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<br />JJVEI~tOR[ <br />.~.f.J,~., <br /> <br />Wireless Communications <br />Consulting RFP / RFQ #6001 <br /> <br />MACRO <br /> <br />In <br /> <br />Section 3 - Questionnaire Responses <br /> <br />Section 3.1 - Services Offered <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The Cities of Livermore and Pleasanton (Cities) operate an 800 MHz Motorola SmartNet trunked radio <br />system, which was originally purchased and installed in the late 1980s. The system consists of a single <br />five-channel repeater site located off Doolin Canyon Road, just north of Interstate 580 in Livermore. It is <br />an analog system. The system's operating software was upgraded in the 1990s (from SmartNet VI), and <br />new Quantar repeaters were recently purchased to replace the aging Micor models. <br /> <br />The trunked radio site is connected to each dispatch center via microwave radio links. <br /> <br />Nine (9) bi-directional amplifiers (BDAs) exist to fill coverage gaps in the system's coverage area. The <br />two BDA units in Livermore serve outdoor areas of the City. Two of the seven units in Pleasanton serve <br />outdoor areas, while the remaining units serve indoor areas in corporate and City buildings, as well as <br />Stoneridge Mall. <br /> <br />The radio system is used by all major City departments, including Police, Fire,' Public Works, <br />Engineering, Building Inspection, Parks and Recreation, Information Services imd Paratransit. <br />Additionally, Livermore Area Parks & Recreation District (LARPD) operates on this system. The radio <br />system supports over 800 mobile and portable radios. <br /> <br />Two dispatch centers exist, one at each City. City public safety radios and consoles are also programmed <br />to operate on state mutual aid channels, as well as the Alameda County trunked radio system. <br /> <br />Proposed Scope of Work <br /> <br />Macro has proposed Tasks consistent with those in the RFP. Thus, we take no exceptions to the Phase I <br />tasks in Appendix E of the RFP. <br /> <br />Task I provides a complete needs analysis, which identifies current system deficiencies and user needs <br />and requirements. Task 2 considers issues identified in Task I, and provides various alternative system <br />designs and options that might address these deficiencies and requirements, as well as provide additional <br />benefits to the Cities. <br /> <br />Task 3 summarizes our findings and presents the Task 2 alternatives - and our recommendations, if <br />desired - in an Executive Summary, appropriate for management and/or City Council review. <br /> <br />] Livermore - Pleasanton Fire. <br /> <br />Proposal No. 4763 <br />Copyright@2oo6 Macro Corporation <br /> <br />Communications Services <br /> <br />Section 3 - Questionnaire Responses <br />Page 3 <br />