DDISA/DITCO/DTS31 2300 East Drive, Scott AFB, IL 62225-5406

D -- LEASED VIDEO/AUDIO CONNECTIVITY AND UPLINK SATELLITE SERVICES SOL DCA200-97-R-0042 DUE 013097 POC Contact Dawn Underwood, 618-256-9739 E-MAIL: n/a,. DITCO is soliciting proposals for leased video/audio connectivity and uplink satellite services in support of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) digital television direct to ships service (DTV-DTS). The successful offeror will be responsible for providing connectivity from the AFRTS Broadcast Center (AFRTS-BC) at March Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California, to locations on the East and West Coasts of the United States, capable of uplinking AFRTS- DTV-DTS video/audio signal to Pacific Ocean Region (POR) and Atlantic Ocean Region (AOR) INTELSAT satellites provided by the Government. The total service will provide connectivity and uplink of a simplex, full time, 36 Mhz, global beam, C-Band, MPEG-2 digitally compressed video, audio and data signal containing: two video channels with associated monophonic audio; two stereo audio music channels; one monophonic audio radio news channel; one 128-Kbps data channel; and one electronic program guide. The successful offeror willbe responsible for managing, operating and maintaining the required connectivity with terrestrial and/or domestic satellite and backup/restoral capability. Offerors must have approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the International Satellite (INTELSAT) consortium for the connectivity and uplink of video, audio and data to a U.S. domestic satellite, if used, and to INTELSAT satellites. The prospective contract will be awarded for a term of five years with five one-year options to extend services. Potential sources must submit written requests for copies of the solicitation. Firms may also submit faxed requests to 618-256-9507. No telephone requests accepted. (0340)

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