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Fiber Optic Network Asset Management Software
Post Information
- Posted At:
- Thu, Oct 24, 2024 10:13 AM
- Sealed Bid Process:
- Yes (Bids Sealed / Pricing Sealed)
- Private Bid:
- No
Overview
Summary
The City of Chesapeake, Virginia is soliciting sealed proposals for the purpose of identifying an appropriate vendor to supply fiber asset management, conduit assets and mapping software to be used to document and manage existing and planned Chesapeake Connects Next-Generation-Network (NGN) Outside Plant (OSP), allowing the City of Chesapeake to accurately document the location and status of fiber assets within the City of Chesapeake.
Background
The City of Chesapeake VA (hereinafter "City") is deploying the Chesapeake Connects (C-C), a next-generation fiber and wireless network. The development and expansion of the City’s fiber network requires new software tools for the design and management of the fiber network infrastructure that is vital to supporting the day-to-day operations of the City, Schools, and Libraries.
The rapidly expanding use of fiber and the continuing innovation in design and best practices has created opportunities that require better ways for the City to standardize its approach toward fiber management.
There is a strong desire by City staff to utilize a more dynamic, centralized, GIS-based solution that incorporates real-time location of OSP assets. Acquiring and implementing modern GIS- based fiber optic network (and conduit) asset management software can provide process improvements and improved efficiency and effectiveness benefits well beyond current business practices.
It is anticipated that software can provide appreciable benefits including:
- Integrated system to document, plan, design, analyze and maintain the City’s fiber network and conduit system
- Centralized data storage for easy dissemination to other enterprise users
- Fiber network and conduit system data is accurate and up to date.
- Annotation and handhole diagrams are automatically updated as data changes; and
- Create revenue for accurate tracking of leased ducts, use the tracing queries to determine duct availability for new leases.
The fiber optics network asset management software will be implemented for the City of Chesapeake, to manage the OSP infrastructure. The system will contain information for splice boxes, conduit runs, and cables for multiple fiber optic systems across the city.
Applications will include tools to easily identify and access fiber optics detailed information, conduct proximity infrastructure buffer analyses, and generate what-if "scenarios" (e.g., alternate circuit routing, fiber build-out, etc.) to support decision analysis.
Fully implemented, asset management software will be used for efficient and effective management of assets, organizing daily interventions (e.g., work order fulfillment and outage management), managing leasable fiber optics conduits, and planning new fiber optics developments.