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Contract awarded for Distribution contract for fm operations lot-0001, title: distribution contract fm operations, description: the distribution contract fm operations includes: the construction, operation, monitoring, and maintenance of 5 national fm networks and accessories. the operation of these fm networks includes the following aspects: o fm transmission installations, with redundancy mechanisms; o stereo and rds multiplexing; o rds data routing and distribution; o transmission network for connecting transmission locations with the locations where vrt offers the audio and data signals; o pylons and antenna installations with accompanying filters/combiners for 6 secondary sites (antwerp, brussels, brussegem, diest, ghent, and sint-niklaas); o facility framework necessary for operations (housing of installations, power supplies, hvac, access control, network infrastructure, ...); o monitoring, maintenance, and incident handling. vrt has 32 fm frequencies in flanders and brussels, spread over 11 transmission points. these frequencies create national fm coverage for 5 radio programs, with transmission installations at the following locations: 1. radio 1: egem, genk, schoten, sint-pieters-leeuw, and leuven; 2. radio 2: egem, genk, schoten, sint-pieters-leeuw, and leuven; supplemented with fm transmitters with aalst/dendermonde, diest, and sint-niklaas as service areas; 3. klara: egem, genk, schoten, and sint-pieters-leeuw; supplemented with an fm transmitter with antwerp as a service area; 4. studio brussel: egem, genk, schoten, sint-pieters-leeuw, and leuven; supplemented with an fm transmitter with ghent as a service area; 5. mnm: egem, genk, schoten, sint-pieters-leeuw, and leuven; supplemented with an fm transmitter with brussels as a service area; the radio 2 network broadcasts differentiated programming for a number of hours per day. during this 'decoupling', the frequencies of the radio 2 network are regrouped per province via rds. where vrt provides the dynamic data, the network operator will be responsible for static rds data and for correctly distributing this data. estimated value excluding vat: 18000000.00 eur.Distribution contract for fm operations
