Television Programming/Notice of Intent/Sole Source

This is a “Notice of Intent” to “Sole Source” a purchase order, Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) posting number “2164-9140-6272”, for commercial items (television programming) posted in accordance with Office of Federal Procurement Policy Memorandum dated 17 APR 2006, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This government requirement, if solicited, would be advertised as an “unrestricted” procurement with provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-27 dated 17 SEP 2008. Contractors must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database (http://www.ccr.gov/) at time award is issued and throughout performance. The government intends to award “Sole Source” a purchase order to contractor “PBS Entertainment” to provide broadcast, transfer, and satellite transmission rights to their copyright protected program materials (no specific programming is identified since this administrative agreement provides access to a wide range (library) of copyright protected PBS Entertainment programming). Programs must be provided on videotape (DigiBeta/BetacamSP) along with US broadcast/cablecast dates and synopsis for each program. AFN will distribute the programming by encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission system (currently Scientific Atlanta's PowerVu Plus (MPEG-2)) and/or by mail to authorized AFN television outlets outside the contiguous United States for their non-commercial distribution/ presentation via television broadcast frequencies, encrypted, digitally compressed satellite transmission, and/or limited closed-circuit distribution systems. This “Notice of Intent” is not a request for competitive offers/quotes/proposals. A determination by the Government to compete this solicitation will be based upon responses to this notice at the sole discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses must be submitted within the close of the publication of this notice TO BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 2:00 PM PACIFIC TIME 23 JUNE 2009 IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. Forward responses by e-mail “[email protected]” or fax to (951) 413-2432. Due to technical issues, responses by email and fax may result in your responses not arriving before the cut-off time, please allow extra time if you’re sending your responses via electronic means.