NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Government intends to make a sole source award to Charter Communication for Cable Television Services at James H. Quillen VAMC located at the Corner of Lamont & Veterans Way, Mountain Home, TN 37684. This notice is informational only and is neither a request for quote nor a solicitation for proposals. Responses received may be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must contain detailed information and must show clear and convincing evidence not-later-than 12:00 pm EST on October 20, 2014 that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities and any other information that demonstrates the ability to meet the agency's needs. Information must be sent to
[email protected]. Charter Communication is currently providing cable service for James H. Quillen VAMC. Charter Communication currently provides twenty-four (24) hour/three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year cable services for seven hundred eighty-two (782) televisions at James H. Quillen VAMC. These services include all labor, materials, equipment, quality control, transportation expenses and supervision. Additionally coax cable has already been installed throughout the James H. Quillen VAMC. Substantial duplication of cost to the Government is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirement would occur. Under the authority FAR Part 6.302-1(2), the procurement of items through other than full and open competition is allowed; applicable when "only one source is capable of responding due to the unique or specialized nature of the work." Charter Communication is the only known local source available to satisfy this current need.