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1. 59 IEEE 802 1AX 2008 Link Aggregation 60 IEEE 802 1Q IEEE Standard for LAN amp M AN NETWORKS 61 IEEE 802 1u Maintenance changes corrections to main 1Q standard 62 IEEE 802 15 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol M STP 63 IEEE 802 3 2003 Information technology Telecommunications FORCTC 74 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 64 IEEE 802 3ah Telecommunications and information exchange 65 IEEE 802 3u 1995 100BASE T FE 66 IEEE 802 3x 1997 Full duplex and flow control 67 IEEE 802 3z 1998 1000BASE X 1GE 68 IEEE 802 3ae 2002 10Gbps operation 10GE 69 RFC2819 Remote Network M onitoring M anagement Information Base 70 RFC3270 MPLS Support of Differentiated Services 71 RFC3350 RTP Real time Transport Protocol a Transport 72 RFC3916 Requirements for Pseudo wire Emulation Edge to Edge 73 RFC 3985 Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge PWE3 Architecture 74 RFC 4385 Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge PWE3 Control 75 RFC4448 Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet 76 RFC5317 February 2009 JWT Report on M PLS TP Architectural Considerations 77 5462 MPLS EXP field renamed to Traffic Class field 78 RFC5586 MPLS Generic Associated Channel 79 RFC 5654 Requirements of an MPLS Transport Profile FORCTC 75 77 Pages STAT
2. Easy to navigate graphical user interface Regional Network Control architecture support The Disaster Recovery Application shall help to ensure reliable delivery of services between MOInfo building complex and Stations in the event of most incidents involving the primary digital Head End either through natural disaster or human error The DRS shall protect against but not limited to the following factors that can impact MOlnfo ability to deliver its services Softwarefailure Hardwarefailure Power interruptions Malicious acts Facilities damage water fire smoke FOR CTC 38 77Pages 7 1 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The Disaster Recovery solution shall help minimize the impact of these and other events The solution shall provide a live up to date backup Digital Network Control System for rapid failover in the event of a primary network failure The Disaster Recovery solution shall use redundant external Monitoring Computers to collect the primary Network and Codecs metrics and updates and synchronize critical data to the standby Systems Both Primary and Secondary radio and TV Head Ends shall beareonlineand functioning in a redundant Head End topology but only the primary Head Ends assumes the broadcast or active role In this scenario the equipment in the broadcasting site is active and performing accordingly Systems at the DRS site are inactive and in a standby mod
3. Ministry of Information Projects amp Engineering Research Department DESIGN SUPPLY INSTALLATION TESTING TRAINING COMMISSIONING WARRANTY amp MAINTENANCE OF MOlnfo FIBRE NETWORK STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 1 GENERALS 1 1 PURPOSE OF THE RFP 5 1 2 PROJECT OVERVIEW 5 1 3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 6 1 4 ANTICIPATED PROJECT TIME FRAME 6 1 5 BIDDER RESPONSE 7 1 6 QUESTIONSRELATING TO THE RFP 8 1 7 SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS 8 1 8 SELECTION PROCESS amp EVALUATION CRITERIA 8 1 9 BIDDER PRESENTATION 9 1 10 OFFER VALIDITY 9 1 11 MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 9 1 12 MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT 10 1 12 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 10 1 12 2 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE 11 1 13 TRAINING 12 1 14 MISCELLANEOUS 14 1 141 QUALITY ASSURANCE 14 1 14 2 BIDDER QUALIFICATIONS 14 1 14 3 REFERENCE LIST 15 1 144 CONTACT POINT 15 1 14 5 COMPANY GENERAL INFORMATION 15 1 15 ScoPEOFWORK 15 1 16 INSURANCE 17 1 17 As BUILT DRAWINGS MANUALS AND CATALOGUE 17 1 18 COMPLIANCE 17 1 19 SELECTION REJECTION ADDITION AND OR MODIFICATION 18 1 13 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONAL HANDING OVER CERTIFICATE PHOC 18 1 20 FINAL HANDING OVER CERTIFICATE FHOC 18 1 21 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 18 2 OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE PLANT 19 2 1 THEBIDDER SHALL INCLUDE IN HIS BID THE QUANTITIES OF THE FOLLOWING 19 2 2 AFTER CONTRACT SIGNING THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FINALIZE HIS SURVEY AND SUBMIT REPORT SHOWING FINAL LENGTH DISTANCE 19 3
4. 5 Project Management amp Engineering 6 Concrete Encase 2 Way Duct Bank 7 Optical Fiber Cable include Spare 8 Direct Buried Route 9 Duct Route 10 Transmission System 11 Codec s Systems 12 Content Monitoring System 13 Power System 14 Network Manag Sys include all sub systems 15 Disaster Recovery System 16 Installation 17 Spares Prates amp Tools 18 Training 19 Operations Maintenance 20 Additional Equipment or works that are required to complete the system but not mentioned in the above specification and any extra cost materials not clearly mentioned above FOR CTC 69 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 21 Grand total Note 1 The bidder must give details for each item cost etc chapter included itemized price and no optional prices accepted all tender must be in total price for each chapter this is must systems of this project MUST be inserted described and priced in the relevant schedule s Otherwise these items works shall be provided done free of any charge to MOI before PHO FORCTC 10 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Appendix A Sites Sites coordinates obtained from Google earth Ministry locations amp Transmissi
5. 7 Centralized management of logs alarms and debugging information Electronic label User operation logs detailed debugging information for diagnosing network faults Network test tools such as traceroute and ping commands Interface mirroring and flow mirroring 8 Power fault and status LED indicators 9 Remote control via Ethernet providing all configuration monitor and control functions 10 Supports IGMPv1 IGMPv2 IGMPv3 snooping 11 Supports PQ WRR DRR PQ WRR and PQ DRR scheduling 12 User configuration sets that can store and recall commonly used parameters sets 13 Auto ranging auto sensing power supply 14 Compact chassis construction A remote unit shall be easily connected with either in band or out band Ethernet port allowing the NMS to configure monitor and control Power Equipment General Requirement The bidder shall propose DC and AC power supply equipment with 4 hours backup batteries minimum The bidder shall submit DC and AC power budget showing sufficiency of supply and backup time for each station The bidder shall show sufficiency when operating from the power supply when operating from the battery backup when batteries are drained and FORCTC 45 77 Pages 8 1 1 8 12 8 13 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender the power system hasto supply the equipment and chargethe batteries at the same time DC Power General Requirement DC power systems shal
6. Access IP FRR for IPv6 RSVP IPv6 and LDP IPv6 Must have full wide area network technologies and protocols including Packet Over SONET e Packet Over Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDH FOR CTC 26 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Non Ethernet interface support up to OC768 STM256 FrameRelay Point to Point Protocol PPP High Level Data Link Control HDLC FrameRelay Fragmentation 16 FRF 16 Multilink Frame Relay MLFR Multilink Point to Point Protocol MLPPP Link Fragment Interleaving FRF 12 AnyTransport over MPLS AToM Internet Protocol header Compression IPHC Link Noise Monitoring LNM System granularity scales down to nxDSO Must have minimum of the following Quality of Service features Morethan 3 million queues per system e Class Based Weighted Fair Queuing CBWFQ Weighted Random Early Detection WRED Priority Queuing with propagation 2 rate 3 color 2R3C Policing Modular QoSCLI MQC 5 level H QoS so that the traffic can be managed properly and the network resources can be used rationally Support MPLS HQoS e Support DS TE 8 CT In Service Modification Support VOQ Virtual Output Queue Support low forwarding delay of less than 30us Support VoQ Buffer of 100ms Must support the following added services Support IPSec IPSec tunnels switching capacity2 10G Support video enhancement RET F
7. EQUALIZATION BATTERY TYPE BATTERY INSTALLATION BATTERY CABLING CONDUCTOR PROTECTION UPS POWER SYSTEM SPECIFICATION 9 INSTALLATION WORK 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 97 98 9 9 9 10 9 11 9 12 9 13 9 14 9 141 9 15 9 15 1 9 15 2 9 15 3 9 154 9 16 9 16 1 9 16 2 9 16 3 9 164 9 16 5 9 16 6 9 16 7 F GENERAL TOOLS AND TESTING EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AND APPROVAL QUALITY OF MATERIAL CABLES AND WIRES INTERFACE CONNECTORS CABLE RUNWAY DISTRIBUTION FRAMES LIGHTING ON THE RACKS ELECTRIC OUTLETS SIGN WRITING AND LABELING EQUIPMENT EARTHING PORTABLELADDERS amp STOOLS EQUIPMENT LAYOUT GENERAL CABLE LAYOUT HAND HOLES M ANHOLES amp ROAD CROSSING DUCTS INNER DUCTS WARNING TAPE BURIED CABLE WARNING POSTS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SURVEY FIELD SURVEY FOR BURIED CABLE EXCAVATION AND EARTH WORKS LAYINGOF UPVC PIPES LAYING OF CABLE BACKFILLINGOF THE TRENCH CABLE INSTALLATION ORCTC 46 47 48 48 49 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 52 52 53 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 54 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 56 56 56 57 57 57 58 59 60 61 61 3 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 10 TESTING 62 10 1 ACCEPTANCE TESTING FOR OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE 62 10 2 TESTINGOF INSTALLED OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE 63 10 3 TEST PROGRAM 64 10 3 1 DESIGN VERIFICATION AND FACTORY TESTS 64 10 3 2 INSTALLATION VERIFICATION TESTS 64 10 3 3 SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE TEST
8. Fiber Network Tender Cable Design General Dry Core Loose Tube Optical Cables shall utilize Reverse Oscillating Lay ROL of the buffer tubes within a dry water blocked coreto allow the cable quick and clean cable entry in either end or mid span access The cable style shall come in two different sheath constructions designed for various outside plant applications and installation techniques Dual Jacket Armoured For areas where fiber cable is direct buried the cable shall be Dual Jacket Armored Sheath Loose Tube cable including a corrugated steel armor layer between two Polyethylene jackets This cable construction shall provide the necessary rodent protection and added compressive strength required for direct buried applications Fiber colour code FIBER No COLOR 01 Red 02 Blue 03 White 04 Green 05 Yellow 06 Grey 07 Brown 08 Black 09 Orange 10 Violet 11 Pink 12 Turquoise Markings The entire length of each cable shall be marked with the following items Manufacturer name Year of Manufacture Part No Fibre Count Sequential Length Markings in Meters All length markings are placed at one meter intervals The actual cable length will be within 3 of the marked length markings are in indented in permanent white characters Reel Markings Thetext on thereels isto be printed as follows Manufacturer Logo FORCTC 21 77 Pages 3 3 3 3 1 3 32 4 1 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATI
9. HD complying with DVB and MPEG standards to encode signals using latest efficient compression technology 5 TheEncoder shall feature in low delay connections 6 The Encoder shall allow embedded audio 7 The Encoder must support multiple audio formats providing excellent flexibility It supports up to two stereo pairs of either MPEG 1 Layer II audio or Dolby Digital AC 3 2 0 audio with a broad range of bit rates and supports pass through of externally encoded Dolby 5 1 audio or DOLBY E audio If a system requires multiple radio programs together with video services it also supports encoding of separate radio programs simultaneously with audio belongingto the locally encoded video service 8 TheEncoder to provide efficient management the encoder must support SNMP or CORBA protocol for the Network Centre NMS Management System and other Integration with the overall third party UMS control system applications The Management System shall support Encoder with conditional access 9 Encoder needs to support MGP Multicast Guard Protection 10 Encoder needs to support 8 10 Bit transmission 7 4 Decoder 1 At each location the proposed Decoders shall be configured with protection as stated above and managed from the Codecs NMS The Decoders shall be for broadcast video audio contribution of professional quality SD amp HD digital television signals 2 The Decoders shall be standalonefor video channel and shall be of high performance and
10. bidder must propose new latest technology Codec s system and NMS All the equipment must be supplied from a well known US or European Manufacturer Company specialized in the Video and Audio systems complying with international DVB standard and support HD and all IP architecture The encoding and decoding systems must be deployed in different device rooms of the MOI center FORCTC 39 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The Radio amp TV Broadcast Codec s shall be centralized each in its Head End forminga stream interfaced and integrated into the MOI upgraded Fiber Optic Transmission network equipment to transport all the Forward and Reverse TV amp Radio Broadcast Channels All the Forward TV amp Radio Broadcast Channels from MOI building complex MCCTV and MCCR shall be separately and carried as dual stream per Head End made available simultaneously at all the MOI Transmitter stations for drop and inserts of the required ser vices All the Reverse TV Broadcast Channels from remote sites must be multiplexed at the MOI in new nodes and carried as an single stream per Head End made available simultaneously at the MOI MCCTV for drop and inserts of the required services for interface back into the system The bidder must propose Radio amp TV Codec s for the MOI Center amp Remotes to interface to the Hybrid MSTP Transmission Network The proposed codec s system shall allow transporting all contents a
11. in accordance with the instructions written by MOI representative on the permit After the issuance of the excavation permit MOI will issue the necessary work permitto the contractor It shall also beunique responsibility of the contractor to ascertain and acquire all excavation or other work permits required for work in areas owned or administered by other government agencies Ministries or sites owned by MOC and MO Interior Traffic Department Excavations shall be carried out as follows 1 Hand excavation by using hand tools around existing utilities 2 Excavation by machine excavator As a rule long sections of the underground trench clear of buried services may be excavated by a machine excavator Within 10m vicinity on either side of any underground services the trench shall be excavated by hand for laying the cable 3 Where other methods procedures or precautions may be required by other government agencies for work within restricted areas public areas or interchanges those requirements shall be so ascertained by the contractor Such work shall be considered as within the scope of work The minimum width of the trench shall be 0 1 m and depth 1 m In no case shall the width or depth of trench excavation be less than specified FORCTC 58 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender For asphalt cutting at road crossings the use of a compressor is permitted for excavation up to depth of 30
12. include a DC distribution panel with the necessary circuit breakers ground bars metering and control circuitry Fuses shall not be used for circuit protection The distribution panel shall providethe following features The panel enclosure shall be metal and shall have a hinged door for front access to the internal cabling All circuit breakers shall be protected against accidental tripping by personnel working near the equipment Breakers shall be recessed or behind a protective cover so that a deliberate action must be taken to switch a breaker off It shall be possibleto add circuit breakers to the panel safely and easily and without switching off the station load The power distribution panel shall have mounting spaces for at least 2596 greater than the number of initially installed breakers All breakers shall be clearly labeled with the type of load and with the rating of the breaker FORCTC 48 77 Pages 8 1 7 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender All redundant equipment shall be supplied by two separate circuit breakers DC power wiring from the power distribution panel to the equipment shall utilize red insulated wires to identify negative voltages hot and black insulated wires to identify positive voltages ground Metering shall indicate the output voltage amid total station load The panel shall provide ample sized openings for entrance of cables and internal space for ben
13. is available within the submitted documentation the bidder shall clearly refer to the section and relevant documents in the comments section of the RFP Failureto agreeto or comply with any of these terms and conditions and or not followingthe required outline and or not providing required information as softcopy and or proposing payments not linked to deliverables may result in the proposal being disqualified from the evaluation Questions relating to the RFP Bidders who have questions regarding this Request for Proposal are requested to direct them in writingto the Central Tenders Committee using CTC guidelines for such communication Only the specified department named above is authorized to communicate with Bidders duringthe evaluation process Bidders shall not ask for or accept instructions directions and or advice from any other person unless specifically authorized by the above mentioned Party Submission of Proposals All proposals should be submitted to the Central Tenders Committee Selection Process amp Evaluation Criteria The Ministry of Information in Kuwait selects on the best value price performance and on best meetingthe ministry s requirements FORCTC 8 77 1 9 1 10 1 11 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The overall bid proposal will be qualified according to its responsiveness according to following criteria Functionality addressing stated requ
14. supports statistical multiplex systems 3 The proposed Decoder shall be Modular designed to receive broadcasts complying with DVB amp MPEG standards supporting the decoding of SD HD signals using latest state of art of technology 4 The Decoder shall have modular inputs and outputs and can be configured to suit the specific needs of the required application FORCTC 44 77 Pages 7 5 8 1 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 5 The Decoder shall provide IP input port support SD SDI and HD SDI output havingASI and supporting IP for input and output interface 6 The Decoder shall usethe independent decoding hosts design with 1RU chassis support docking with the third party encoder 7 The Decoder shall be modular in design extensible support decoding 2 SD HD signals by one decoder IP Multiplexer The bidder shall propose an IP Multiplexer providing a simple and efficient method of transmitting multiple transport streams The IP multiplexer shall havethe following specifications 1 Aggregate and distribute direction IP packet 2 GE physical interface support 3 Supports VLAN and QinQ 4 Canbeconfigured for VLAN or QinQ 5 High performance management Neighbor discovery Traffic classification based on the combination of the L2 protocol header IP quintuple outgoing interface and 802 1p field 6 Extensivefault monitoring Link monitoring Fault notification and Remote loopback
15. that must be completed before the procedure can be performed 6 Abrief description ofthe desired procedure set up including diagrams of the test equipment connections which identify any test points as applicable BWN FE FOR CTC 65 77Pages 10 7 10 8 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 7 Step by step instructionsfor performingthe procedure identifying the points at which data is to be recorded the expected test results and the limits of acceptable data 8 Instructions for recording pertinent test conditions and environment of test 9 Pass fail criteria 10 Test data sheets Test Data Sheets As part of each test procedure the contractor shall prepare standard and specific test data sheets Standard data sheets shall be used to record applicable drawing numbers test equipment serial numbers and calibration dates where applicable discrepancies and corrective actions if required and to report the completion of a test Specific data sheets shall be designated to record test data or to verify test items peculiar to each test Data entries shall be referenced to the applicable procedure and the allowable limits for each entry shall be indicated on the data sheet Data sheets shall be arranged in tabular form where practical Test Results Reports of test results shall be submitted for each test procedure The individual test procedures shall be formatted to allow the recording of test res
16. the high dust contents in the outside atmosphere and special precautions to prevent ingress of dust for the indoor installations for the transmission from the vehicle FORCTC 18 77Pages 2 1 2 2 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Optical Fibre Cable Plant The bidder shall include in his bid the quantities of the following Direct Buried Route X km bidder responsibleto survey distance Duct Route X km bidder responsible to survey a distance Concrete Encase 2 Way Duct Bank X km bidder responsibleto survey a distance After contract signing the contractor shall finalize his survey and submit report showing final length distance If actual length after finalizing is more than the survey distance it is contractor responsibility to compensate for the required distance at his own cost if the finalized distance is less than the extra cable length the remaining fiber will be handed over to MOInfo stores Excavations must be completed using the most appropriate means and in relation to environmental characteristics the soil stratigraphy and in accordance with Ministry of Communications guidelines for installation of fiber optic cables Thedepth of thetrench must be kept as constant as possiblein order to avoid abrupt changes in slope In places where there are ducts the contractor shall install ducts in co operations and co ordination with the Ministry of Communications and
17. up the cable runway and supports firmly for distribution cables Thetenderer should give details of his standard methods of fixing the cables DISTRIBUTION FRAMES The contractor responsibility to lay 75 Ohm unbalanced Coaxial cables between equipment and DDF equipment Contractor shall submit specification of the coaxial cable to MOI for approval before commencement of installation Moreover the cable shall be tested for maximum length of the cable to transmit and receive 2Mb s at a span 500meter length of the proposed cable Cable shall be rejected after Failure of this test The contractor responsibility to lay 75 Ohm unbalanced coax cables between the offered equipment and MOI equipment after signing the contract Fiber cables shall beterminated in fiber distribution Frame by using FC PC connectors LIGHTING ON THE RACKS The contractor shall provide daylight fluorescent type lighting on all equipment rooms includingthe DDF NMS Control room and power rooms The lighting shall bebright enough to meet work requirements of the maintenance staff Note The Ministry will provide electric power outlet for installation ELECTRIC OUTLETS Sufficient number of AC DC outlets or equivalent shall be provided for maintenance purposes on both sides of equipment and DDF racks FORCTC 54 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 9 11 SIGN WRITING AND LABELING All the equipment including cables etc
18. various government agencies to ensure compliance with relevant MOC standards n places where ducts are available for use the contractor must secure appropriate approvals and reservation of ducts from the Ministry of Communications and other relevant government agencies All installation work must be carried out according to Ministry of Communications guidelines and procedures for installation of fiber optic cables Buried Cable shall be dual armoured cables as specified in this document As built drawings shall be submitted to the MOI showing all detected underground utilities of other governmental associations It is contractor responsibility to make excavation of 1 meter depth trench lying of the buried cable backfilling and compaction of the soil after backfillingthen cleaningthe route after layingthe cable must be done by the contractor just after the completion of the burying of the cable e Splicing shall be performed by using fully automatic splicing machine operating for single mode O F C Themaximum allowable attenuation of a single splice is 0 03dB Inside MOI building complex and all Transmitting Stations indoor optical fiber cable shall be offered Armoured Fire Resistant Optical Fiber Cable Shall be offered which shall protect the optical fiber cable from fire and vertical pressure All civil works for laying fiber cable inner duct or duct to be implemented shall be approved by MOC Optical fiber cable specificat
19. 0 hours FORCTC 41 77 Pages 8 15 8 1 6 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Rectifiers shall be listed and approved by a recognized international organization such as US Underwriters laboratory or VDE The operating temperature range of the rectifier should be 40 to 75 and at 557 the rectifier should be ableto run with full load Equipment must not be damaged irreversibly when the operation is made outside indoor normal condition The bidder should provide info related to power consumption of each equipment Rectifiers should operate in parallel and distribute loads proportionally The unbalance of load sharing should be less than 3 of the rated output current When an abnormity occurs to one rectifier unit system should work normally Rectifier module should have the soft start function soft start time the time of DC output voltage from starting up to climbingto the nominal value can be determined by user requirements usually 35 85 Rectifier indicator Rectifiers or rectifier shelves shall provide indications alarms and test points for the following conditions ACinput power on indicator e DC output power on indicator DCoutput current limit indicator and alarm High DC voltage shutdown indicator and alarm e Rectifier fail indicator and alarm Front panel test points for connection of a precision digital DC voltmeter Power distribution panel The power system shall
20. 1 RU chassis FORCTC 41 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Thecodec s must be configured with four Codec cards with each card having one port for balancingthe capacity and reliability Thecodec scards must beindividually configured with either electrical video interfaces or optical video interfaces or a combination of both Theencoders must be equipped with redundant ports Thecodecmust be configured in ahot 1 1 configuration to support maximum uptime with minimum switchover interruption For operator at remote site and direct connect the codec must be controlled via an easy and intuitive GUI from standard Internet Explorer The GUI must allow program provisioning through drag and drop functionality The interface must provide detailed information to the user showing the codec configuration input and output bit rate monitoring video stream alarms and other information For easy access to details sorting of video service information can be performed on various criteria including input and output ports bit rates and video service names The bidder must propose an integrated network monitoring and control Network Management and Control NMC system to be integrated with the upper level Network Management System functionality available via the HTML interface must be available from the centralized NMS The codec s must have flexible video signal monitoring Each Codec card mus
21. CC Must havethe following multicast features Source based and shared distribution trees Protocol Independent Multicast sparse mode PIM SX PIM Source Specific Multicast PIM SSM e Automatic route processing AutoRP Multiprotocol BGP MBGP Multicast Virtual Private Network MVPN andMulticast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP Internet Group Management Protocol Versions 2 and 3 IGMPv2 and v3 GMPv2 and v3 snooping FORCTC 27 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The proposed equipment shall have possibility to use one or more interfaces of 100 Gbps 40 Gbps 10 Gbps 1 Gbps FE STM 256 STM 64 STM 16 STM 4 STM 1 E1 interfaces the required protection must be 1 1 4 3 Access Routers All listed specifications are mandatory Shall be based on distributed forwarding architecture so that the performance can be guaranteed and avoid large number of broadcast packets that waste bandwidth and avoid delay and jitter in the network which is crucial to ensure the quality of audio and video communications The Switching Capacity shall be at least 100Gbps and the Forwarding Capacity shall be at least 75Mppsto guarantee high capacity links with line speed and future proof and avoid packet loss or delay or degrading normal functioning of Ministry of Information services The equipment shall support redundant Main Control Units in order to improve the reliability of equip
22. E OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 80 RFC5718 In band DCN using G Ach 81 RFC5860 M ay2010 Requirements for OAM in M PLS TP 82 RFC5860 June2010 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD 83 4 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework 84 MEF6 Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 1 85 MEF8 Implementation Agreement for the Emulation 86 MEF9 Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Services at the UNI 87 MEF 10 10 1 Ethernet Service Attributes Phase 1 Phase 2 88 MEF 11 User Network Interface UNI Requirements and Framework FOR CTC 76 77 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender APPENDIX C MAP FOR CTC 71 77
23. End requested in this tender The Network Operations amp Management Room shall be connected to the Main and the DRS Centers The DRS must include a Complete Fiber Optic Transmission Nodes for each of thetwo Secondary Heads The DRS must Transmit and Receive all the Forward and Reverse Radio and TV Traffic The DRS shall house a Backup Network Management System Servers and Operators Stations connected to all Sub systems The DRS Network Management shall be a replica of the Primary Network Management and shall providethe full means to execute system monitoring and management of all sub systems The DRS shall be connected to all Element Management Center Housing all the sub systems NMS Servers and Operator Stations The DRS shall be acting in Standby Mode non Active and will become Auto Active upon sensingthe Primary Head Ends or one of the Head Ends is down The DRS shall Automatic re routing and backup of all traffic The DRS shall perform Redundancy analysis with components failure simulation backup facilities and others FORCTC 37 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The DRS shall provide Full Redundancy and connected to the MOI Backbone Fiber Optic Ring Network In the event of failure of the primary connection the backup connection shall take over without any detectable delay The operation shall not be affected Even in case of Transmission Node failure the Network shall be automat
24. H 264 Main and High profiles The codecs must be capable of generating the DVB tables DVB Compliant Video encoding specifications 1 Codec MPEG 4 AVC H264 Main Profile L3 for SD channel 2 MPEG 4 H264High Profiles 9 L4 for HD channel 3 Aspectratios 4 3 16 9 4 Bitrate modes VBR CBR A low resolution low bitrates extra video stream is required for PIP delivery to the STB The bidder will detail the capabilities of the proposed encoders in that sense including image resolutions and bitrates for this additional simultaneous stream Indicate encoders capability to supply both normal and reduced streams simultaneously and affection to their overall process capability Audio encoding specifications 1 Codec MPEG 1 Layer 1 AAC HE AAC v1 HE AAC v2 Dolby Digital AC3 Dolby Digital pass through Channel modes Stereo Mono channels Audio bitrates in stereo channel mode MPEG 1 Layer 1 56 to 384 kbps Dolby Digital AC3 56to 448 kbps AAC 32 to 384 kbps HE AAC v2 32 to 128 kbps Sampling rate of 32 KHz 44 1 KHz and 48 KHz The video has to be synchronized with the audio 10 00 E UT oU B User friendly GUI for remote management SNMP and web browser with the capability to configure different parameters the management system must be used to manage the redundancy and supervision of the encoders A web based application with open API is preferred Proposed source selection architecture should be do
25. ITU TG 958 Digital line systems based on the synchronous digital 38 ITU T G 7041 SAN services should be encapsulated with GFP T 40 ITU T G 8261 G 8262 6 8264 Synchronous Ethernet standards 41 ITU T G 8010 Ethernet Physical Layer network 42 ITU T G 8032v2 Ethernet Ring Protection 43 ITU T Y 1413 CESOPSN according to RFC 5086 44 ITU T Y 1731 MPLS TP OAM 45 ITU TK 41 Resistibility of internal interfaces of telecomm FORCTC 73 77 Pages STATE KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 46 ITU TM 20 Maintenance philosophy for telecommunication networks 47 ITU T M 2100 Performance limits for bringing into service 48 ITU TM 2101 Performance limits and objectives for 49 ITU T M 2120 PDH path section and transmission system 50 ITU TM 3010 Principles for a Telecommunications management network 51 ITU TM 3400 TMN M anagement Functions 52 ITU TQ 811 Lower layer protocol profiles for the Q3 and X interfaces 53 ITU TQ 812 Upper layer protocol profiles for the Q3 and X interfaces 54 ITU TQ 921 ISDN user network interface Data link layer specification 55 ITU TV 11 Electrical characteristics for balanced 56 IEEE 802 1D 2004 Telecommunications and information 57 IEEE 802 1ad Telecommunications and information 58 IEEE 802 1ag Telecommunications and information exchange
26. O C Regulations e Ministry of public works MPW Kuwait Municipality Ministry of Electricity amp Water M O E W Regulations Ministry of Interior MOI All required approvals for deployement of the network from various government agencies external to the MOInfo must be co ordinated with relevant government agencies and is solely the responsibility of the bidder Goals and objectives Key project objective isto help MOInfo to transport broadcast traffic to from all locations listed in the appendixto the MOlnfo s master control room The Ministry of Information intends to broadcast all audio and video content at the highest quality The Ministry of Information is currently upgrading infrastructure to be able to meet highest possible broadcast quality The objective of this project isto support transport of all broadcast traffic without comprising quality The goals of the project isto complement the existing system s and install new systems to provide the operations staff with flexible management systems and interfaces to effectively control the network The chosen solution will become critical entities in the operational network infrastructure of MOI nfo Therefore it shall provide a significantly high level of system stability service availability scalability proven reliability and significant performance measurements to ensure high quality of provided services With that the proposed systems shall provide well defined a
27. ON Fiber Network Tender Word mark CableType Single Mode XFiber Count Marking Showing Sideto Unreel Cable reels will contain a securely fastened metal plate with the following information Order Number DrumNumber Reel Gross Weight kg Reel Net Weight kg Reel Cable Length Meters Type Testing The proposed cable should conform to followingtype tests Test Test Method a BendTest IEC 60794 1 2 method E11 EN 187000 method 513 b Repeated Bend Test IEC 60794 1 2 method EN 187000 method 507 TensileTest IEC 60794 1 2 method E1 EN 187000 method 501 d Impact Test IEC 60794 1 2 method E4 EN 187000 method 505 e Crush Test IEC 60794 1 2 method EN 187000 method 504 f Water Penetration Test IEC 60794 1 2 method F5 EN 187000 test method 605 A g Torsion Test IEC 60794 1 2 method E7 EN 187000 method 508 h Temperature Test IEC 60794 1 2 method F1 EN 187000 method 601 Mechanical Characteristics Shall comply with G 652 D fiber specifications Testing amp Inspection The optical properties of all fibers shall be measured prior to cable manufacturing with bi directional OTDR and remain traceable through out the manufacturing process and the lifetime of the cable After cabling 100 of all fibers in each length of cable shall be measured at all operating wavelengths The attenuation for each fiber shall be recorded Cable testing shall be compliant also to the requirements
28. OPTICAL FIBER CABLE SPECIFICATIONS 19 3 1 FIBER OPTIC CABLE SPECIFICATIONS 20 3 1 1 CABLE DESCRIPTION 20 FORCTC 1 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 3 12 QUALITY 20 3 13 RELIABILITY 20 3 2 CABLE DESIGN 21 3 2 1 GENERAL 21 3 22 DUALJACKET ARMOURED 21 3 2 3 MARKINGS 21 3 3 TYPETESTING 22 3 3 1 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS 22 3 32 TESTING amp INSPECTION 22 4 TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT 22 4 1 OVERVIEW amp INTRODUCTION 22 4 2 COREROUTERS SPECIFICATIONS 24 4 3 ACCESSROUTERS 28 4 4 APPLIED STANDARDS 28 4 5 SERVICE INTERFACES 29 4 6 MULTI SERVICE SUPPORT 30 4 7 EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK PROTECTION 31 4 8 OPTICAL ADAPTABILITY 32 5 NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 32 5 1 HARDWARE 35 5 11 POWER SUPPLY 36 5 1 2 CONSOLE FURNITURE 36 5 1 3 REPORTS 36 6 DISASTER RECOVERY SYSTEM DRS 37 7 CODEC S SYSTEM ENCODING SYSTEM OR HEAD END 39 7 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENT 39 7 2 CODEC S SPECIFICATION 41 7 3 ENCODER 44 7 4 DECODER 44 7 5 IP MULTIPLEXER 45 8 POWER EQUIPMENT 45 8 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENT 45 8 1 1 DCPOWER GENERAL REQUIREMENT 46 8 1 2 DCSYsTEM DESIGN 46 FORCTC 2 Pages 8 1 3 8 1 4 8 1 5 8 1 6 8 1 7 8 1 8 8 1 9 8 1 10 8 1 11 8 1 12 8 1 13 8 1 14 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender RECTIFIER DESIGN RECTIFIER PERFORMANCE RECTIFIER INDICATOR POWER DISTRIBUTION PANEL LOW VOLTAGE DISCONNECT BATTERY DISCONNECT BREAKER BATTERY
29. OR CTC 71 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Appendix B Standards ID Standard Description 1 ITU T 6520 Characteristics of a single mode optical fibre cable 2 653 Characteristics of a dispersion shifted single mode fibre 3 655 Charac of a non zero dispersion shifted single mode fibre 4 ITU T 661 Definition and test methods for the relevant 5 663 Application related aspects of optical 6 691 Optical interfaces for single channel STM 64 and other 7 692 Optical interfaces for multi channel sys with op amplifiers 8 ITU T 703 Physical electrical characteristics of Hierarchical 9 ITU T 704 Synchronous frame structures used at 1544 6312 2048 10 ITU TG 706 Frame alignment and CRC procedures relating 11 ITU TG 707 Network node interface for Synchronous Digital 12 ITU TG 773 Protocol suites for Q interfaces for management 13 ITU TG 774 SDH management information model for the network 14 ITU TG 774 01 SDH bi directional performance monitoring 15 ITU TG 774 02 SDH Configuration of the payload structure for 16 ITU TG 774 03 SDH Management of multiplex section protection 17 ITU TG 774 04 SDH Management of the sub network connection 18 ITU TG 780 Vocabulary of terms for synchrono
30. S 64 10 4 TEST PLAN 64 10 5 TEST SCHEDULE 65 10 6 INDIVIDUAL TEST PROCEDURES 65 10 7 TEST DATA SHEETS 66 10 8 TEST RESULTS 66 11 SPARES amp TOOLS 67 12 DOCUMENTATION 67 13 BILLSOF QUANTITIES B O Q amp PRICE SCHEDULE 69 APPENDIX A SITES 71 APPENDIX B STANDARDS 72 APPENDIX C MAP 77 FORCTC 4 77Pages 1 1 12 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender General Purpose of the RFP The purpose of this Request For Proposal RFP document isto invite qualified Bidders to submit proposals for suitable cost effective solutions for MOInfo for the Implementation and Support of a Broadcast fiber network for Ministry of Information The main objective for MOInfo is to evaluate and select Bidder products amp services based on the responses to this and award contract s to the successful Bidder s for deployment Project Overview The Ministry Of Information seeks to build a state of the art Fiber optic network to connect all MOInfo sites the Master Control room in MOInfo s main building complex This document describes the system requirements for development of MOInfo s Broadcast network based on leading fiber optic network technologies It includes a set of solution requirements that will enable MOlnfo to appropriately control and manage broadcast traffic between various sites Management systems are requested and should be capable of handling current and future services MOInfo is currently ru
31. System passed all Acceptance Tests The design workmanship material and finish of all equipment shall be of the highest quality and should be built for long service The equipment shall be based on the latest technological developments and incorporate the best features available 1 12 Maintenance and Support 1 12 1 General Requirements The detailed provisions regarding Warranty Maintenance and Support are those appearing in the Agreement For the purpose of highlighting only following are the main principles regarding the provision of such services which apply to the submission of the proposal TheBidder will include three years of Warranty for all hardware and software supplied with onsite support for the System and all the components supplied under this RFP The warranty shall start only after a signed Acceptance Test Protocol ATP Duringthe Warranty Period the selected Bidder shall be responsible to fix any problem or fault in the System in accordance with the terms specified in the Agreement and ensure that the network provides 99 999 availability TheBidder will provide full access to its Bidder resources such as web documentation and technical literature as shall be required for the provision of warranty and maintenance services During the Warranty period and the Maintenance and Support periods The Bidder shall provide spare parts and upgrades and updates as required TheContractor shall undertake as part of t
32. al systems and sub systems of the project The Management System shall be integrated with all subsystems and use SNMP for integration of devices to offer a single unified view of the entire network and individual components The Management System shall be unified to integrate and manage the following Network Transmission System Codecs Management System Cable Management System e Asset Management System Content Monitoring System Disaster Recovery System Power System e Other sub systems without NMS via device SNMP for management and monitoring The Network Management System shall be installed in the Communication Management Centre of the MOI and shall comprise at least ASecureLAN on which all dedicated UMS systems of the various operational systems are connected Aprocessing system and storage medium to perform the monitoring and control functions Acommunication unit with interfaces for the monitoring and control of systems not equipped with a dedicated Management system Atleast 4 workstation with large high definition colour flat screens Adiscsubsystem for logging Onehard copy Network printer Appropriate access control to protect access to systems by unauthorized personnel The proposed Network management System must Usethe browser server B S architecture to provide network management anytime and anywhere FORCTC 33 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fib
33. all be completely pre wired in order to allow connection of additional equipment without extensive wiring or other means of connections The wiring and cabling used with the equipment shall be of adequate size to meet the transmission requirements of these specifications and shall be arranged so asto prevent mechanical or electrical damage by any factor The insulation of all wiring and cabling shall consist of PVC or similar high grade non inflammable non dust producing material Tenderer shall indicate the types and specifications of cables and wires used The following data shall be submitted by the tenderer 1 Diameter of conductors 2 Number of conductors FORCTC 53 77Pages 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 9 10 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Material of conductors Material and thickness of insulation Sheath thickness Overall diameter color code Ovi quu INTERFACE CONNECTORS The contractor shall provide details of the connectors and cabling required for each of the following Power connectors providing the connection from the equipment shelf to rack power distribution Alarm interface and alarm cabling from the equipment to rack alarm unit Interface ports for external synchronization source Input External synchronization output Electrical interface connectors Optical line connectors shall be FC PC connectors CABLE RUNWAY The contractor shall supply and set
34. am staff with relevant experience that will be responsible for operating the entire network The warrantee period shall start from the date of issuing the PHOC for a period of 36 months NOT INCLUNDING the faults amp shutdown time whether it s an entire OR partial network failure the failure time will postpone the issuing Final Hand Over Certificate FHOC by the same amount of time This project shall be executed and handed over to MOInfo under the full responsibility of the Contractor Bidder Response The Bidder is required to submit their proposal and costs by due dates The proposal shall contain solution information and pricing details of their products and services for each of the requested solutions that will meet or exceed MOInfo s requirements as described in this document The Bidder must clearly indicate the compliance of his solution to the specifications as described in this document Terminology applied shall beuniform throughout the documentations and shall follow ITU ETSI 3GPP and IETF recommendations on terminology where applicable Statement of Compliance must be submitted using the following coding convention N Not compliant P Partially Compliant C Fully Compliant Compliance supported by Roadmap The Bidder is required to provide necessary description to support his compliancy level and include it in the Comments column as shown below or provide clear references to documentat
35. antity of water shall be added in order to makethe density of the soil correspond to the density of the soil around Power rammers shall be used after 40cm of backfilling The soil at the top shall bethoroughly compacted with a heavy power rammer to match the surrounding soil The contractor shall remove all surplus materials such as waste broken ducts and debris from the site and leave all affected areas and surfaces in a clean and proper condition to the satisfaction of MOI The contractor shall furnish a certificate that all surplus materials have been cleared after the completion of the works Reinstatement of the surfaces with asphalt concrete and or tiles shall be executed by the contractor The contractor shall prepare solid compaction for reinstatement of those surfaces The contractor shall maintain a daily basis the level of each crossings and footpaths affected by the cable laying by filling as necessary until resurfacing is achieved 9 16 7 Cable Installation The contractor shall provide all installation hardware fittings supports fasteners and other materials required at all existing or new manholes hand holes in compliance with MOI and MOC standards All fiber optical cables shall be secure designated and tagged at splices hand holes and terminals The contractor shall submit a description of each type and location of splice All splices shall be of the fusion type and shall be made within watertight re enterable s
36. any financial result number of subject matter experts In casethe bidder represents a group of Bidders the same shall be provided for individual companies that for supply relevant parts of the solution Certificates by an internationally recognized body such 5 150 9001 Q90 etc shall be included where available Where relevant the bidder shall provide information on methodologies that company follows for projects and relevant aspects of business Person authorized to contractually bind the organization for any proposal against this RFP Brief history including year established and number of years the company has been offering the proposed solution and services 1 15 Scope of Work The Ministry of Information seeks to procure state of the art future proof technology to interconnect all MOI sites to the Master Control Room Bidders are encouraged to present the best solution fibre network topology and interconnection between all sites achieving the highest efficiency of design and operational ease and with redundancy The network shall connect MOInfo Complex with all sites stated in Appendix A the bidder s offer must contain documents explaining the proposed network design amp technical solution The bidder shall design supply install train operate and guarantee and maintain the wholenetwork for a period of 3 years Any existing fibre cables already present on the premesis shall not be reused All fiber layed for the
37. any fibre cut The resulting network shall form a unified backbone using packet switching All the newly proposed equipment must be fully managed and controlled from NMS application capableto fully manage all the project for supporting POTP and all supplied equipment in the network carrying the TV traffic between MCCTV and all nodes in the network FORCTC 23 77 Pages 4 2 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender For the Live Events Sites the bidder shall propose access device dropping E1s and Giga Ethernet interfaces connected to the nearest node on the fibre network which hosts an edge router Core Routers Specifications One core router shall be proposed for every Molnfo main site The core router will be used for connecting the main sites through 10 GE fibre network ring specifications listed below are mandatory The proposed core routers shall be flexible and upgradeable and based on a modular design with minimum of 10 slots for future scalability The upgradability of the nodes means that they should be upgraded without affecting traffic Core node must be based on a Terabit platform Equipment must support at least 15T of backplane capacity to guarantee future scalability and support for high capacity line speed ports The equipment Switching Capacity shall support not less than 7 Tbps and the Forwarding Performance shall support not less than 1600 Mpps to guarantee high capacity links
38. ar transport line cards each with minimum of 100 Gbps backplane performance Must support two 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces ports module FORCTC 24 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Must support layer 2 tunneling protocols Must support more than 128K MAC addresses Must include where required variety of interfaces including 1 gigabit Ethernet interface 10 gigabit Ethernet interfaces STM1 and OC192 STM64 interfaces The Core node shall satisfy the service requirements of IP or MPLS bearer networks and backbone networks by providing support for a wide range of features and powerful service processing capabilities The equipment shall support VPN services L2 L3VPN and MVPN shall be all deployed depending on networking requirements Shall providing reliable protection at different levels including the equipment level network level and service level The Core node shall cope with various kinds of bearer network failures and ensure service recovery The Core node shall support easy evolution from IPv4 to IPv6 Equipment must support a hot swappable fan system if a fan fail the equipment must be operate normally Equipment must support 1588V2 SyncE Adaptive clock synchronization Equipment must support at least 4096 VLANS per Interface Equipment must support IEEE 802 1ad VLAN Stacking Equipment must support node or link switchover in less than 50ms at L3 Equipment must suppo
39. ay be stacked using built in rails placed side by side or mounted in a heavy duty steel battery rack according to the manufacturer s recommended installation methods All batteries shall be securely clamped or held in place so that a battery cannot be accidently dislodged or moved causing shorts and or damageto the battery terminals connector plates or connecting cables All battery racks shall be securely bolted to the floor 8 1 12 Battery Cabling Battery cables shall be properly sized for the rated load of battery plant All cables shall be insulated stranded copper conductors cables shall be installed in a manner that does not place stress on battery terminals and power panel connection cable terminals shall be crimp on type and shall be installed using correct tools terminal sizes and die Sizes 8 1 13 Conductor Protection conductors battery terminals cable terminals connector plates arid hardware shall be thoroughly protected against accidental contact or shorting by the installation of removable battery covers plastic guards or similar protectors 8 1 14 UPS Power System Specification An uninterrupted power system UPS shall be supplied to feed all AC equipment in the MOI The proposed UPS should be suitable for ideal power supply for file server enterprise server computer hub telecom equipment and other devices demanding FORCTC 50 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fib
40. c shall be connected at the MOI Stations Nodes and terminated at MCCTV SDH Node Each Reverse site shall be supplied with encoding system The reverse decoders shall be configured with the programs number The Selection of incoming program shall be from the Codec s NMS or Front Panel The bidder shall supply a single Codec s NMSto monitor and control the Codec s network quickly identify problems control devices and analyze network performance TheNMS must fully manage all the supplied encoders decoders and any additional future hardware added to the Codec s The Codec s NMs shall beintegrated with the UMS The system should also be ableto select real time streams to be broadcasted The Codes shall take power from the AC backup UPS fed from MOI mains The codec s shall support HD and SD signals and support all HD signals input without replacing any devices Codec s Specification The bidder shall as a minimum propose Encoders with the following minimum specifications Thecodec s must support both BNC and Ethernet ports for IP Upto4Video stream 1RU Video ports can be electrical or optical All features can be activated by SW licenses key not hardware replacement Transport of video embedded audio and VB Bestin class connectivity and redundancy features featuring Live Live support for 1Gbps Allows adaptation to evolution of transport protocols through software downloads Thecodec s must below form factor a compact
41. cable shall be suitably sleeved with 110mm UPVC pipe in accordance with the followings requirements 1 2x110mm UPVC pipes shall be installed at crossingsto utility which exceed 5m in total width 2 1x110mm UPVC pipe shall be installed at crossings to utility less than 5m in total width 3 No UPVC pipeis required at a single utility crossing 4 UPVCpipesare not required at temporary road crossings The contractor shall examine each pipe before laying If any defective or broken pipe is laid it shall bethe responsibility of the contractor to replace it with undamaged pipe joints of UPVC pipes shall be pressed and made watertight with solvent cement and shall be adequately sealed to prevent penetration jointing shall beto the satisfaction of MOI After backfilling the pipes shall be checked for alignment and freedom from foreign materials by passing 2 brushes attached to the ends of a hard wooden mandrel 300mm long and 90mm in diameter followed be a cablerope once in each direction through the pipe Pulling rope shall be installed in all spare ducts Both ends of all pipes shall be carefully sealed and made watertight by use of a suitable mechanical end cap and flexible rubber 9 16 5 Laying of Cable Before beginning of layingthe cable laying plan and the required equipment to be used shall be submitted by the contractor to MOI for approval Before the laying of the cable the trench shall be inspected and approve
42. ces Twisted pair and MII Ethernet 100Mbit s MII2AUI adapter X467A opt serial parallel 35 Floppy Disk DVD with 10Gbyte storage capacity minimum for long term storage Required printers Power Supply Bidders responsible to provide all required power for Network Management system utilizing power from power systems supplied as responseto global power requirements for all supplied systems Console Furniture For Administrator and Supervisor position all keyboards computer system units etc shall be supplied as standard furniture The CONTRACTOR shall include a proposed drawing with the tender showing a typical console design and layout together with photographs of consoles installed during previous projects and specifications concerning the materials and furniture the bidder intends to use Final design of the console shall be subject to final design submittal procedures The standard of console and furniture proposed by the bidder shall be equal or better than Knoll Hannah Desk System range for consoles and two piece ergonomically adjustable range of chairs Concorde High Back Multi Tilter regular width standard seat depth 2410 16 for 24 7 operation Operator controls shall be available on the front panel for power on off brightness contrast All other controls shall be located behind the front panel and shall be accessible for maintenance purposes only Accommodation for the printer must also be includ
43. ch criteria and sort alarms Allow users to export alarm information acknowledge and clear alarms and access the NE management page or device panel from the alarm browsing page Notify maintenance personnel of alarms remotely by email or SMS messages in a timely manner Must be able to manage Performance as follows Collect performance data periodically and supports 4 level performance thresholds Provide threshold alarm management and generate threshold alarms based on a specific threshold in a monitoring instance Provide a variety of predefined one click reports Allow users to select countersto be displayed in reports and display reports in various modes such as pie charts bar charts and line charts Generate scheduled reports print reports or savereports as files Generate report files in Excel Word or PowerPoint format and send reports by email Must be able to manage BGP MPLS VPN as follows FORCTC 34 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender e Provide L3VPN service management Manage VPN services for third party devices e Automatically discover deployed VPN services without knowing device roles e Support two discovery policies discovery by VRF routing policy and discovery by VRF name Allow usersto view service configurations to monitor services Monitor service topology Monitor service performance Monitor service quality Support PE PE or PE CE link diagnosis by net
44. chedule of tests by route facility sub system and overall system for each general classification of test as detailed above This schedule shall be compatible with the contract master schedule and shall be updated and submitted weekly The overall schedule of tests to be performed shall be based on forecast site availability data The schedule shall identify thetype duration and sequencing of each and all tests Detailed sub schedules itemizing tests performed at each location shall be prepared where required The MOI may assign one or more witnesses to observe test and attest to the recording of data If the MOI assigns a witness for a particular test that test shall proceed only with the witness present The MOI may assign observers to watch the test on a non participating non interfering basis Individual Test Procedures Theindividual test procedures shall be submitted ninety 90 days beforethe commencement of each test The individual test procedures shall be formatted so as to allow the inclusion of test results and witnessing by the MOI Engineer Procedures for each test identified in the test plan shall as a minimum contain the following A unique test title number A statement of objective scope and procedure A list of equipment required to set up and perform the test procedure A list of equipment services or facilities that are required and are outside the contractor s ability to provide 5 Alist of prerequisitetests
45. cm only surfaces shall be restored to original or better condition by the contractor Depths of over 300mm shall be hand trenched During excavation all surfacing or foundation materials shall be carefully segregated from the soil Any materials that are required to be reused during or after permanent reinstatement shall be carefully stacked Inconvenience to traffic due to excavation shall be avoided The earth or other materials thrown up in the excavation shall be heaped in positions wherethey shall interfere least with the passage of pedestrians or vehicles At road or highway crossings adequate provision shall be made for traffic Excavations shall be carried out on one half of one portion of the carriageway at any one time leaving the other half available for traffic The contractor shall provide advance warningto vehicles and pedestrian of trenching duct laying or other related operations by placing warning signs of an approved type 100m on the oncoming side of the work area Trenches along the carriageway shall not be left open overnight If under exceptional circumstances this becomes necessary advance warning shall be provided by flashing orange lights supplemented by red lights every 10m along the length of excavation Any open trench shall not exceed 50cm in width In high traffic areas the open trench shall not exceed 100m in length The contractor shall be required to excavate in all types of soil and such excavation sha
46. ctifiers shall include individual metering of voltage and load current for each unit either by means of metering on each unit or by common metering and a multi position selector switch Each rectifier shall have input and output circuit breakers Rectifiers shall be equipped with current output limiting at nominal 105 load automatic shutdown on over voltage and thermal protection shutdown with automatic reset at safe temperature Rectifier performance Rectifier shall meet the following performance specifications Input A C power shall be nominal 240 VAC 20 50 Hz H0 Output DC voltage shall be adjustable over the range from 44 to 56 VDC positive ground Rectifier efficiency shall be at least 96 at the conditions of 240 VAC input voltage over the load range from 5096 to 9596 of rated load Rectifier power factor shall be at least 95 over the load range from 50 to 100 of rated load Output voltage regulation shall be within 0 5 from no load to full load at nominal AC line voltage Rectifiers shall be battery eliminator design with built in filtering Filtering shall provide output electrical noise less than 26 dBrnc measured with a resistive load and less than 250 mV p p measured from DCto 100 MHZ Rectifiers shall withstand an input surge of up to 1000 volts with 0 05 seconds rise time and 50 micro seconds pulse width Cooling shall be by natural convection Rectifier MTBF shall be at least 500 00
47. d and earth system at the station The contractor shall notify MOI in writing of any alteration or modification to the allocated buildings and areas that may be required for the installation of the system and equipment If MOI considers the recommendations of the contractor are justified MOI shall undertake to carry out the contractor recommendations or may otherwise direct the contractor to perform such modifications accordingto variation order Upon completion of the survey the contractor shall submit the route and site survey reports drawings and all other relevant information including the delivery dates of the optical fiber cablefor MOI review and approval Details and distances shown on MOI provided drawings are approximate and are not warranted by MOI The contractor shall survey the route on the basis of these drawings making measurements which will enable him to produce his own drawingsto represent accurately the details for placing splicing and terminating the cable 9 16 2 Field Survey for Buried Cable Based upon the drawings and information supplied or referenced by MOI the contractor shall carry out a detailed survey in order to determine accurate measurements for the purposes of the works existing underground utilities shall belocated in order to determine the best center line of the new cable route and the depth of the new cable laying at anticipated points of conflict with other existing services Locating such existi
48. d by MOI representative Cables shall be laid directly into thetrench as they come off the drums A sufficient number of workmen shall be employed by the contractor to avoid pulling of the cable sheath on the ground At each location where a cable joint is to be made sufficient extra cable length shall be left till the completion ofthe joint an extra cable length of 15m on each side shall be coiled for making future joints Slack coils of 30m shall be placed at intervals not exceed 2Km Due care shall betaken that the outer sheath of the cable is not damaged in anyway In the existing lateral ducts to the station buildings and all existing duct routes the cable shall be installed through an inner duct The inner duct shall be3 each of 32mm or 2x32mm 3x25mm feeder or distribution route respectively and shall be supplied and installed by the contractor FORCTC 60 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 9 16 6 Backfilling of the trench No backfilling shall be commenced before obtaining the approval of MOI Initially the trench shall be filled with a 10cm thick layer of selected soft soil free from stones Having laid the cable on the soft soil it shall be covered with soft soil on a depth of 20cm The backfilling and compaction shall then continue in layers not exceeding 20cm All excavation materials shall be replaced in layers not exceeding 20cm in thickness after compaction The required qu
49. dditional channelsto the system by adding more hardware boxes which are managed from the Codec s Management system forward channels codec s only must be configured with 1 1 redundancy featuring auto switch over between the main and backup per channel codec s This protection scheme shall be implemented for the codec s at the Head Ends located in Main center the codec s located at the backup center and the codec s located at MOI remote station FORCTC 40 77Pages 7 2 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The protection scheme shall allow the remote MOI station to switch over to protection equipment upon detection of fault in the operational head ends The codec s located at head end system located at the Main MOI Center shall be duplicated at the Disaster Recovery DRS Center Both Centers shall be able to independently handlethe entire MOI operation such that the DRS is ableto replacethe Main Center in case of Disaster The 1 1 Redundancy of the Codec s and Auto switch over shall betotally from the Main Center the DRS will not beused to backup per channel wise protection which is in operation and normally unless the total operation has shifted to the DRS in case of disaster All the Radio and TV channels shall be available at all and each MOI stationon the SDH Network Node Each Transmitting station shall be able to decode all the channels individually and simultaneously Reverse traffi
50. ding of conductors and connection to circuit breakers Cables shall be supported insidethe cabinet on cable brackets so that they do not put stress on circuit breakers or terminals All tins plates arid circuit breaker connections shall be made of copper DC bus plates shall beinsidethe cabinet and protected by doors or coversto prevent accidental shorting or grounding or injury to personnel DC output distribution should support the function of anti battery reverse connection Low voltage disconnect Each power system shall include alow voltage disconnect LVD device designed to protect batteries from damage when AC power remains off for morethan the reserve time of the battery plant The LVD device shall sense the battery voltage and open the battery circuit when the battery discharges to a preset voltage The preset operating voltage shall be adjustable over arange which includes the manufacturer s recommended discharged battery cell voltage Typical maximum discharged battery voltage and operating voltage of the LVD shall be 42 VDC The LVD relay shall be connected in series with the battery and not in series with the station load Any failure of the LVD device or false operation of the disconnect relay shall not disconnect the station load The LVD relay shall be rated for at least 15096 of the designed ultimate load of the power system It shall be possible to adjust and test the LVD device without disconnecting the battery
51. e ready to assume active status should a switchover occur The DRS shall as a key role perform health checks on systems at both Primary and Backup Head Ends so that if a switchover must be performed it can be done with minimal network impact and reduce downtime To accomplish this task the DRS solution shall synchronize the necessary data between the active and inactive systems to ensure the appropriate data is on both systems in the event of a failover or switchover The DRS shall have also provide the following functions Schedule backups or run an immediate Backup Now Archive multiple sets of the network file system database and key files Backup the Application Server file system Navigate the easy to use web interface Email notification of backup status Use fast Links to backup directly to disk Manage backups with greater accuracy and precision Protect the system with remotely stored and created backups Reduce the manpower required to manage backups and simplify system restores 10 Reduce costly cumbersome tapes and tape storage 11 Help minimize system and services outage time O 09 E OY UT ng Sas The bidder shall include all necessary Hardware and Software as well as Design Installation Testing Warranty and Maintenance required to implement the DRS functionalities Codec s System Encoding System or Head End General Requirement The following specifies the minimum CODECS system the bidder must comply with The
52. e than one user sharingthe same EVPLAN complying with ITU T G ethsrv Each Ethernet board shall support manual and dynamic MAC address configuration function and MAC addresses source amp destination MAC address filtering function The bidder shall state if IGMP snooping is required For layer 2 services hub and spoke features should be supported Hub port can communicate with hub or spoke ports and spoke port can only communicate with hub port The core equipment should support with switching time less than 505 for fast convergence failover The proposed equipment shall support QoS CoS marking and Classification based on FORCTC 30 77Pages 4 7 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Port 802 1QVLAN CoS IEEE 802 1p Customer Edge VLAN CoS DiffServ IP Precedence DSCP Virtual Output Queuing Unicast Virtual Output Queuing Multicast U0 hN Policing and Shaping Per flow policing CIR PIR Dual Token bucket CBS PBS Queuing functions based on 1 Tail Drop 2 Random Early Detect RED 3 Weighted RED Scheduling functions based on 1 Round Robin or Weighted fair Queuing WFQ 2 Strict priority SP 3 Mixof SP and WFQ The system should support H QoS Hierarchical QoS or H VPLS Hierarchical VPLS The system must support IEEE 802 1ag for detection verification and isolation of connectivity failures The system must support IEEE 802 3a
53. ed Reports Availability Graphs and Tabular Summary reports shall be made available by the following breakdown Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly Yearly FORCTC 36 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Disaster Recovery System DRS MOI is requesting all bidders to propose a full Forward and Reverse Broadcast Channels continuity Disaster Recovery System DRS The configuration made on the main site should be periodically and automatically synched to the backup site i e once a day Any setup of new releases fix should be installed both on main and backup site The bidder should list all the external and not quoted requirements and resources needed to synch the main and the backup site i e a connection of 10 Mbit s a 40 ms latency etc The DRS shall be a redundant network platform that delivers the broadcast service to the MOI Stations in the event of a catastrophic incident involving the primary digital Head Ends The solution shall provide rapid recovery of digital broadcast video The DRS shall provide continuity of all Broadcast Radio and TV Channels to the MOI Transmitters in casethe Primary Radio and TV Heads Ends at the MOI Center is down The DRS shall be housed in a secondary location at MOI building complex The DRS must include a Complete Radio Broadcast Head End and a TV Broadcast Head End Full Duplicates to duplicate the Primary Radio Head End and TV Head
54. ent capacity Rectifiers shall operate in the load sharing mode and load sharing shall be balanced within 1096 of the appropriate load share during normal operation Rectifiers shall be modular for easy replacement It shall be convenientto increasethe rectifier capacity of the power system by adding modular units A minimum of 8 hours of reserve battery time shall be provided for all sites based on the initial load plus an additional 50 future load Rectifier Design The power systems shall include redundant rectifiers for high reliability The rectifiers shall providethe following design features Rectifiers shall be switch mode high efficiency type FORCTC 46 77 Pages 8 1 4 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The RMS voltage rating of the rectifier stack shall be sufficient to withstand without damage the full output of the transformer secondary when the load is disconnected from the D C terminals i e under open circuit conditions The switching components shall be protected against high voltage surges with MOV surge suppressors Systems shall use a front access modular rectifier concept with multiple parallel rectifiers for high reliability Rectifiers shall be easily replaceable using plug in construction where possible It shall be possible to remove any rectifier from service and install a replacement rectifier safely and easily and without switching off the power system Re
55. entioned and necessary or special for the network Documentation The bidder shall submitthe following documentation all in English at least 1 Installation Operation and Maintenance manuals for all equipment 2 Detailsof MTBF Mean Time between Failures and MTTR Mean timeto repairs 3 Component and system data able to better define the operation maintenance and troubleshooting 4 Details and datasheet on type model technical feature of each equipment and offered material cables etc FOR CTC 67 77Pages 10 Maintenance statistics 12 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Document can be provided in one of the following file types xls ppt pdf dwg List of critical components defined as those components whose failure interrupts service or undermine its redundancy Details of the Disaster Recovery Process Softw are Operator and Administrator Guide Equipment Layout DDF Layout Power equipment Layout Bay Face Layout of all Racks and Sub Racks Time Schedule the bidder shall submit a detailed time schedule showing Signing of the contract Manufacturing of each type of equipment and cables Factory Test of each type of equipment and cables Shipment of each type of equipment and cables arrival of each type of equipment and cables Submittal of each type of equipment and cables to MOI stores breakdown of each type of in
56. er Network Tender Manage a minimum of 50 devices by default Allow for Device management Allow users to customize manufacturer information Allow users to customize device types Allow users to customize alarms Allow users to customize performance counters Allow users to customize commands for backing up device configuration files Allow users to create a topology view for devices from multiple manufacturers and query and filter alarms on these devices Must be able to manage Topology as follows Automatically discover network devices and recognizes topology links between the devices and provide physical topology views Automatically discover LLDP Layer 2 links and Side By Side Layer 3 links Display managed Network Elements NEs and their connection status in topology views including the display of subviews NEs links and NE status Allow users to browse topology views to know the network operating status Display topology views by layer based on subviews and store NE location information based on user Information Allow users to customize topology background and icons Display key information about NEs and links as tooltips Must be able to manage alarms as follows Allow users to view alarms on the alarm panel in topology views or on the alarm query page to monitor alarms in real time Display total alarms on the alarm panel in real time Display alarms of different severities in different colors Allow users to customize alarm sear
57. er Network Tender high quality power protection The power capacity of the proposed UPS must be sufficient to power the equipment from a state of full battery drainage The bidder must submit the power calculation to support this The proposed UPS must features digitalization full high frequency line interaction intelligence and network orientation It adopts state of the art DSP Digital Signal Processing APFC Active Power Factor Correction and IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor modules The power conversion part must usethe double conversion circuit and the real time sampling DSP controlled circuit to power the loads uninterruptedly The UPS must feature Line interactive double conversion design DSP technology and advanced APLL Advanced Phase Lock Loop to solve problems such as power failure voltage drop voltage surge continuous under voltage continuous over voltage frequency fluctuation power supply interference switch instant changes and harmonic distortion Wide input voltage reduces the number of battery usage thereby prolonging the battery lifespan The UPS must feature battery discharging and termination protection voltage which can be automatically adjusted according to the loads which prolongs the battery lifespan The UPS must feature input rectifier adopting BOOST circuit of APFC makingthe input power factor reach 0 99 to enhanced the power efficiency and avoided harmonic interference to the grid The UPS
58. eristics and continuity of the fibre before laying of the cable with optical time domain reflect meter OTDR The print out of the OTDR shall be submitted as a part of test result documentation therefore OTDR shall be equipped with a printer Optical lengths The measurement is performed with the technique of back scatter by setting the refractive index of the fibre in its extent It should carry out the measurements of the optical lengths progressive to joint sand or sectioning intermediate from a terminal on a fibretaken as a reference for the whole section closed joint It will also measure the optical length of the section from terminal to terminal All measurements must be recorded in drawing in dicating the length of the strap used Check the insulation resistance tools tester insulation tester for example Megger To test the insulation resistance to ground is necessary to apply a reference voltage i e 500V and after 5 minutes the measured values should not be lower than the reference resistance i e bohmsx km This measurement must be done in a singletest on entire system dorsalor treats including possible branches The cable shall be tested again for attenuation and continuity after laying the cable to confirm that there is no variation in the attenuation parameters The OTDR print out shall be submitted as a part of test result documentation 1 Themeasurement is performed with the technique of back scattering which mus
59. f a dry gel free cable design Incorporates dry water blocking elements Specific Reel Lengths will be provided at contract award based upon manufacturer s recommendations Cable Description Dry Core Loose Tube Optical Cables with 48 optical fibers The color coded fibers shall be housed in color coded plastic buffer tubes which are stranded around a dielectric central strength member Dry water blockingtapes wrapped around the core provide protection against water ingress The cable sheath shall be composed of a polyethylene jacket with corrugated armour Tape layer for rodent protection and additional Polyethylene jacket Highly visible ripcords shall be placed under each jacket layer for quick sheath entry Quality To meet 150 9000 standards Reliability Both initial and periodic qualification testing shall be performed to assure the cable s performance and durability in the field environment To meet industry standards organizations such as Bell Communications Research Bellcore Telecommunications Industry Association TIA Insulated Cable Engineers Association ICEA International Telecommunications Union ITU International Electrotechnical Commission IEC American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM Rural Utilities Service RUS and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE FORCTC 20 77Pages 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION
60. h fibers shall betested in both directions FORCTC 63 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 10 3 Test Program Thetest program shall span all three 3 stages of the general classifications of tests and shall reflect the overall objective of each classification of test as follows 10 3 1 Design Verification and factory Tests To establish that each individual item of equipment sub assembly or material which can be tested independently of the rest of the system assembly is tested at the manufacturer s premises and meets with the manufacturer s published data and the Technical specification where applicable To establish that when the individual items subassemblies assemblies and material are amalgamated to form a sub system or simulated system that each subsystem or simulated system is tested and meets with the MOI s requirements and the Technical Specification Sample or batch testing of identical items of equipment shall be performed by the contractor as requested by the MOI The contractor shall furnish certified test reports for each assembly at the time of delivery 10 3 2 Installation Verification Tests Prior to Operational acceptance testing the contractor shall establish that each part of the system which can be tested after installation and independently of the rest of the system meets with the MOI requirements and Technical Specification Ideally the tests performed should mirror
61. h for Ethernet in the first mileto allow data communications to the Ethernet CPE Netflow or NetStream performance management shall be supported Equipment and Network Protection The proposed network equipment hardware shall adopt redundanct design and system architecture The proposed equipment shall provide advanced equipment level protection with redundant design in hardware dual switch fabric architecture which run in active active mode Multiple protection modes shall include cabinet external power supply protection board power supply protection and sub rack power access protection The proposed equipment shall provide network level protection enabling ITU T recommended networking characteristics protection modes containing 1 1 link multiplex section protection link 1 N protection unidirectional path protection ring in addition to automative reroute calculation once main route is interrupted FORCTC IL 77 Page s 4 8 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The proposed equipment shall feature robust intelligence support automatic discovery of network topology and resource automatic and rapid end to end service provision and resistance to multi node failure in the network The proposed equipment shall provide a combination of protection and restoration which greatly improves network survivability shall provide plug and play network node to allow operators to implement network architecture opt
62. he implementation plan should clearly show all dependencies between individual modules for every part of the project Project plans for individual solutions may be prepared and presented separately e System installation Install the system at MOInfo premises after defining and ensuring preparation of environment conditions and power Bidder s responsibility Setup of relevant operational parameters according to MOInfo operational requirements Integration and processes Perform full integration of all systems supplied Performance Arrange performance benchmarks measuring system load and check system limits to ensure optimal on going performance and future operational rate scalability FORCTC 9 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Recovery procedures Define and test system shutdown and up time after system crash including data recovery and setup e Documentation Provide Installation guide User guide and system operator guide for daily maintenance and operations and other relevant technical documentation Training Include sufficient and customized training sessions for system operators so that MOInfo will be ableto be self sufficient Onsite Assistance Provide onsite assistance for the duration of the warranty period Warranty Provide 3 year warranty with Onsite support counted from first day of full functioning system operation after MOinfo s written approval that the
63. he contract to make available to MOI all necessary spares whenever needed for 10 years after Project Acceptance Any spare part s ordered post the warranty period should be delivered without delay to insure continuity of the service Otherwise MOI shall havethe right to purchase it them from other source s charging all extra costs to the Contractor plus 1096 administrative expenses TheContractor shall guarantee all sub systems of the project for a period of 36 months after the date of issuing the PHOC AII defective units devices or components during this period shall be replaced by the Contractor free of any charge to MOI If during the guarantee period epidemic faults take place in such FORCTC 10 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender away that affects the performance reliability or availability of any of the project sub systems the Contractor shall bear full responsibility to remedy and rectify these problems in a good engineering practice free of any charge to MOInfo Theassigned staff CV shall be submitted and approved by MOI to ensure assigned staff is sufficiently qualified Thewarranty period shall includeall hardware and software updates to ensure uninterrupted operation of services Provisions must be made for emergency support services outside normal working hours and on holidays Thecontractor staff shall be equipped with their own vehicle and communication means dedica
64. he offer until the project will have been taken over by the issue of the Provisional Handing Over Certificate PHOC As Built Drawings Manuals and Catalogue Before testing and commissioning of the system the Contractor shall submit soft and hard sets of the following Routes of ducts amp buried cables with full details As Built Drawings schematics wiring etc of all units Detailed description of equipment Operation Instruction Service manual s Part List Catalogue where applicable Complete Test Data Sheets of all the used equipments Compliance The bidder shall be considered in full agreement with the contents of this Tender Document Arabic Text All Chapters and Annexes In case the Bidder has any reservation disagreement or deviation whatsoever from this document he should clearly indicate so by filling separate tables Non Compliance Schedules originated by FOR CTC 17 77Pages 1 19 1 13 1 20 1 21 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender him and divided in columns for Chapter No Page No Item No and Reasons of Non Compliance Any offer doesn t contain a compliance statement will be rejected Selection Rejection Addition and or Modification The MOI reserves the right to a Selectthe most preferred Manufacturer to MOI in casethe Bidder offers more than one manufacturer for the sametype of product for any item which must be in confo
65. he system load The automatic transfer mode shall also operate in the event of system overloading or if irregular or undesirable output for the load is detected In this case the system shall automatically return to the original on line mode operation if the disturbance is cleared Manual By pass Mode If the UPS system needs to be isolated for service or maintenance the maintenance by pass shall transfer the load from inverter to the mains without interruption and vice versa Installation Work GENERAL The following shall be covered under the installation work Installation testing handing over commissioning and ensuring all the functions and facilities mentioned in specifications and the tenderer s offer Special attention should be paid by the tenderer while designing installing testing and commissioning the outgoing and incoming trunks in the offered system to and from the existing earth stations and international exchanges The ministry will NOT carry out or permit any modifications in the existing exchanges equipment The contractor shall train MOI staff as specified in this document FOR CTC 52 77 9 2 93 9 4 9 5 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender All installation work shall be carried out according to the methods approved by the Ministry The contractor shall submit literatures drawings detailing the standard methods and practices being followed by For the per
66. ically connected to a backup Node that takes over the wholetraffic without any further reconfiguration Traffic transfer shall be available to the backup control center and between MOI Broadcast Stations and Remote Live locations The Broadcast Stations shall not detect that a fault in the Center Head has occurred and shall continue operation with minimum service interruption The Decoders at the Broadcast Station shall be agnostic to fault at the center and shall not require reconfiguration or re patching of cables Transmitter and receiver systems shall be linked redundantly to their related monitoring and control systems at the MOI Primary Management and DRS Management Systems The DRS shall be equipped with Same Traffic and Transmission Capacities as the Primary Systems The DRS shall provide the means to execute system monitoring and control The DRS shall include all the Backup hardware and software required to act as a replica system It must be possibleto backup all the data of the management station without shutting the Network Management software down This isto ensurethe continuous monitoring of the network during backup time The DRS Solution shall features Straightforward synchronization of Codecs system Straightforward synchronization of Transmission system e Redundant monitoring computer support Reliable scheduled automatic database backup Rapid fault detection notification Comprehensive failover management
67. idder shall list all partnerships and alliances related to the RFP response distribution or development of products or services including the purpose for and duration of the collaboration The offered solutions systems shall be as often as possible a standard off the shelf package utilizing the latest hardware and software technology Any major system development effort necessary to meet specified requirements is unacceptable Even if this system is a new concept it should not require huge development and shall be based on existing and proven technologies and standards FORCTC 14 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 1 14 3 Reference list The Bidder should provide reference list of 2 references for every solution proposed as a response to requested products solutionsin this RFP The bidder or their partners must submit in his proposal a list of all relevant Project Experience in optical fiber networks within the GCC countries References given must be verifiable and shall be from recognized communication or broadcast networks not IT covering voice and data services 1 14 4 Contact point The Bidder should specify contact person for all pre order negotiations and for project management Another person shall be appointed as a point of contact for implementation and as also escalation point for emergencies 1 14 5 Company general information The Bidder shall specify Thesizeofthe comp
68. imization and operation amp maintenance with ease support differentiated classes of services support traffic engineering balance network loads and improve resource utilization The proposed MPLS core routers shall be ableto implement all the network protection modes specified by ITU T to meet the different networking requirements of customers The equipment should be able to support full IP MPLS based protection 1 1 and 1 1 should be supported The equipment should support Link Aggregation LAG on all Giga Ethernet 10 GE 40GE and 100 GE interfaces Optical Adaptability The optical power shall be solved for the transmission of 10Gbit s The Proposed equipment shall adopt advanced dispersion management and out of band FEC technology which effectively enhances the signal to noise ratio of signals and improves error code characteristic within a certain distance thus enhancing the adaptability of the system to the optical fiber and guaranteeing the adaptation of the system Network Management System This specification refers to the operational and technical requirements for a Unified Management System to Manage Monitoring and Control all the whole network and devices The offered Management system must conform to high availability standards and must have redundancy build in throughout the entire solution to ensurethe functionality is globally available with no single point of failure The Management system shall be installed at pri
69. in Chapter 11 on TESTING Transmission Equipment Overview amp Introduction The bidder shall propose new IP based core network connecting all Molnfo sites listed in the tender through MPLS Multi Protocol Label Switching technology main sites will be directly connected through the main core fiber ring through 10GE interfaces configured on the core routers with the specifications detailed below FORCTC 22 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Remote sites shall and small stations will be connected to the nearest core nodethrough access router which provides access connectivity to different end systems through Giga Ethernet and E1 interfaces and use 10 GE port as uplink to the nearest core node router Thefollowing requirements features and specifications shall be metthis items The bidder shall propose a full IP based network and equipment with MPLS capabilities to obtain a dual fully protected dual ringself fiber optic transmission system for all Forward and Reverse Radio amp TV services in addition to all supporting services The bidder shall propose a minimum of 100GE level multi function core routers in main sites which can provide high speed large capacity information transmission and is adaptive to the requirement of backbone networks local networks and Metropolitan Area Networks now and in the future The bidder shall propose and supply a single IP network building and a
70. inspection The period of the factory inspection shall not be less than Eight working days Test data sheets shall be revised and verified during commissioning at MOInfo sites The Bidder shall present system and power supply redundancies by unplugging redundant links The Bidder shall berequired to perform a range of Site Acceptance Tests SAT on site for each individual sub system to demonstrate that all items have been correctly installed and adjusted on a location by location basis and that the sub system operates in every respect in accordance with the Specifications During this phase the equipment are powered and the automation and networking are gradually integrated layer by layer FORCTC 11 77Pages 1 13 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Thetests shall be performed by the Bidder and witnessed by the MOInfo s Representative Any defects which may become apparent duringthe course of these tests shall be immediately rectified by the Bidder at his expense The Site Acceptance Test Specifications shall be prepared by the Bidder and submitted for Approval Site Acceptance Tests shall be carried out in the presence of the Bidder s Representative who shall sign off the testing documentation on satisfactory completion of the tests The Site Acceptance Test Specifications at every level shall be subjected to configuration management and change control by the Bidder If modification or repr
71. iod ofthe installation work counter measures for tropical conditions shall be sufficiently ensured Attention shall be paid to protection particularly dust proofing of the equipment TOOLS AND TESTING EQUIPMENT The provision of all tools and testers required for the completion of the job shall bethe responsibility of the contractor Such tools and testers shall remain the property of the contractor During installation the contractor will not be allowed to use any of the equipment supplied for maintenance SUPPLY AND APPROVAL All cables wires iron works ladders and other material necessary for the installation shall be supplied by the contractor to complete the whole project The tenderer shall quote prices separately for each of these items and shall clearly state the basis of his calculation in case these are supplied as lots Details of the different items comprising these lots should also be given Asfar as possible the materials manufactured in Kuwait areto be used Contractor should furnish a list of such materials QUALITY OF MATERIAL All the installation material shall be of high quality anti corrosive and well finished with related international standards CABLES AND WIRES The contractor shall furnish all necessary cabling cable forms and material indoor cable jumper wires etc for the termination of all equipment provided and the interconnection of the racks The racks that are initially not fully equipped sh
72. ion included Comments Reference to Clause Description Clarifications documents for details Failureto agree to or comply to any of these terms and conditions and or not following the required outline and or not providing required information as softcopy and or proposing payments not linked to deliverables may result in the proposal being disqualified from the evaluation FORCTC 1 77 Pages 1 6 17 1 8 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender TheTechnical and Financial Proposals Shall be submitted in separate and sealed envelopes Each should be clearly marked as Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal Theformat of technical responseto this RFP is expected in separately marked sections and as follows for Technical Proposal Section 1 Executive Summary Section 2 Compliance sheets in the format mentioned above supplied in Excel and PDF formats e Section 3 Solution Description including project implementation support plans references etc Section4 Bidder s files and supporting documents Section 5 Bidder s Annexes Section 6 Proposal Softcopy on a Compact Discs Compliance sheets must be submitted in Microsoft Excel and PDF formats Section 7 References Bidders arerequired to provide references with details eg Systems supplied services deployed architecture deployed etc If the requested information
73. ions This specification covers the design requirements and performance standards for the supply of optical fibre cables as described below The features described in this document areintended to provide information on the performance of the optical cable and aid in handling and installation SINGLE MODE FIBRES SPECIFICATIONS Accordance with ITU Rec G 652 D FORCTC 19 77Pages 3 1 3 1 1 3 12 3 13 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The following specifications are for single mode fibres Loose Tube optical fibre cable for both duct and direct buried cable Fiber Optic Cable Specifications Each Vendor in their proposal will recommend the specifications which best meets the requirements for this project However at a minimum the cable RFP response should meet the following criteria listed below Thefiber cable specifications shall at all times meet Ministry of Communications requirements for optical fiber In cases where specifications in this document deviate from Ministry of Communications specifications the Ministry of Communications specifications shall be applied Bidders are expected to have full knowledge of the Ministry of Communications fiber optic network cable and deployment specifications and regulations All Dielectric AD ribbon and loose tube fiber optic cable in 48 count sheaths Conforms to international standards ITU T G652D Composed of all Dielectric AD materials Made o
74. irements and Goals Technology Standards based Open Architecture Deployment schedule Aggressive Project Delivery Plan Cost Commercial Conditions Bidder Presentation A Bidder may be asked by the MOInfo to make a presentation and or arrange a meeting to clarify any portion of his response and or to further explain how the MOInfo s requirements will be met Offer Validity The Bidder s offer shall remain valid for a period of 90 days from submission and should be extendable for an additional 90 days without variation Main tasks and Responsibilities The Bidder sresponsibilities within this project are derived from the leading concept of full responsibility for setting fully operational systems on a turnkey basis This includes Supply of H W platform and S W licenses Definethe relevant infrastructure configuration and relevant communication interfaces With that supply S W license with 3rd parties licenses whererelevant Provide modular pricing quotation Quote for system modules Provide pricing breakdown offer where core modules are priced and optional features and sub systems are prices separately Design documents Construct system detailed design document and include detailed documentation Final version will be agreed with MoC engineers later in the process Implementation plan Offer detailed implementation time tables MS Project based with specifying task responsibilities and recourses key milestones T
75. l be complete with all rectifiers power distribution planes circuit breakers low voltage disconnect panels ground bus metering alarms and batteries And the system should have the ability to configure 50A rectifiers and have the capacity of 200A 4 rectifier so as to meet the expansion requirement All rectifiers shall be redundant and configured for load sharing Therectifiers shall provide DC power for poweringthe station equipment and for charging the station battery All DC power systems shall be nominal 48 VDC If other voltages or polarity are required they shall be supplied by DC to DC converters operating from the main 48 VDC power system If DC to DC converters are required they shall be redundant and load sharing DC System Design The design of DC power systems shall be based on the following criteria of the rectifiers in each system shall be identical in manufacturer model and ampere output capacity The number of rectifiers in a power system shall be determined by the total load the output capacity of the tendered rectifier equipment and the redundancy configuration All systems shall utilize a minimum of two rectifiers The output capacity of therectifiers shall be sufficient to simultaneously power the station equipment and to rechargethe station battery In a 2 rectifier redundancy configuration anyone of the two rectifiers shall be rated for the full initial load plus a reserve of at least 50 curr
76. ll be considered as within the scope of work The contractor shall support the sides of open trenches with either timber or sheeting wherethe depth of the trench is morethan 1m because of the nature of the soil or proximity of other services make this necessary The contractor shall not claim charges for any extra quantity of excavations that shall be necessary by hisfailureto provide adequate timbering Great care shall betaken by the contractor to avoid undermining or otherwise disturbing existing pipes cables If despite precautions such soil is disturbed the services concerned shall be temporarily supported and the void filled with a concrete mixture of K 140 at no extra cost to MOI 9 16 4 Laying of UPVC Pipes UPVC pipes shall be used at all asphalted road crossings and tarmac surfaces 110mm pipes shall be laid at 1m depth at all such locations The pipes shall be extended by 5m on either side from the edge of the asphalt Protection to all UPVC pipes used in road crossings shall be according to MOC standards A K 140 concrete covering shall be placed over the entire length of the UPVC pipe The concrete covering shall extend a minimum vertical distance of 20cm above the top of the UPVC pipe and a minimum horizontal of 10cm on either side of the centerline of the UPVC pipe FORCTC 59 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender At the point of crossing of the cable with any existing services the
77. ll local and factory training schedules amp plans 6 Thebidder must include all required Test Tools in his proposal 7 Thebidder must submit in his proposal point to point fiber cable inside the sites in APPENDIX A helast table which havetwo or three locations single mode 48 core Two Tx Two Rx Modules two shelf s with redundant power supply each one core carry one video HD SD with Two audio channel and patch in the ring room to can feed signal to MOI building complex 8 Thenetwork must include facility to transmit ten 10 ASI signal from MOInfo Complex to any of the broadcast station listed in Appendix 9 Inaddition to the regular video and audio channels transmitted to the stations dual 1GBPS Ethernet connectivity with multicasting 1GMP between all radio and TV transmitting stations amp shuwaikh center radio links with MOI building complex 10 The bidder must put a dedicated redundant fiber link between Moinfo building complex to shuwaikh center radio links for radio engineering department to enable fiber channel 8GFC FULL DUPLEX 1600 MBPS connectivity Insurance The Contractor shall insurethe materials and works in the joint name of the Contractor and the Ministry of Information to full value of them against any loss or damage from whatever cause arising other than the standard executed The said insurance shall be effected in such a manner that both parties are covered duringthe period from the date of acceptance of t
78. m with minimum 8 hours battery backup system The bidder shall conduct a survey for fibre routes and document all routes and required civil works The bidder shall be responsible for preparation of site and all associated requirements such as shelters power air conditioning etc in locations wherethere is no room for equipment at MOInfo premises The bidder shall supply and install all necessary accessories needed i e distribution board equipment racks power cables coaxial cables distribution frames blocks DC Power System etc After contract signing the contractor must submit detailed survey drawings original plus 5 copies for the whole network routes showing all details cable routes and indoor layout of equipment etc The bidder shall supply 10 copies of operation and maintenance manuals The bidder must prepare and submit this proposal accordingto the following structure 1 Thebidder must submit a technical proposal with detailed description and the network designs FORCTC 16 77Pages 1 16 1 17 1 18 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 2 Thebidder must submit in his proposal detailed design block diagrams showing the all the network components and interconnection to MOInfo facilities 3 Thebidder must provide complete data sheet for all equipment 4 Thebidder must submit in his proposal a detailed itemized Bill of Quantities 5 Thebidder must submit in his proposal fu
79. mary and backup locations at MOI Center and hasto be seen as an integral part of the MOI Network Systems being developed to obtain a Unified Fiber Network and Applications Service related to the MOI project The Network Management system shall provide real time and historical views of network performance and availability statistics It shall provide detailed monitoring and analysis of all network infrastructure including SDH Codecs Routers Switches UPS Servers and any other SNMP enabled devices resulting in a dashboard view of how the network is performing The Network management system shall provide 1 Status monitoring and Performance monitoring 2 Parameter setting 3 System control FORCTC 32 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 4 Logging and statistics The primary objective of the Management System is to provide continuous monitoring of all the Communication amp Broadcast Systems and related technical equipment at MOI The Management System shall be ableto show hazardous situations affecting several systems at the same time and shall reducethetimeto bringthe situation back to normal condition The Management System shall be located in a room connected to both MOI Main and DRS Center and remote sites allowing for a unified operations and support environment The Operations Center shall housethe Network Management servers and workstation of the Network Management System and other technic
80. ment For configuration flexibility the platform must allow configuration rollback capabilities Theline cards should support hot swap of mother cards and daughter cards which does not need configuration for easy troubleshooting and maintenance O amp M in case of a port failure with minimum influenceto the traffic on other ports Faulty boards shall bereplaced while equiopment is online without interrupting services and node operation The equipment shall be capable of transporting both circuit based TDM traffic as well as packet based data traffic over the IP core network It shall be capable of grooming traffic from Ethernet and TDM through access routers and uploading all traffic over IP on theuplink port to core node Shall support high density 10 WAN Interfaces Must provide minimum of two 10G ports plus 1G ports Must provide legacy interfaces E1 STM 1 etc where required Shall support LDP FRR and VLL FRR LDP FRR can protect MPLS tunnels established by LDP VLL FRR can protect VLL L2VPN The convergence time can be less than 50ms the traditional route convergence will take several seconds Shall support hardware high performance BFD and less than 5ms BFD interval to guarantee fast network failure detection to improve network stability and reliability Network management system should be able to manage all the types of equipment and associated systems specified in this bidding document 4 4 Applied Standards The proposed netw
81. must feature embedded CPU able to automatically adjust the running speed of the fan accordingto the internal temperature and output power to lower the noise and prolong the battery lifespan and save energy The UPS must feature Line interactive double conversion design No matter the mains supply is normal no not the loads are powered by UPS inverter The UPS must feature Self diagnosis offering complete fault self diagnosis and communication function which is convenient for maintenance and repair The bidder shall propose a UPS Power Management and Monitoring application at the center to monitor all the UPSs in the network A demonstration at the equipment supplier factory shall be required based on MOI request prior to the start of the project official kick off date The UPS system shall consist of the following major equipment One input converter rectifier One boost converter One battery charger One output converter inverter One no break static transfer switch One maintenance by pass switch One battery bank One main control panel with LCD display FOR 51 77Pages 9 1 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The UPS system shall be ableto operate in any of thefollowing modes 1 On line Mode During on line operation mode the UPS system shall be used to provide precise regulated and transient free power to the connected loads The input converter shall pro
82. n implementation and operations activities Training shall be conducted in English Training manuals including course outline basic text of instructions modules and trainee workbook films slides video tape s charts models hand outs catalogues samples and other visual written aids to complement instruction However practical hands on familiarization shall be provided on equipmentthat is either installed and operable or ready to be installed and capable of being operated Test and development environment may be used to support hands on familiarization Operators shall be provided with a thorough training in all aspects of system sub system operation under both normal and abnormal conditions This training shall include but not be limited to Orientation to provide overview of system sub system purpose configuration and operations Terminology e Operations theory and interfaces Equipment appearance layout functions concepts and operations Operating modes practice and procedures under normal and emergency conditions Safety precautions Useof tools and test equipment e Use of system utilities diagnostic software and various software tools associated with the system maintenance Preventive maintenance Troubleshooting diagnostics and testing Backup and restoration of software configuration FORCTC 13 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tende
83. nce in networks to cover all parts of the proposed network Offsite training in bidder s training centers abroad shall be available only to MOInfo staff that adequately qualifies during evaluation FORCTC 12 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Thetraining shall focus on practical practices on testing fibre troubleshooting maintenance techniques NMS system all its subsystems operation amp control etc The courses shall be followed by formal evaluation of trainees attending the sessions The bidder shall submit in his offer detailed local and external training program for the proposed system In the offer the bidder should consider for the offered equipment in the system factory factories FAT inspection and testing The bidder shall makethe logistics arrangements with the factory and MOInfo will arrangethe cost for the travel accommodation and local transports for its staffs The FAT shall be carried out by MOI engineers Test sheet shall be provided by contractor and shall be approved by MOI engineers before testing For each product and or application the Bidder shall provide a detailed description of the training offered Training shall be in sufficient scope to ensure that all trainees who complete the program will be certified as capable to administrate operate and or maintain the equipment systems and facilities provided and installed and to ensure a smooth transition betwee
84. nd user friendly management interfaces in order to provide MOInfo the option to dynamically and independently define and integrate with new network components The offered solution shall in general comply with the latest relevant telecommunication standards MOInfo is committed to deployment of systems based on open and standard interfaces as such compliance to relevant standards shall be sought where applicable Anticipated Project Time Frame Therange of services covered by this project is diverse and continuous The Bidder shall offer a 3 year warranty on hardware and software with onsite operations support for the duration of the warranty period Bidders are requested to suggest the appropriate time necessary to implement their proposed solution and project execution shall not exceed 30 Months from the date of signing the contract FORCTC 6 77Pages 15 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The Contractor shall submit with his offer a time related GANT chart indicatingthe different activities for all project activities duringthe project execution period Active Equipment should be delivered and installed within 5 months of signingthe contract Following the successful commissioning of the network a 60 day period shall be given for testing the entire Network before issuing the Preliminary Handing Over Certificate The contractor shall submit after signing the contract his designated te
85. ne based on cost effectiveness The possibility of easily include in the proposed architecture both high quality and more cost effective encoding solutions for premium standard channels will be positively valued The bidder will provide recommendations for output bitrates settings that can ensure a quality as close as possibleto the source contents These recommendations will be addressed to H 264 for both SD and HD resolutions The codec sshould be controlled by Network Management System However if necessary they can be configured and monitored as well via web GUI and front panel also FORCTC 43 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Allcodec s equipment must operate on 220V AC The codec s system must support redundancy with manual or automatic recovery with 99 999 availability The codec s system must support the entirerequirement in items 32 19 amp 32 20 amp 32 22 amp 32 23in the scope of work 7 3 Encoder 1 TheEncoders shall be standalone and shall be of high performance and supports statistical multiplex systems 2 Encoders shall be configured into a Head End for the Centers and shall be interfaced with the SDH Transmission Ring Fiber Optical network 3 Ateach location the proposed Encoders shall be configured with protection as stated above and managed from the Codecs NMS 4 Theproposed Encoder shall be suitableto transport compress or uncompressed SD amp
86. network shall be a completely new installation FORCTC 15 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The bidder shall propose a redundant network Fibre Optics Transmission Systems with no single point of failure The proposed equipment shall be configured to provide self healing and highest level of redundancy The bidder shall propose Encoders amp Decoders Codec s systems for 1 allForward amp Reverse Broadcast Channels 2 thetransport and distribution of all the Radio and TV channels usingthe fiber network to provide a unified Codec s system The bidder shall allocate at least 10Gbps Ethernet data link between MOI building complex and Stations in addition to bandwidth calculated for transport of broadcast traffic traversing through the network The bidder shall propose Broadcast Content Monitoring System for all traffic passing on the Fibre Network The bidder shall propose NMS for all the subsystems equipment in the network to manage the equipment in the network The bidder shall propose a Unified Network Management System to manage and control all subsystems and element managers to present a unified view of the network The bidder shall propose a Disaster Recovery System such that all MOI Broadcast services will survive with reduced and minimal impact on the services and revert to backup systems in case of a major incident in the primary systems The bidder shall supply DC and AC Power Syste
87. new network deploying fiber to carry all forward and reverse Radio and TV traffic between MOI building complex dual stream MCCTV and MCCR and MOI Stations and sites two Separate systems streams The IP nodes located all Molnfo main sites shall act as core and or edge nodes the MPLS network with fully redundant configuration in route switch processor modules 10 Gig Ethernet line cards and power supplies Access routers shall be located in main and remote sites for adding different equipment to the ring using different types E1 1GE 10GE interfaces The bidder shall transport and distribute all the Radio and TV traffic with a protection structure of the optical transmission network The bidder shall propose and supply single unified NMS application building of the project to manage the network components The Network NMS shall become part of the Centralized Unified Umbrella Management System UMS The bidder shall supply optical power budget calculation showingthe operation ofthe optical equipment over each span of optical segment in each direction whenever needed Type of 10 GE optical transceivers shall support distance at least 40 km between one main site and the next one in the fibre network The bidder shall propose new backbone network with minimum of 10GE equipment that is in dual direction self healing topology IP routing protocols shall automatically recalculate the route path to reach certain destination in case of
88. ng underground utilities shall be by the use of suitable electronic equipment and FORCTC 57 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender ultrasonic equipment together with the digging of trial pits around explored utilities The contractor shall ensurethat all precautions and safety regulations strictly followed while exploring for the buried utilities so that no damage or injury is caused to any of the existing utilities or the manpower involved in such activities Upon locating such existing services the contractor shall expose such services by the means of careful hand excavation and shall determine the kind of services located their length and depth and their possible impact in relation to the laying of the new optical fiber cable The contractor shall prepare and submit for review by MOI detailed drawings showing existing underground services located and exposed by him the recommended route the center line proper spacing and location of the cable joints and other relevant information prior to commencing any excavation 9 16 3 Excavation and Earth works The contractor is advised that an excavation permit is required for all types of excavation at all areas Likewise no excavation works of any nature whatsoever shall be commenced by the contractor without the prior written approval of MOI The contractor shall be solely responsible for obtainingthe excavation permit signed by MOI representative
89. nning network based on SDH transport The solutions required in this document shall be based on an IP The new fiber optic network will bethe platform which will provide required bandwidth to from all locations connected to the network The scope of this RFP isthree fold 1 Build a broadcast fiber optic Network with all the required functionality and systems to transport and manage broadcast traffic to from all locations mentioned in this RFP The Network to beimplemented shall cover the following functions a Fiber optic network based on latest IP technologies b A V mulitplexers support all codecs c Network management systems 2 Design the network to be fully redundant without any single points of failure throughout the defined scope of delivery 3 Ensureoperation of supplied systems by providing required support and training The Bidder is expected transfer sufficient system knowledge to the MOInfo team through theoretical and practical training Information on locations to be connected to the network is is included in the appendix Only products ofthe European North American amp Japanese origin will be accepted The bidder is obliged to comply with and obtain all required approvals from the following governmental entities during the project execution FORCTC 5 77 Pages 13 14 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender TU Recommendations amp Standards Ministry of Communications M
90. ogramming is required as a result of the tests all affected parts of the Site Acceptance Tests as determined by the MOInfo s Representative shall be re tested Theresults of the Site Acceptance Tests version of software and hardwaretested together with any re testing as a result of failure shall be recorded and signed by the authorized personnel of the Bidder and the MoC s Representative After successful test s of individual systems Bidder and MOInfo will sign Acceptance Test Protocol ATP Training The Bidder is required to conduct end user training at MOI nfo premises customized specifically to the MOInfo s particular requirements configuration and maintenance of the installed equipment and components The bidder shall price and provide training course 6 weeks locally 6 weeks abroad for 8 MOInfo staff participants The contractor shall supply training manuals amp handouts The contractor shall propose detailed agenda of the training saying all the topics to cover MOI will review this agenda and could request for modification before the beginning of the training The local training shall focus on the theory concepts of all parts of optical network fibre testing fibre troubleshooting maintenance techniques NMS system all its subsystems etc The trainees shall be evaluated for knowledge transferred at the end of the training period The instructors shall be professional trainers with at least 5 years experie
91. on Stations Signal direction 1 MOlnfo Complex ec Long 47 58 21 Bi direction 2 Liberation Tower Lat 29 22 6 89 N Long 47 Towards Tele station 58 30 90 E line Lat 29 19 5 75 N Long 47 Bi direction 3 Shuwaikh site 5726 71 E 4 Salmiya site Lat E 292 19 47 92 N Long 48 456 70 Bi direction Lat 29 35 21 32 N Long 47 Towards Tele 5 Subiya Station 54 45 46 E line oos c Towards Tele 6 Mutla aStation Lat 29 24 18 57 N Long47 39 4 98 line 7 Kabd Station Lat 29 8 43 53 N Long 47 46 5 49 E Lat 29 18 34 77 N Long 47 Towards Tele 8 West G1 station 53 28 11 E line Lat 29 19 1 45 N Long 47 Towards Tele 54 51 78 E line Lat 29 10 51 01 Long48 Towards Tele 10 Magwa station 2 39 67 E line 11 South Subahiya Lat 29 4 47 04 N Long 48 Towards Tele Station 615 82 line Lat 28 51 50 07 N 10048 Towards Tele 12 Julya a Station 11 36 37 E line B Kuwait National Lat 29 377057 Long 47 Bi direction Tele Assembly line Stadium coordinates 14 Jaber ALAhmed Lat 29 16 9 96 N Long 47 55 7 71 E Backward Stadium 15 Alarabi sport club Lat 29 21 27 34 N Long 47 Backward 59 57 02 E 16 Qadsia sport club Lat 29 20 25 11 N Long 48 1 48 09 E Backward 17 Kazma sport club Lat 29 19 43 69 N 10047 Backward 59 13 04 E 18 Kuwait Stadium Lat 29 20 32 92 N Long 47 57 5 05 E Backward F
92. online optical power detection for all optical interfaces facilitating rapid location of line failure boosting efficiency The core equipment should support color interface for 10G to transport IP signal directly to WDM systems Multi Service Support The proposed equipment shall be feature robust processing capability for data services support the topology operation support unicast multicast and broadcast services implement bandwidth statistic multiplexing to increase bandwidth utilization feature rapid service provisioning service priority access control and total network fairness mechanism and guarantee high QoS The proposed equipment shall provide mixed insertion of boards leaving it easy for service configuration maintenance and network planning and optimization The proposed equipment shall support EPL EPLAN EVPL and EVPLAN complying with ITU T G ethsrv The system must support point to point service multi point to point service and multi point to multi point service The system must provide IP MPLS and core system expansions to MPLS TP encapsulation protocol Each Ethernet module shall support Ethernet JUMBO frame with 9216 Bytes size The bidder shall specify maximum number of VLAN per port The equipment shall support Ethernet Pointto point service with morethan one user sharing the same VC TRUNK EVPL complying with ITU T G ethsrv The equipment shall support of Ethernet multi point to multi point service with mor
93. or station load The LVD shall sense the restored voltage during recharge and shall automatically reconnect the battery to the system DC output distribution should have load low voltage disconnection branches including two 100A circuit breakersand battery low voltage disconnection branches includingtwo 63A circuit breaker in condition of cut off twice two 32A circuit breaker and two 16A circuit breakers in condition of cut off once FORCTC 49 77 Pages 8 1 8 8 1 9 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Battery Disconnect Breaker The power system shall include a battery disconnect breaker in series with the negative hot side of the station battery The breaker shall be used for disconnecting the battery from the system for maintenance and shall also protect the battery from damage due to any accidental short circuit in the power panel Battery Equalization Itis required by the battery plant an automatic battery equalization system shall be provided as part of the power system The equalization system shall be compatible with the battery plant and programmable within the ranges of equalization recommended by the battery manufacturer 8 1 10 Battery Type Batteries shall bethe sealed maintenance freetype Ventilation of the room where batteries are installed shall not berequired The designed service life of batteries shall be 10 years minimum 8 1 11 Battery Installation Batteries m
94. ork must be compatible with ETSI and ANSI i e supporting IP MPLS MPLS TP or SONET architectures and the latest mapping structure recommended by ITU T shall be adopted FORCTC 28 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 4 5 Service Interfaces e Theproposed equipment shall have the ability to process multiple lines of ECCs fully satisfying the requirements for complex networking supporting complex IP network topologies such as linear ring hinge ring with chain tangent ring and crossing ring at levels of STM 1 STM 4 STM 16 STM 64 1GE 10GE 100GE Thecorenetwork speed shall be configured with 10GE speed from day one and core nodes shall be ready to raisethe network speed to 40 GE without replacing any of the installed modules and only adding 40 GE port modules to them TheProposed core equipment shall offer versatile service interfaces STM 256 STM 64 STM 16 STM 4 STM 1 optical interfaces STM 1 E1 support framing processing electrical interfaces GE Ethernet interfaces Multiple bearer modes like EOS embedded ERP and embedded MPLS TP are available to deliver Ethernet private line EPL Ethernet virtual privateline EVPL and Ethernet private LAN EPLAN and Ethernet virtual private LAN EVPLAN services VPLS addressing requirements for multiple technologies in different networking environments Theproposed core equipment must provide a widerange of service interfaces
95. plice enclosures which are designed specifically for the splicing of the optical fiber cable wayside splices shall be installed within manholes and hand holes MOI reserves the right to reject any sub standard wayside splice All fibers shall be spliced through at all locations All fibers shall be tested and recorded in the As Built documentation The contractor shall install every run of wayside cable in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations for the respective type and make of cable and in compliance with this Technical Specification Pulling tension side pressure bending FOR CTC 61 77Pages 10 10 1 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender radius and other parameters governing cable installation practice shall at all times be held within the limits approved by MOI Quantitative monitoring by the use of tension indicators pulling dynamometers shall be practiced and recorded while the cable is being pulled through These records shall be part of the As Built drawings TESTING This section defines the tests to be performed and the criteria and requirements for test planning performance recording of data and reporting of test results The contractor shall perform all work necessary for planning and executing the required tests and for completing the required documentation Acceptance Testing for Optical Fibre Cable The optical fibre cable shall be tested for attenuation charact
96. ply critical spare parts sufficient to cover uninterrupted operation of the supplied solution for thethree year warranty period The bidder should provide a detailed plan of scheduled maintenance with material and equipment to replace or to clean 1 Equipment Electronic modules sufficient for two years maintenance 2 4kmof optical fiber cable in 1 drum for Duct Cable as used in this project 3 Onedrumof optical fiber cable for Direct Buried Cable as used in this project Types and quantities of all the spares submitted shall be listed with unit price The contractor shall not use MOI spares during the warranty period After the end of the warranty period MOI will replenish all consumed spares during the two years Maintenance period All Repaired equipment and modules shall be returned to MOI spares stock and the history of the unit shall be update Thetenderer shall supply and price the following measuring equipment and tools needed to test and maintain the network The bidder shall utilize his own test and measurement tools Latest portable Mini OTDR with Multimode Single mode package dual wavelength 1310 1550 nm long haul shall be offered 10 Ten sets Latest portable laser Light Source shall be offered 10 ten sets Latest sensitive portable Power Meter shall be offered 10 Ten sets Latest portable Variable Attenuator shall be offered 10 Ten sets Any measuring equipment and tools needed to test and maintain the network not m
97. r Assembly and disassembly Repair and parts replacement e Parts ordering practices and storage e Failure and recovery procedures System sub system cabling Familiarization with and use of manuals and other reference materials Administrator course shall include but not be limited to Orientation to provide overview of system sub system purpose configuration and operations Terminology e Operations theory and interfaces Software design and organization Database structure generation and modification Assembly compilation linking editing debugging distributing testing and integration of program modules Interface software design Configuration management and control of software Backup and restoration of software e Useof system utilities diagnostic software and various software tools associated with the design development and maintenance of the System Familiarization with and use of manuals and other reference materials 1 14 Miscellaneous 1 14 1 Quality Assurance The Bidder shall put place in adequate controls to ensure quality assurance of the whole project 1 14 2 Bidder Qualifications The Bidder along with partners if any should be companies specializing in providing the systems listed in this RFP each with a record of successful implementations The bidder or his suppliers must provide evidence of similar projects experiences within the GCC countries The B
98. rd specifications of MOC and shall be provided with a lockable steel cover and frame The contractor shall ensure that no hand hole or manhole is located within 20meters distance of any road or utility crossing Otherwise there shall be an obstruction Kuwait Municipality Ministry of Public Works Ministry of Internal Ministry of Communication or Ministry of Electricity and Water or Kuwait Oil Company decision FORCTC 55 77 Page s STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender MOI responsibility is to provide official letters to all Governmental Associations and help the contractor to get approval for starting the work for excavation from these Associations The responsibility of the contractor isto follow this mater and takethe final approval from these associations before starting the work The specifications of UPVC pipes for foot way and road crossing conduits shall meet MOC specifications Where the contractor is required to affect a road or a road crossingthe contractor shall carry out all the necessary excavation backfilling and making good of existing surfaces including road and pavement surfaces to the entire satisfaction of MOI MPW and Municipality The contractor may be requested to lay 110 UPVC pipes wherever there is no free pipe duct to lay the proposed inner duct for layingthe duct type fibre cable 9 15 2 INNER DUCTS The contractor shall install four 33mm or 2x32 mm 3x25mm HDPE inner duct
99. rmity with the Tender Document s specifications and requirements b Reject cancel any auxiliary items or quantities in the offer within 1096 maximum of the total value of the offered price of the project Deductions for the said items shall be accomplished according to the contract rates It is confirmed that cancelled items if any shall not affect the overall performance of this turn key system Addany auxiliary item s or quantities similar to those in the offer within 10 max of the total value of the offered price for the project Payments for the said items shall be accomplished according to the contractual rates Preliminary Provisional Handing Over Certificate PHOC The PHOC will be issued 60 days after the PHO Test Completion date In case of abnormal defects PHO shall be delayed until restoring the equipment to the normal acceptable state Final Handing Over Certificate FHOC The FHOC will beissued 36 months after the date of the PHOC FHOC shall be delayed until restoring the system to the normal acceptable state Environmental Conditions a Temperature Max Ambient sun radiation temperature 80 C Max Ambient shade temperature 50 C Min temperature can bebelow freezing point on some nights b Humidity e Max Humidity 98 596 c Rain Max Annual Rainfall 130 mm Max Rainfall in one day 35 mm d Dust The sites are characterized by severe sand storms Therefore special attention shall be given to
100. rt BGP MPLS VPNsfor IPV4 and IPv6 Shall support a variety of reliability technologies with device level reliability greater than 99 999 an end to end network failure within 505 2005 recovery and most comprehensive BFD with full service protection switching The network availability is critical for Ministry of Information business the proposed equipment shall support various reliability techniques mentioned which can achieve 50ms fault convergence to safeguard the normal operation of the Ministry of Information business As Ministry of Information traffic is mainly video and audio the QoS performanceis a very important performance parameter of the router and the following characteristics arethe minimum mandatory features to guarantee high quality traffic handling for our business Must have full MPLS features including Label Distribution Protocol LDP FOR CTC 25 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Targeted LDP T LDP Resource Reservation Protocol RSVP e Differentiated Services DiffServ aware traffic engineering e MPLSL3VPN including Carrier Supporting Carrier CSC Pv6 Provider Edge and IPv6 VPN to Provider Edge MPLSTraffic Engineering including TE FRR e MPLSTE Preferred Path Support VLL VPLS and support Martini amp Kompella MPLS L2VPN Equipment must support the signaling and control versions of VPLS specified in RFC 4762 Equipment must s
101. s of different colors for optical cable runs embedded inside MOC existing 110mm UPVC ducts for feeder or distribution routes respectively The contractor shall install pulling lines in all inner ducts Unused inner ducts shall be capped and sealed for future use All conduits shall be man drilled by the contractor prior to placing of inner ducts 9 15 3 WARNINGTAPE The contractor shall install a highly visible 6 150mm wide warning tape above the laid fibre optical cable The warningtape shall be made from an approved weatherproof polythene material or similar material with a bonded metallic tracer fitted to one side of the warning tape The metallic tracer shall be galvanized steel wire The warning tape shall have a built in ultra violet inhibitor capacity Any adhesives to be used with the warningtape shall be of a silicon based manufacture 9 15 4 Buried Cable Warning Posts The contractor shall provide and install clearly visible warning posts at hand hole locations alongthe route of the laid cable so as to identify the location and direction of the laid cable The warning post shall identify the joint number The warning post shall be installed at 200m intervals alongthe route of thelaid cable and additionally at every curve and change in direction of the laid cable The cable route warning post shall be 2m in total length with 1 m buried underground when installed The cable route warning post shall be installed by the contrac
102. shall be clearly sign written and labeled in English to enable easy identification Such sign writing or labeling shall not be of temporary nature 9 12 EQUIPMENT EARTHING The necessary earthing shall be secured for protection and stable equipment operation Tenderer shall state the maximum resistance of earthing permitted for the proper operation of the offered system 9 13 PORTABLELADDERS amp STOOLS Sufficient number of portable ladders of suitable sizes and stools shall be supplied for maintenance by the contractor 9 14 EQUIPMENT LAYOUT 9 14 1 General Bidder isrequired to submit the proposed equipment layout plan specified here in after Floor Plan 1 Itisdesirablethat layout proposed should occupy least possible space 2 The Bidder shall submit dimensional floor layout plan for the initial and ultimate capacity 3 Bidder is required to visit the sites and then to propose the dimensional floor layouts for the equipment room DDF power room battery room etc for the initial and ultimate capacity of the system 9 15 CABLE LAYOUT 9 15 1 Hand holes Manholes amp Road Crossing Ducts Hand holes of a minimum width 450mm length 1100mm and depth of 1100mm shall be supplied and installed by the contractor at all splice points and fence entrances to any existing facilities and at both sides of asphalt roads and road crossings Hand holes and manholes shall be constructed or prefabricated so asto comply with the pertaining standa
103. stallation stage and time of completion for each station separately Installation Precautions and Installation Methods Installation Test and Acceptance Test Procedure Maintenance Routines and Schedules Details of Maintenance Duties The Life Time of the Laser Diode Prices for Equipment amp Spares must be held for 5 years Documents to be submitted by the Contractor The following to be submitted after signing the contract for approval MOI 1 2 3 4 Detailed installation Work schedule Equipment Shipping Schedule This schedule shall indicate the time of factory inspection and the time of shipment and the address of the factory Equipment Drawings in details Optical Fiber Cable Color Code To be submitted two months before commencement of installation 1 2 3 Final Design amp Layout of all equipment Installation Work Diagrams Factory Test Data The following to be submitted before PHOC AUNE Overall System Description Hardware and Software Manuals Operation Manuals Maintenance Manuals Installation Manual FOR CTC 68 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 13 Bills of Quantities B O Q amp Price Schedule Bill of Quantities Item Unit Price Total Price Description Qty K D K D 1 System Engineering amp Design 2 Testing and commissioning 3 36 Months Guarantee for the entire network 4 System Integration
104. t SD SDI HD SDI baseband speeds and using all IP architecture with GE IP outgoing port that connects to Hybrid MSTP network for transmitting signal The bidder must propose Codec s flexible to support a variety of MOI formats and interfaces such as Video PAL B and SDI for SD amp HD and Audio balanced analog amp AES EBU Digital Audio SDI with embedded and not embedded audio The bidder shall propose front conversion section allowing the Codec s system to deal with the various input formats available at MOI The bidder shall offer Codec s or the following Forward amp Reverse Radio amp TV Channels Each station shall be supplied with its own Codec s system Radio station for Radio program and TV station for TV program all reversed program in both only in 14 floor in complex through MOI Center Head Ends to be located at MCCTV or MCCR The codec s system scope includes the locations and services listed in the follow ing tables For all TV services each video channel is associated with 2 audio The SD and HD video signals shall be allowed to betransported at SDI baseband speed or selectively encoded accordingto MOI requirement The Audio bit rate shall be defined by the user Each Audio shall be encoded at a minimum rate of 384 kbps All TV and Radio channels shall be simultaneously transmitted to each node and shall be accessible at each station based on all IP architecture The proposed system to be directly upgradeable allowing a
105. t be carried out bidirectional at a wavelength appropriate to better highlight any attenuation due to macro bending 2 The measures for the attenuation of joints must betaken after joints disjunction is completely finished Duringtesting the Contractor should perform the measure on all the fibres and bidirectional splices The cable shall be spliced by using arc fusion splicing machine Fibre splice loss shall be measured from both ends The fibre splice loss of the fibre in the link shall be less than FORCTC 62 77 Pages 10 2 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 0 03dB The OTDR print out for all the fibres and for each joint shall be submitted to MOI therefore OTDR shall be equipped with printer End to end link loss test shall be measured for each fibre by light source and power meter which shall be less than the power loss calculated theoretically These test results shall be submitted as part of test result documentation MOI may or may not witness the tests as mentioned in 1 2 3 4 But this does not relieve the contractor from the responsibility of providing the fiber link as per the specifications required Four or five sub ducts shall be pulled inside MOC existing ducts of different colors with pulling string inside each The number sub ducts shall be fixed properly with proper no number sub duct holders at each manhole and each hand hole The empty sub ducts shall be covered with proper sub duc
106. t be equipped with dual Ethernet ports capable of either 1 GbE or 10 GbEwhich is software selectable The codec s must feature Unicast and multicast 802 3 Ethernet RTP UDP IP ARP ICMP IGMPv2 v3 VLAN Quality of Service Diffserv TOS 802 1p The codec s must be able to work on SD 625i25 525i29 97 and HD 720p50 720p59 94 1080125 1080129 97 The codec s must support 3G HD Video 1080p50 1080p60 The codec s must support Adaptive clock recovery no need for external reference The codec s must feature Redundancy as 1 1 Redundant configuration 1 1 GbE 10GbE port backup Dual Streaming mode IP Port mirroring and Video input ports can act as backup inputs for each other The codec s should support IP SDI or Digital Audio as source for video and audio encoding Forward Error Correction FEC is required as it can avoid data loss related to network configuration and errors Availability of MPEG 2 TS over UDP redundant 100 1000 BaseT outputs is mandatory IP input specifications 1 2xEthernet 100 1000 BaseT for redundancy 2 Network protocols UDP mode MPEG UDP IP or RTP mode MPEG RTP UDP IP FORCTC 42 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 3 Streaming modes Multicast or Unicast SDI input Compliant with SMPTE 259M SD SDI amp SMPTE 292M HD SDI Digital Audio input Compliant with ITU R BS 647 2 AES 3 2003 The video encoding format is required to be MPEG 4 AVC
107. t cap all shall be subjected to MOI approval The cable shall be fixed properly on the walls of the manhole A 15meter length of cable shall be coiled on each side of the joint The average distance between MOC manholes is 120 meters Effective labels shall be used to identify the cable at each manhole Inside MOI building complex the cable must be terminated at Radio MCC TV MCC and Microwave MCC Inside Transmitting Stations the contractor shall build new hand holes with 2 way ducts The distance between hand holes shall not exceed 150 meters Atthetime of survey of the Direct buried cable DBC the contractor shall find out all existing utilities underground and shall fix Red Post over all utilities as a warning before installation of the DBC During installation of the DBC the contractor shall make manual excavation at the points of found underground utilities If the utilities are less than one meter depth the contractor shall pull the DBC underneath After install of one drum of DBC 6Km approx or less the contractor shall install pre cast hand hole with inlet and outlet pieces of PVC ducts according to MOC specifications and shall make joint inside it with slack coil of I5meter at each side of the joint Testing of installed optical fibre cable Using OTDR to check each terminated fiber End to end attenuation To dothis with a suitable optical Transmitter and measure with an optical power meter OTDR test results are not enoug
108. ted to support the project Theonsite support staff shall engage with the assigned MOlnfo staff taking an On the job training approach towards MOlnfor assigned support engineers Thebidder s engineer shall submit a monthly report of readings taken maintenance work and faults occurred and the preventive maintenance established to return the system to service the inventory of the spare parts available the status of the optical fiber cable periodical test etc Thecontractor engineer shall setup reports and workflow for the work orders maintenance support operational and spares material assets management Theministry reservesthe right to request a change of the assigned Engineer or Technician in case he is found unsuitable In case the contractor wants to change any of his staff the arrangement shall be after getting MOI approval Thebidder shall cover on his offer his staff Engineers and Technicians salaries accommodations transportations allowances insurances and telecommunications etc 1 12 2 System Acceptance The Bidder is responsible for the Equipment installation of the system so that the system stays globally functional Therefore equipment commissioning must be done through demonstration of product capability and compliance with requirements when wired and configured in the system The entire system subsystems and all devices shall be inspected and tested in the factory MOlnfo staff shall attend the factory
109. the Operational acceptance Tests as far as is practicable within the constraints imposed by the installation program 10 3 3 System acceptance Tests To establish that the entire system operates effectively and complies with the MOI requirements and technical specification The test program shall contain the following information 1 Test plan 2 Test schedule 3 Individual test procedures 4 Test data sheets 5 Test results 10 4 Test Plan The plan shall be submitted not later than ninety 90 days after the Commencement Date and shall include but not be limited to the following List of all test procedures by route facility subsystem and overall system within each general classification of tests contained in 5 3 1 FOR CTC 64 77Pages 10 5 10 6 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender Identification of each specified design and performance requirement with the method of verification used i e measured calculated visually inspected and so on Test constraint and acceptance and rejection criteria Identification of all test equipment to be used including model types and technical specification Identification of any company furnished material personnel or equipment together with details on any access to the MOI facilities that will be required Test Schedule A test schedule shall be submitted by the Contractor with the test plan and shall include but not be limited to the following A s
110. tor immediately upon backfilling of the cabletrench FORCTC 56 77Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The warning post shall be manufactured from approved material and shall be coated colored lettered and otherwise marked so as to be resistant to the prevailing climatic conditions The material wording logo color combinations and method of installation of the post shall be approved by MOI beforetheir manufacture and installation 9 16 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 9 16 1 Survey Immediately after commencement of the works the contractor shall carry out a detailed survey of the cable routes on the basis of the supplied cable route sketches and other associated information Details regarding the type and the depth of existing services which are found in the vicinity of the cable route shall be furnished in the survey reports and submitted for MOI approval The survey shall normally be within 30m from the edge of the asphalted roads and at a minimum distance of 20m from existing roads and utilities The survey shall account for existing facilities if any such as buildings AC power supply Within the existing buildings the contractor shall verify the floor space height of ceilings walls and the type of floor surface so as to ascertain the buildings suitability for installation of the complete communication equipment includingthe fiber cable termination frame backup batteries power system require
111. ults Test results shall include but not be limited to the following The name of the test and test procedure reference number and revision level The identification ofthe subsystem or equipment tested including but not limited to nomenclature part number and serial number of each component involved in the test The place date and time when the test is performed A description of the test environment which shall include the approximate humidity temperature dust conditions and other environmental factors Identification of all test equipment actually used in the test Completed data sheets A description and explanation of test failures abnormalities or other deviations from the expected results list of circuit drawings and or arrangement plans used during testing A signature s of the person s conductingthe tests A signature indicating the Contractor s safety engineers approval that the test satisfies the system safety requirements and signatures of the MOI and his representative when applicable FORCTC 66 77Pages 11 12 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender A list of documents that have been revised dueto corrections or modifications Recommendations and authorization for remedial action and retest Failures detected during testing and corrective action taken shall be listed on standard data sheets and be included in the test results Spares amp Tools The bidder shall sup
112. upport L2 Interworking over MPLS the equipment should be able to interconnect different L2 protocols through a circuit PWE3 Equipment must support L3 VLAN interfaces that can be associated to one or more VLANs or VPLS Support HOVPN Provide industry authority EANTCIP MPLS interoperability test reports certificate that the interoperability with the high end routers of mainstream manufacturers Must have full routing features including Pv4 Routing BGP Intermediate System to Intermediate System 15 15 and Open Shortest Path First OSPF Support MD5 of RIPv2 OSPF IS IS and BGP support multi process OSPF and 15 IS Equipment must support routing protocols IPv6 OSPFv3 RIPng 15 15 MP BGP Support BGP peers not lessthan 4K Equipment must support traffic engineering between different OSPF areas Route Policy Language RPL Hot Standby Router Protocol HSRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP Pv6routing Prefix Independent Convergence PIC Must support IPv6 including Support various technologies for transition from IPv4 to IPv6 manual tunnel configurations automatic tunnel configurations IPv6 to IPv4 6 to 4 tunneling Generic Routing Encapsulation GRE tunneling and Intra Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol ISATAP tunneling Support IPv4 over IPv6 tunneling and IPv6 Provider Edge Router 6PE Support NAT44 and DS lite ShallsupportIPv6 Multicast IPv6
113. us digital hierarchy 19 ITU TG 781 Structures of recommendations on multiplexing equipment 20 ITU TG 782 General characteristics of the SDH multiplexing 21 ITU TG 783 Characteristics of synchronous digital hierarchy 22 ITU TG 784 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDH Management FOR CTC 72 77 Pages STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender ITU T G 798 OSC as per G 798 23 ITU TG 803 Architecture of Transport networks based on SDH 24 ITU TG 805 Generic functional architecture of transport networks 25 ITU TG 810 Definitions and terminology for synchronization networks 26 ITU TG 811 Timing characteristics of primary reference clocks 27 ITU TG 812 Timing requirements of slave clocks suitable 28 ITU TG 813 Timing characteristics of SDH equipment slave clocks SEC 29 ITU TG 823 The control of jitter and wander within digital networks 30 ITU TG 825 The control of jitter and wander within digital networks 31 ITU T G 826 Error performance parameters and objectives 32 ITU TG 831 Performance and management capabilities of transport 33 ITU TG 832 Transport of SDH elements on PDH networks 34 ITU TG 841 Types and characteristics of SDH network protection 35 ITU TG 842 Interworking of SDH network protection architectures 36 ITU TG 957 Optical interfaces for equipment and systems relating 37
114. vide regulated DC power to support the inverter and simultaneously supply the battery charger to maintain the battery in a fully charged condition The inverter shall convert the DC power into regulated AC power for the load ECO Mode When the load does not require highest level of protection the UPS shall be able to work in an energy saving mode This mode shall be fully programmable to adapt it to the load and customer needs When ECO mode is activated the UPS switches automatically to bypass as a function of the actual mains quality In case of a mains imperfection out of tolerances the UPS seamlessly returns to On line mode without compromising the guarantee of total security for the critical load This mode will not be activated unless specifically requested by on site Battery Mode Upon failure of the mains or utility supply input power for the inverter shall automatically be supplied from the connected battery When the mains is restored or the standby generator set supply is ready input power for the inverter and for rechargingthe battery shall automatically be supplied from the rectifier If the input does not return the UPS shall automatically shut itself down in an orderly manner when the discharge limit of the battery is reached By pass Mode Upon the failure of static inverter the no break static transfer switch shall be activated automatically to isolate the faulty inverter and at the same time maintain a continuous supply to t
115. which include STM 256 STM 64 STM 16 STM 4 and STM 1 optical interfaces STM 1 as well as 1 GE 10GE 40GE and 100GE Ethernet interfaces In addition it can provide highly integrated service interface board meeting the needs of large capacity service access For the types of service interfaces please refer to the following table Type of Service Interface STM 256 optical interface STM 64 optical interface STM 16 optical interface STM 4 optical interface STM 1 optical interface 100 GE interface 10 GE interface 1 GE interface The proposed MPLS equipment shall adopt modular architecture The selection of different boards will make equipment with different functions The various units shall have boards of the following different types 1 Redundant route switch processors with active active switch fabric 2 SPA Interface Processor for connecting service Port Adaptors with the required interfaces 3 Ethernet cards for high speed Ethernet interfaces 4 Redundant power supplies FOR CTC 29 77 4 6 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender The proposed equipment shall provide mixed insertion of boards easing service configuration and network planning amp optimization System operation shall adopt front facing interfaces easier for maintenance The proposed equipment shall employ pluggable optical modules SFP module LC connector It shall support
116. with line speed and future proof scalability The device shall have separate switching card slots which is completely separated with the main control boards to ensure that does not affect the forwarding while single master board is failing over Redundancy in switching fabric is required The proposed equipment shall have dedicated Traffic Management chip not integrated with other Network Processor chips in order to avoid low lookup bandwidth and poor QoS performance that affects Ministry of Information main business of video and audio The equipment shall be upgradable to 400G slot smoothly to guarantee support of high throughput line speed future interfaces or high density modules with line speed ports to satisfy the increased demand for bandwidth for at least next ten years Theline cards should support flexible cards mixing of different type sub card to insert to have the flexibility to use service slot with different traffic types to maximize slot usability Theline cards should support hot swap of mother cards and daughter cards which does not need configuration for easy troubleshooting and maintenance O amp M in case of a port failure with minimum influence to the traffic on other ports Must be configured with two redundant route switch processor modules Route switch processor must have out of band management ports Must be configured with redundant hot swappable AC power supplies Must be configured with two redundant modul
117. work segment Support VRF LSP and ICMP diagnosis by network layer Allows usersto view VPN routing information Provide VPN servicereports Must be able to manage SLA as follows Provide SLA management Support multiple test instances Providequick diagnosis e Provide SLA service management Score service quality comprehensively Provide SLA task management Provide SLA report management Hardware The Network Management System shall be based entirely on COTS components delivered by state of art industry standard server The Network Management System shall consist of the following components Redundant Main Server Power Supply Interfaces Rack Assembly System Consoles gt Thetechnical requirements for the hardware of the main Server shall be accordingthe latest specification available on the market at time of tendering All supplied equipment shall confirm to industry standards and must be rack mountable The servers must be at least e Industrial Servers 64Bit 1 5MHz AMD Opteron 2000 with 4MByte ext Cache or equivalent 1024MB RAM 4x256MB e 146Gbyte int SAS Hard Disk Drive 8 GB 4mm DAT int Tape Drive incl 3 Tapes FORCTC 35 77 Pages 5 1 1 5 12 5 13 STATE OF KUWAIT MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiber Network Tender 20 1 LCD Flat Panel Monitor for Service Purposes e Mouse or Trackball Enhanced Keyboard User licence Solaris 10 or later Interfa

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