Z1DA--Police Radios Upgrade

This presolicitation notice seeks proposals to upgrade police radios at the W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 is procuring all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision necessary to install a fiber distributed antenna system and equip 75 Motorola APX6000 and 2 Motorola APX4500 radios with FIPS 140-2 encryption and approved public safety frequencies registered with the VA and North Carolina. Proposals must follow VA construction specifications and codes while minimizing space interruptions, and are due around January 10, 2023, approximately 35 days after solicitation issuance.

This opportunity is anticipated as a total service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside, with an estimated construction value between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Key details include upgrading 77 radios to enhance coverage for the medical center's police through the new distributed antenna system. Technical requirements include compliance with VA standards and North Carolina frequencies for public safety communications.