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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 10, Veterans Health Administration intends to solicit offers for Cable Television access to the Chillicothe VA Medical Center for our pat... The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 10, Veterans Health Administration intends to solicit offers for Cable Television access to the Chillicothe VA Medical Center for our patients located at 17273 State Route 104, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601. Contract will be for the period February 29, 2020 through February 28, 2021 with four (4) option years in strict accordance with terms, conditions and provisions of the contract solicitation, NAICS Code 515210. The current service was begun in 2015, through Horizon Telecom, which provided all initial installation of services and supplies. The VA does not intend to purchase new hardware to replace what is in place. Contractors that can provide this requirement are requested to send the following: Company Name, DUNS number, Business size under NAICS 515210 and If the services are available on a FSS contract. Notification if they are a VETBIZ registered VOSB/SDVOSB or not. Contractors must be registered and certified in VETBIZ to be considered VOSB/SDVOSB. This is not a solicitation. This is a Request for Information, Sources Sought. This Sources Sought will close on January 17, 2020 at 2:00PM EST. Please e-mail all responses to starla.vanwinkle@va.gov. STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) For Cable Television 1. Contract Title. Cable Television Subscription for Veteran patients 2. Background. The Chillicothe Ohio, Veteran Administration Medical Center requests a renewal of the yearly subscription for High Definition (HDTV) cable TV services at the main campus. 3. Scope. Vendor to provide High-Definition (HDTV) television cable channels for our main campus located at 17273 State Route 104, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601. Services will be delivered to ONT point in Building 211 - Room G024B, through equipment provided by vendor at no additional cost to VA. Vendor will provide to Chillicothe VA, a Cable TV (CATV) signal to the headend at Building 211, Room G024B that will allow the Chillicothe VA Engineering Representative to amplify the cable TV signal to various patient areas. 4. Specific Tasks. The vendor shall furnish cable television service to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 4.1 Task Vendor owns the equipment and is responsible for any maintenance. Deliverables: Any maintenance that would be required to keep service ongoing. 4.2 Task Vendor is responsible for providing HDTV television service for the following networks: WCMH (NBC) - Columbus COMEDY CENTRAL WSYX (ABC) - Columbus FOOD NETWORK HGTV WHIO (CBS) Dayton COOKING CHANNEL WTTE (FOX) - Columbus TLC WCPO (ABC) - Cincinnati TRAVEL CHANNEL WBNS (CBS) - Columbus DISCOVERY LIFE MILITARY CHANNEL DISCOVERY WOSU PLUS (PBS) DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL WBNS (H&I TV) Columbus WBNS (DECADES) - Columbus WOSU (PBS) - Columbus BET JAMS WOSU OHIO (PBS) ANIMAL PLANET WCMH (LAFF) Columbus WSYX (MyNet) Columbus WCMH (Ion) Columbus WOUB (PBS) Athens Local Weather Radar truTV WOUB LEARNS (PBS) Up NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOMERANG NAT GEO WILD UNIVERSAL KIDS QVC HISTORY VICELAND MILITARY HISTORY CHANNEL WGN RFD-TV TBS DISNEY DISNEY XD DISNEY JUNIOR USA CARTOON NETWORK FX NICKELODEON NICK TOO NICKMUSIC NICK TOONS TEEN NICK NICK JR OXYGEN TNT SPIKE TV HALLMARK (Movies & Mysteries) FREEFORM CRIME & INVESTIGATION ESPN TV LAND ESPN 2 BIG TEN NETWORK FXM FOX SPORTS OHIO AMC FOX SPORTS ONE TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES (TCM) OUTDOOR CHANNEL LIFETIME LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK THE WORD FOX BUSINESS NEWS WE FOX NEWS CNN INTERNATIONAL CNN HOME SHOPPING NETWORK (HSN) EVINE LIVE VH-1 SOUL HEADLINE NEWS SHOPNBC CNBC MTV MTV 2 MTV Tr3s MTV CLASSICS MSNBC VH-1 C-SPAN BET C-SPAN 2 CMT THE WEATHER CHANNEL CMT MUSIC E! GAC A&E INSP OVATION GOSPEL MUSIC TELEVISION GSN EWTN SY-FY TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK BRAVO ESPN U PARAMOUNT NETWORK ESPN NEWS FXX ESPN CLASSIC NBC SPORTS GOLF CHANNEL BBC AMERICA CAVALIER TV DIY DESTINATION AMERICA OWN SCIENCE CHANNEL Deliverables: All television channels should be available everyday (seven days per week) and 24 hours per day. Vendor will provide a Service Technician s name, direct dial telephone number and email address to report and respond to cable outages and maintenance issues within four (4) hours. 4.3 Task Vendor will provide to Chillicothe VA Engineering Representative a Cable TV (CATV) signal to the headend at Building 211, Room G024B that will allow the VAMC staff to amplify the cable TV signal to various patient areas. 5. Performance Monitoring: Spot checks to be performed by Engineering Point of Contact (POC) and COR as well as the users of this service. 6. Security Requirements: N/A 7. Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Government-Furnished Information (GFI). VA will provide adequate space and access at its premises for the installation, operation, maintenance, inspection, replacement and disconnection of service-related equipment. 8. Other Pertinent Information or Special Considerations. a. Identification of Possible Follow-on Work. b. Identification of Potential Conflicts of Interest (COI). c. Identification of Non-Disclosure Requirements. Any additional costs for line and/or cable setup will be at the vendors expense. Vendor will be required to use existing cable line that is already been installed. d. Packaging, Packing and Shipping Instructions. e. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria. Inspections will be conducted by the Chillicothe VAMC Engineering POC. 9. Risk Control 10. Place of Performance. VA Medical Center, 17273 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601 VAMC Point of Contact: Marvin McNeace Engineering, Electronics Mechanic 740-773-1141, Extension 7934 Marvin.McNeace@va.gov 11. Period of Performance. Base plus four (4) Option Years. Base: 2/29/2020 2/28/2021 Option Year 1: 3/1/2021 2/28/2022 Option Year 2: 3/1/2022 2/28/2023 Option Year 3: 3/1/2023 2/28/2024 Option Year 4: 3/1/2024 2/28/2025