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DocuSign Envelope ID:67496B91-FCOD-4188-A6C5-F7496722386E <br /> - 1 Orange County, North Carolina <br /> ORANGE Countywide Radio Communications <br /> COUNTY <br /> NVR['li(AHO1.INA Interoperability and System Engineering Services <br /> Buncombe County, North Carolina <br /> Existing System Assessment & Narrowband Upgrade Planning <br /> 410On-call Technical Consulting, and RFP Development <br /> Project Dates Situation <br /> June 2010—Present Buncombe County, North Carolina needed to upgrade the County's existing system <br /> to meet the FCC's narrowbanding mandate. The County engaged Federal <br /> Project Snapshot Engineering to evaluate the existing system, plan for the upgrade, design a compliant <br /> • Perform system system,and recommend a solution. <br /> propagation analysis <br /> • Prepare propagation maps Approach <br /> • Conduct needs analysis FE conducted a needs analysis,collecting,compiling,and analyzing key information <br /> • Conduct infrastructure obtained from county public safety wireless systems users.We also conducted an <br /> assessment assessment of the county's existing infrastructure,surveying the five simulcast <br /> • Provide estimated costs for transmit sites and the one receive-only site used for radio coverage to determine if <br /> site improvements they were suitable for continued use or if modifications are required for an upgraded <br /> • Develop and submit Needs system. Estimated costs associated with improving the sites to meet the county's <br /> Assessment and System needs were provided. <br /> Recommendation Report <br /> • Develop and submit FE performed system propagation analysis to analyze outdoor and in-building <br /> Conceptual Design Report coverage and modeled coverage in the VHF, UHF and 700 MHz frequency bands. <br /> • Present recommended We also developed a conceptual design for the system infrastructure,backhaul,and <br /> solution to the county capacity meeting the County's requirements and developed the County's RFP for <br /> • Provide on-call technical Detention Facility of the Buncombe County Sheriff Office Digital Trunked 800 MHz <br /> consulting services Radio Communications System. <br /> regarding PSMR Results and Benefits <br /> technology, microwave FE recommended cost-effective,shared,reliable mobile wireless infrastructure <br /> systems,consoles,and enhancements which met the County's requirements. <br /> dispatch center systems <br /> • Develop RFP The County retained FE to provide on-call technical consulting services regarding <br /> Project References public safety mobile radio technology, microwave systems,consoles,and dispatch <br /> Clint C.Gorman center systems. <br /> Radio Administrator <br /> 59 Woodfin Place <br /> Asheville, NC 28801 <br /> 828-250-6834 <br /> clint.gorman@buncombecounty.org <br /> Bryan Dillingham <br /> Network and Communications <br /> Manager <br /> 59 Woodfin Place <br /> Asheville, NC 28801 <br /> 828-250-6807 <br /> bryan.dillingham@buncombe <br /> county.org <br /> Copyright Protected Do Not Duplicate 19 c+ ` <br />