DD01--DirecTV Services

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 - C-SPAN 350 Living Faith Network 379 - C-SPAN2 351 MAVTV 214 - CTN 376 Motor Trend 281 - Daystar 369 MSNBC 356 - Discovery 278 MTV 331 - Disney Channel (East) 290 MTV2 332 - Disney Channel (West) 291 NASA TV 352 - Disney Junior 289 National Geographic Channel 276 - Disney XD 292 Newsmax 349 - E! Entertainment Television 236 NHK 322 - Enlace 448 Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (East) 299 - ESNE 456 Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite (West) 300 - ESPN 206 NRB 378 - ESPN2 209 OAN 347 - ESPNews 207 Once Mexico 447 - ESPNU 208 Ovation 274 - EWTN 370 Paramount Network 241 - FETV 323 PBS Kids 288 - Food Network 231 Pursuit Channel 604 - FOX Business Network 359 QVC 317 - FOX News Channel 360 QVC2 315 - 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.