CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of RFP 23-150, P25 Land Mobile Radio System, to Motorola Solutions for an amount not to exceed $32,332,312 plus a 3% contingency on implementation costs, an 18-month implementation term, and a 15-year support term
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DEPARTMENT: Police Department
SUBMITTED BY: Jason Arres, Chief
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
The City of Naperville's Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system currently supports all the City's portable and mobile radio communication for Police, Fire, Public Works, and Public Utilities. These communications are critical to daily public safety, general municipal operations, and the community. The technology used in the current network (OpenSky) is aged and close to obsolescence. The stability and coverage issues that staff experiences throughout the City on OpenSky jeopardizes operations and the safety of first responders.
Modern-day LMR systems are primarily on a standardized P25 format that is used across the country for public safety networks. Based on the criticality of improving reliability, coverage, and safety, a capital improvement project (CIP) was initiated to upgrade the LMR network to the P25 standard.
In 2023, the City hired a consultant, TUSA Consulting Services, to conduct an analysis of the current system and assist with the process of selecting a vendor to implement a P25 LMR network. TUSA also helped develop the detailed requirements for an RFP.
In September 2023, the City issued RFP 23-150, P25 Radio System, to provide an all-inclusive P25 700/800 MHz digital simulcast trunked mobile radio system that would include multiple tower sites with equipment shelters, the required site hardware including generators and HVAC to support the proposed infrastructure, as well as mobile radios, dispatch consoles and all related software.
DISCUSSION:
Advertisement Date:
09/14/2023
Notices Sent:
80
Opening Date:
11/13/2023
Planholders:
25
Proposals Received...
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