SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Notice of Intent-Sole Source-Television Programming - JOFOC
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 512120
— Motion Picture and Video Distribution
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, OSD - Public Affairs for Internal Communication, Defense Media Activity, 23755 Z Street, Riverside, California, 92518-2031, United States
- ZIP Code
- 92518-2031
- Solicitation Number
- 216410273243
- Archive Date
- 4/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- Allen L. Powers, Phone: 9514132382, Susan M. Madrid, Phone: 951-413-2371
- E-Mail Address
-
allen.powers@dma.mil, susan.madrid@dma.mil
(allen.powers@dma.mil, susan.madrid@dma.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition (Sole Source) This is a “Notice of Intent” to “Sole Source” a purchase order, reference Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) solicitation/posting number “216410273243”, 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 2005-48 dated 31 JAN 2011. 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 a “Sole Source” contract (Base Year plus four (4) option years) to contractor “Discovery Communications, LLC” to provide broadcast, transfer, and satellite transmission rights for the Performance Period of April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2016 for the following television programming: Broadcast rights to its television programming aired on the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Investigation Discovery, Military Channel, Planet Green, Fit TV, HD Theater, OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK, The Hub 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. 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 MARCH 31, 2011 IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. Forward responses by e-mail “allen.powers@dma.mil” 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.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/AFIST-ASA/MarchARBCA/216410273243/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: American Forces Network-Broadcast Center, 23744 'Z' Street, Riverside, California, 92518, United States
- Zip Code: 92518
- Zip Code: 92518
- Record
- SN02403530-W 20110319/110317234758-ba5d6f5d54f3ba1d5d45195bd0860186 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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