9999--DirecTV services/Installation

The Department of Veteran Affairs is issuing this sources sought notice for the purpose of determining market capability of sources or obtaining information to identify capable vendors that have an interest in providing DirecTV service via a firm-fixed price contract. It does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ) or an indication that the Government will contract for any of the items and/or services discussed herein. Any formal solicitation that may subsequently be issued will be announced separately through SAM.Gov. Information on the specific topic of interest is provided in the attached Statement of Work (SOW). The Department of Veterans Affairs nor any other part of the federal government will be responsible for any cost incurred by responders in furnishing this information.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 515210.

See the attached Statement of Work associated with this procurement.

The primary place of performance is VA Medical Center TOGUS, 1 VA Center, Augusta, Maine,04330.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these services, please provide the following information:

(1) Organization name, address, point of contact, email address, Web site address, and telephone number.

(2) Business size: small, small disadvantaged, woman-owned, Hub Zone, serviced-disabled veteran-owned small business, large business, etc.

(3) Business type under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 515210, which contains a size standard of $41.5 Million, CAGE Code and DUNS Number.

(4) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements in the Statement of Work, including documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability.

(5) Any additional information that the Government could provide in a potential solicitation to facilitate accurate proposal responses.

This Statement of Work requires the vendor to continue to provide existing TV programming services, to maintain the satellite system infrastructure and programming services, and add additional programming services to new TVs and associated infrastructure upgrades as needed.

The vendor shall provide DirecTV program services (with basic channels) using the existing infrastructure if it is capable of handling the new services and meets minimum signal level threshold and voltage requirements. Although the vendor shall use the existing system, it may involve additional cable runs and additional equipment installation to upgrade or modify the system.

The vendor shall maintain the system infrastructure which includes, but not limited to: repair or replace equipment, replace cabling as needed, properly adjust equipment etc. to ensure that minimum signal level threshold and voltage requirements are maintained to provide continuity of quality services. The minimum availability of the TV signal shall be greater than 99.7% without a degraded signal. This means that on an average the signal may be impaired for a maximum of 26.3 hours per year. The vendor will provide all parts (equipment, cable etc.) to complete repair and maintain the system.

Response time: It is imperative that the vendor will provide best products and prompt responses to any customer problems. The vendor shall respond to the Contracting Officer s Representative within 24 hours of notification of a service problem.

DirecTV or a licensed vendor will provide television service for 250 televisions on campus. Providing license and equipment to access/use:

Entertainment 100s 200 units

Entertainment 10s 50 units

Local Channels 10s 50 Units

Local Channels 100s 200 Units

DirecTV or a licensed vendor will add to the current service, moving forward NBC Sports Boston and NESN for all 250 television licenses.

Contract to cover billing starting April 2022 service for 1- year with 4 option years.

Current Channel Lineup:

Channel Name

Ch #

Channel Name

Ch #

Channel Name

Ch #

NBC (WCSH)

6

FOX Sports 1

219

QVC3

318

ABC (WMTW)

8

Freeform

311

ReelzChannel

238

PBS (WCBB)

10

Free Speech TV

348

Revolt

384

CBS (WGME)

13

FX

248

RFD-TV

345

FOX (WPFO)

23

FXX

259

Shop LC

226

ION (ION E)

35

Galavision

404

Shop HQ

316

CW (WPXT)

51

GEB America

363

So Yummy!

563

A&E

265

GEM Shopping Network

228

Son Life Broadcasting Network

344

AccuWeather

361

GOD TV

365

Sundance TV

239

AMC

254

Hallmark Channel

312

Syfy

244

Animal Planet

282

Hallmark Movies and Mysteries

565

TBN Inspire

371

Aqui

401

HGTV

229

TBS

247

AXS TV

340

History

269

Turner Classic Movies

256

BabyFirst TV

293

HITN-TV

461

TCT Network

377

BBC America

264

HLN

204

Teen Nick

303

BET

329

Hope Channel

368

The Learning Channel

280

Black News Channel

342

HSN

240

TNT

245

Bloomberg TV

353

HSN 2

310

Trinity Broadcasting Network

372

Boomerang

298

IFC

333

Tru TV

246

Bravo

237

IMPACT

380

TV Land

304

Big Ten Network

610

INSP

364

Univision East

402

BYU-TV

374

Investigation Discovery

285

USA Network

242

Cartoon Network (East)

296

ION (East)

305

VH1

335

Cartoon Network (West)

297

ION (West)

306

VICE

271

Celebrity Shopping Network

223

JBS

388

Victory

366

CMT

327

Jewelry Television

313

WE TV

260

CNBC

355

Jewish Life TV

325

The Word Network

373

CNN

202

Lifetime Television

252

World Harvest Television

367

Comedy Central

249

LINK TV

375

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C-SPAN

350

Living Faith Network

379

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C-SPAN2

351

MAVTV

214

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CTN

376

Motor Trend

281

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Daystar

369

MSNBC

356

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Discovery

278

MTV

331

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Disney Channel (East)

290

MTV2

332

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Disney Channel (West)

291

NASA TV

352

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Disney Junior

289

National Geographic Channel

276

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Disney XD

292

Newsmax

349

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E! Entertainment Television

236

NHK

322

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Enlace

448

Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (East)

299

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ESNE

456

Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (West)

300

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ESPN

206

NRB

378

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ESPN2

209

OAN

347

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ESPNews

207

Once Mexico

447

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ESPNU

208

Ovation

274

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EWTN

370

Paramount Network

241

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FETV

323

PBS Kids

288

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Food Network

231

Pursuit Channel

604

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FOX Business Network

359

QVC

317

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FOX News Channel

360

QVC2

315

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Responses are requested by Thursday, May 26, 2022, 1200hrs EST. Any responses received after these dates will be considered but may not be included in initial reporting or assessments.

Responses should be submitted electronically in PDF format and emailed to Alvinia Jenkins (Alvinia.jenkins@va.gov). Thank you in advance for your participation.