SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- D-Engineering Analyses and Conceptual Design Of Turnkey Services
- Notice Date
- 12/18/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Broadcasting Board of Governors, Associate Director for Management, Office of Contracts (M/CON), 330 C Street, SW, Room 2500, Washington, DC, 20237, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- BBGCON1006S6125
- Response Due
- 1/30/2007
- Archive Date
- 2/14/2007
- Description
- The U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) intends to negotiate a non-competitive modification under Contract No. BBGCON1006C6125 with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (LM/ADP), to provide the engineering analyses and a conceptual design of turnkey services to enhance the AeroMarti airborne broadcast system located in Key West, Florida with FM and VHF broadcasting capabilities. The Contractor shall provide all labor and materials to perform advanced and final engineering, design, equipment procurement, fabrication, assembly work, and systems integration and testing services that are necessary to enable the previously developed AeroMarti aircraft to transmit a directional FM-band radio and VHF-band television signals to Cuba to further OCB?s international broadcasting diplomacy operations. After all modifications are completed, the installed systems must meet be able to sustain a broadcasting period of five (5) hour per day, for up to six (6) days a week and must meet the directional signal propagation specifications that insures TV and Radio Marti programming does not interfere with known US commercial broadcasting entities. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition that is applicable to this procurement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), ?Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.? For this procurement LM/ADP is the only firm capable of providing the required engineering system integration services to design and fabricate a fully operational airborne broadcast platform for supporting specific OCB?s mission related to TV international broadcasting diplomacy operations. The BBG's determination not to compete this proposed contract, based upon responses to this Public Notice, is solely within the discretion of the BBG. Interested firms must submit documentation that is sufficient in detail to allow an evaluation without the need for requesting them to provide additional information of their capability and demonstrated experience in meeting this requirement. The BBG must receive all documentation by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), January 30, 2007. Any questions regarding this Notice shall be submitted via email or facsimile to Ms. Karen S. Harper, Office of Contracts (M/CON/CR), kharper@ibb.gov or via fax to (202) 260-0855 by December 22, 2006. Telephone responses of a firm's statements of interest, capabilities, and pertinent experience will not be accepted by the BBG. This Public Notice is not a RFP, IFB, or RFQ.
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