Satellite Television Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Network Contracting Office 19 is soliciting quotations for Satellite Television Services for the Grand Junction VA Health Care System. The solicitation requires a vendor to provide comprehensive satellite TV programming and distribution equipment warranty services for patient rooms and common areas, with a capability to distribute over 96 channels including local cable and over-the-air programming. Key contract requirements include maintaining 24/7 technical support with a 30-minute response time, providing on-site service within 6 hours, and ensuring 98% system uptime. Vendors must submit electronic proposals by 2:00 pm MST on December 5, 2024, with questions due by December 2, 2024. Special responsibility standards mandate that vendors provide current programming license agreements, demonstrate ability to assume services immediately, and submit three past performance references from similar services completed within the last two years.

The contract is a total small business set-aside with a base performance period from December 15, 2024, to December 14, 2025, and includes four potential one-year option periods extending through December 14, 2029. The incumbent contractor is Big Dog Store Holdings, LLC, operating under contract number 36C25923P0931. The solicitation falls under NAICS category 516210 with a size standard of $47 million and uses Product Service Code DG11 for satellite communications services. The place of performance is Grand Junction, Colorado, with an existing inventory of approximately 45 televisions from brands including Vizio, Samsung, LG, and Sharp, distributed across various facility locations such as lobbies, patient rooms, and recreation areas. While the VA did not disclose a specific budget, they encouraged vendors to submit their most competitive offers for the satellite television services.