42d Contracting Squadron/LGC, 50 Lemay Plaza South, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6334

D -- PROVIDE CABLE TELEVISON SERVICE SOL F01600-98-R0022 DUE 031298 POC Jean Rousseau (334)953-6970 E-MAIL: 42d Contracting Squadron, pamontgomery@,au.af.mil. This is a sources sought synopsis: A solicitation is not presently available, however, the following description is provided to assist offerors in determining their interest in providing the requested services. Services Non Personal: Provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision and other items or services necessary to construct, install, operate, and maintain a cable television systems on Base (Maxwell AFB, Maxwell AFB Gunter Annex and Maxwell Heights Community). The cable systems shall pass and shall be capable of providing service to all residences on the Base and any other building designated by the Contracting Officer. The contractor shall provide a basic tier of service, which will include all services required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission and any other federal law or regulation, public access channels, educational access channels, and governmental access channels, the retransmission of locally broadcast television signals and other appropriate services.The basic tier of service shall be provided to all subscribers at a set rate of basic service. The contractor shall provide the following broad categories of programming: 1) 24 hour news and weather, 2) sports, 3) children's programming, 4) premium movies, 5) public broadcast services, 6) major network and/or super stations, 7) foreign lanuage programming. The contractor shall provide one Government Access Channel for noncommercial use by the Government. The systems shall be designed and constructed to permit the Government or originate programming for the Government Access Channel from facilities located on Base. The contractor shall ensure at no cost to the Government that, at the discretion of the Government, the Government Access Channel cannot be viewed outside of the Base. The contractor shall not be obligated to provide program origination equipment to the Government for use in operating the Government Access Channel. The system shall be designed and constructed to permit the Government to override the system and to transmit messages on all channels. The contractor shall not be obligated to provide the equipment and facilities necessary to override the system and to transmit messages on all channels. The contractor shall maintain a business office adequately staffed to transact all necessary business, including payment of bill, during regular business hours. The telephone number of the office shall be publicly listed. A base period of 12 months is anticipated with four (4) one-year option periods. The estimated performance start date is 01 Oct 98. POTENTIAL OFFERORS ARE INVITED TO RESPOND WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: a. Evidence of progressive and responsible experience. Discuss the experience that key management personnel possess; number of years of experience in providing cable television service. (2) Describe present workforce and ability to provide adequate, trained personnel to perform this requirement. b. Evidence of sufficient financial capacity, working capital and the financial, technical and management resources to perform the contract without financial assistance from the Government. To document this capacity, the offeror shall provide a financial plan and credit history for undertaking the service requirements described herein. Submit a copy of a current (six-month period) financial statement. This statement shall be certified as true, accurate and in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices. The assessment criteria to be used in the soliciation (when issued) are (1) Past Performance and Experience and (2) Compliance with Requirement. For the purpose of this procurement, the small business size standard is $11M. The Standard Industrial Classificiation (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 4841. Small Business (SB) concerns should indicate interest in this acquisition by providing to the Contracting Officer, in no later than 10 calendar days of this notice, evidence of capability to perform this requirement and a positive statement of eligibility as a samll business concern. If adequate responses are not received from small business concerns, the acquisition will be solicited on an unstricted basis. Indications of interest from SB concerns will not be considered in determining the suitability of this requirement for a SB set-aside. Replies to this notice are solicited from both large and small business concerns. All requests for soliciatations must be in writing; facsimile requests are acceptable. NO TELEPHONIC INQUIRES TO THIS NOTICE WILL BE CONSIDERED. My FAX number is (334) 953-3543. (0061)

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