374th Contracting Squadron/LGCX, Unit 5228, APO AP 96328-5228

D -- CATV SERVICE OR DIGITAL SATELLITE BROADCASTING SERVICE AT CAMP ZAMA AREAS, JAPAN DUE 121198 POC Point of contact -- Junji Sato, Contract Administrator, at 011-81-42-551-6735, Commercial Phone or 011-81-42-530-3319, Fax or e-mail address junji.sato@yokota.af.mil, -- Virginia C. Trader, Contracting Officer at 011-81-42-553-4179, Commercial Phone or 011-81-42-530-3319, Fax or e-mail address virginia.trader@yokota.af.mil WEB: CATV service or digital satellite broadcasting service, http://www.yokota.af.mil/. E-MAIL: CATV service or digital satellite broadcasting service, junji.sato@yokota.af.mil or virginia.trader@yokota.af.mil. This is request for information. After we receive the inputs from vendors, the Government intend to put out a formal solicitation. We are inviting expressions of interest and proposed solutions for getting the best and most affordable increase in English language programming for the Camp Zama community. A site visit tour at Camp Zama areas in Japan will be provided to interested persons around 13 Jan 99. Statement of Work reads as follows: 1. Scope of Work The TV Provider shall provide non-personal services including all management, supervision, personnel, transportation, tools, materials and other items and services necessary to construct, install, operate, and maintain a TV system for the Camp Zama community. The Camp Zama community is identified as follows: A. Sagamihara Family Housing Area (616 dwellings ), B. Camp Zama (396 dwellings, plus 200 unaccompanied personnel in 15 barracks, plus 271 transient rooms in 5 buildings, plus 200 potential outlets in office buildings for news service only ), Hardy Barracks (12 permanent residents, plus 21 transient quarters, plus 20 potential news service outlets) and C. Sagami General Depot (95 dwellings, plus 4 unaccompanied personnel, plus 20 potential news outlets). The TV system must provide service to all buildings and residences in all locations, present and future, or as designated by the Contracting Officer. In addition, the Government has the option to request that cable be laid to a demarcation point at Government buildings so that the Government can hookup existing Government-owned cable. Appendix 1 identifies the existing CATV system that can be incorporated into a vendor provided solution. Offerors attach details of their proposed TV infrastructure upgrade. 2. Channel Capacity The Government desires a minimum of 50 channels, capable of delivering to subscribers the entire VHF and FM spectrums and selected portions of the UHF spectrum and audio broadcast of local AM and FM radio stations. All cable television programming must be in the United States NTSC television format and all audio signals for television and FM radio programs that are broadcast in stereo must be retransmitted in stereo to all locations. 3. Services and Programming (a) The TV Provider shall provide at a minimum three (3) levels of service as detailed at Appendix 2. (b) The TV Provider shall provide as a minimum the following broad categories of programming to be English speaking, unless otherwise specified: (1) 24-hour news and weather (2)24-hour sports (3) Children's programming (4) Premium movies (5) Public broadcast programming (6) Major network and/or super stations (7) Japanese speaking generalized programming (8) Educational programming (9) Performing fine arts (10) Music channel (c) The 17th ASG Support Group Commander reserves the right for final approval of all programming. Appendix 2-Levels of Television Service 1. Cable television service will be provided under three packages, Basic Package, Expanded Basic Package, and Premium Package. The TV Provider may choose to officer Pay-Per-View to any outlet on the facility if they wish. Payment for Pay-Per-View will be in line with payment for the Expanded Basic and Premium Packages. The following descriptions establish the levels of service. Each level will contain the specific channels indicated, or specific channels which fill the category identified when the description is generic. a. Basic Package: At no time will there be any charge for receiving the Badic Package. This package will be provided at no cost to all locations. The number of channels in this package may not change during the term of this agreement, although the programming may change. This programming should be available to the TV Provider free of charge and are listed below. Electronic Programming Guide in local times Japanese NHK 1, Japanese NHK 2, Japanese NTV, Japanese Asahi, Japanese TBS, PEG 1, (Commander's Channel), AFRTS (AFN-Atlantic), FEN (provided by AFRTS), AFRTS (AFN-Pacific), Japanese Kanagawa, Japanese Tokyo, AFRTS (spectrum), AFRTS (news/sports), FEN radio (FM) 88.3 MHZ (stereo), FEN radio (AM) 89.1 MHZ, AFRTS radio...Unister 95.5 MHZ (stereo), AFRTS radio...news/sports 100.5 MHZ (stereo), FM Yokohama 103.5 MHZ (stereo), FM Japan (JAWAVE) 104.5 MHZ (stereo), FM Cbiba (Bay FM) 105.5 MHZ (stereo), FM Tokyo 106.0 MHZ (stereo), FM NHK 107.5 MHZ (stereo), b. Expanded Basic Package: Expanded Basic package must contain Basic Package programming and as many TV Provider obtained channels as desired. This package may not contain any programming obtained or produced by AFRTS. Offerors attach details of their proposed Expanded Basic Package c. Premmum Package: 1. Premium package must contain Basic Package programming and as many TV Provider obtained channels as desired. This package may not contain any programming obtained or produced by AFRTS. This package should contain those channels paid for on a per channel basis. The TV Provider may choose to offer programming such as Sshowtime HBO or Cinemax. Pay-Per-View may also be offered by the TV Provider in this package. Offerors attach details of their proposed Premium Package. 2. The location of channels in the Basic Package and the channels carried in the Basic Package are controlled by the 17th Area Support Group Commander. The 17th Area Support Commander, through the Cable Television (CATV) Advisory Panel will determine what changes, if any, will be made to the Basic Package. 3. TV Provider has the option of using all, some, or none of the existing government equipment used to receive locally broadcast Japanese radio and television channels. However, the provider shall maintain and replace at their expense any equipment utilized to include cabling. Appendix 1 Camp Zama Television (TV) System (Narrative Description) 1.0. General: 1.1 The current locations consisting of A. Sagamihara Family Housing Area (SHA), B. Camp Zama, and C. Sagami General Depot, and D. Hardy Barracks CATV infrastructure is over 25 years old. The system was first implemented in housing areas, barracks, billeting and Distinguished Visitor Quarters. 1.2. The CATV system is continually expanding due to GOJ building construction, such as new family housing towers and new office buildings (work centers). TV outlets are routinely added by the US Government to recently built or newly renovated offices. Approximately 85% of all work centers have TV outlets installed in them. Since additional outlet installations are on-going, this figure continues to increase. Other changes to the current system include existing CATV cables being deactivated or rerouted in conjunction with GOJ building renovation. 2.0 The CATV Headend: 2.1 The location headends consist of: two Japanese TV channels (VHF), NHK-1, and TBS which are received via rooftop antennas located on towers adjacent to the Cable headend. CS Maspro antennas provide Star channel, Super channel, MTV and CNN International programming. BS antennas provide one Japanese channel NHK-BS-1. A 4.5 meter dish provides AFN Pacific, AFN Atlantic, Spectrum, and News and Sports channels. The Commander's Access Channel originatesfrom the Camp Zama, bldg 101 and is distributed to Camp Zama via cable. A microwave system provides the Commander's Access Channel to SHA and Sagami Depot headend. All television channels and FM radio signals are combined at the headends then distributed to the subscribers by cable. 2.2 The majority of the headend equipment is American manufactured by Jerrold Corporation. Both American (CATEL) and Japanese FM modulators are used. The tuners and converters are all Japanese manufactured. All existing equipment and CATV infrastructure are available to the TV Provider at no cost, however normal maintenance and upkeep will be the responsibility of the TV Provider. 2.3 The current system provides 12 TV channels and 5 FM radio stations to all customers. Customers at the Hardy Barracks are serviced by similar headend equipment with minor differences in channel capacity. Hardy Barracks has 14 channels and 5 FM radio stations. 2.4 . Japanese TV channel frequencies and FM radio stations must be converted to US frequencies to be compatible with subscriber radio and TV equipment. 3.0. TV Outlets: The TV outlets installed in the majority of the housings buildings are the 75-ohm type. A small number of housing units have the 300-ohm type (2 terminal posts) terminals. 4.0. TROUBLE CALLS: The US Government (78th Signal Battalion) responds to approximately 10 to 15 calls per month from subscribers. The repair action is currently free. 5.0 Notice to American Vendors: It is not possible to rebroadcast signals via microwave from one location to another. Posted 12/07/98 (D-SN277597). (0341)

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