82d Contracting Squadron, 136 K Avenue Ste 1, Sheppard AFB TX 76311-2739

S -- CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES SOL F41612-99-R0010 DUE 121598 POC LGCX/Capt Neil Pryor, Contract Specialist, 940/676-4260; Contracting Officer -- Harvey A. Scott, 940/676-3283. WEB: Sheppard AFB 82d Contracting Squadron, http://www.sheppard.af.mil/82cons/BidOpen.htm. E-MAIL: Harvey A. Scott, Harvey.Scott@sheppard.af.mil. Under new communication directives, cable television providers must have a franchise, license, and base access letter in order to provide service (including satellite dish service but not including digital access where no cabling is required) to any location on Sheppard AFB including military family housing and dormitories. Sheppard AFB intends to grant non-exclusive franchises, licenses, and access letter to interested offerors meeting requirements to provide cable/satellite television services anywhere on Sheppard AFB. In addition, Sheppard AFB intends to award a subscription contract to provide a cable television system for government facilities on Sheppard AFB, Texas, as follows: provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to construct, install, operate, and maintain a cable television system on Sheppard AFB, Texas. The cable system shall be capable of providing service to various buildings located on Sheppard. This requirement includes a basic tier ofservice 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 following broad categories of programming shall be provided: (1) 24-hour news and weather, (2) sports, (3) children's programming, (4) public broadcast services, (5) major network stations, (6) foreign language programming. One Government Access Channel for noncommercial use by the government shall be provided. The system shall be designed and constructed to permit the government to originate programming for the Government Access Channel from facilities located on Sheppard AFB. The period of services is for a basic year and four one-year options. The estimated performance start date is 11 May 1999. This requirement is full and open competition. All responsive and responsible sources will be considered. Replies to this notice are solicited from both large and small business concerns. All requests for franchise, license, and base access should be made in writing (e-mail or fax is acceptable) to Harvey Scott, 82 CONS/LGCX, 136 K Avenue Ste 1, Sheppard AFB TX 76311-2746, as soon as possible. Submit your company name, point of contact, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, CAGE code, Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database number, business size, DUNS, and Tax ID numbers. Indicate whether you are also interested in the subscription contract solicitation. No telephone requests to be included will be accepted. Estimated date for release of the subscription contract solicitation is 15 December 1998. Only offerors who complete franchise agreements and licenses and request base access will be eligible to compete for the subscription contract. Any Freedom of Information requests should be processed through 82 CS/SCBR (FOIA), 819 D Avenue, Sheppard AFB TX 76311-3464. Posted 11/16/98 (W-SN271765). (0320)

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