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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 li(AR(/LINA Interoperability and System Engineering Services <br /> 9. With respect to the potential options above, interoperability with the following: <br /> i. Agencies serving Orange County residents both on a day-to-day and event related <br /> basis. This includes State of North Carolina and University of North Carolina entities, <br /> and fire and EMS entities in adjoining Counties that serve territories in Orange County. <br /> ii. Interoperability with adjoining county emergency service entities (for adjoining county <br /> units responding into Orange County and for Orange County units responding into <br /> adjacent counties). This includes the Alamance, Chatham, Caswell, Person, and <br /> Durham systems. <br /> The alternatives assessments will include coverage analyses as defined in subsequent sections. FE <br /> will accomplish the following: <br /> 1. Model existing system to determine current coverage <br /> 2. Identify gaps between current coverage and user needs derived from the needs assessment <br /> 3. Develop alternatives <br /> 4. Model the alternatives <br /> 5. Identify the best alternative selection that meets users' needs <br /> Budgetary cost estimates will also be presented for each viable alternative. <br /> At the conclusion of these alternatives analysis, a draft Orange County Radio System Alternatives <br /> Report will be delivered to the County. FE will facilitate a meeting with the County review committee <br /> to assess the alternatives and select one alternative for the further analyses described in Sections <br /> 3.2.8 to 3.2.10 below. FE will gather comments during the meeting and issue a final Orange County <br /> Radio System Alternatives Report which will include the selected alternative. <br /> 3.2.4 Existing System Coverage (RFP 5.D.3) <br /> 3. Coverage maps depicting current public safety infrastructure user performance for both <br /> mobile and portable radios, and paging receivers, to verify gaps as noted from the various <br /> interviews. <br /> FE will use our in-house tool, FEPerformanceProTM to provide coverage analysis for the County's <br /> current system. This integrated set of tools provides our consultants with state-of-the-art network <br /> modeling technology to analyze the performance of a system. These tools include the following: <br /> • FECoverageTM — complete coverage analysis tool <br /> • FEMapperTM — high-resolution mapping tool <br /> • FENetworkTM — reliable capacity analysis tool <br /> • FEMitigateTM (optional)— system-wide interference analysis <br /> FEPerformanceProTM uses ATDI's powerful ICS Telecom industry standard network propagation <br /> and planning software as its engine. ICS Telecom's accuracy in modeling communications networks, <br /> performing interference analyses, and facilitating frequency planning has been validated by the <br /> federal government in field tests. FEPerformanceProTM will be used to demonstrate the coverage <br /> provided by Orange County's current system. We will provide coverage maps that depict current <br /> mobile, portable, and paging coverage and identify coverage gaps. <br /> r <br /> 27 Copyright Protected Do Not Duplicate �� <br />