S119--Intent to Sole Source Digital TV Cable Television Service at the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center located at 16 N. Pauline Street Memphis, TN 38105

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 09, hereby provides notice of its intent to award a sole source purchase order for Digital Cable Television Service throughout the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center. The Basic Digital Cable will include the minimum programming package of 57 Cable Network channels and 3 local network channels. The selected provider agrees to provide broad categories of programming described above channel packages or lineups change and maintain our current Digital System for the patient care areas which includes patient bed side Q2Q and wall televisions. The requirement will be sole source to Comcast Government Services LLC. at 11951 Freedom DR STE 900 Reston, VA 20190-5674

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 and 13.106-1(b)(1), soliciting from a single source. The NAICS code is 517111 and has a size standard of $1,500 number of employees for this procurement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and submit capabilities statement with quotations no later than 11:00 AM EST, September 02, 2024, to: carmen.hanczyk@va.gov with 36C24924Q0371 in the subject line of the email. Responses received will be evaluated; however, any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. Determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

No Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s.)

See attached document: Sole Source Justification - Over SAT Redacted.