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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 /> NOMIt(AHO INA Interoperability and System Engineering Services <br /> Deliverable—Comprehensive Transition Plan (RFP 5.D.5) <br /> 5. A comprehensive transition plan for all current infrastructure users to the new/proposed <br /> infrastructure. The plan shall be designed to ensure no loss of functionality and/or <br /> capabilities during the transition. <br /> FE will include migration planning considerations in the Orange County Radio System Alternatives <br /> Report. <br /> 3.2.10 Acquisition and Implementation Process Recommendation (RFP 5.C.6) <br /> 6 Recommend and submit a planned acquisition and implementation process based on the <br /> option approved by the review committee. <br /> FE has extensive experience working with clients to determine the best means of procurement. Our <br /> expertise allows our clients to realize significant cost savings in their system implementations. <br /> FE will work closely with the Orange County project manager and purchasing organization to <br /> determine the best means of procuring the new radio system. This will entail analyzing the <br /> alternatives outlined in Section 5.B.3.g of the County's RFP and recommending the best alternative <br /> for the selected system solution. <br /> 3.2.11 Generation of Recommendations Report <br /> At the conclusion of the above tasks and before the procurement phase of this project, FE will deliver <br /> to the County, a draft Orange County Radio System Recommendations Report. FE will meet with the <br /> County to review the report, gather comments, and then issue a final report. This final report will <br /> serve as the basis for the development of the equipment vendor RFP. <br /> 3.2.12 Vendor Neutral RFP Development (RFP 5.C.7) <br /> 7. Development of a vendor-neutral Request for Proposal(RFP) suitable to be released to <br /> the vendor community for the purposes of procuring the approved alternative. <br /> FE will develop a set of technical specifications for an Orange County public safety P25 radio system <br /> based on the County-approved requirements and selected solution for use in an RFP. These <br /> specifications will describe the radio system's functional and performance requirements in sufficient <br /> detail for vendors to submit consistent proposals, will be verifiable through future acceptance testing, <br /> and will stress the use of existing investments wherever possible. The detailed design of the system <br /> will be left to the radio system vendor to allow for innovative approaches and to ensure the vendor <br /> remains responsible for system performance in accordance with the specifications. These <br /> specifications will be the foundation for vendor proposal evaluation and as acceptance criteria. <br /> FE's specifications are properly crafted to tightly define performance and at the same time encourage <br /> competition and innovation. FE typically includes the following in our specifications: <br /> • System functional, protocol, and 0 Expandability to accommodate future <br /> operational requirements growth <br /> • Regulatory and standards compliance • Backhaul connectivity <br /> • Leverage existing resources 0 Network management <br /> Copyright Protected Do Not Duplicate 33 c+ <br />