MODIFICATION
99 -- OVERSEAS ALTERNATIVE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 515120
— Television Broadcasting
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Media Activity, DMA Acquisition and Procurement MD, 6700 Taylor Ave, Ft Meade, Maryland, 20755, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20755
- Solicitation Number
- HQ0516-BAA-17-01
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2017
- Point of Contact
- Craig J. Carlton, Phone: 3012226708
- E-Mail Address
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craig.j.carlton.mil@mail.mil
(craig.j.carlton.mil@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- AMENDMENT: OVERSEAS ALTERNATIVE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY Agency-Wide BAA DMA-BAA-17-01 Original Posting Date: 08/08/17 FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Defense Media Activity (DMA) OPPORTUNITY TITLE: OVERSEAS ALTERNATIVE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: DMA-BAA-17-01 NAICS: 515120 PSC: D304 APPLICABLE DATES: o BAA POSTING DATE: 08-08-2017 o BAA OPEN PERIOD: 08-08-2017 TO 09-25-2017 o COMMON CUT OFF: White papers must be received by 09/25/2017 at 14:00 HOURS. PAPERS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. THIS DATE REMAINS UNCHANGED. o PROPOSER SUBMISSION AND SELECTION DEADLINES: • STEP 1- "WHITE PAPERS" - Submissions will be accepted throughout the BAA open period • STEP 2 - "PROPOSALS" - Upon Government request throughout BAA open period and as a result of white papers received during open period For the week of August 28, 2017, the following responses to questions received regarding this announcement are as follows: QUESTION 1: Does the agency management and/or technical staff have a preferred direction? ie.... Pure IP distribution or a hybrid solution or even a private Cloud? ANSWER 1: DMA is open to any and all innovative ideas for including the ideas stated in the question above. QUESTION 2: Can the agency provide how much the Satellite service cost on an annual basis? ANSWER 2: Satellite services have been acquired through DITCO under contracts HC1013-11-C-0101 and Contract HC1021-04-D0043. Information about DMA costs for these contracts are available through various public sources. QUESTION 3: Is the agency interested in proposals that include personnel for the operations, maintenance and life cycle management? ANSWER 3: You may but only for products and services requested within the Broad Agency Announcement. Question 4: (With regard to) STEP 1- "WHITE PAPERS" - Submissions will be accepted throughout the BAA open period and STEP 2 - "PROPOSALS" - Upon Government request throughout BAA open period and as a result of white papers received during open period. Please clarify as to how much time can allotted for the submission of proposals? ANSWER4: Proposals will be requested AFTER review of white papers. Proposal submission timeframes will be included in each request for proposal/invitation that is requested by DMA. QUESTION 5: Is a proposal due with the "White Paper" submission? ANSWER 5: No. QUESTION 6: How much time would be afforded for a proposal submission? ANSWER 6: Proposals will be requested by invitation AFTER review of white papers. Proposal submission timeframes will be included in each request for proposal/invitation that is requested by DMA. This is not an FY17 award. QUESTION 7: (With regard to) SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: The DMA mission is to help military commanders quickly deliver vital "command" information to widely distributed US Forces overseas as well as to provide the overseas military audience American entertainment, news and sports programming. Is there a topology drawing or diagram that will provide the technical team's response for the proposal submission? ANSWER 7: You can use any diagram or topology drawing you wish within your white paper but it will count against your 12 page limit. If you would like to see how we currently distribute AFN, you can go to http://myafn.net, go to the AFNINFO tab on the lower right side of the page, click on "How can I get AFN - <more> ". Read the entire pop up screen first click on "Signal Acquisition Guide.pdf " link. This will provide further information about our current Satellite distribution network. CATV distribution at fixed locations are managed either by the military exchanges or the local installation. DMA currently covers up commercial advertising with Command Information per our agreements with industry. QUESTION 8: Page 4 Summary it states: Acquiring content: Alternatives to acquiring commercial American programming content. To be clear, please confirm our understanding that an alternative to the existing method of providing commercial programming is desired? ANSWER 8: DMA is looking for innovative proposals that include distributing programming either acquired by the US Government AND/OR any innovative solutions that might include the vendor acquiring and distributing commercial programming directly from the industry. If you do propose to acquire and distribute content directly from industry you will have to provide documentation showing you have acquired the rights to distribute any such proposed programming outside of the United States and its territories if or when you are asked by the DMA Contracting Officer to submit a proposal per the BAA. QUESTION 9: Is there a list of commercial American programming providers or content that is distributed across the system today? If so, can we obtain this list? ANSWER 9: DMA has had relationships with the News, Sports, and Entertainment industry for over 75 years. Much of the programming we receive is provided at little or no cost from the major networks, studios and sports leagues as DMA is considered a "non-commercial" entity. You can see all of the programming we provide to our audience on a daily basis at the following location: http://myafn.net. Click on "Schedules" under the AFN TV tab. QUESTION 10: The limitations of 12 twelve pages include cover page and index page? ANSWER 10: Yes. The 12 page white paper limit is all inclusive. QUESTION 11: We are working on a response to your BAA, but I want to make sure we understand what is desired in the white papers, as this appears to be a very broad scope with a very short page limit....I am confused by several sections of the BAA which indicate pricing is to be provided - I would like to get a better understanding of what is expected with the initial BAA white paper responses. ANSWER 11: The BAA White Paper process is described in the BAA itself. Please ask specific questions so that a written response can be provided. With regard to pricing, a general pricing structure or target price should be included, at a minimum. QUESTION 12: Is there a deadline or cut-off for questions regarding the BAA? ANSWER 12: Questions will be accepted up until the BAA cut off date. QUESTION 13: May vendors submit multiple white papers for various product or service sets (maritime, FOB, fixed sites, etc.)? ANSWER 13: Yes QUESTION 14: Can you provide a diagram of the current network? ANSWER 14: See attached PDF (AFN Satellite Diagrams) QUESTION 15: Can you describe the current network architecture and service offerings? ANSWER 15: If you would like to see how we currently distribute AFN, you can go to http://myafn.net, go to the AFNINFO tab on the lower right side of the page, click on "How can I get AFN - <more> ". Read the entire pop up screen first click on "Signal Acquisition Guide.pdf " link. This will provide further information about our current Satellite distribution network. CATV distribution at fixed locations are managed either by the military exchanges or the local installation. You can see all of the programming we provide to our audience on a daily basis at the following location: http://myafn.net. Click on "Schedules" under the AFN TV tab. QUESTION 16: What is DMA's current annual spend on satellite transport services? ANSWER 16: Satellite services have been acquired through DITCO under contracts HC1013-11-C-0101 and Contract HC1021-04-D0043. Information about DMA costs for these contracts are available through various public sources. QUESTION 17: What are DMA's cyber security concerns for present and future services? ANSWER 17: Any proposed system should have cyber security protocols in place to meet the requirements of NIST Special Publication 800-171 and DFARS 252.204-7012. The proposed systems will need to be secure not only to meet DRM requirements of the programming industry but any system that processes DoD personally identifiable information to verify eligibility must meet the requirements of DoD Directive 5400.11 and be fully accredited by a 3PAO for use with DoD Level 4 information. If your proposal includes connecting any equipment to DoD Networks then you will need to follow DISA guidelines published at the following address: http://www.disa.mil/Network-Services/UCCO. QUESTION 18: How many current video subscribers receive AFN services? Can you break this down by region? ANSWER 18: Per the Defense Manpower Data Center there are approx. 400K DoD uniformed and DoD Civilian authorized viewers overseas or aboard ships at sea (does not include family members or DoD contractors) 70K are serving at sea around the world 88.5K in EUCOM 3.3K in SOUTHCOM 11K AFRICOM 50K in PACOM 57K in CENTCOM 1K in NORTHCOM 120K in UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS outside the United States and its territories QUESTION 19: Would it be possible to arrange a site visit and tour of the Riverside, CA facility? ANSWER 19: Due to an ongoing major facility renovation a visit to the DMA Riverside facility is not possible during the BAA period. QUESTION 20: What is the relationship between DMA and agencies like AAFES, NEXCOM, MCCS to distribute these services to both on-base and off-base housing? ANSWER 20: DMA provides technical standards and policy to the Exchanges and installations that distribute AFN programming on USG owned or leased facilities. Those service members living off base currently acquire AFN programming through a satellite antenna and decoder, similar to DirecTV or Dish Network. The exchanges sell or lease the decoders sell satellite antennas and maintain a list of approved installers. QUESTION 21: What are the current costs to service members for AFN equipment, receivers and/or services? ANSWER 21: It varies by installation. Some installations issue decoders/antennas or subsidize CATV distribution costs and others do not. AFN permits installations to charge an infrastructure maintenance fee to recover costs associated with distributing AFN programming over CATV but we do not allow any franchisee to profit from distributing AFN programming in order to meet the contractual requirements of our industry partners. For those service members who live off base and purchase a new decoder, the cost is anywhere from $230 USD to $370 USD depending on the model. There is also a secondary market where service members sell their decoders to others when they transfer from overseas back to the USA. END OF QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
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