D -- TWO STL FEEDS WITH MAINTENANCE

Notice Date

September 6, 2000

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146

ZIP Code

30341-4146

Solicitation Number

2000-N-00181

Response Due

September 22, 2000

Point of Contact

Sandra Baxley, Contract Specialist, Phone (770)488-2601, Fax (770)488-2670, Email SBaxley@CDC.GOV

E-Mail Address

Sandra Baxley (SBaxley@CDC.GOV)

Description

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, intends to purchase 2 discrete analog, full bandwidth, fiber optic video with stereo audio follow Studio-to-Transmitter Links (STLs) feeds from our Terminal Equipment Area in Building 3, Room SB29 at CDC headquarters on 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA to the satellite uplinking contractor. These two individual and discrete Digital Fiber Optic feeds, need to be provided between our terminal Equipment Area and the place of business of our satellite uplinking contractor. Maintenance of the equipment and fiber optic cabling involved throughout the entire transmission side of the system shall be the responsibility of the STL contractor. Maintenance will be for the period October 1, 2000 -- September 30, 2001. Emergency maintenance will need to be made available at CDC's place of business in no more than 20 minutes following the alerting of the contractor by an authorized CDC Television Services Technical person to an occurrence of an STL problem. We are currently using Alcatel Model 1718 VC Digital Fiber Optic Transmitters at the head end of each of our two fiber optic STL feeds. These units can transmit 1digital video and 4 digital audio signal bit streams down a single fiber optic cable. The transmitter must have a built in Analog-to-Digital (A-to-D) Converter, and the receiver must have a built in Digital-to-Analog (D-to-A) Converter. Our current satellite uplinking contractor, Crawford Communications, 3845 Pleasantdale Road, Atlanta, GA, has a compatible Alcatel receiver to appropriately compliment our Alcatel transmitter. Currently, we have 2, TV-1, 4.2 MHz video bandwidth and upwards of 4, 30 hz to 20 khz +or- .5 dBm audio signals. Video system signal must meet SMPTE NTSC and System M video transmission standards. This notice of intent is not a request for proposal and no solicitation is available. This notice may represent the Government's only official notice of procurement. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors_Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation_Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The evaluation criteria stated in paragraph (a) of this provision are as follows: (1) technical capability of the proposed system to meet the requirements stated herein, and (2) price. Offerors shall include a COMPLETED COPY OF THE PROVISION AT 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS_COMMERCIAL ITEMS, with your proposal. The best way to complete this certification to download the FAR Clauses (Volume II) at http://www.arnet.gov/far/, print out the clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, and fill in the appropriate blanks. This certification must be sent in with your proposal. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions_Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clause is hereby added to this clause: 52.225-11. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders_Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following clauses listed in paragraph (b) of 52.212-5 apply to this acquisition: (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (20) and (24). Quotes are due by 2:00pm, EST on Sep 22, 2000. Facsimile proposals WILL NOT be accepted. Proposals shall be mailed to: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Contracts Management Branch; Attn.: Sandra A. Baxley; 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3214; Atlanta, GA 30341. The RFP number 2000-N-00181 shall be clearly marked on the envelope. All responsible sources that can meet the above requirements may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the Agency.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000908/DSOL003.HTM (D-250 SN493611)