Lease of Antenna Space

The Real Property Office, 375th Civil Engineering Squadron, Scott AFB, Illinois, is conducting market research to identify firms interested in leasing sufficient space for installation of a small cell network, antenna space, and support equipment. The purpose of the lease is to design and install a neutral host Distributed Antenna System (DAS) for Scott AFB cellular users consisting of a central hub location linking a system of strategically placed outdoor antenna locations (or nodes) to provide carriers with coverage to specific areas within the base not adequately covered by existing macro-cell sites. Nodes will be, where possible, placed on street lights, utility poles or other approved existing vertical structures (i.e. buildings, Giant Voice tower, water tower, etc.). This notice is to determine commercial interest in entering into a lease for antenna space and support equipment to meet Scott AFB cellular improvement requirements. Summary of the outgrant terms and conditions: Lease period will be for a term of five (5) years. Cost of Property lease will be at a minimum equal to fair market value. Grantee must meet all conditions in the attached lease template (Attachment 1). Lease will be at no cost to the United States Air Force. Grantee will be responsible for all administrative associated lease costs. Grantee will also be responsible for all costs associated with conducting a fair market value appraisal and preparation of an environmental baseline survey. Scott AFB Cellular Improvement Requirements: To improve cellular coverage and capacity throughout the Scott AFB geographic area by means of adding outdoor macro antenna sites, or a network of spatially separated antenna nodes, connected to a head end facility via fiber optic transport medium. The antennas/nodes must meet FAA height restrictions and will be obscured, or be designed to match the appearance of the surrounding areas to the maximum extent possible. The system will be a neutral host venue, owned by an FCC licensed wireless carrier. The system will be multi-carrier capable and able to accommodate up to 4 wireless carriers. The system will provide high capacity Long-Term Evolution (LTE) throughput to wireless cellular users. It will be designed to provide 4 WAY multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) LTE signal strength of ?70dbm or better. The system will maximize usable voice and data coverage both outside and inside of base facilities. The system will be designed, constructed and operated at no cost to the United States Air Force or Federal Government. The approved system will adhere to facility excellence standards for aesthetics and be capable of supporting future cellular technology upgrades without the need for additional construction. The provider will agree to allow up to 3 additional FCC licensed carriers to utilize the system to transmit and receive those carriers' signals on a not-for-profit basis. Costs to access the system will be passed on to other participating FCC licensed wireless carriers, without markup, on a proportional basis. Those costs shall be limited to the cost to design, construct, maintain, update and operate the system. All proposed equipment must be submitted for review and approval by the 375th Communications Squadron, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron and 375th Air Mobility Wing Safety. Grantee will be responsible for all costs associated with an Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Analysis by the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Spectrum Organization Joint Spectrum Center. At the completion of the lease, grantor has complete discretion in granting a renewal and can consider, by way of example and not by way of limitation, the past practices of grantee on the Installation, the timeliness of grantee's request for renewal relative to requests by other entities for similar leases and the changing communications requirements of the government. Request interested parties submit a statement of capability, small cell network conceptual solution, and one or more past performance references demonstrating ability to meet Scott AFB Cellular Improvement Requirements as outlined above. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. The government will review information submitted in response to this RFI to determine interest and capability and may select a firm to prepare a formal proposal for the purpose of negotiating a lease agreement. The government will not reimburse costs of preparing responses to this RFI.