Table of Contents - Decatur County, Georgia

Table of Contents 1 Summary of Request 1 1.1 General 2 1.2 RFP Structure and Responses 2 1.2.1 Dispatch Center Consoles 3 1.2.2 System Infrastructure 3 1.2.3 Subscriber Equipment 3 1.2.4 Pricing Considerations 3 1.2.5 Functionality 3 1.3 Construction Scheduling 3 1.4 Current Configurations 4 1.4.1 Decatur County 4 1.4.2 Grady County 4 1.4.3 Decatur County Schools 5 1.4.4 Current Infrastructure Sites 6 1.4.5 Public Safety Dispatch Centers 7 1.5 Upgrade Description: 7 1.5.1 Decatur County 7 1.5.2 Grady County 7 2 System Requirements 8 2.1 Standards and Regulations 8 2.1.1 General 8 2.1.2 APCO P25 10 2.2 Technology and Communications System Objectives 10 2.2.1 Technology Roadmap 10 2.2.2 Communications System Objectives 11 2.2.3 General Requirements 12 2.2.4 Frequencies and FCC Licenses 12 2.2.5 Infrastructure and Control Sites 13 2.2.6 Fleetmapping 13 2.3 System Reliability, Redundancy, and Backup System Requirements
14 2.3.1 General 14 3 Overview of Required Coverage 16 3.1 Coverage Definition 16 3.1.1 Site Specific Coverage 17 3.1.2 Coverage Parameters 17 3.1.3 Service Area Reliability and Delivered Audio Quality 18 3.2 Coverage Maps 18 3.2.1 Coverage Map Requirements 18 3.2.2 Additional Coverage Map Requirements 19 3.2.3 Coverage Map Parameters 19 4 Communications Sites 21 4.1 General Requirements 21 4.2 Communication Site Specifications 23 4.2.1 Description of Proposed Systems 23 4.2.2 Intersystem Connectivity 35 4.2.3 Scope of Work 36 4.3 Grounding System 38 4.4 Lightning and Surge Suppression 44 4.4.1 AC Power Surge Protection 44 4.4.2 Tower Lighting Controller 45 4.4.3 Radio Frequency Transmission Lines 45 4.4.4 DC Power Surge Protection 46 4.4.5 Telco and Low Voltage Surge Protection 46 4.5 Conduits and Raceways 46 4.6 Wiring and Devices 47 4.7 Shelter Requirements 48 4.7.1 General Description 48 4.7.2 Building Size 49 4.7.3 Design Loading 49 4.7.4 Foundation 49 4.7.5 Flooring 49 4.7.6 Roof Section 50 4.7.7 Walls 50 4.7.8 Doors 50 4.7.9 Grounding and Bonding Systems 50 4.7.10 Lighting 51 4.7.11 HVAC 51 4.7.12 Fire Detection and Suppression 52 4.7.13 Entry Port 52 4.7.14 Cable Trays 53 4.7.15 Telephone Backboard 53 4.7.16 Storage Cabinets 53 4.7.17 First-Aid Kit 53 4.8 Shelter Electrical 54 4.9 Generator 55 4.9.1 General Requirements 55 4.9.2 Warranty 56 4.9.3 Start Up Service 56 4.9.4 Type of Generator 56 4.9.5 Generator Requirements 57 4.9.6 Fuel Supply 58 4.9.7 Exhaust System 59 4.9.8 Battery and Charger 59 4.9.9 Cooling System 59 4.9.10 Base 59 4.10 Transfer Switch 60 4.10.1 General Specifications 60 4.10.2 Front Panel Control Devices 62 4.10.3 Exerciser Clock 62 4.11 Alternative Generator Offering 62 5 Digital Microwave System 64 5.1 General 64 5.2 Standards Compliance 65 5.3 Performance Objectives 65 5.4 Microwave Network Configuration and Capacity 65 5.5 Microwave Equipment Requirements 66 5.5.1 Equipment Mounting 66 5.5.2 Configuration and Operation 66 5.5.3 Monitoring and Test Points 66 5.5.4 Alarms, Status and Controls 66 5.5.5 Technical Parameters 66 5.5.6 Battery Backup 67 5.5.7 Physical Path Survey 67 5.5.8 Microwave Frequencies and Licensing 69 5.5.9 Microwave Antenna Systems 69 5.5.10 Channel Plan 69 5.5.11 Maintenance Circuits 70 5.5.12 Future Growth and Excess Capacity 70 6 Consoles 71 6.1 General 71 6.1.1 Console System Life Cycle 71 6.2 Proposal Response 72 6.2.1 Mandatory On-Site Visits 72 6.2.2 Existing Facilities to be retained 73 6.3 Dispatch Console Requirements 73 6.4 Console System Reliability 74 6.5 Console Manufacturing Support and Documentation 74 6.6 Quality 75 6.7 System Architecture 75 6.7.1 Standards 75 6.8 Agency Partitioning 76 6.9 Centralized System Configuration 76 6.9.1 Centralized Fault Management 76 6.9.2 Diagnostics 76 6.10 End-to-End Encryption 77 6.11 Radio System Interoperability 77 6.11.1 Patching Capability 77 6.12 Channel Control Requirements 77 6.13 Power Supply 78 6.14 Power Line Surge Protection 79 6.15 Console Operator Position Requirements 79 6.16 Functionality 80 6.17 Conventional Fire Rescue Paging 86 6.17.1 Alternate Paging Solutions 87 6.18 Common Console Electronics Equipment 89 6.18.1 General 89 6.19 Console System Interfaces 89 6.19.1 Console Auxiliary I/O Functions 89 6.19.2 Logging Recorders 90 6.20 Grounding and Bonding 90 7 Equipment Requirements 91 7.1 General 91 7.2 Radio Frequency Sub-System 91 7.3 Repeater Stations 91 7.4 Simplex Stations 91 7.5 Receiver Units 92 7.6 Antenna Systems 92 7.6.1 Antennas 92 7.6.2 Transmission Lines and Connectors 92 7.7 Transmitter Combiners 92 7.8 Receiver Multicoupler 93 7.9 Receiver Voting System 94 7.10 Simulcast Equipment 94 7.10.1 Precision Frequency Source 95 7.10.2 Amplitude and Phase Delay Equalization Equipment 95 7.10.3 Audio Distribution Equipment 95 7.11 Simulcast System Alignment/Diagnostics/Test Equipment 95 7.12 Network Monitoring System 96 7.12.1 System Ancillary Alarms and Controls 96 7.12.2 Alarm Status Monitoring Terminal 96 7.12.3 Alarm Status and Priority 96 7.12.4 Control Outputs 97 7.13 User Equipment Requirements 98 7.13.1 General 98 7.13.2 Features and Functions 98 7.13.3 Mobile Radio Configurations and Options 101 7.13.4 Portable Radio Configurations and Options 103 7.13.5 Control Station Radio Configurations and Options 107 7.13.6 Subscriber Equipment Programming 108 7.13.7 Power Systems Requirements 108 8 Installation 110 8.1 General 110 8.2 Equipment Storage and Delivery 110 8.3 Installation Coordination 111 8.4 Infrastructure Equipment Installation 111 8.5 Equipment Mounting 112 8.6 Antenna Systems Installation 112 8.6.1 General 112 8.6.2 Communications System Antennas 112 8.6.3 Transmission Lines 112 8.7 RF Connectors 114 8.8 Transmission Line Surge Suppressors 114 8.9 Coaxial Jumpers 114 8.10 Cable Identification 114 8.11 Control Station Antennas 115 8.12 Transmitter Combiners, Duplexers, and Filters 115 8.13 Receive Multicouplers 115 8.14 Equipment Removal and Disposal 115 8.15 Mobile Radio Installation 115 8.15.1 Mobile Radio Antennas 116 8.16 Portable Radio Equipment Installation 116 8.17 Communications Dispatch Centers Installation 117 8.17.1 PSAP Equipment Integration 117 8.17.2 Logging Recorder System Integration 117 8.18 Microwave System Installation 118 8.18.1 General 118 8.18.2 Equipment Installation 118 8.18.3 Antennas and Transmission Lines 118 9 Performance Verification 120 9.1 General 120 9.2 Factory Staging and Acceptance Tests 120 9.3 System Acceptance Test Plan 121 9.3.1 Technical compliance and specification testing: 121 9.3.2 Operational and functional compliance: 121 9.3.3 RF infrastructure performance and coverage compliance: 121 9.4 Tower and Facilities Mechanical Inspection and Tests 121 9.4.1 General 121 9.5 Site Tests 122 9.5.1 Earth Ground System Test 122 9.5.2 Generator System Tests 123 9.5.3 UPS Systems 123 9.6 Communications Systems 124 9.6.1 Equipment Specification Tests 124 9.7 RF Coverage Acceptance Testing 125 9.7.1 Coverage Testing 125 9.8 Microwave Network 126 9.8.1 Microwave Equipment Tests 126 9.9 Communications System Cutover Plan 128 9.9.1 System Acceptance and Performance Period 128 9.9.2 Performance Documentation 130 10 Warranty and Maintenance 132 10.1 General 132 10.2 Warranty Maintenance Period and Response 132 10.2.1 Warranty Maintenance Commencement 132 10.2.2 Warranty Maintenance Period 132 10.2.3 Maintenance Personnel 132 10.2.4 Contractor Service Facilities 133 10.3 Major and Minor Failure Conditions 133 10.4 Contractor Service Response 133 10.5 Spares and Test Equipment for Radio System Maintenance 134 10.5.1 Microwave Radio System Maintenance 135 10.6 Availability of Replacement Parts 135 10.7 Maintenance Documentation 136 10.8 Firmware and Software Maintenance 136 10.9 Ongoing Contract Maintenance 136 11 Infrastructure Pricing 137 11.1 Dispatch Center 137 11.2 Microwave Interconnect from Decatur to Grady Prime Sites 138 11.3 Decatur County 139 11.3.1 Spring Creek Road Prime Site 139 11.3.2 Highway 97 Site 140 11.3.3 Landfill Site 141