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$2.74 Million Contract Awarded for Replacement of Wyoming Area Office Microwave Communications System
Media Contact:
John Lawson, 307-261-5671
Mark Andersen, 406-247-7609
For Release: March 09, 2006
Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys announced the award of a $2.74 million contract for the replacement of the Wyoming Area Office microwave communications system. The contract was awarded to Alcatel USA Marketing, Inc., Plano, Texas, under the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule.
The system is the primary communications medium for the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system that operates fourteen Reclamation powerplants and associated facilities in Reclamation's Great Plains Region in Wyoming and Montana. The system also carries voice and data communications to many of these remote power facilities that do not have access to commercial voice and data communications systems.
The existing microwave communications system was placed in operation over 20 years ago and is in need of a system-wide replacement to avoid failure of this critical resource and the SCADA system it supports. In addition, installation of the new system will satisfy a mandatory requirement for discontinued federal government use of the 2 GHz microwave frequency range to accommodate non-federal use of this frequency.
This contract will be awarded through the use of direct funding provided by Reclamation's power customers.
For additional information please contact John Lawson, Area Manager of Reclamation's Wyoming Area Office, at 307-261-5671.
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