County emergency alert system update
The county of Riverside Emergency Management Department (EMD) told the newspaper the emergency siren alert system for the areas outside the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) is in the stage of requesting proposals from vendors.
IFPD has its siren at the station and hopes the siren will be up and working by the end of January.
The pandemic has been slowing down the process, Shane Reichardt, senior public information specialist for EMD, told the newspaper.
Reichardt did say the county has been answering any questions the vendors may have throughout the request for proposal (RFP) process.
The county is also still looking to expand WNKI across the mountain.
The estimated draft timeline for the project is below.
EMD Emergency Warning System for San Jacinto Mountains (FM08200010735)
Estimated Schedule:
• Prepare RFP advertisement process:
Start: 9/29/2020
Finish: 10/14/2020
• Outreach to potential firms/ven dors:
Start: 9/29/2020
Finish: 10/14/2020
• Issue RFP advertisement:
Start: 10/15/2020
Finish: 10/22/2020
• Close RFP advertisement:
Start: 10/29/2020
Finish: 10/29/2020
• Pre-proposal conference for firms responding to RFP prior to close:
Start:11/3/2020
Finish: 11/3/2020
• Proposal development period:
Start: 11/4/2020
Finish: 11/11/2020
• Proposal due date:
Start: 1/12/2020
Finish: 11/12/2020
• Proposal evaluation period:
Start: 11/12/2020
Finish: 11/26/2020
• Board approval process for select ed firm:
Start: 11/19/2020
Finish: 1/12/2021
• Award date:
Start: 1/13/2021
Finish: 1/13/2021
