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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS, INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO CONTRACT AWARD WILL RESULT FROM THIS SOURCES ... THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS, INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO CONTRACT AWARD WILL RESULT FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA), Broadcast Communications Branch is seeking information from qualified companies for the procurement, installation, commissioning and maintenance of a 4K studio environment. The government is seeking information for a baseband (12G SDI) infrastructure as well as an IP infrastructure designed and integrated in accordance with the Society of Motion Pictures Engineering (SMPTE) 2110 standard. This purpose of this RFI is to give qualified broadcast system integrators and service providers the opportunity to inform HHS’ Broadcast Communications branch on the latest available technology to meet the requirements of an IP or baseband, 4K studio production infrastructure. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541512 Computer Systems Design Services. The contractor will be required to meet the requirements of FAR Clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, in that "at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern." Your Capability Statement should demonstrate how you plan to meet this requirement. POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: The contractor must include the following in their Capability Statement submittal: (1) The company name, address, phone number/e-mail address for POC at the company, certification of business size, GSA federal supply number (if applicable), cage code and Unique Identifier. (2) HHS is seeking the requirements below for a possible procurement within FY2023: Latest technology available to integrate a 4k studio network utilizing 12G SDI or a fully redundant, Spine/Leaf, IP fabric to support a full SMPTE 2110 network A routing infrastructure with hard and soft panels to support a baseband or 2110 workflow A switching infrastructure capable of support 4k UHD signals, baseband or IP A baseband of IP based multi-viewer platform A conversion and processing infrastructure to convert HD/SDI signals to SMPTE 2110 and SMPTE 2110 to HD/SDI signals A timing, reference generator and distribution system An IP based intercom system supporting wired and wireless base stations and endpoint A centralized video QC system accessible via KVM throughout the facility for monitoring 2110 and SDI signals Multiple studio cameras outfitted with 4k ENG zoom lenses, viewfinder and full servo control kits A recording and playback platform capable of 4k UHD recording An on-air graphics platform capable of supporting 4K UHD graphics, both still and dynamics, to on-set displays An IP based audio infrastructure system and the ability to seamlessly interface with the baseband or IP video network A full complement of broadcast standard furniture Central Equipment Room (CER) equipment racks, support infrastructure, power distribution units and room cooling infrastructure An automated, artificial intelligence (AI) live captioning system that supports ST-2110 (3) Current in-house capability and capacity to perform the requirements of FAR 52.219-14. (4) Prior completed projects of similar nature. (5) Examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information, and must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through https://www.sam.gov. (6) The Capability Statement is limited to 20 pages in size. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the Government with the services specified in this Sources Sought notice should submit their Capability Statement to the e-mail address below. Capability Statements are due December 21, 2022 at 12:00PM Eastern Time (ET). All responsible sources may submit a Capability Statement. Those Capability Statements received by the date and time identified above will be considered by the agency. Capability Statements must be submitted via e-mail only to Thien.Nguyen@psc.hhs.gov . FAXED OR POSTAL MAILED COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in responses. 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 on Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. 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).