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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 /> NUM[i C.\(i(/1.INA Interoperability and System Engineering Services <br /> Yadkin County, North Carolina <br /> Procurement and Implementation Support <br /> • Tower Inspection Services <br /> Project Dates Situation <br /> April 2013—Present Yadkin County, North Carolina,was operating a three-site Tait Quasi-Sync <br /> wideband VHF public safety mobile radio system supporting 12 combination(paid/ <br /> Project Snapshot volunteer)fire and/or rescue agencies,countywide emergency medical services, <br /> • Reviewed unsolicited the County sheriff(court,detention,patrol,civil and investigations divisions), <br /> system proposals received animal services,County public safety answering point,and other County <br /> by the County agencies.The system supported the police departments and other departments <br /> • Provided recommendation within the municipalities of Boonville, East Bend,Jonesville,and Yadkinville. <br /> that the County issue an Federal Engineering(FE)was selected to provide procurement support for <br /> RFP upgrades or modifications to the system that will satisfy the narrowbanding <br /> • Conducted abbreviated requirement. <br /> needs assessment with <br /> baseline coverage study Approach <br /> • Developed RFP FE assessed the current Tait Communications proposal and made <br /> • Assisted County with recommendations, performing the following activities: <br /> contract negotiations and . Reviewed the work products of the previous consultant including the initial <br /> implementation support assessment and recommendations <br /> • Tower structural analyses • Presented the findings and recommendations to the County Administrator and <br /> Project Reference County Board <br /> Lisa Hughes FE conducted a coverage assessment and produced a set of maps for both <br /> Deputy County Manager mobile and portable subscriber units depicting major geographical landmarks and <br /> 217 East Willow St. the area topography, including scale,color schemes, highway/road data, <br /> Yadkinville, NC 27055 jurisdictional boundaries,and desired performance characteristics. <br /> 336-679-4200(o) <br /> Ihughes@yadkincountync.gov FE provided the following services to support the procurement of the Yadkin <br /> County radio system. <br /> • Develop technical specifications to serve as the basis for an RFP for vendors <br /> to submit consistent proposals and to be verifiable through acceptance testing <br /> • Updated the technical specifications based on County review and comments <br /> and submitted a final version to be used in a competitive RFP <br /> • Reviewed the vendor proposal selected by the County,assisted the County <br /> with contract negotiations,and provided support for technical issues <br /> FE assisted the County in resolving radio and microwave(MNI)vendor <br /> implementation issues,oversaw the vendor's punch list development and <br /> resolution process,identified vendor performance issues,and made appropriate <br /> recommendations to the County. <br /> FE conducted tower mapping and tower structural analysis services to create a <br /> tower mapping report that the County will use to model a new tower. <br /> Results and Benefits <br /> FE was engaged by the County to review and continue the work of another <br /> consultant and complete the procurement and implementation of a new system. <br /> The County is very satisfied with the execution of these services,the contract with <br /> the radio system vendor,and the implementation of the system. <br /> Copyright Protected Do Not Duplicate 21 u <br />