# USAGM Thiacom 6 Services

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/95170024r0028

- Solicitation number: 951700-24-R-0028
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Encompass Digital Media Services Limited
- Department: United States Agency for Global Media, BBG
- Contracting office: Office of Contracts (951700)
- NAICS: 517410 Satellite Telecommunications
- Product or service code: R699 Other Administrative Support Services
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: June 11, 2024
- Last posted: July 2, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2c5fc9e995b84247917e7b24c50cdaa5/view

## Description

This requirement is intended to continue VOA Language Programming and the VOA Burmese Service in response to the serious political unrest in Myanmar and to combat in-country deterrents to external media sources. USAGM TSI Office of Business Development (OBD) Asia office, based in Bangkok, has learned that millions of homes throughout Myanmar are using PSI satellite dishes to watch TV programming, including international broadcasts such as VOA.

OBD has discovered that viewers in Myanmar are repointing antennas to PSI Thailand, whose TV service platforms are carried on Thaicom 6. USAGM intends to establish a follow-on Base plus Four Option Year contract for satellite transponder capacity, backhaul satellite transport, transcoding and down conversion, uplink services and confidence feed monitoring for uplinking VOA/RFA News TV (SD) to Thaicom 6 @ 78.5° east).

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Encompass Digital Media Services Limited (UEI VSR7MT51M7G3)
- Contract: 95170024C0277, definitive contract
- Obligated: $209,520.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 6 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 95170024R0028 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 951700 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_95170024C0277_9568_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- June 11, 2024: Solicitation, due July 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 6be38fa8980448afa8d009d11b91b314. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6be38fa8980448afa8d009d11b91b314/view
- June 27, 2024: Solicitation, due July 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 58a415bc0a0d401897b1b6317cc2198f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/58a415bc0a0d401897b1b6317cc2198f/view
- July 2, 2024: Solicitation, due July 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 2c5fc9e995b84247917e7b24c50cdaa5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2c5fc9e995b84247917e7b24c50cdaa5/view

## Points of contact

- David Wallace, Contracting Officer, dwallace@usagm.gov
- Brittany Vandiver, bvandiver@usagm.gov

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