Notice of Intenst-Sole Source-Television Programming

This is a “Notice of Intent” to “Sole Source” Option Year 2 under contract HQ0028-07-C-0006, 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” Option Year 2 to contractor “Viacom Inc/MTV Networks” under contract HQ0028-07-C-0006 to provide broadcast rights to its television programming aired on the MTV, VH1, Comedy Central and Spike, to AFN to reproduce and distribute, provide live feeds or recorded copies of authorized programs and provide access to websites. 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. The performance period for Option Year 2 is January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. 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 29 DECEMBER 2008 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.