The Alberta First Responders Radio Communications System (AFRRCS) is a province wide two-way radio network used by public safety first responder agencies (police, fire, ambulance, etc.). The purpose of AFRRCS is to provide first responder agencies with the same network to communicate with one another and improve coordination amongst agencies.

The Government of Alberta Multi-Departmental Mobile Radio System (MDMRS) and RCMP Province of Alberta Communications System (PACS) will be replaced by AFRRCS.

RFP Update, January 2010

The AFRRCS Project Team is pleased to report that the AFRRCS modified request for proposals (RFP #138PC-66) closed on January 15th 2010. The modified RFP process was used because vendors’ submissions were determined to be non-compliant with all Alberta’s first responders mandatory requirements set out in the RFP. Over the next months, the GoA will re-engage members from the first responder community to form an evaluation team to evaluate the vendor proposals and to recommend the preferred vendor.

The next steps are as follows:

1) Service Alberta Procurement Services will review the vendor proposals for compliance with the administrative requirements;

2) Members of the Evaluation Team will screen vendor proposals to ensure compliance with all the mandatory requirements;

3) Members of the Evaluation Team will score vendor proposals to the desirable provisions;

4) Members of the Evaluation Team will identify the preferred vendor proposal and prepare a recommendation to Solicitor General and Public Security with the successful vendor selection.

Following the vendor selection and award, construction will commence in the summer of 2010.

The GoA remains committed to the primary goal of first responder safety and the safety of all Albertans.