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SUMMARY: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 5, is issuing this request for information/sources sought notice in order to identify vendors that a... SUMMARY: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 5, is issuing this request for information/sources sought notice in order to identify vendors that are interested in and capable of providing Bulk TV Service for the Beckley VA Medical Center. DESCRIPTION OF WORK The Contractor shall provide all labor and parts necessary to complete services defined in the Description of Work for the Beckley VA Medical Center. Cable Television for PATIENT USE ONLY Location: Beckley VA Medical Center 200 Veterans Avenue Beckley, WV 25801 A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Provide cable television services for patient use televisions. B. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 1. Contractor shall provide limited basic and expanded basic cable television services for approximately 150 locations through-out the Beckley VA Medical Center. 2. The contractor will run the cable to the existing head-end located in basement BA-118. 3. The contractor will provide a digital signal not analog. 4. The contract price includes all applicable Federal, State, and local taxes and duties. 5. All internal repairs to cable will be made by BioMed Beckley VAMC employees. 6. If a service request must be made, only the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Chief of Facilities has the authority to request a service call. If a service is requested by someone other than the COR or Chief, the unauthorized service will not be paid. 7. The Beckley VA will not be charged for any external repairs made for cable television services and/or any upgrades. C. Information about the Beckley VAMC: The Beckley VAMC does not have fiber optic cable and we are unable to run fiber optic as fiber optic is not available in this general vicinity. Our current head-end is a COMS 300 headend. We have amplifiers placed in areas for signal control. We are not allowed to have a satellite on the buildings. Our main cable service begins in our basement as stated above and is amplified and fed to other areas of the facility. We are looking for cable TV service for 150 TV drops, please see the channel list below for what specific channels we are looking for. Channel # Name Channel # Name 14-2 CRTV 14-3 WSAZ 14-4 Beckley 14-5 WOAY 14-6 WVVA 14-7 WSWP PB 14-8 WCHS 14-10 WVNS FO 14-11 WVNS CB 14-911 EAS 15-15 WLFB 15-18 WVVA CW 15-19 WISE 15-20 GREENBR 15-21 JEWRED 15-25 TWC 15-130 COZITV 15-138 PBS KIDS 17-105 WOAY HD 17-110 WVNS FO 17-133 WOAY DA 18-106 WVVA 18-111 WVNS 18-118 WVVA 18-125 METV 24-37 FS1_13 24-44 GOLF_13 24-48 FXNC_13 24-50 CNN_13 24-51 HLN_13 24-56 FX_13 24-75 TCM 24-77 ENT_13 24-82 SYFY_13 24-90 GAC_13 24-511 IFC 24-47 FBN 25-59 HIST_13 25-60 DISC_13 25-61 THC 25-62 NAT GEO 25-63 FAM_13 25-64 DISNEY 25-66 TOON_13 25-67 DISNEY 25-68 APL_13 25-69 HGTV_13 25-70 FOOD_13 25-76 BRVO_13 25-78 OWN 26-30 LIFETIM 26-32 TRU TV 26-54 BBC 26-79 OXYGEN 26-80 WE TV 26-89 VELOCIT 26-92 NICK 26-93 NICK JR 26-94 TV LAND 26-95 COMEDY 26-96 SPIKE 26-97 BET 26-98 MTV 26-99 VH-1 26-103 BLOOMBE 27-46 TENNIS 27-49 I24 27-53 MNBC_13 27-57 FXX_13 27-58 AEN_13 27-65 UNIVERS 27-71 HALLMAR 27-73 ID 27-74 AMC_13 27-81 TRAVEL 27-85 WGN 27-86 GSN 27-91 OUTD_13 28-33 TBSC_13 28-34 TNT_13 28-35 ESPN_13 28-36 ESP2_13 28-38 ROOT_13 28-52 CNB_13 28-55 USA_13 29-31 LMN 29-42 INSP 29-72 HALLMOV 29-87 DISNJR 29-102 NEWSMAX 29-512 SUNDANC 46-323 DIY 46-376 RFD 46-406 ESPN NE 98-110 WSWP HD 98-137 WSWP 2 99-16 JEWLRY 99-17 EVINE 99-22 TBN 99-23 EWTN 99-26 CSPAN 99-27 CSPAN-2 99-28 QVC 99-29 HSN Interested & Capable Responses: NCO 5 is seeking responses from entities that are interested in this procurement and consider themselves to have the resources, capabilities, and qualifications necessary to provide the services required for the Beckley VA Medical Center. Please respond to this RFI/Sources Sought 36C24524Q0253 with your: 1. Business name (including Unique Entity ID (SAM.gov) 2. Business type, socio-economic status (e.g., Veteran-Owned, Woman-Own Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), etc.), and 3. Person of contact (including telephone number & email address). 4. Capability statement and summary of previous experience providing these types of services for the Veterans Health Administration or other similar facilities. 5. Available contract vehicles (GSA FSS, etc.) for use by Department of VA (include applicable NAICS) 6. Brief Summary of categories of services that your company can/cannot provide. 7. Certification(s) / Licenses for meeting the local requirements to provide these services at the DC VAMC (if applicable) 8. Confirmation that your organization has the capability & expertise to meet the performance requirements while complying with applicable limitations in subcontracting by responding to the questions below with your response: a. Do you intend to self-perform this effort? b. If you are located outside the immediate area, how will you self-perform? c. Or do you intend to subcontract work under this contract? d. If you intend to subcontract work under this contract, how will you ensure compliance with the limitations on subcontracting? Response Instructions: Responses must be submitted by 10:00 AM (ET) February 15th, 2024. Responses to the information requested above must be submitted via email to Bill Pratt at Billie.Pratt@va.gov. This request for information/sources sought notice is for planning purposes ONLY and does not constitute a solicitation, responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The results of this market research will assist in the development of (1) the requirement, and (2) the acquisition strategy (e.g., SDVOSB/SDVOSB set-aside, small business set-aside, full and open competition, etc.). VA assumes no responsibility for any costs incurred as a result of a vendor s attendance to the Site-Visit nor the preparation of responses submitted as a result of this notice. Bill Pratt Contract Specialist VHA, NCO 5 Billie.Pratt@va.gov