TIME, CHICAGO, USA

ARCHIVE 15 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE

RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N

SET-ASIDE

PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* N040

NAICS CODE* 517111

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department Of Veterans Affairs

Network Contracting Office 17

5441 Babcock Road Ste. 302

San Antonio TX 78240

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist

Melanie Williams melanie.williams5@va.gov

210-694-6378

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

ADDRESS Multiple Locations - See Statement of Work (SOW)

POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY USA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL www.va.gov

URL DESCRIPTION Department of Veterans Affairs Homepage

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

STX DIGITAL CABLE TV

STATEMENT OF WORK

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

The Contractor must provide all labor, material, tools, management, travel, and equipment necessary to establish digital Cable TV service and Fiber Internet at the below mentioned locations in accordance with the specifications of the Statement of Work. The vendor shall do an assessment to determine what is needed at each site at the beginning of the contract. The VA shall provide all televisions.

Locations:

Audie L Murphy- 7400 Merton Minter St San Antonio, Texas 78229

Kerrville- 3600 Memorial Blvd, Kerrville, TX 78028

Data Point- 8410 Datpoint Dr San Antonio, Texas 78229

NWHCC- 9939 State Highway 151 San Antonio, Texas 78251

Fisher House I- 7485 Wurzbach Rd San Antonio Texas 78229

Fisher House II- 7485 Wurzbach Rd San Antonio Texas 78229

Villa Serena- 4455 Horizon Hill Blvd San Antonio, Texas 78229

Shavano Park- 4350 Lockhill Selma San Antonio, Texas 78249

Balcones Heights- 4522 Fredericksburg Road, Suites A88 San Antonio, TX 78201

Balcones Heights- 4522 Fredericksburg Road, Suites A10 San Antonio, TX 78201

Balcones Heights- 4522 Fredericksburg Road, Suites A100 San Antonio, TX 78201

NCFC-17440 Henderson Pass San Antonio, Texas 78232

Pecan Valley- 3418 East Southcross Boulevard San Antonio, TX 78223-1633

South Bexar- 4610 E Southcross San Antonio, Texas 78222

Walzem- 6938 Walzem San Antonio, Texas 78239

New Braunfels- 790 Generations Drive Suite 700 New Braunfels, Texas 78130

PTRP- 4949 Gus Eckert San Antonio, Texas 78240

North Bexar- 16019 Nacogdoches Road Suite 101 San Antonio, Texas 78247

Victoria OPC- 311 Spring green Boulevard Victoria, Texas 77904

Aurora Clinic- 9102 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78240

Plaza Lacea- 5441 Babcock Rd San Antonio, Texas 78240

North East Clinic- 2391 NE Interstate 410 Loop Suite 309 San Antonio , Texas 78217

Bluff Creek- 4201 Medical Drive San Antonio, Texas 78229

Northwest VetCenter- 9910 West Loop 1604, North Suite 126 San Antonio, Texas 78254

Northeast VetCenter- 9504 IH 35, North Suite 214 San Antonio, Texas 78233

2. Background

Cable TV and Fiber Internet is currently provided throughout the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System in waiting rooms and breakrooms and clinica.

3. Period of Performance

Base Year: 9.1.2025-8.31.2026

Option Year 1: 9.1.2025-8.31.2026

Option Year 2: 9.1.2025-8.31.2026

Option Year 3: 9.1.2025-8.31.2026

Option Year 4: 9.1.2025-8.31.2026

4. Safety Data Sheets

Prior to commencement of services, the Contractor must provide Safety Data Sheets to the COR in accordance with VA and OSHA regulations.

5. RESPONSE TIME: Contractor shall provide 24/7 emergency telephone support. During normal working hours a 4-hour response time to arrive on site to make repairs to our broadcasting system is required.

6. General Requirements

6.1 All equipment and materials must be new, not refurbished or rebuilt. 3rd party substitutes are not acceptable.

6.2 Provide all materials, tools, and labor for total project scope.

6.3 The contractor is required to verify site conditions.

6.4 No structure will be allowed on the roof or on side of the building, no aerial cabling.

6.5 Contractor must provide new plenum RG6 or better coaxial cable from demarcation point to all TV locations at Audie L. Murphy campus.

6.6 Contractor must provide all new distribution taps, amplifiers and a minimum of 3 high definition channel modulators to inject locally created VA channels into the cable channel lineup.

6.7 Provide the following channel selection:

• A&E

• ABC

• AMC

• American Heroes

• Channel

• Animal Planet

• BBC America

• BBC World News

• BET

• BET Soul

• BET HerBig

• Ten Network-National

• Bloomberg TV

• Boomerang

• Bravo

• BYU TV

• Cartoon Network

• CBS

• CMT

• TV One

• UniMas

• Cooking Channel

• C-SPAN

• CW

• Daystar

• Destination

• America

• Discovery Channel

• Discovery Family

• Discovery Life

• Disney Channel

• Disney Jr

• Disney XD

• DIY Network

• E!

• El Rey

• ESPN

• ESPN2

• Evine

• EWTN

• Food Network

• Fox

• Fox Business Network

• Fox Movie Channel

• Fox News Channel

• Fox Sports 1

• Fox Sports 2

• Freeform

• Fuse

• FX

• FXX

• FYI

• GSN

• GAC

• Hallmark

• Channel

• Hallmark Movies

• & Mysteries

• HGTV

• History

• HLN

• Home Shopping

• Network

• Ion

• Impact

• Independent

• Film Channel

• Inspiration

• Investigation

• Discovery

• Lifetime

• LMN

• Local News

• Local Sports

• Logo TV

• MSNBC

• MTV

• MTV2

• MTV Classic

• MTV Live

• MTVU

• MY Network

• National Geographic

• Nat Geo Wild

• NBC

• NBC Sports

• Network

• NICK Jr

• Nickelodeon

• NickToons

• Ovation

• OWN

• Oxygen

• PAC 12 Network - National

• Paramount Network

• PBS

• POP

• QVC

• Regional Sports Networks

• Revolt

• Science

• SEC Network

• Smithsonian

• Sundance

• SYFY

• TBN

• TBS

• TCM

• TeenNick

• Telemundo

• TLC

• TNT

• Travel Channel

• TRU TV

• TV Land

• TV One

• UniMas

• Universal Kids

• Univision

• UP

• USA

• Velocity

• VH1

• Viceland

• Weather Channel

• WE TV

6.8 Provide new cabling, hardware, and distribution equipment as needed for each location.

7. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Contractor is responsible for cleanup after each day.

Upon completion of testing the contractor shall provide the VA with a report. The contractor shall exercise extreme care to avoid damaging Government property such as buildings, equipment, trees, shrubs, or turf. Damage to government property by the contractor shall be repaired at no additional cost to the Government. The contractor shall restore all disturbed grounds to existing conditions. The contractor shall ensure that all materials are new, free from defects, imperfections and asbestos free (NO ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS SHALL BE USED

ON THIS PROJECT).

8.SCHEDULE OF WORK: The contractor shall coordinate work with COR. The contractor shall notify and schedule all work through the COR prior to start of work. Other contractors may be working in the same area performing other work. The contractor shall execute work in a manner so as not to impede other work.

9.HOURS OF WORK: The normal hours of work are 7:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday.

Work shall be performed during normal work hours. Work to be performed in other than normal hours shall be approved by the COR.

10.WORKMANSHIP: All work under this contract shall conform to the standards of these specifications. The contractor, at no additional cost to the Government, shall correct work not meeting these specifications. Work shall be accomplished by mechanics skilled in the trade.

11.BADGES & KEY: All contractors are required to sign in at Building 11 (Boiler Plant). Visitor’s badges will always be obtained and worn. If needed contractor shall check out a 1A1 key to access VA mechanical room spaces. For access to the broadcasting booth in building 1 room 16 you will need to check out a 2A1 and a 1A1 key from the boiler plant.

12.DISPOSAL: Disposal of materials removed under this contract at an approved disposal site in accordance with all local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines are the Contractor’s sole responsibility. The contractor shall adhere to all OSHA and EPA requirements concerning removal, transporting, and disposal of the material. All materials are to be disposed of offsite.

13.CLEAN UP: The contractor shall keep the area neat and tidy and free of debris at the end of each workday.

14.SAFETY AND FIRE: All fire and safety rules and regulations are applicable; NFPA and SBCCI dated 1999. The contractor shall comply with EM385-1-1 dated 1987 for minimum safety requirements. Construction Safety Guidebook (VHA Center for Engineering & Occupational Safety & Health). The Contractor shall execute work in a safe manner and shall not subject personnel to unsafe conditions. Lock out tag out procedures are required for all systems while performing repairs or replacement devices.

15.PERMITS: The contractor shall be responsible for obtaining any licenses and permits.

Complying with any laws, codes, and regulations applicable to the execution of this work as required Federally and by the State of Texas.

16.WARRANTEE: The contractor shall warrantee all work to be free of defects and workmanship for a period of 1 year from date of acceptance.

5. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Minimum of three (3) years relevant and verifiable references, including contract number, dates of performance, point of contact, and telephone number.

2. These references should show ability to perform the services required by this contract.

3. Identify any Federal, State, Local Government, and private contracts that are similar in nature, scope and size.

4. References should include all on-going contracts or those completed within the last three (3) years.

5. The Contractor’s staff shall include a “fully qualified” Field Service Representative assigned to this area and a “fully qualified” Field Service Representative who shall serve as the backup. a.

“Fully qualified” is based upon training and on experience in the field. For training, the Field Service Representatives must have successfully completed a formalized training program for the equipment covered under this contract. For field experience, the Field Service Engineers must have a minimum of one (1) year of experience providing preventive/corrective maintenance and emergency repair services on the same make and model of equipment covered under this contract.

6. Personnel with any laptops, thumb drives or CD/DVD’s intended to be plugged in to the equipment are required to allow these devices to be scanned

6. Performance Monitoring

The Engineering Biomedical Electronics Section will monitor the performance of the cable TV service provided.

7. CONFORMANCE STANDARDS

All maintenance on included equipment must be performed in accordance with manufacturer guidelines and/or the following industry stands as applicable: The Joint Commission, OSHA, EPA and all state, local, federal and industry standards whichever is more stringent to include the following:

• NFPA National Fire Protection Agency, latest edition

• Code of Federal Regulations, Part 21

• OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• Manufacturer’s requirements and specifications on maintenance and operation

Covered equipment listed in the schedule encompass all system components and associated apparatus as normally supplied and required for operation by the manufacturer in the currently installed configuration, including integrity of connections to building utilities, excluding building utility supply lines up to the point of manufacturer provided hardware. (Cleaning and refinishing of interior of cars and exterior hoist way frames and doors are excluded. Underground portions of hydraulic jack units are excluded).

8. HOURS OF OPERATION

8.1 Normal hours of operation are Monday through Friday 7:00am to 4:30pm, excluding holidays.

8.2 Federal holidays observed by the VAMC are:

New Year’s Day M L King’s Birthday

Labor Day Columbus Day

Independence Day President’s Day

Memorial Day Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

Juneteenth