THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY TO PREQUALIFY VENDORS. THERE IS NOT A SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THIS IS NOT A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). The Senate Democratic Communications Center (SDCC) requires technical services and support to decommission an existing broadcast video production facility and design, engineer, install, and test a high definition (HD) television (TV) facility for the SDCC. The SDCC serves Democratic Senators and their staff with television, radio and internet broadcasts of the highest quality standards in use in the industry. The SDCC?s mission spans four interrelated areas that must be supported after the conversion to HD: Television Production, Television Post-Production, Television Transmission, and Recorded Media. The Vendor shall also procure major and ancillary equipment to be used to furnish the new facility to supplement that provided by the Senate. Requirements: The response to this sources sought notice shall specifically address the following: 1. Corporate Overview 2. Project Management 3. Design Services 4. Quality Assurance 5. Installation 6. Testing Failure to provide information on items 1 through 7 above will result in disqualification of the vendor from consideration. Your response to each requirement must a include paragraph numbering identifiable to items listed above. In addition, submissions must include: 1) Past performance: A minimum of three past performance references. The vendor must have specific experience, within the last three years, involving the design, engineering, installation, and testing of a high definition (HD) television (TV) facility, and the decommissioning of an existing broadcast video production facility. Provide a brief synopsis of work performed relevant to requirements 2-7 listed above. The response must include complete and current contact information of past customers. Experience and past performance will be evaluated on the basis of its breadth and depth, its similarity to the SDCC project as well as the satisfaction of clients and overall quality of services represented by the projects described. (2) Computer capabilities - AutoCAD 2000 system; Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project. (3) organizational information including your Dun and Bradstreet number and point of contact with telephone, fax and e-mail address. After receipt and review of the responses to this SSN, the SDCC intends to issue a solicitation. The information contained in this notice will be the only information provided by the Senate during the Sources Sought process. Only vendors deemed qualified will be permitted to submit proposals. If suitable responses are received from qualified sources, the SDCC anticipates release of a solicitation during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2008. Neither the SDCC nor the Senate will be responsible for any costs for the preparation of responses to this request. INSTRUCTIONS: Responses to this are due to the POC no later than December 11, 2007, at Noon EDT and shall be submitted electronically via email only to the attention of Kathleen M. Haddow at
[email protected]. The subject line of the email message shall be: SSN 2008-S-005 HDTV Facility Upgrade. No other method of transmittal will be accepted. The response shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages. Unnecessarily elaborate submissions are discouraged. Pages over the page limitation may be discarded. Access by the SDCC to information in any files attached to the response is the responsibility of the submitting party. Neither the SDCC nor the Senate is responsible for any failure to access vendor information. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THIS NOTICE CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND IS THE ONLY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SDCC OR SENATE. ANY REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE HONORED.