SAM #36C26326Q0618

VA Black Hills Health Care System seeks Cable TV, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services for Fort Meade Campus

This opportunity involves providing telecom and entertainment services to the VA Black Hills Health Care System at Fort Meade Campus, South Dakota. - Government Buyer: - Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office 23 - VA Black Hills Health Care System, Fort Meade Campus - Services Requested: - Cable TV, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services - Service delivery required for multiple campus buildings (e.g., 113 Comanche Rd, 144 Custer Ave) - Each service line item covers 12 months; base year plus four option years - Requirements: - Vendors must demonstrate capability and operational readiness to deliver telecom services - Compliance with NAICS 517111 (Wired Telecommunications Carriers) and PSC DG11 (IT and Telecom Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services) - Proof of ability to serve federal healthcare facilities - OEMs and Vendors: - No specific OEMs or vendors named in the notice - Place of Performance: - VA Black Hills Health Care System, Fort Meade Campus, South Dakota - Contracting office located in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Description

The VA Black Hills Health Care System is conducting market research to obtain Cable TV, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services as described in the Preliminary Statement of Work below.

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only looking for businesses to provide the services listed in the Preliminary Statement of Work below for market research purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR PRICING AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Responses to this notice will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, and other socio-economic categories of small business. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this notice and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this notice.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 517111, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of 1,500 Employees.

If you are a vendor capable of providing the requested information and required services described below with competitive pricing, send your information with a description of proof of capability and answers to all questions to: Alisha.Milander@va.gov on or before Monday, May 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Time.

Please provide answers as appropriate to the following questions in the table below with your response to this Sources Sought. Failure to respond accurately to the following questions may affect the acquisition strategy. Failure to respond to the questions at all, or not respond to select individual questions, will result in your response being determined as non-responsive.

1. Socio-economic and Identification Information Please provide all socio-economic categories of your firm (e.g., SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, Large Business, 8a, etc.) as well as your firm’s SAM Unique Entity ID number (replaces DUNS number) and Government Contract POC. 2. Contractual Status State whether the requested services may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g., Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), etc.). 3. Subcontracting State if subcontracting is contemplated for this requirement and what percentage of the work will be subcontracted and for what tasks. 4. Delivery Time Provide estimated lead time to deliver a fully functioning solution as described in the Preliminary Statement of Work below. 5. Capabilities State definitively whether or not you currently have the authorization, infrastructure, network build-out, compliance, agreements, and/or any other required operational capabilities, and are currently capable of providing these services to the VA Black Hills Health Care System Fort Meade Campus. 6. Pricing Complete the yellow highlighted areas in the ITEM INFORMATION and RATE TABLE directly below this section for market research pricing for the services described in the Preliminary Statement of Work.

ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 Provide Telecom services to the VA Health Care System Fort Meade Campus in accordance with the Rate Table and the Statement of Work. 12.00 MO $________ $________ Contract Period: BasePOP Begin: 07-01-2026POP End: 06-30-2027PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 517111 Wired Telecommunications CarriersPRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: DG11 IT and Telecom Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services <!-- Additional ITEM INFORMATION and RATE TABLE entries omitted for brevity -->

If applicable, VAAR 852.219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Veteran Owned Small-Businesses or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small-Businesses. If applicable, FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply to the potential solicitation if set-aside for Small-Businesses.

DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought. The deadline for this information is 12:00 PM Central Time on Monday, May 4, 2026.

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