Chief, Acquisitions (90C), VA Medical Center, 1030 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104-2193

58 -- RADIO COMMUNICATION, RADIO PAGING AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS SOL IFB 614-74-98 DUE 091498 POC Jerry Shepherd, Contract Specialist, 901-577-7228; Fax 901-577-7242 Provide all materials, equipment, installation and training for RF communications systems at the VAMC, Memphis, TN. All equipment and software must be Year 2000 compliant. Systems included in this solicitation are as follows: RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM The radio communication systems shall consist of six (6) transceivers and a common antenna system with couplers/connectors to expand the system for two future transceivers. The system shall iinclude remote control receivers or bi-directional amplifiers; portable hand-held encoded transceivers, includes programming equipment and software; UPS; remote consoles; RF transmission lines; antenna system, including couplers, connectors, combiners, masts and grounding/lightning protection. The system shall provide 98% coverage within the facility and within a twenty-five (25) mile geographic radius. Frequency range between 406 and 420 Mhz. RADIO PAGING SYSTEM Provide an RF Radio Paging system using advanced RF simulcast and UHF link techniques to a repeater remote site. The system shall include dial-in paging terminal, base stations, simulcast equipment and all necessary interface hardware, software and interconnections to operate as a stand-alone radio paging system. The paging terminal shall support analog two-tone sequential paging, 5/6-tone analog, HSC analog and Digital POCSAG and Golay Sequential code paging formats. The terminal shall come equipped with all necessary programming equipment, software, and networking (LAN), i.e. CRT/Keyboard, CPU, Printer, Modem(s), etc. The radio paging will be at approximately 163 Mhz. DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT Personal communication service device that will have the following features; Digital Cellular Phone, Two-Way Radio (Direct Connect), Text and Numeric messaging page, Voice Mail and Caller ID. Some internal coverage will be required in designated areas of the VA Medical Center. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing. Faxed requests are acceptable. Fax number is 901-577-7242. Issue o/a 8/14/98 withBOD o/a 9/14/98. SIC is 4812. Posted 08/07/98 (W-SN234295). (0219)

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