LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) DRIVE TEST TOOL SOFTWARE SOLUTION

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with
Peru/Colombia/Panama
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

U6800-141822/B
Wong, Vincent
Telephone No. - (819) 956-3769
E-mail - Vincent.Wong@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca


REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) DRIVE TEST TOOL SOFTWARE SOLUTION


This bid solicitation cancels and supersedes previous bid
solicitation number U6800-141822/A dated 2014-12-15 with a
closing of 2015-01-30 at 14:00 EST. A debriefing or feedback
session will be provided upon request to bidders who bid on the
previous solicitation.

Requirement:

The Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) has a
requirement for a commercial off-the-shelf multifunction Long
Term Evolution (LTE) Drive Test Tool Software Solution (the
"Solution"), inclusive of acquisition and analysis functions,
and associated maintenance and support. The Solution is required
to deliver, enable and support LTE Drive Test acquisition and
analysis functionality and performance requirements as detailed
in the bid solicitation.

The Solution's acquisition and analysis functions must be
separate instances and must operate on the same or on a
different hardware platform simultaneously. The Solution is
intended to be used on an end-to-end LTE wireless network in
support of CRC's ongoing research and development initiatives.

The Solution will be used to connect to a wide variety of
specialised LTE user devices (UEs), one or multiple units at a
time, both in laboratory and in mobile outdoor (in-field)
environments. This will enable several test and evaluation uses
cases on CRC's experimental LTE networks, including: performance
benchmarking, network verification, optimization and
maintenance, initial radio access tuning and site acceptance and
service quality monitoring. For laboratory environments, it is
expected that both the acquisition and analysis functions of the
Solution will be hosted on a networked server(s). For in-field
mobile environments, both the acquisition and analysis functions
could be hosted on a mobile PC (e.g. laptop) platform(s). CRC
will be providing all necessary hardware platforms to host the
Solution in addition to the end-to-end LTE networks operating in
3GPP Band Class 13 and 14, including specialized user devices
and/or radio frequency scanners. 

The Solution must also include associated warranty,
documentation, and initial and optional ongoing maintenance and
support services.

Specifications:

See bid solicitation document for full details. 

Period of the Contract:

This bid solicitation is intended to result in the award of a
contract for one year from date of Contract Award, plus two
irrevocable option periods of one-year each allowing Canada to
extend the term of the contract.

Security:

There is no security requirement associated with this
requirement.

Trade Agreements:

The requirement is subject to the provisions of the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canada-Chile
Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Peru Free Trade
Agreement (CPFTA), the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
(CColFTA), the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (CPanFTA) if
it is in force, and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.