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D. IT NETWORK SOLUTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 GENERAL
2.0 PRODUCTS
3.0 EXECUTION
3.1 Supervision
3.2 Workshop Drawings
3.3 Coordination
3.4 Cabling System Testing
3.5 Grounding and Bonding
3.6 Labeling
3.7 Warranty
3.8 Cabling System Acceptance
3.9 Final Inspection
3.10 Test Verification
3.11 Final Acceptance
3.12 Training
1.0 GENERAL
This section describes the basic requirements for the supply, installation, testing and
commissioning of fully functional IT system network for the project. This shall include
horizontal cabling & backbone fibre optic cabling for data/voice, CCTV, BMS, AV system
& other ELV system.
The system is to be supplied with all equipment, hardware, software, cabling and
ancillary services as required to provide an integrated system complete and functional in
all respects. The tenderers are to familiarize themselves with all matters related to such
requirement and to account for such in the tendered price.
It is the responsibility of the tenderer to obtain clarification of all matters in which doubt
exists as to the exact intent of this document or in which a conflict appears to have
arisen. Such information must be obtained before the closing and lodging of tenders.
The response shall clearly detail all pricing for components, cabling, installation,
engineering, training, commissioning, setting to work, and 12 months comprehensive
warranty.
1.2 Documentation
The following are the list of documentations required as minimum under this contract.
Material submittal shall be comprehensive and shall include the following as minimum
Schedule of all equipment with model number, names of manufacturers and country of
origin
Product data sheets highlighting the selected model of proposed equipment. Product
data sheets of all components shall be submitted.
Software provider's license agreement stating limits on use, copying, and transferring
software.
Lay out drawings complete with cable sizing, cable routing, containment sizing, location
of equipment, power requirements and data ports for system components, etc and
installation details of door hardware. Drawings shall also indicate requirements of access
panels, data, power etc.
Submit number of sets of final as-built drawings as indicated in the contract documents
including the above items marked up with labels of each component.
Descriptive data of all operating, user and application software including complete
operators manuals, programmer’s manuals, and alphanumeric point name convention
sheet.
Provide final documentation to serve the diverse needs of personnel concerned with
operation, procurement, installation and maintenance.
Shall include CV's of trainers, brief description of the installed system, preventive and
breakdown maintenance procedures and training mode.
Training agenda covering training mode, duration, number of trainees in each session
etc. shall be submitted at least three weeks prior to the training.
The manufacturer shall be ISO-9002 and ISO 9001 certified for Quality Assurance in
Production, Installation and Servicing.
The specialist shall obtain and submit a written undertaking from the manufacturer that
the spare parts of the system proposed will be made available upon request for at least
10 years from the date of substantial completion. In addition, the manufacturer shall
undertake to ensure forward compatibility of the proposed equipment for at least 15
years.
The SCS Contractor shall be eligible to requesting the manufacturer 25-Year system
Performance warranty on the Installed systems. Copy of a valid agreement or
certification letter shall be included in the tender documents.
Standards Description
ISO/IEC 11801:2002
Information technology - Generic cabling for customer premises
/ Amd 2:2010
ISO/IEC TR Information technology – Customer premises cabling for
24704:2004 wireless access points (WAP)
Information technology – Generic cabling – introduction to the
ISO/IEC 29106:2007
MICE environmental classification
Information technology – telecommunications cabling
ISO/IEC 29125:2010 requirements for remote powering of terminal equipment (PoE –
End)
Implementation and operation of customer premises cabling –
ISO/IEC 14763-2
Part 2: Planning and Installation
Information technology - Generic cabling systems - Part 1:
EN 50173-1:2011
General requirements
EN 50174-2:2009 + Information technology - Cabling installation - Part 2: Installation
A1:2011 planning and practices inside buildings
Installation technology. Cabling installation. Part 3: Installation
EN 50174-3:2003
planning and practices outside buildings
TIA-568-C.0 Adm 1 Generic telecommunications cabling for customer premises
Commercial building telecommunications cabling
TIA-568-C.1
Adm. 2 -General Updates
Balanced twisted-pair telecommunications cabling and
TIA-568-C.2
components
Optical fibre cabling components
TIA-568-C.3 Adm. 1 - Addition of OM4 Cabled Optical Fibre and array
connectors
Customer-owned outside plant telecommunication infrastructure
TIA-758
standard (TR-42.4)
Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications
TIA-569-B
Pathways and Spaces
Generic Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding (Earthing)
TIA-607-B
for customer premises
Administration standard for the commercial telecommunications
TIA-606-A
infrastructure
If a conflict exists between applicable documents, then the order in the list above shall
dictate the order of precedence in resolving conflicts. If this document and any of the
documents listed above are in conflict, then the more stringent requirement shall apply.
The structured cabling network specified under this section includes providing complete
IP solution connectivity and cabling required for data & voice, CCTV, BMS, AV system
etc. as per IT network schematics. Contractor to connect all proposed IDF racks in each
ELV room & building to the main network rack at server room in building B1.
Active equipment like switches, routers, WLAN controllers etc. required to achieve this
connectivity will be provided by the specialist employed by the client for ‘Ethernet LAN’.
The structured cabling network shall be based on single-manufacturer solution for the
STP Category 6A and Fiber Optic (FO) System systems.
The Category 6A and FO systems shall be backed by the manufacturer 25-Year System
performance warranty. The system warranty shall be facilitated by the SCS
CONTRACTOR and be established between the Manufacturer and the Customer.
The warranty will cover the components and labor associated with the
repair/replacement of any defective link within the warranty period, when the defect is a
valid warranty claim.
Structure cabling must be fully supported, contained and managed along its entire
length. Cabling must be routed and secured, fixed or positioned upon designated
‘Communication Containment’.
The SCS Contractor shall ensure the containment system is suitable and adequate
under the standards of this specification and against those set by the manufacture
company of the structure cabling system.
The Contractor shall consult the OOREDOO not less than one month before it is
proposed to commence work to ascertain whether any underground installations will
be affected by the proposed works, in which event the Contractor shall make all
necessary arrangements with OOREDOO to safe guard the installation.
The Contractor shall give at least one week’s notice in writing to OOREDOO of the
dates upon which it is intended to operate plant or equipment or carryout work for
which permission has been given in writing by OOREDOO; such operations of work
shall only be carried out in the presence of OOREDOO unless notice shall be
obtained in writing from OOREDOO that they do not require to be present.
OOREDOO may require work to be executed on the reinstallations during the period
of the Contract; the Contractor shall afford all facilities to OOREDOO’s contractors or
workmen until their diversion work is complete. The Contractor shall co-ordinate the
work of OOREDOO and his own activities and when necessary shall amend his
2.0 PRODUCTS
All components of the proposed system shall be from one of the approved
manufacturers. In the event of unavoidable use of a third party product, the base
manufacturer shall undertake the responsibility for the same and include the said third
party component in the 20 year certification.
2.4 Faceplate
Drywall faceplates are to be white plastic and flush mounted. Faceplate shall be UK size
standard single gang 1 or 2-Port angled with shutters, or double gang 3 or 4-port angles
with shutters.
2.5 Back Boxes
These shall be supplied by others. Back boxes should be UK size standard, and of a
sufficient depth of 2 inches minimum as to allow the jack and terminated cable to be
installed, without exceeding the manufacturers recommended cable bend radius.
The floor box shall provide sufficient depth of 2 inches minimum as to allow the jack
and terminated cable to be installed, without exceeding the manufacturers recommended
cable bend radius.
Floor box shall support minimum of 2 jacks and 2 power sockets.
Patch panel shall be cross connect intelligent smart type. Patch panels shall comply with
the following minimum specification.
The modular patch panel shall be choice of an installation that is fully intelligent or
“intelligent ready” for future upgrades. The modular patch panel design shall
accommodate copper RJ45 jack modules. The front of the panel shall include multi-
colored LEDs located above each port that indicate the connectivity status, as well as
multi-functional push buttons (when intelligence modules have been connected) for
diagnostic and configuration navigation. The panel shall offer a “common” method for
labeling in compliance with TIA/EIA 606-A-1 labeling standards.
Shall support fully intelligent interconnect and cross-connect architectures
Accommodates intelligence modules on the back of the panel that utilize no
Support visual guidance (such as LEDs) for patch cord tracing and
Move/Add/Change (MAC) orders
Mount to standard EIA 19" rack or 23" racks with optional extender bracket
Accepts pre-terminated cassette and jack Module Modules
Accepts 9th Pin patch cord
Shall have Life time product warranty
Fiber optic backbone shall be provided to connect the IDF rack in each ELV room/
building to the network rack at server room at building B1.
It is the SCS responsibility to ensure that all FO backbone links are correctly polarized in
order to have a transmit fiber at one end connected to a receive fiber at the other end of
a Link.
The performance of the installed fibre optic cable plant shall support bandwidth-intensive
applications including 1Gbit/s through 10Gbit/s and beyond as defined in IEEE 802.3z,
802.3ae, 802.3aq and 802.3ak Standards.
Intelligent Fiber optic patch shall meet with the following minimum specification.
Provides ready real-time physical layer management to the fiber channels in the
network
An easily-accessible future integrated mechanism for mounting intelligent module
simplifies installation and maintenance
Enhances usability and maintainability through an enclosure and drawer design that
allows for easy access to the fiber connectivity
An easily-accessible integrated mechanism for mounting a Management module
simplifies installation and maintenance
Support fully intelligent interconnect and cross-connect architectures
Accommodates intelligence modules in the back of the patch panel that utilize no
additional rack space (zero RU)
Support visual guidance (such as LEDs) for patch cord tracing and
Move/Add/Change (MAC) orders
Provides the capability to map and monitor the fiber channels to efficiently manage
resources and substantially reduce network operations cost
Provides the capability to automate network documentation and maintenance
procedures for the physical layer, which in turn supports improved reliability, security,
and increased overall network management efficiency
Accepts 9th Pin technology patch cord
Installable in a 19" standard TIA/EIA rack or cabinet utilizing 1RU of space
2.11 Splices
Splices shall be retained within a protective sleeve by either friction or adhesive bonds
to the optical fibre and additional strain relief for the completed joint shall be provided.
All splice, joints and their strain relief shall be fixed within the optical fibre management
system of the enclosure. The insertion loss through any splice shall not be greater than
0.15dB.
2.12 Pigtails
Fibre optic pigtails shall be made from the same fibre type as the fixed cabling. Pigtails
shall be kept slack when the cable is terminated.
The panel manager shall attach directly to the back of Intelligent Patch Panel (via a
mounting bracket) to provide physical infrastructure management functionality to
Intelligent Patch Panels Eliminates the need for additional rack space.
Panel Manager Installations shall also require the installation of an include interface
module to the front of Intelligent Patch Panels for local configuration and user
navigation.
Panel Manager Intelligence Modules shall enable the Intelligent Patch Panels to
sense connections and disconnections from each port and relay status information to
the Physical Infrastructure Manage Software Platform database. The intelligence
modules also shall accept trace mode and MAC commands to provide guidance via
the Interface Unit and Patch Panel LEDs.
Shall Enables quick addition, removal, or replacement of intelligence modules to add
management capabilities
Interface unit Snaps into the front of the Intelligent Patch Panel to enable patch cord
tracing and diagnostic navigation using multi-function push buttons and LED’s,
improving speed and accuracy of maintenance and troubleshooting
Supports both cross-connect or interconnect installations
The panel manager module shall provide networking interface, power connection and
expansion port connections, the expansion module receives all power and data
signals from the panel manager through the expansion port.
All data patch panels – copper and fiber shall be housed in 19” equipment cabinet
complete with glass front lockable door with provision for air circulation, Steel rear
door, Jacking Feet, and with horizontal cable managers and 2 Vertical cable
managers. The cabinet shall be of standard size, as mentioned in the schematics.
The floor-mount cabinet shall be supplied with 4-fan module (or 2x 2-fan modules).
The cabinet shall be supplied with castor group and 6 way power distribution frame.
It is the requirement of The Client that Intelligent PDU’s be installed within each
Equipment Rack or Server Rack.
Select the appropriate iPDU according to the size and load bearing requirements, and
pay particular attention to the required equipment termination plugs.
3.0 EXECUTION
3.1 Supervision
All works associated with implementation of the IT network system shall be carried out
under the direct supervision of a representative of the approved specialist systems
integrator. Installations shall be carried out by skilled technicians.
Detailed engineering shall be the carried out by a factory trained engineer working with
the approved specialist systems integrator. Workshop drawings shall detail all cable
types, conduits, back box/power requirements, mounting details etc. Workshop
drawings submitted for THE ENGINEER approval shall be duly signed and stamped by
the specialist systems integrator. Detailed system schematic diagram showing cable
sizes and types, exact locations of devices, server, workstations etc. shall be
submitted along with the workshop drawings. Detailed lay out of the modified existing
telecom room with all equipment’s and furniture shall be submitted separately for THE
ENGINEER approval.
3.3 Coordination
The supervisor of installation shall be fully responsible for coordination with specialist’s
integrators of other systems to which the system has an interface or integration.
All cables and termination hardware shall be 100% tested by the SCS CONTRACTOR
for defects in installation and to verify cable performance under installed conditions.
All conductors of each installed cable shall be verified useable by the SCS
CONTRACTOR prior to system acceptance. Any defect in the cabling system
installation including but not limited to cable, connectors, feed-through couplers, patch
panels, and connector blocks shall be repaired or replaced in order to ensure 100%
useable conductors in all cables installed. All cables shall be tested in accordance
with this document and best industry practices. If any of these are in conflict, the SCS
CONTRACTOR shall be responsible to bring any discrepancies to the attention of the
project team for clarification and/or resolution.
Horizontal Copper Links shall be performance verified using cable analyzer. Test
results shall be automatically evaluated by the equipment, using the most up-to-date
criteria from the ANSI/TIA/EIA –568-B.2.10 or ISO/IEC11801 for Class Ea Standard,
Horizontal link shall be performance verified using an automated test set. This test set
shall be capable of testing for the continuity and length parameters defined above, and
provide results for the following tests:
a. Length
b. Continuity
c. Near End Cross-Talk (NEXT)
d. Attenuation
e. Attenuation to Cross-Talk Ratio (ACR)
f. Power Sum NEXT
g. Power Sum ELFEXT
h. Return Loss
i. Propagation Delay and Skew
j. AXT (Alien Cross Talk) testing is optional for the F/FTP cable.
Test results shall be automatically evaluated by the equipment, using the most up-to-
date criteria from the ANSI/TIA/EIA –568-B.2.10 or ISO/IEC11801 for Class Ea
Standard, and the result shown as pass/fail. Test results shall be printed directly from
the test unit or from a download file using an application from the test equipment
manufacturer. The printed test results shall include all tests performed, the expected
test result and the actual test result achieved
Backbone, horizontal and centralized links shall be tested at the appropriate operating
wavelengths for anomalies and to ensure uniformity of cable attenuation and
connector insertion loss.
a. Each fibre link and channel shall be tested in both directions wavelengths
b. A launch cable shall be installed between the OTDR and the first link connection.
c. A tail cable shall be installed after the last link connection.
d. The length of each fibre shall be recorded.
All racks, metallic backboards, cable sheaths, metallic strength members, splice
cases, cable trays, etc. entering or residing shall be grounded to the respective TGB or
TMGB using a minimum #6 AWG (4.1mm) stranded copper bonding conductor and
compression connectors. Where metallic panels attached to the rack to not have
sufficient metal to metal contact to provide an adequate path to ground, they shall be
bonded to the rack using a minimum #14 AWG (1.6mm) copper conductor. The
copper conductor size shall be upgraded based on the largest power conductor
feeding any rack mount equipment. The conductor shall be continuous; attaching all
isolated components in a daisy chain fashion from top to bottom and bonded to the
rack using an appropriate compression connector.
All wires used for telecommunications grounding purposes shall be identified with a
green insulation. Non-insulated wires shall be identified at each termination point with
a wrap of green tape. All cables and bus bars shall be identified and labelled in
accordance with the System Documentation Section of this specification.
The TBB shall adhere to the recommendations of the IEC 60364 and ISO/IEC 14763-2
standards, and shall be installed in accordance with best industry practices. A
licensed electrical contractor shall perform installation and termination of the main
bonding conductor to the building service entrance ground, at a minimum.
3.6 Labeling
The SCS CONTRACTOR shall develop and submit for approval a labeling system for
the cable installation. The Customer will negotiate an appropriate labeling scheme
with the successful SCS CONTRACTOR. At a minimum, the labeling system shall
clearly identify all components of the system: racks, cables, panels and outlets. Racks
and patch panels shall be labeled to identify the location within the cabling system
infrastructure. All labeling information shall be recorded on the as-built drawings and
all test documents shall reflect the appropriate labeling scheme.
All label printing will be machine generated using indelible ink ribbons or cartridges.
Self-laminating labels will be used on cable jackets, appropriately sized to the OD of
3.7 Warranty
The SCS CONTRACTOR shall facilitate the 25-year Cat6A System Performance
warranty and FO cable 25-Year Component warranty between the manufacturer and
the Customer. Horizontal links shall be warranted against the link performance
minimum expected results defined in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10 or ISO/IEC11801 latest
edition Class Ea. Fiber optic cable shall be warranted against the performance
minimum expected results defined in TIA/EIA-568-B.1.
The Customer’s Technical Representative will make periodic inspection of the project
in progress. One inspection will be performed at the conclusion of cable pulling, prior
to closing of the false ceiling, to inspect the method of cable routing and support. A
second inspection will be performed at completion of cable termination to validate that
cables were dressed and terminated in accordance with ANSI/TIA/EIA or ISO/IEC
100801 specifications for jacket removal and pair untwist, compliance with
manufacturer’s minimum bend radius, and that cable ends are dressed neatly and
orderly.
Upon completion of the project, The Customer’s Technical Representative will perform
a final inspection of the installed cabling system with the SCS CONTRACTOR’s
Project Foreman. The final inspection will be performed to validate that all horizontal
and backbone cables were installed as defined in the drawing package, and that the
installation meets the aesthetic expectations of the Customer.
Upon receipt of the test documentation, The Customer reserves the right to perform
spot testing of a representative sample of the cabling system to validate test results
provided in the test document. Customer testing will use the same method employed
by the SCS CONTRACTOR, and minor variations will be allowed to account for
differences in test equipment. If significant discrepancies are found, the SCS
contractor will be notified for resolution.
Completion of: the installation; in-progress and final inspections; receipt of the test and
as-built documentation will constitute acceptance of the system.
3.12 Training
If required, the SCS CONTRACTOR will provide training for Customer’s qualified staff
to ensure knowledge transfer regarding the usage of the cabling infrastructure. The
SCS CONTRACTOR shall provide minimum of 12 hours training to the Customer
appropriate staff to explain and orient the staff on how to use and maintain the cabling
plant