Designing the Last Mile System and RFP Development

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Designing the Last Mile System and RFP
Development
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Plant Construction

• OMU and contractor tower crews
• OMU and contractor CPE installation

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Performance Specs

• Pre-pilot field test of various vendors by OMU
• Settled on Alvarion and then implemented pilot
  program
• First Focus Group August 2002
• Second February 2003
• Pilot Program Participants

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Resources Required

• Vendor Support (System Design)
• Distributor (ISP, Site, Antenna Coverage Surveys)
• Other Municipals (HMPL)
• Sanity Check (Business / Mktg)
• Cross departmental

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Implementation Org Chart
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Cross Functionality

• Employed resources from across the company
• Weekly Cross Departmental Meetings

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Install Timeline
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Install Milestones

• 2001 Equipment tests
• Spring 2002 - Pilot Approved
• August 2002 Focus groups
• November 2002 Commission Approval of Commercial
  System
• April 2003 Contractor Installs
• September 2005 OMU Installs

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Operational Org Chart
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RFP Process

• Internal analysis of technology
• OMU did issue an RFP for design of the Pilot
  Project
• OMU did not seek an RFP for implementation and
  construction of the network