Air National Guard Readiness Center Cable Television Services

The Department of the Army National Guard Readiness Center is soliciting cable television installation and subscription services for the Air National Guard Readiness Center, with quotations due September 23, 2026, at 1600 hours EST and a mandatory site visit on September 16, 2026, at 1000 hours. This is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers) with a 1,500-employee size standard.

Place of performance is Building 3500, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The contractor must design, install, and integrate twelve professional-grade cable boxes/CODECs into the Government's existing Haivision IPTV streaming infrastructure, deliver video streams at minimum 720p resolution using Secure Reliable Transport protocol, and provide all cabling, connectors, amplifiers, racks, mounts, and support hardware. Installation must be completed within two weeks of award, Monday through Friday, 0730–1630. The contractor bears all third-party cable television subscription fees, monthly service bills, broadcast retransmission rights, copyright, and licensing fees as fixed-price costs. The minimum channel lineup includes CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, BBC World News, CNBC, Bloomberg Television, local ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX affiliates, and The Weather Channel, with 24/7 toll-free technical support.

Contract performance includes a 12-month base period plus four optional 12-month periods and one 6-month extension option, totaling 66 months through March 31, 2032. All contractor employees require base identification and Antiterrorism Awareness Level I training within 15 calendar days of contract start and must comply with DOD security, privacy, and access protocols. Performance standards mandate 99% monthly uptime excluding scheduled maintenance, 100% of channels in HD with no more than two user-reported quality issues monthly, system outage response within four hours with restoration within 24 hours, and equipment repair or replacement within 48 hours at 98% compliance. Evaluation criteria are price, technical acceptability, and past performance (pass/fail using CPARS data). Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2015-4281, Revision 38, applies to this Maryland location. Amendment 002, dated September 14, 2026, corrected the site visit date to September 16 and provided revised attachments for the PWS, QASP, and Pricing Workbook.