Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

D -- ELECTRICAL WIRE & POWER EQUIPMENT SOL S-OPRAQ-97-R-0550 DUE 010397 POC Diane Harrison, Contract Specialist, (703) 875-6064, or; Millie E-MAIL: Click here, andrea@compusearch.com. The Department of State is seeking source to provide electrical wire and power equipment for installation on the Department's Television System with 29 channels currently. The successful contractor shall be responsible for the following requirements: Modernization of the existing 12 each. Distribution amplifier locations to allow for full building. 2-Way system operation and 60+ Channel Forward Distribution. Includes: new forward and return amplifiers, equalizers, power supplies, engineering, installation and alignment. Modernization of the existing off-air channel headend equipment and receiving antennas. Includes: new (off-air channel system equipment antennas, mounts and cabling for the 7 EA, existing channels 4, 5, 7, 9, 20, 22, and 26 serviced. Engineering, installation and alignment). Modernization of the existing 22 channel local origination headend. Includes: new system modulators, combiners, post amplifiers and audio/video patch panels as required to interface to existing State Department Feeds. Modernization of the existing 2 EA. Sub-Band close circuit origination channels. Includes: new sub-band origination modulars. Headend sub-band to distribution processors, equalizers and diplexers. The successful contractor shall be responsible for performing above services and for providing the necessary equipment to accomplish the above task. All requests for a copy of the solicitation must be in writing. This is 100% small business set-aside. (0358)

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