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FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, April 14, 2025 – The City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has awarded Federal Engineering, Inc. (FE) a contract to provide professional consulting services to support and manage the operational impacts of life cycling the existing radio network and consoles to a City-wide P25 radio system.

“The Public Safety Systems (PSS) branch of Ottawa’s Public Safety Service conducted an RFP process to obtain a suitable consultant to serve as our project manager and technical subject matter expert as the PSS office prepares for Bell Mobility Radio’s (BMR) upgrade of its P25 radio system. This upgrade will take the Interoperable Mobile Communications Managed Service (IMCMS) from the original AIRBUS – now VESTA 25 Core – radio sites and Zetron consoles to a new Motorola Solutions ASTRO P25 system and dispatch consoles. The upgrade will reset the City’s radio system lifecycle and support plans and will provide improvements to the City’s 7,000 radio users, including Ottawa Fire Services, Ottawa Police Service, Transit Services Department, Public Works Department, other City departments, as well as other partners,” explained Mr. Denis Créte, Project Officer for the City.

Mr. Rajit Jhaver, Associate Vice President for Federal Engineering, provided more details: “Our Canadian consultants thoroughly understand the public safety communications environment in Ottawa. FE will work on the project planning, design review, migration planning, acceptance testing, user training, quality assurance, vendor coordination, operational impact assessments and implementation planning, as well as system cutover and acceptance of the P25 system. Since many of our consultants are former first responders, we appreciate the need for interoperable radio communications that meet user needs, is affordable, and can be implemented at minimum risk. We guide each client through their unique challenges and help determine a smooth transition to achieve optimal communications results.”

Federal Engineering is a leading, nationwide firm providing analysis, design, procurement, and implementation support for public safety and public service communications involving VHF, UHF, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, and 4.9GHz mobile radio systems as well as LTE and CBRS. These services complement FE’s wide range of dispatch center consulting services in NG911, PSAPs, EOCS, and RTTCs. FE’s cybersecurity practice helps our clients defend against today’s complex and ever-changing threat landscape. FE personnel also serve as trusted advisors assisting clients to assess services such as FirstNet® and the impacts of new technologies on their current and future plans. Since 1983, FE has completed thousands of communications projects in all 50 states for numerous state, local, and federal government clients as well as Canadian clients.

In addition to its public sector work, Federal Engineering provides design and implementation support services for voice, data, and video networks used in the transportation, utilities, finance, education, and computer services industries. FE’s certified independence ensures that clients receive objective, unbiased consulting services that are not influenced by any technology, product, vendor, or approach.