This "Sources Sought Notice" is to determine sources for Beckley VAMC Cable Services with the prescribe restriction listed below in the Performance Work Statement. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. The Veterans Administration is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first priority to SDVOSB and VOSB concerns if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside. If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Interested parties submitting a response to this inquiry must include the following information: name and address of company; business size (large or small); identify applicable socioeconomic categories and any pertinent information which demonstrates firms ability to meet the requirement stated below. All responses shall be submitted no later than June 27, 2016 at 9:00am EST. Responses shall be emailed to:
[email protected]. STATEMENT OF WORK FOR Cable Television for PATIENT USE ONLY Beckley VA Medical Center 200 Veterans Avenue Beckley, WV 25801 A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Provide cable television services for patient use televisions. B. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 1. Contractor shall provide cable television services for approximately 110 locations through-out the Beckley VA Medical Center. III. General Requirements: The Beckley VAMC requires standard digital signal programming for approximately 110 drops. The signal will be received and distributed by existing hardwire without additional equipment (i.e. satellite dish, receivers, modulators and cable system) required. The service must be uninterrupted during inclement weather. The contractor will be responsible for the signal from the source to the equipment room at the Beckley VAMC facility. IV. Channel requirements must include at a minimum channels listed in the following tables. TABLE 1: Beckley VAMC minimum channel requirement includes: 1. Network West Virginia 2. WSAZ-NBC Huntington, WV 3. Local Government 4. WOAY-ABC Oak Hill, WV 5. WVVA-NBC Bluefield, WV 6. WSWP-PBS Grandview, WV 7. WCHS-ABC Charleston, WV 8. WVNS-DT-FOX Lewisburg, WV 9. QVC 10. WVAH-FOX Charleston, WV 11. WLFB-IND Bluefield, WV 12. C-SPAN 2 13. C-SPAN 14. EVINE Live 15. Cincinnati Reds Baseball 16. Leased Access 17. Lifetime Television 18. USA 19. TNT 20. tbs 21. NBC Sports network 22. ROOT Sports Pittsburgh 23. ESPN 24. ESPN 2 25. Fox Sports 1 26. The Golf Channel 27. The Weather Channel 28. Headline News 29. CNN 30. CNBC 31. Fox News Channel 32. MSNBC 33. Discovery Channel 34. Sprout 35. Cartoon Network 36. Disney XD 37. Animal Planet 38. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 39. Disney 40. Freeform 41. UP 42. Pivot 43. Game Show Network 44. Great American Country 45. Blaze 46. FXX 47. Food Network 48. Home & Garden Television 49. The Travel Channel 50. truTV 51. Syfy 52. E! Entertainment 53. FX 54. Bravo 55. American Movie Classics 56. Turner Classic Movies 57. WE tv 58. Lifetime Movie Network 59. Disney Junior 60. Arts & entertainment 61. Oxygen 62. National Geographic 63. Outdoor Channel 64. Hallmark Channel 65. Esquire Network 66. OWN 67. Investigation Discovery 68. BBC America 69. E! Rey 70. WGN America 71. AXS TV 72. Velocity 73. Local Access 74. INSP 75. Leased Access END OF STATEMENT OF WORK