Q_&_A.pdf

1.2.1. Cable Television Services. Commercial bulk programming with a minimum of the channels listed in section 1.2.1.1., to include connections for a minimum of 12 over the air signals links that the government will provide.

Question: Are actually needing 12 OTA channels or does this include some of your own locally inserted channels?

Answer: This included OTA and locally broadcasted channels.

1.8. Scalability for upgrades and future connections: The equipment provided by the contractor, to provide cable TV services, must have scalability to allow connections from other sources, i.e. over the air local HD channels, Government satellite connections, etc. A minimum of 12 possible inputs are required for scalability and future upgrade.

Question: This again refers to 12 channels and implies some of these are for channels provided by the Government. The equipment we would like for OTA channels will handle 8 channels. If you need more than eight, we can add another piece of equipment for 16 channels of OTA signal. The equipment required for locally inserted channels is totally different. So considering future expansion/scalibilty, how many locally inserted channels do you require?

Answer: 8 port/channel OTA will work. Meaning we currently have 6 OTA channels in use but need room to grow. We also need the capability for other connection capabilities. i.e. connecting a DVD player and broadcasting instructional DVD across base, and live camera feed for mass briefings, to name a few.

Other option, as stated in the SOW, is to connect cable tv from other sources (government satellite channels). We currently have 2 satellite channels that we would like to inject or connect to the provided device so that we can disseminate to our customers.