Purchase & Install Satellite Dishes This amendment is to add the price cost sheet in the Solicitation/RFQ.

The Pre-solicitation notice RFQ VA243-11-RQ-0728 published September 8, 2011 for Purchase and Install Satellite Dishes at the VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System, Montrose Campus has been modified. The modification is to change the Response Date and to add a Site Visit.



The response date of this pre-solicitation has been changed from September 23, 2011 to September 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM.



A site visit is scheduled for September 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM. Please meet Mr. Rob Mangat at 2094 Albany Post Road, Bldg 16, Room 2C-Biomed, Montrose, NY 10548.



Please acknowledge this amendment when returning the Solicitation/RFQ back.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Activity is currently seeking Small Business firms with the ability to purchase and install Satellite Dishes at the Hudson Valley VA Medical Center, Montrose Campus located at 138 Albany Post Rd-Route 9A, Montrose, NY 10548.



The vendor is to provide all labor, materials, equipments, tools, supervision to install one satellite dish on BLD 28 and one on BLD 52 at the F.D.R VA Hospital. Dishes will be installed on the side of building. The size of the dish on each building will be 24 inches. LNB's will be installed on the dishes to receive signal provided by Direct Television. The satellite dish installation will provide television signal to the buildings for patient viewing of television programming on existing televisions. The vendor will provide both Bldgs with 48 channel of television programming. The satellite equipment will interject signal to our existing VA distribution network in each building. All Cable connections to all satellite equipment must be provided by the contractor. All cable wire of proper signal carrying ability must be provided by the contractor. The vendor must provide cable main output signal line to be connected to the VA existing distribution network.



Firms desiring consideration should complete the Solicitation/RFQ located in the upper right corner (blue link). All Solicitation/RFQ must be received by 11:00AM September 23, 2011 through email address as follows, Charnell.Cunningham@va.gov or by fax (718) 741-4722.