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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) has a requirement to purchase Telkonet Power Line Communications (PLC) solution as part of their Mobile Workforce Enablement (MWE) wireless network project. The MWE project is a focused effort to implement a wireless solution within the hull of a naval ship undergoing repairs or alterations while docked at a naval shipyard.

The Telkonet PLC solution will be integrated into the wireless network and will allow the transmission of data across the facility's temporary electrical services lines which are connected to ships while they are in dock. The Telkonet Gateway will be connected to an antenna which will collect data via a wireless signal and send it across the power lines to the telkonet iBridge which will transmit the data to a wireless access point (AP) that will send a wireless signal to areas inside the ship.

The Telkonet PLC solution is the only approved PLC equipment on the Naval Shipyard Network Architecture Agreement. The shipyard wireless Technical Working Group (TWG) has been tasked with developing a list of standardized devices that could meet all of the stringent security requirements as well as the rigorous physical demands of the shipyard's industrial environment.

The wireless TWG determined that while there are other companies which can offer PLC solutions (such as Linksys) Telkonet is the only company which offers an industrial grade solution and thus choice Telkonet as the shipyard standard.

Telkonet equipment is only available from the original equipment manufacturer.