Statement of Work

This document is posted for information only. Proposals are past due.

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Project to Demonstrate and Evaluate New Public Alerting Technologies

1. Objective

The objective of this project is to produce evaluation and demonstration reports on a diversity of new public alerting products or technologies and share public alerting information with Emergency Measures Organizations at all levels of government.

2. Background

Public alerting is primarily the responsibility of public officials authorized to give public direction in emergencies under municipal by-laws and provincial or federal legislative authority. The majority of emergency events occur at the local level and impact upon localized populations.

Public alerting systems are needed to quickly alert the population at risk of an imminent danger(s) however they should minimize overlap into areas not at risk. They need to be secure, reliable and accessible only by those with established authority and accountability. A diversity of methods are needed to disseminate timely alerts to the maximum number of people at risk including those with special needs.

Industry Canada is the Technical Authority. Under the 1995 Federal Policy for Emergencies, Industry Canada has the lead for coordinating the provision of an emergency broadcasting service, based on the facilities and services of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Environment Canada and, as required, privately owned networks and stations. Industry Canada has working relationships with the telecommunications and broadcast industry and other federal government departments interested in public alerting.

3. Scope

Industry Canada is inviting organizations from all levels of government interested in public alerting to submit unique proposals for the demonstration and evaluation of a new public alerting technologies or products. Industry Canada is looking for a diversity of unique proposals. Proposals should consider a technology or product that may be used to provide both all hazard and severe weather warnings.

4. Travel

Cost for travel will be included in the total dollar amount of the proposal.

5. Constraints

Other municipalities and provinces may be interested by your projects and/or may wish to visit demonstration sites. Participants are asked to be ready to share information with other municipalities, provinces and federal departments or agencies, which may take place before, during and/or after the evaluation.

In case of a municipality submitting a proposal, the municipality must include a letter of support from the provincial government with its proposal.

6. Requirements / Deliverables

Deliverables will consist of evaluation reports or comparative studies on the tested public alerting technologies or products. Final reports will be shared with government organizations at all levels of government.

Deliverables must consist of several of the following items and may contain other items.

1. Detailed plan describing
   1. management of the project
   2. schedule of events
   3. evaluation plan
2. Interim Reports
   1. interim evaluation report
   2. interim technical or field trial report
   3. interim comparative studies
   4. identify operational or policy issues
3. Final Reports:
   1. evaluation of the effectiveness of the public alerting technology or product,
   2. technical or field trial report
   3. description of related problems and / or issues
   4. evaluation of future implementation (scalability and costs implement )
   5. evaluation on the impact on existing infrastructure, such as telephone, cable, radio, or broadcasting networks if applicable
   6. evaluate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and reporting function if applicable

7. Schedule

Demonstration or evaluation projects may begin in December 2002 or later and may carry over to 2003.

8. Projects' value

The maximum dollar value for each proposal does not exceed $200,000.

9. Evaluation and Selection of Proposals

Industry Canada-led evaluation team will evaluate proposals according to the point rating found in Annex A. Should Industry Canada receive similar proposals, it will select the proposal which scores the highest point rating. Therefore , it is possible that not all proposals will be accepted under this initiative.

10. Submitting proposals

Please complete the Proposal Guide called "Proposals for the Demonstration and Evaluation of New Public Alerting Technologies or Products"

Interested parties must send their proposals to:

Industry Canada
Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulatory Branch
Public Alerting Initiative Group
300 Slater, 14th Floor, Room 1490D
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0C8