Fort Hood, Texas Warrior Transition unit is seeking potential sources to provide quote mark Basic Cable Service quote mark for a contract which is a base year to provide support to the Warrior Transition Unit located at: Warrior Transition Unit Building 36049 Tank Destroyer Road Fort Hood, TX 76544 The below criteria for cable services is provided below: 1st Floor, rooms with double outlets: Rooms 1001-1032. 32 outlets. 2nd Floor, rooms with double outlets: Rooms 2001-2032. 32 outlets. 3rd Floor, rooms with double outlets: Rooms 3001-3032. 32 outlets. 4th Floor, rooms with double outlets: Rooms 4001-4032. 32 outlets. 5th Floor, rooms with double outlets: Rooms 5001-5032. 32 outlets. Total Outlets 320. Period of Performance: Base Year: April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016 The information sought herein is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a request for quote (RFQ), request for proposal (RFP), or invitation for bid (IFB) or as an obligation or commitment on the part of the Government to acquire any product or service. There shall be no basis for claims against the government as a result of information submitted in response to the sources sought announcement. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this announcement or otherwise pay for any information submitted by respondents to this request. This notice is for market research purposes only and is not indicative of a full requirement. Should a full requirement arise, the full requirement will be detailed in the solicitation, if issued. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 515210, Cable and Other Subscription Programming - Small Business Size Standard is $38.5M. To support Small Business set-aside decision, it is particularly important that potential Small Business concerns provide industry comments as follows: (1) If you are a Small Business or Other than Small Business who can provide quote mark Basic Cable Services quote mark without sub-contracting and duplicating cost that performs on contracts under NAICS 525210 and plan on participating in the competition of this acquisition, please provide information relative to past performance and/or experience conducting quote mark Basic Cable Services quote mark , from past Government Contracts with Contract Number and if possible provide a copy of that contract. Information should be sufficient to support your capability to perform this requirement and should include detailed references (contract number, dollar value, scope of services and point of contact with their telephone numbers and whether it was a Government or a Commercial type contract); (2) state your business size and approximate annual gross revenue; (3) list your specific small business category (if applicable) for your company whether (a) HUBZone Small Business; (b) Small Disadvantaged Business; (c) 8(a) Firm; (d) Women-owned Small Business; (e) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business; (f) Veteran-Owned Small Business; and (g) other (explain); (4) provide your company's name, CAGE code, DUNS, address, point of contact, telephone number, and e-mail address; (5) provide suggestions to maximize the effectiveness of the anticipated solicitation and resulting contract in providing quality services to Fort Hood, TX. Provide suggestions on how the requirement could be structured to facilitate competition by and amongst small business concerns. Describe any conditions, if any that may limit small businesses from participation. Information provided to the Government as a result of this request is strictly voluntary and given with no expectation of compensation, and clearly provided at no cost to the Government. Contact with Government personnel, other than the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer, by potential offeror's or their employees' regarding this requirement is strictly prohibited. This Sources Sought Synopsis is issued for maximizing competition. Should anything in the requirement be construed as limiting competition, please feel free to contact the MICC Special Competition Advocate (SCA) at
[email protected]. Responses are due 5 March 2014 3:00 PM CST. POC: Robert N. Wink, Contract Specialist, 254-287-5720 or email:
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