Radio Systems Upgrade - Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta

Trade Agreement: Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: Pantel International Inc. 125 Joseph Zatzman Drive Dartmouth Nova Scotia Canada B3B1W1 Nature of Requirements: Radio Systems Upgrade - Edmonton and Red Deer, AB

M7594-143489/A Mack, Wayne Telephone No. - (306) 975-4004 ( ) Fax No. - (306) 975-5397

To supply all materials, equipment, labour and supervision necessary to develop and implement a replacement signalling scheme that is integrated with the existing Pantel "Intertalk" console systems for Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, during the period of the contract from date of contract award to March 31, 2014. All work must be completed by March 31, 2014. The signalling system currently in place is Motorola INTRAC. Parts and other assemblies have become impossible to source making the existing system unmaintainable. This project involves working with the existing core systems, Province of Alberta Communications System (PACS) and Pantel "Inter Talk", upgrading the current analog configuration of the dispatch console workstations to an IP configuration.

Background: The RCMP in Alberta is planning to migrate to a new P25 radio system within a 5 year period. Until that time, the existing radio system will be relied on for mission critical police radio communications. The current PACS radio system infrastructure needs to be maintained until the new radio system is in place. The RCMP need to have replacement controller boards available to replace failing trunk and wire line circuits which allow the core system to select remote radio sites as required by the dispatch communications. The Operational Communications Centers (OCC) in Edmonton and Red Deer Alberta currently control the PACS system as two separate system segments. Current redundancy requirements dictate that the dispatch consoles at each OCC have to be capable of controlling the radio sites from either segment. This will be achieved by upgrading the current analog configuration of the dispatch console workstations to an IP configuration.

Sole Source Justification: Pantel International is the only company that can configure the Intertalk station controller modules to sustain the existing Pantel integrated system. This spare circuit solution will integrate with the existing system with no change of core architecture or functionality. The system will be updated to the latest Intertalk software version. Only Pantel International can upgrade the existing Pantel system.

Total Estimated Cost: $393,888.61 GST included

GCR Exemption: d) only one supplier (person or firm) is capable of performing the contract.

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