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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 21, 2011 FBO #3345
DOCUMENT

D -- Cable TV Service - Attachment

Notice Date

1/19/2011
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

515210 — Cable and Other Subscription Programming
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;James J. Peters VA Medical Center;130 West Kingsbridge Road;Bronx NY 10468-3904
 

ZIP Code

10468-3904
 

Solicitation Number

VA24311RQ0111
 

Response Due

1/26/2011
 

Archive Date

3/27/2011
 

Point of Contact

Mehmet Bagriyanik
 

E-Mail Address

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Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 3), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx New York, Network Acquisitions and Logistics program is currently seeking firms, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Hubzone or 8(A) with the ability to provide "CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES" Northport VA Medical Center located @ 79 Middleville Road, Northport NY 11768-2200. STATEMENT OF WORK as follows: 1. The purpose of this service agreement is to provide cable television service to the Northport VA Medical Center, 79 Middleville Road, Northport NY, 11768, a multi-building facility on roughly 300 acres. 2.Service provider (contractor) shall provide and maintain all contractor-owned cables, wires, conduits, vaults, equipment and appurtenant devices (the "System") necessary to make cable TV "service" available to the medical center on a 24 hours-per-day, 7 days-per-week basis. 3.The cable service shall be capable of providing to each Patient Television user via a standard cable jack: a. Analog (FTP) Television programming (covered under this contract) b.Telephone (via optional personal accounts not covered by this contract) c.Internet (via optional personal accounts not covered by this contract) 4.FTP Television service shall not require the use of "Cable Boxes" for each television or battery-operated remote controls to change channels. Pillow speaker controls connected to televisions shall be the means patients use to change channels. Only "modems" shall be permitted in patient rooms receiving FTP service. For patients establishing private accounts, where available, for Premium television, Internet and/or Telephone, cable boxes and battery operated remote controls shall be permitted. 5.Service provider (contractor) equipment shall be responsible ultimately for the cable signals to reach designated "B" closet-mounted distribution boxes (to be installed and furnished by Service Provider) located throughout the facility, and in the absence of "B" Closets, to other designated locations such as building basement areas and tunnels where Service Provider distribution boxes may be mounted. Cabling from the "B" Closets to patient TVs is normally provided by the medical center, much of it pre-existing. Any new cable runs installed by the medical center shall adhere to Service Provider's specifications. The Service Provider shall connect VA- provided patient "home-run" cables in the distribution boxes so that each bed outlet becomes active. 6.Buildings designated to receive analog (FTP) TV service include: Buildings 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 36, 63, 64, 65, 88, 89, 92, 200, 200 North and 203. 7.In addition to patient televisions, contractor shall provide a network of Digital Cable TV, Telephone and Internet service to designated buildings which are not patient care areas, but where staff reside, and where resident staff may opt to purchase a full-range of services, including, for example, HDTV, from the service provider on separate personal accounts not covered under this contract. Included in this group of Buildings are #17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 37. All other buildings shall be considered "patient-care" buildings which shall receive the Analog (FTP) service. It shall not be a violation of this requirement should it be determined that additional buildings will be provided with Digital Service once service is run to a new location at VA expense. 8.The Service Provider shall also furnish a means for the medical center to inject its own educational programming onto two (2) unused channels for distribution to all patient televisions via the service provider's System within the medical center. The location where educational channels are to be injected will be in Building 12, 2nd Floor. 9.Cable TV channel package shall include at a minimum the following, or an equivalent, as judged by the Medical Center: A&EHGTVTNT ABC FamilyHistoryTravel AMCHSNTru TV Animal PlanetIONTMC (Turner Movie Classics) BETLifetimeTV Land BravoLocal ProgrammingVH1 Cartoon NetworkMSGWABC New York (ABC) Channel GuideMSG PlusWCBS New York (CBS) CNBCMSNBCWE TV CNNMTVWFTY Smithtown (TeleFutura) Comedy CentralMy9 New York (MNT-WWOR)WLIW Plainview (PBS) C-SpanNews 12 Long IslandWLNY Riverhead (IND) CW11 New York (CW-WPIX)News 12 Traffic & WeatherWNBC New York (NBC) Discovery ChannelNickleodeonWNET New York (PBS) Disney ChannelOTB/RAIWNJU Linden (Telemundo) E!Public AccessWNYW New York (FOX) Educational and Gov't AccessQVC-WXTV Paterson (Univision) ESPNShopNBCYES Network ESPN2Spike TV Food NetworkSportsNet New York FOX News ChannelSyFy FuseSyFy- FXTelecare GalavisionThe Weather Channel Headline NewsTLC- 10. All System equipment installed or supplied by the service provider shall remain their property and shall not be tampered with or modified in any way by the VA Medical Center. All System equipment furnished shall be of good quality, and shall be maintained during the term of this agreement in a careful and proper manner, conforming to all applicable codes, regulations and industry standards. 11.Installation work shall conform in every way to VA and Medical Center safety policy and regulations, particularly as they apply toward matters regulated by OSHA and the National Fire Protection Administration (NFPA), including the use of approved fire-stopping materials when firewalls are breached, for obtaining permits as required for firewall penetrations, for obtaining confined space permits for work below the ground surface or in other confined spaces, and for following all confined space policy, and for ensuring that cables do not impede fire alarm and sprinkler systems or utilize these system components for cable support. Any electrical work or equipment must conform to the National Electrical Code. 12.The Service Provider shall use their best effort to respond to all requests for repair of the System at the premises or to System outages within four (4) hours of the request. The provider shall only respond to trouble calls originating from the Biomedical Engineering Section during normal administrative hours, or from the Administrative Officer of the Day (AOD) during off-duty hours, weekends and Federal Holidays. 13.Repairs shall be at no cost to the VA, except for any damages to System equipment which results from negligence, abuse, accidents, mishaps that were created by VA staff, patients, contractors or visitors. Televisions are excluded from service, and any jacks or cabling installed by VA. Service provider shall not be liable for network problems outside of the medical center which are beyond their control. 14. The TV, Telephone and Internet signals shall be of high quality and equal to the service standards being applied to the outside community. 15.VA shall provide Service Provider reasonable access to the premises as may be necessary to install, service, extend, remove, modify or maintain the System and otherwise perform its obligations under this agreement, and immediate access in the event of an emergency or system outage. Upon arrival during normal administrative hours, Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30 PM, and prior to any commencement of maintenance work, the Chief, Biomedical Engineering (Office: 631-261-4400 x7429, Cell Phone: 631-774-2001) or designated alternate, shall be contacted. During off-duty tours, evenings, weekends and Federal holidays, the Service representative is to contact the Administrative Officer of the Day (AOD) at extension 2655 or 2656. 16.The Service provider is reserved the right to make channel lineup changes, however, if there are material changes in the composition or number of channel services provided, the VA may initiate discussions to renegotiate the monthly fees payable under this agreement. In the event that a mutually satisfactory agreement cannot be reached, the VA reserves the right to terminate this agreement upon six (6) months written notice. 17.VA will use reasonable care to ensure that its patients, guests and employees do not, copy, tape or record programs being provided, or tamper with, make alterations to, or remove from its point of installation, the wires, cables or equipment supplied, or in such a way that may permit the receipt of unauthorized services or to transmit services to an unauthorized outlet, which would constitute theft of services. 18.VA shall pay a monthly fee per TV outlet based on the distribution of the Service to all non-private-account TV outlets, with TVs connected to them, throughout the premises. Owner represents and warrants that as of the date of commencement of this agreement, there are (410) active TV outlets at the premises. VA will notify the Service Provider within 10 days of the development of any additions or deletions of active TV outlets so that the amount of payment may be adjusted accordingly. 19.There shall be no increase in the monthly fee for a period of 12 months from the start of service agreement. Thereafter, Service Provider may increase rates no more than once during any twelve month period by an amount not to exceed 7% per year. 20.VA agrees not to itemize charges for TV service on any patient's bill at the premises. The firm will be responsible for providing all management, supervision, labor, materials, supplies and equipment, and shall plan, schedule, coordinate and assure effective delivery of these services. Firms desiring consideration shall email directly to the Contracting Officer referencing the following in the subject field, "CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES", then contain the following information within the body of the e-mail name of firm, Socio-Economic category of firm, complete address, phone & fax number of contact. All emails from interested parties must be received by 9:00 AM, January 26, 2011. Email address is as follows, Mehmet.Bagriyanik@va.gov or by fax (718) 741-4323.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/BroVANAP/VAMD/VA24311RQ0111/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA-243-11-RQ-0111 VA-243-11-RQ-0111.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=171861&FileName=VA-243-11-RQ-0111-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=171861&FileName=VA-243-11-RQ-0111-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: NORTHPORT VA MEDICAL CENTER;79 MIDDLEVILLE ROAD;NORTHPORT NY, 11768-2200

Zip Code: 11768
 

Record

SN02362953-W 20110121/110119234537-716ecde7aca8fd640524117808dc11ec (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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