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FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, October 16, 2017 — Gwinnett County, Georgia has awarded Federal Engineering, Inc. (FE) a contract for technical consulting services in the upgrade of the County’s Public Safety Information Systems.

Mr. Ronald F. Bosco, FE’s President and CEO, provided an overview: “Gwinnett County Information Technology Services provides a full range of technical services to County police, fire, emergency dispatch, sheriff, water, sanitation services, planning and development, and judicial as well as city municipalities within its borders. The County decided to upgrade its systems and issued a consulting RFP. A rigorous evaluation process was undertaken to determine the bidders’:

• Understanding of the project and objectives.
• Qualifications of staff performing the required work.
• Depth, breadth, and quality of the firm’s expertise, knowledge, and ability to meet the scope of work.
• Ability to meet the required timeframes specified in the RFP.
• Verifiable qualifications and experience specific to an engagement of our size and complexity.

After careful consideration, the County selected Federal Engineering.”

Mr. Bosco continued: “This comprehensive project is composed of five phases. In Phase 1, FE will perform an E9-1-1 business and technology analysis including user needs assessments, review of current processes, and a systems assessment. In Phase 2, we will gather business, technical, and financial requirements. Phase 3 will encompass the development of the systems RFP. During Phase 4 FE will assist with the RFP evaluation process including technical support, reference checking, presentation and demonstration attendance, and contract negotiations assistance. Phase 5 will encompass implementation support including project management, review of regulatory compliance, data migration planning, review of training plans, system testing oversight, and contract compliance monitoring.”

As a leading, nationwide communications systems planning and design firm, Federal Engineering develops voice, data, and video networks for numerous organizations in the aerospace, energy, finance, education, publishing, and computer services fields. In addition to its private sector work, FE has completed thousands of communications projects for 46 state governments, as well as numerous local and federal government clients. FE’s certified independence ensures that clients receive objective, unbiased consulting services that are not influenced by any particular technology, product, vendor, or approach.

Federal Engineering, Inc., recently added the L.R. Kimball public safety communications consulting practice to the firm. FE now offers the services of a worldwide leader in public safety answering point (PSAP) consulting. With FE/Kimball, jurisdictions can rely upon one firm for virtually all of their consulting needs in E9-1-1, NG9-1-1, PSAPs, Emergency Call Centers, and Emergency Operations Centers as well as land mobile radio voice, wireless data, broadband, backhaul, and emerging LTE mobile communications systems.