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This is Addendum No. 2 to Request for Proposal Bid No. 26-19 issued by the Town of East Hartford, Connecticut on April 17, 2026, for a comprehensive assessment of the municipality's Public Safety and Government Land Mobile Radio System. The addendum provides technical specifications and supporting documentation for the radio system assessment project, which seeks qualified independent consulting services to analyze the town's existing 460 MHz conventional radio system serving approximately 51,000 residents across the Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Health Department, and Special Events coordination. The original solicitation opened on March 19, 2026, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting held on March 31, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Public Safety Complex. Questions were due by April 13, 2026 with responses provided by April 16, 2026. Sealed proposals (five printed copies and one digital version) were due by 11:00 a.m. on April 21, 2026 at the Purchasing Division office. The project timeline encompasses a 90-day analysis phase followed by a 90-day recommendations phase for a total anticipated duration of 180 days.
Addendum No. 2 includes detailed technical data comprising East Hartford radio frequencies for all departments, RF propagation study maps for the Fire Department transmission site at Sunset Ridge (prepared June 25, 2012), and a tower structural evaluation report prepared by Hudson Design Group LLC documenting a 140-foot self-supporting tower supporting AT&T antennas. The existing infrastructure consists of a four-site satellite voting receiver system with a single transmit site and seven channels operational since 2003. Proposers must meet minimum qualifications including five years of consulting experience, expertise in trunked and P25 systems, lifecycle costing experience, in-building survey capabilities, familiarity with NFPA 1221 and 1225 standards, and multiagency coordination skills. Consultant selection is weighted on firm experience (25%), personnel qualifications (20%), technical approach (25%), past performance (10%), and cost (20%). Proposers cannot be manufacturers, distributors, resellers, or system integrators of LMR equipment and must disclose business relationships with major vendors within the past three years. The awarded consultant must maintain professional errors and omissions insurance of $1,000,000 per claim and $1,000,000 annual aggregate, plus commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, with the Town named as additional insured.
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Town of East Hartford
ADDENDUM NO. 2
Bid No. 26-19
Issued April 17, 2026
The following summarizes revisions to the Bid Documents included in Addendum No. 2 for the
[Title]East Hartford Public Safety and Government Land Mobile Radio System Assessment and
Recommendation (Bid No. 26-19).
Maps and other system data.
East Hartford Radio Frequencies
RX TX PL
East Hartford Fire Dept. Fire Main 460.6000 465.6000 114.8000 Duplex
East Hartford Fire Dept. Fire Admin 453.8500 458.8500 82.5000 Duplex
East Hartford Fire Dept. Fireground 465.6375 465.6375 82.5000 Simplex
East Hartford Police Dept. PD 1 460.2500 465.2500 94.8000 Duplex
East Hartford Police Dept. PD 2 453.9500 458.9500 100.0000 Duplex
East Hartford Police Dept. PD 5 460.0125 460.0125 114.8000 Simplex
Parks & Rec P&R 453.6875 458.6875 74.400 Duplex
Health Dept. Health 453.2875 458.2875 DPL 411 Duplex
Public Works PWD 453.450 458.450 162.200 Duplex
Special Events Spcl Evnt 453.850 458.850 DPL 263 Duplex
Project: East Hartford FD RF Propagation Study
Date: 06/25/2012 By: Bryan Suhr, Engineer – Integrated
Solution
Rev:
Propagation Study for East Hartford Fire Department, WZT682
Tx #7, Sunset Ridge, 41° 46’ 14.30”N Lat 72° 35’ 30.30”W
Tx Out to Mobile Units, Pwr 50w, ERP 75w, Plot to 16-km Radii
Figure 1 - Site Tx7, RF Propagation Tx Out at 460.6000MHz, Pwr 50w, EPR 75w, 16-Km Radii
Project: East Hartford FD RF Propagation Study
Date: 06/25/2012 By: Bryan Suhr, Engineer – Integrated
Solution Rev:
Propagation Study for East Hartford Fire Department, WZT682
Tx #7, Sunset Ridge, 41° 46’ 14.30”N Lat 72° 35’ 30.30”W
Rx In from Mobile Units, Pwr 5w, ERP 5w, Plot to 16-km Radii
Figure 2 - Site Tx7, RF Propagation Rx In at 460.6000MHz, Pwr 5w, ERP 5w, 16-Km Radii
Summary of Tower Report. Full data retracted.
SCOPE OF WORK:
Hudson Design Group LLC (HDG) has been authorized by AT&T to conduct a structural evaluation of the 140’ self-supporting tower supporting the proposed AT&T’s antennas located at elevation 110’ above the ground level.
This report represents this office’s findings, conclusions and recommendations pertaining to the support of AT&T’s existing and proposed antennas listed below.
The following documents were used for our reference:
• Tower Structural Analysis prepared by Centerline Communications dated May 3, 2021.
• Tower Mapping Report prepared by Provertic LLC dated May 2, 2022. CONCLUSION SUMMARY:
Based on our evaluation, we have determined that the existing tower is in conformance with the ANSI/TIA-222-H Standard for the loading considered under the criteria listed in this report. The tower structure is rated at 86.5 % - (Legs at Tower Section T7 from EL.60.33’ to EL.80.33’ Controlling).
FOUNDATION SUMMARY:
Based on our evaluation, we have determined that the existing foundation is in conformance with the ANSI/TIA-222-H Standard for the loading considered under the criteria listed in this report.
End of Addendum No. 2
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