RFP 24-16 Regional P25 Radio System

Background
Montgomery County is requesting proposals on behalf of New River Valley Emergency Communications Regional Authority (NRVECRA) for a Regional P25 Radio System. The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to provide PROPOSERS with a common, uniform set of instructions to guide them through the development of their proposals.
NRVECRA seeks to replace the legacy NRVECRA UHF conventional analog radio systems and requires a single contractor to provide a P25 trunked radio system: infrastructure, dispatch consoles, connectivity network, and subscriber radios necessary to support the new radio system that will provide services throughout the entire NRVECRA service area.

Work Details
The new NRVECRA radio system will serve all public safety and public service radio users in Montgomery County. The successful PROPOSER shall design and install fixed infrastructure equipment, dispatch equipment, microwave backbone equipment, and physical facilities needed to support the infrastructure equipment.
The fixed infrastructure equipment, dispatch equipment, microwave backbone equipment, and physical facilities must be maintainable for at least fifteen (15) years after Final System Acceptance. The NRVECRA radio system design includes thirteen (13) new dispatch consoles at the NRVECRA 9-1-1 Center.
The public safety grade connectivity network using fiber or microwave equipment configured in a ring topology or with monitored hot standby (MHSB) equipment for microwave spur links is desired.
Maintenance for fifteen (15) years after final acceptance is also required.

Period of Performance
The technical and price proposals should remain valid without changes for a period of one (1) year after the submission deadline date.
Anticipated project completion is Contract Execution + 32 months.

Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) where the contract will be performed or where the product(s) will be delivered include Montgomery County, the Towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg, and Virginia Tech.