Section V.

Schedule of Requirements
 List of Goods and Related Services

The purpose of the List of Goods and Related Services (LGRS) is to briefly describe and
specify the quantities of each of the Goods and Related Services that the Purchaser requires
the Bidder to include in its Bid. As a part of the SR, the LGRS constitutes a Contract
document and, therefore, it is a part of the Contract. The Purchaser must prepare the LGRS
and include it as a part of the SR.

Design, Supply and Delivery of Good List:

S. N. Name of Goods or Related Services Unit Qty.

1 Telecommunication Equipment’s
1.1 SDH Equipment (STM -4 up to 3 MSP Protected directions)
Base Equipment (Common cards, Cross Connect/control
cards, optical base cards, power supply cards, power
(i) cabling, other hardware and accessories including sub Nos. 1
racks, patch cord, DDF etc. fully equipped excluding (ii) &
(iii) below
(ii) Optical Interface Cards/SFP
(a) S4.1 SFP Nos. 8
(iii) Tributary cards
(a) E1 Interface card (Min. 8 Interfaces per card) (75 ohm) Set 1
Fast -Ethernet Interface 10/100 Mbps Base T with Layer-2
(b) Nos. 2
switching (Min. 4 Interfaces per card)
1.2 Equipment Cabinet No. 1
VOIP telephone instrument with one common POE+
1.3 Nos. 3
switch
(min.Barhabise
1.4 For 8 port) Substation 400/220kV : Existing
Equipment
i) STM Card(4XSTM-4/16 CC Card (Hit7025)) Nos. 2
Manufacturer : Infenerra / coriant earlier Nokia SEIMENS
1.5 Tool Kit (Laptop with operational software & data Set 1
cables)
Factory Acceptance Test ( Manufacturer’s premises 2
person) for 4 days and Training for 3 Personnel
1.6 (Employer) for 7 days at MBKHEP Premises including Lot 1
the cost for Transportation, Logistics and per diem. The
per diem allowance shall be USD 150 per day per person
for Manufacturer’s premises and USD 50 per day per
person for MBKHEP Premises.
.
 Installation, Testing and Commissioning work of supplies goods:

Delivery and Completion Schedule

Delivery shall take place in compliance with the dates, duration, and locations
indicated below:

Final Delivery
S.N. Name of Goods or Related Services Unit Qty
Destination Date
1 Telecommunication Equipment’s - -
SDH Equipment (STM -4 upto 3 MSP Protected
1.1 - -
directions)
Base Equipment (Common cards, Cross
Connect/control cards, optical base cards, power
supply cards, power cabling, other hardware and
(i) accessories including sub racks, patch cord, DDF Nos. 1
etc. fully equipped excluding (ii) & (iii) below
Middle 90 days
(ii) Optical Interface Cards/SFP - - Bhotekoshi from
Hydroelectric date of
(a) S4.1 SFP Nos. 8
Project (102) Contract
(iii) Tributary cards - -
MW Signing.
E1 Interface card (Min. 8 Interfaces per card)(75
(a) Set 1
ohm)
Fast -Ethernet Interface 10/100 Mbps
(b) Base T with Layer-2 switching (Min. 4 Interfaces Nos. 2
per card)
1.2 Equipment Cabinet No. 1
VOIP telephone instrument with one common
1.3 Nos. 3
POE+ switch
1.4 For Barhabise Substation 400/220kV : Existing
Equipment Barhabise
i) STM Card(4XSTM-4/16 CC Card (Hit7025)) Nos. 2 substation of
Manufacturer : Infenerra / coriant earlier Nokia NEA
1.5 SEIMENS
Tool Kit (Laptop with operational software & Set 1 MBKHEP
data cables)
Factory Acceptance Test ( Manufacturer’s premises
2 person) and Training for 3 Personnel (Employer)
1.6 for 7 days at MBKHEP Premises including the cost Lot 1
for Transportation, Logistics and per diem. The per
diem allowance shall be USD 150 per day per
person for manufacturer’s premises and USD 50
per day per person for MBKHEP Premises.
1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

FIBER OPTIC BASED COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTS

1.1 Introduction, General Information and General Requirement

This document describes the technical specifications for Communication Equipment which
includes Fiber Optic Terminal Equipment for establishment of Fiber Optic Communication
System under the contract. This specification describes the functional and performance
requirements of the system.

1.1.1 Scope and General Requirements

The broad scope of the procurement of this part include the survey, planning, design,
engineering, supply, transportation, insurance, delivery at site, unloading, handling,
storage, installation, termination, testing, training, and demonstration for acceptance,
commissioning and documentation for:
i. The communication equipment’s shall have SDH features with STM – 4
MADM upto 3 MSP Protected directions along with suitable optical line
interfaces & tributary cards.
ii. Local Craft Terminal (Laptop) with full operational programming software
and data cables.
iii. All cabling, wiring, Digital Distribution Frame patch facilities, equipment
MDF's and interconnections to the supplied equipment at the defined
interfaces.
iv. MDF & DDF cross connects required to route and activate circuits.
v. System integration of the supplied subsystems and also integration with
existing communication equipment such as SDH, MUX etc.
vi. System integration of the supplied equipment’s (termination equipment
system) with existing equipment’s for seamless transmission of
communication channel
vii. Integration of supplied system with the User equipment’s such as RTU/SASs,
SCALA 250 System etc.
viii. Maintenance of the supplied system for 3 Years.
ix. All other associated works/items described in the technical specifications for a
viable and fully functional communication network.

1.1.2 General Requirements

The Contractor is encouraged to offer standard products and designs. However, the
Contractor must conform to the requirements and provide any special equipment necessary to
meet the requirements stated herein.

It should be noted that preliminary design information and bill of quantity (BOQ) specified in
this specifications are indicative only. The Contractor shall verify the design data during the
site surveys & detail engineering and finalize the BOQ as required for ultimate design &
system performance.
The Bidder's proposal shall address all functional and performance requirements within this
specification and shall include sufficient information and supporting documentation in order
to determine compliance with this specification without further necessity for inquiries.

An analysis of the functional and performance requirements of this specification and site
surveys, design and engineering may lead the Contractor to conclude that additional items
are required that are not specifically mentioned in this specification. The Contractor shall be
responsible for providing at no added cost to the Employer, all such additional items and
services such that a viable and fully functional communication equipment system is
implemented that meets or exceeds the capacity, and performance requirements specified.
Such materials and services shall be considered to be within the scope of the contract. To the
extent possible, the Bidders shall identify and include all such additional items and services
in their proposal.

All equipment provided shall be designed to interface with existing equipment and shall be
capable of supporting all present requirements and spare capacity requirement identified in
this specification.

The communication equipment shall be designed and provisioned for expansions and
reconfigurations without impairing normal operation, including adding and removing circuits.
The offered items shall be designed to operate in varying environments. Adequate measures
shall be taken to provide protection against rodents, contaminants, pollutants, water &
moisture, lightning & short circuit, vibration and electro-magnetic interference etc.

The Bidders are advised to visit sites (at their own expense), prior to the submission of a
proposal, and make surveys and assessments as deemed necessary for proposal submission.
The successful bidder (Contractor) is required to visit all sites. The site visits after contract
award shall include all necessary surveys to allow the contractor to perform the design and
implementation functions. The Contractor shall inform their site survey schedule to the
Employer well in advance. The site survey schedule shall be finalized in consultation with the
Employer. The Employer may be associated with the Contractor during their site survey
activities.

After the site survey, the Contractor shall submit to the Employer a survey report on each link
and site. This report shall include at least the following items:

I) Proposed layout of Equipment in the existing rooms and buildings.

II) Proposed routing of power, earthing, signal cables and patch cords etc.
III) Confirmation of adequacy of Space and AC/DC Power supply requirements
IV) Identification of facility modifications if required
V) Identify all the additional items required for integration for each site/location.

1.1.2.1 Synchronization of the Communication Network

The Contractor shall be responsible for synchronization of new communication equipment
with existing network utilizing the existing clock. The Contractor shall make an assessment
of additional clock requirement for synchronization of the communication equipment
1.1.2.2 Contractor's Responsibilities and Obligations
The Contractor shall be responsible for all cables and wiring associated with the equipment
provided, both inside and outside buildings in accordance with technical specifications. The
Contractor shall also be responsible for determining the adequacy of the local power source
for the equipment and for wiring to it, with adequate circuit protective breakers. In addition,
the Contractor shall be responsible for shielding equipment and cabling to eliminate potential
interference to or from the equipment, and for earthing all cabinets and shields.

Contractor's obligations include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Site visits, and surveys, necessary to identify and provide all equipment needed to
implementation the network.
(2) Equipment Engineering and design specific to each location including review of, and
conformance with local environmental and earthing considerations.
(3) Overall integration of communication equipment/subsystem procured in present and
existing network.
(4) All cabling, wiring including supply, laying and termination of the cables, and
distribution frame at wideband nodes required for full interconnectivity and proper
operation of the telecommunications network including equipment supplied under this
package and the connectivity and interfacing of user equipment.
(5) Installation and integration of network management software, hardware and firmware
(as applicable).
(5) Project management, project scheduling, including periodic project reports documenting
progress, review meeting during the contract period.
(7) Engineering and technical assistance during the contract and warranty period.
(8) Implement all minor civil works and identify any major civil works i.e. expansion or
construction of rooms, trenches necessary for installation of proposed equipment and
provide the details of such work to the Employer.
(9) Factory and site testing of all hardware, software, and firmware provided.
(10) Provide documented evidence of satisfactory Type Test performance to the Employer and
if required by The Employer, conduct type test.
(11) Provide a Quality Assurance Plan, ensuring the Employer access to the manufacturing
process.
(12) Training for the Employer personnel.
(13) Hardware, software, and firmware maintenance, debugging, and support of the equipment
through final acceptance, and maintenance on all new equipment throughout the warranty
period.
(14) Availability of service, spare and expansion parts for the supplied items for the designed
life of the equipment or seven (7) years after the declaration of withdrawal of equipment
from production, whichever is earlier? However, the termination of production shall not
occur prior to Operational Acceptance of the system by the Employer. Detailed
descriptions of the Contractor’s obligations, in relation to individual items and Services
offered, are delineated in other sections of this specification.
 1.1.2.3 The Employer Responsibilities and Obligations
The Employer will provide the following items and services as part of this Project:

(1) Overall project management of the project

(2) Review and approval of the Contractor’s designs, drawings and recommendations.
(3) Review and approval of test procedures.
(4) Participation in and approval of "Type", factory and site acceptance tests where testing is
required.
(5) Review and approval of training plans.
(6) Providing support and access to facilities at the sites.
(7) Implement the major civil works such as expansions or construction of rooms, trenches
etc. as required for the equipment to be provided by the Contractor.
(8) Coordination of the Contractor's activities with the Employer's and constituents'
concerned departments.
(9) Provide to the extent possible drawings for existing sites and facilities for which
equipment installations are planned.
(10) Approval of the key personnel for the project

1.1.3 Applicable Standards

The following standards and codes shall be generally applicable to the equipment and works
supplied under this Contract:

(i) IEEE 802.3

(ii) ITU-T/CCITT Recommendations, G.652, G.701, G.702, G.703, G.711/ 12/ 14/ 35/
36, G.721, G.742, G.811 and G.823
(iii) ITU-T/CCITT Recommendations, G.801, G.821, G.822, G.823, G.826.
(iv) ITU-T/CCITT Recommendations of the V Series
(v) ITU-T/CCITT Recommendations R35, R37, and R38A (or R38B)
(vi) ITU-T/CCITT Recommendations M3010, G771
(vii) Internet Activities Board, RFC-1157 (SNMP)
(viii) International Electro Technical Commission standards, IEC801-2/3/4/5, IEC-255-4,
IEC-255-5, IEC-870-2-1, IEC-721-3-3, IEC-529.
(ix) International Electro Technical Commission standards, IEC 1000-4-xx series.
(x) IEC publication 68, 68-2-2, 68-2-3, 68-2-14, 68-2-27, 68-2-32.
(xi) ITU-T/CCITT Recommendations K.11, K.17, K.20.
(xii) International CISPR standards
Specifications and codes shall be the latest version, inclusive of revisions, which are in force
at the date of the contract award. Where new specifications, codes, and revisions are issued
during the period of the contract, the Contractor shall attempt to comply with such, provided
that no additional expenses are charged to the Employer without Employer's written consent.

In the event the Contractor offers to supply material and/or equipment in compliance to any
standard other than Standards listed herein, the Contractor shall include with their proposal,
full salient characteristics of the new standard for comparison.

In case values indicated for certain parameters in the specifications are more stringent
than
Those specified by the standards, the specification shall override the Standards.
1.2 Network Configuration and Equipment Characteristics
1.2.1 Introduction
This section describes the Fiber Optic Communication network configuration and the
equipment characteristics for communication system to be installed under the project. The
sub-systems addressed within this section are:
1) Fiber Optic Transmission System (FOTS)
2) Termination Equipment Subsystems
3) MDF, DDF and Cabling

The requirements described herein are applicable to and in support of network requirements.
The equipment supplied shall support existing network for Power system operational
requirements.

The security related requirements of the equipment shall be as per relevant agency and shall
be followed/complied by the vendor.
The manufacturer shall allow the Employer and/or its designated agencies to inspect the
hardware, software, design, development, manufacturing, facility and supply chain and
subject all software to a security/threat check any time during the supplies of equipment.
The contractor shall ensure that the supplied equipment’s have been got tested as per relevant
contemporary International Security Standards e.g. IT and IT related elements against
ISO/IEC 15408 standards, for Information Security Management System against ISO
27000 se ries Standards , Telecom and Telecom related elements against 3GPP
security standards, 3GPP2 security standards etc. from any international agency/ labs of the
standards e.g. Common Criteria Labs in case of ISO/IEC 15408 standards. The certification
shall be got done from authorized and certified agency.
The Contractor shall also ensure that the equipment supplied has all the contemporary
security related features and features related to communication security as prescribed under
relevant security standards. A list of features, equipment’s, software etc. supplied and
implemented in the project shall be given for use by the Employer.
In case of any deliberate attempt for a security breach at the time of procurement or at a later
stage after deployment/installation of the equipment or during maintenance, liability and
criminal proceedings can be initiated against the Contractor as per guidelines of Government
of Nepal Rules and Regulations.

1.2.2 General Network Characteristics

1.2.2.1 Description

The Fiber optic network shall be based on Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) technology.
The network shall consist of overhead Fiber optic links with a minimum bit rate for SDH
shall be STM-4 (622 Mbps) as identified in the Price Schedule (BOQ). The Contractor
can propose a system based on higher bit rate systems and SFPs, if required, so as to meet the
link budget requirements or any other Specification requirement. The contractor can propose
sub-rack or a multiple sub-racks to accommodate total numbers of MSP protected direction
(1+1) of STM – 4 level. It is clearly mentioned in Price Schedule (BOQ) that the Fiber Optic
based communication equipment’s shall have 3 MSP protected. If the contractor proposed
multiple sub–rack, then the interconnection between such sub–racks in any bit rate. (not
less than above mentioned level) will not be considered as separate MSP protected directions.

1.2.2.2 Functional Requirement

The primary function of the communication network is to provide a highly reliable voice and
data communication system for grid operation in support of the SCADA/EMS/RTU/SASs.
The communications support requirement for SCADA/EMS/RTU/SASs system is for low &
high speed data, express voice circuits and administrative voice circuits as defined in
appendices. A brief summary of the communication system requirements is as follows:
a) High speed E1 channel
support
b) Data transport supporting Network Management
channels
c) The connectivity envisaged between RTU/SASs and Control Centre over TCP-IP
using
Ethernet interface.
d) Voice communication between different substations through IP based PABX
system.

1.2.2.3 General Systems Requirements

Required characteristics are defined and specified herein at the system level, subsystem level,
and equipment level.

1.2.2.3.1 System Synchronization

The Contractor shall synchronize the existing equipment and all the new equipment under the
contract using existing Master clock. In addition to GPS input reference, the synchronization
clock must have provision to take INPUT reference coming from other clock. The
contractor shall submit the synchronization plan as per standard ITU-T G.811. All sync
equipment proposed under this contract should meet ITU-T G.811 criterion. The holdover
quality of slave clock, if any, shall meet ITU-T G.812 standard requirements.
The Contractor shall provide system wide synchronization fully distributed throughout the
telecom network and connected to all equipment new & existing. The Contractor shall
submit the synchronization plan for the entire network meeting the requirement of ITU-T
G.803. The synchronization plan shall clearly indicate the requirement of additional clocks
with full justification.
The system equipment requiring “clock” shall be connected to the master clock using
external clocking. For this purpose, appropriate interfaces(s) in the transmission &
termination equipment being supplied and all other associated hardware shall be provided by
the Contractor.

1.2.2.3.2 System Maintainability

To facilitate performance trending, efficient diagnosis and corrective resolution, the system
shall permit in-service diagnostic testing to be executed both locally and from remote
locations, manually and/or initiated under TMN control (if provided). Such testing shall not
affect the functional operation of the system.

1.2.2.3.3 System Upgradeability and Expandability

Equipment supplied shall be sized (though not necessarily equipped) to support system/
subsystem expansion to full capacity as provided by specified aggregate transmission rates.
Equipment units provisioned for equipped subunits shall be terminated at appropriate
patching facilities or termination blocks. Power supplies shall be sized for maximum
equipped system capacity.

1.2.2.3.4 Equipment Availability

The calculated availability of each Fiber optic link (E1 to E1) shall be at least 99.999%. The
calculated availability is defined as the theoretical availability determined by a statistical
calculation based on the mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) and the mean-time-to-repair
(MTTR) of the components and subsystems comprising the FOTS. For this analysis, an
MTTR of at least 4 hours shall be assumed. The down time of the Fiber optic cable shall
not be considered in the aforesaid availability calculations. The calculated failure rates of
the units and the calculated availabilities of the equipment being offered shall be provided by
the Contractor during detailed engineering.

1.2.2.3.5 Revision Levels and Modifications

All hardware, firmware and software delivered as part of the communications network shall
be field proven and at the most of current revision level. All modifications and changes
necessary to meet this requirement shall be completed prior to the start of the factory tests or
under special circumstances, on written approval by Employer, prior to the completion of
SAT.

1.2.2.3.6 Equipment Capacities

Equipment supplied shall be sized and equipped with sufficient capacity to support BoQ and
configuration requirements as identified in the appendices. Each subsystem supplied shall be
sized (to be equipped as specified) to support full subsystem expansion.

1.2.2.3.7 Software Upgrades

The Contractor shall provide antivirus software along with all the computer
hardware/software which shall be upgraded periodically till the maintenance services contract
in the bid. Further, to meet all the specifications requirements during implementation and
maintenance, if upgrade in the hardware/software of supplied item is required, the same shall
be done by the contractor without any additional cost to the Employer.

1.2.2.3.8 General Site Considerations

In order to meet the link budget requirement, the Contractor shall provide all the necessary
equipment only in the end stations. The contractor may provide the optical amplifier, wave
length translator, optical cards or high capacity SDH equipment with suitable rack/sub rack to
meet the maximum distance limit. All the provided equipment’s shall be monitored /
managed by Craft Terminal.

1.2.2.3.9 Proposed Optical Fiber Characteristics

The link budget calculations and equipment design shall be based on the specified Fiber
parameters. The optical cables shall have Dual Window Single Mode (DWSM) Fibers
conforming to ITU-T Recommendations G.652D and the major parameters of these optical
Fiber(s) are defined in Table below.

Table 1: Optical Fiber Characteristics

Optical Fiber Characteristics

Fiber Description: Dual-Window Single-Mode (DWSM)

Mode Field Diameter: 8.6 to 9.5 μm (±0.6 µm)
Cladding Diameter: 125.0 μm + 1μm
Mode field Concentricity Error: < 0.6μm
Core-Clad concentricity error: < 1.0μm
Cladding non-circularity < 1%
Cable Cut off Wavelength: < 1260 nm
1550 loss performance As per G.652D
Proof Test Level 0.69 Gpa
Attenuation coefficient @1310nm < 0.35 dB/Km
@1550nm < 0.21 dB/Km

Attenuation variation with wavelength Attenuation coefficient @1310 ± 0.05 dB

1285 nm - 1330 nm Attenuation coefficient @1550 ± 0.05 dB
1525 nm – 1575 nm

Point discontinuities < 0.1dB

Chromatic Dispersion; Max.: 18.0 ps/(nm x km) @ 1550 nm
3.5 ps/(nm x km) @ 1288-1339nm
5.3 ps/(nm x km) @ 1271-1360nm

Zero Dispersion Wavelength: 1300 to 1324nm

Zero Dispersion Slope: 0.092 ps/(nm2xkm) maximum
Polarization mode dispersion coefficient < 0.2 ps/km^1/2

Temperature Dependence: Induced attenuation < 0.05 dB (-60 deg C -

+85 deg C)
Bend performance: @1310nm (75+2 mm dia Mandrel), 100 turns;
Attenuation rise 0.05 dB
@1550nm (30+1 mm dia Mandrel), 100 turns;
Attenuation rise 0.10 dB
@1550nm (32+0.5 mm dia Mandrel), 1 turn;
Attenuation rise 0.50 dB
1.2.2.4 Fiber Optic Link Lengths

The fiber optic route lengths are as specified. The lengths specified are the transmission line route
lengths; however, the actual fiber cable length shall exceed the route lengths on account of extra
cable requirement due to sag, jointing & splicing, approach cabling etc. For bidding purposes, the
Contractor may assume an additional cable length of 5% of given route length + .22 Km
towards approach cable for calculating the link length. The exact cable lengths shall be
determined by the Contractor during the survey. The same shall be used by the Contractor for
final link design during the detailed engineering of the project.

1.2.3 Fiber Optic Transmission System

The Fiber Optic Transmission System (FOTS) is defined herein to include ETSI digital
optical line termination equipment. The FOTS shall be based on SDH technology described in
section 7.2.2.1 which has minimum aggregate bit rate 622 Mbps i.e. STM-4 with 1 nos. of
minimum 8 port E1 interface card, 2 nos. of minimum 4 ports Fast Ethernet interface (IEEE
802.3/IEEE 802.3u) card supporting layer 2 switching as tributaries. The Ethernet interfaces shall
support VLAN (IEEE 802.1P/Q), spanning tree (IEEE 802.1D) quality of service. Protection
scheme for Ethernet traffic should be ERPS based (Ethernet ring protection scheme) as per ITU-T
G.8032. Such vendors which have no separate E1 and Fast Ethernet tributaries card, they shall
offer sufficient nos. of ports mentioned in attached Price Schedule (BOQ), but number of cards
should be fulfilled as mentioned above. The VOIP Telephone instrument (Set) shall be operated
through LAN cable only with the support POE+ switch and no additional power supply for VOIP
telephone set is accepted.
The Contractor shall provide (supply and install) connectorised jumpers (patch cords) for FODP-
to-equipment and equipment-to-equipment connection. Two number spare jumpers shall be
provided for each equipment connection. Fiber jumpers shall be of sufficient lengths as to
provide at least 0.5m of service loop when connected for their intended purpose.

The contractor shall provide Fiber Optic based Communication Equipment which has full
functionality mentioned above at Middle Bhotekoshi Hydroelectric Project (102) MW as per
scope of works.
It is the responsibility of contractor to design, supply and install the above mentioned optical
equipment’s in the respective places and integrate with existing communication equipment’s in
that regions. The adjoint Substation Middle Bhotekoshi Hydroelectric Project is Barhabise
400/220 kV substation. The Infenerra / Coriant(former SEIMENS) make hiT 7025 SDH
equipment is installed at above Substation. The Communication Equipment has SDH STM -4
level capacity. As per the present scope of works, the contractor can propose such
communication equipment which shall be integrated to existing Infenerra / Coriant (former
SEIMENS) make hiT 7025 at Barhabise Substation 400/220kV substation through optical fiber
in SDH STM – 4 levels. All the required SFP are mentioned in the Price Schedule (BOQ).

1.2.3.1 SDH Equipment

1.2.3.1.1 Functional Requirement

There is a requirement for different types of equipment under this project which are described in
this section. For the purpose of BOQ, the SDH type of communication Equipment is considered
to be divided in three parts i.e. Optical interface/SFP, Tributary Cards (Electrical tributaries such
as E1 & Fast Ethernet 10/100 Mbps) and Base Equipment (Consisting of Common Cards,
Control Cards, Optical base card, Power supply cards, sub-rack, cabinet, other hardware and
accessories required for installation of equipment i.e. everything besides optical interface/SFP
and tributary cards).
If bidder is offering equipment with multifunction cards such as cross-connect or control card
with optical interface/SFP or tributary interface, such type of multifunction card shall be
considered as Common control card and shall be the part of base equipment. In case optical
interface/SFP is embedded with control card, the adequate number of optical interface/SFPs
shall be offered to meet the redundancy requirements of the specifications.

The equipment shall be configurable either as Terminal Multiplexer (TM) as well as ADM
With software settings
only.

1.2.3.1.2 Redundancy and Protection

Two fiber rings shall be implemented wherever the network permits. On linear sections of the
network, protected links using 4 Fibers shall be implemented.

1.2.3.1.3 Service Channel

Service channels shall be provided as a function of the SDH equipment and shall be equipped
with Service Channel Muldems that shall provide at a minimum: One voice channel (order
wire) with IP interface and one data channel. Both omnibus and selective calling facilities
shall be provided.

1.2.3.1.4 Supervision and Alarms

ISM (In Service Monitoring) circuitry shall be provided as a function of the SDH equipment.
Local visual alarm indicators shall be provided on the equipment, as a rack summary alarm
panel. Alarms shall be as per ITU-T Standards G.774, G.783 and G.784. Additionally, F2/Q2
interfaces for a local craftsperson terminal interface and remote equipment monitoring is
required. The Equipment shall support collection of at least four (4) external alarms for
monitoring and control of station associated devices by the TMN.

1.2.3.1.5 Synchronization
The equipment shall provide synchronization as per Table 2 given below. One 2 MHz
synchronization output from each equipment shall be provided.

1.2.3.1.6 Electrical and Optical I/O Characteristics and General Parameters

Table below provides the electrical and optical characteristics as well as other general
parameters for SDH equipment.
 Table 2: Electrical and Optical Characteristics and General Parameters
Electrical and Optical I/O Characteristics and General Parameters

Optical Wavelength 1310/1550nm

Optical Source Laser

Optical Source Lifespan Better than 5 X105 hours

Optical Fiber Type G.652 D

Optical Connectors Type FC-PC

Transmission Quality Per ITU-T G.821, G.823, G.826

Source Primary Power -48 Vdc

Equipment Specifications Per ITU-T G.783

Tributary, Electrical Interface Per ITU-T G.703, 75 Ω

Ethernet Interface 10/100/1000 Mbps

SDH Bit Rates Per ITU-T G.703

Optical Interfaces Per ITU-T G.957, G.958

Frame and Multiplexing Structure for SDH Per ITU-T G.707

Synchronization Per ITU-T G.813

Management Functions Per ITU-T G.774, G.784

Protection Architectures Per ITU-T G.841

Built In Testing and Alarms Per ITU-T G.774, G.783, G.784

Optical wavelength shall be selected considering the characteristics of the optical Fiber
and the link budget.

Eye Safety for Laser Equipment: To avoid eye damage, when a receiver detects a line
interruption, it is required that the optical power of the laser shall be reduced to safe limits on
the transmitter in the opposite direction as per ITU-T G.958.
In case other than FC-PC connector is provided in the equipment, suitable patch cord with
matching connector are to be provided to connect with FODP.
1.2.3.2 Optical Link Performance Requirements

The optical Fiber link performance requirements are specified as

follows:

1.2.3.2.1 Link Budget Calculations

The Fiber optic link budget calculations shall be calculated based upon the following
criteria:

a) Fiber attenuation: The Fiber attenuation shall be taken to be the guaranteed

maximum Fiber attenuation i.e. 0.21 dB/Km @1550nm and 0.35 dB/km @1310nm.
b) Splice loss: Minimum 0.05 dB per splice. One splice shall be considered for every 3 kms.
c) Connector losses: Losses due to connectors shall be considered to be minimum dB per
link.
d) Equipment Parameters: The equipment parameters to be considered for link budget
calculations shall be the guaranteed “End of Life (EOL)” parameters. In case, the End of
Life parameters are not specified for the SDH equipment, an End of Life Margin of at
least 2 dB shall be considered and a similar margin shall be considered for optical
amplifiers.
e) Optical path Penalty: An optical path penalty of at least 1 dB shall be considered to
account for total degradations due to reflections, inter symbol interference, mode partition
noise and laser chirp.
f) Maintenance Margin: A maintenance margin at least 2.5 dB/100 Km shall be kept
towards cabling, repair splicing, cable ageing and temperature variations etc.
g) Other losses: Other losses, if any required specifically for system to be supplied shall be
also suitably considered.
h) Dispersion: The Fiber dispersion shall be taken to be the guaranteed maximum dispersion
i.e. 18 ps/nm.Km @1550 nm & 3.5 ps/nm.km @ 1310 nm for DWSM Fibers.
i) Bit Error Rate: The link budget calculations shall be done for a BER of 10-10.
The bidders shall determine the total link loss based on the above parameters and shall submit
the system design (including link budget calculations) for each category of Fiber optic link
during detailed engineering.
For finalizing the FOTS system design & BOQ, above methodology shall be adopted taking
into account Fiber attenuation, dispersion and splice loss determined during the detailed
engineering. Accordingly, additions and deletions from the contract shall be carried out based
on unit rates indicated in the contract.

1.2.3.2.2 Link Performance

The Link performance for ES, SES and BER for the Fiber optic links shall correspond
to
National Network as defined in ITU-T G.826.

1.2.3.2.3 FODP to Fiber Optic Communication Equipment

The Contractor shall be responsible for connectivity between the FODP and the
Communication equipment. The Contractor shall provide FC PC, SC PC or LC coupled patch

Cords as per site conditions. The patch-cord length between the FODP & equipment
rack shall be suitably protected from rodents, abrasion, crush or mechanical damage.

1.2.4 Termination Equipment Subsystem

The Termination Equipment Subsystem is defined to include the equipment that interfaces
(adapts) the subscriber (user) to the Fiber Optic Transmission System (FOTS). Functional
descriptions of these equipment’s are as follows:

1.2.5 MDF, DDF and Cabling

For the purposes of the specification, the contractor shall provide cabling, wiring, DDF
patching facilities and MDFs interfacing to the wideband telecommunications system.
Equipment and material components for MDF, DDF and cabling are also part of this
procurement. It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to provide all cable support required
for full supplied equipment interconnection with the MDF and shall be in accordance with
communications industry standard practices and the requirements mentioned in the technical
specifications.

1.2.5.1 Digital Distribution Frame Functional Requirements

The Contractor shall provide DDF for Digital Signal Cross connect (DSX) Broadband-
quality (better than 20 MHz) patching facilities configured "normally- thru" with Equipment,
Line and Monitor Patch Jacks. DDFs shall provide the following basic functions:

(i) "Normally thru" circuit routing

(ii) Circuit rerouting via patch cord assemblies
(iii) Circuit disconnect and termination

All DDFs shall be sized and equipped to support the offered configuration of the provided
equipment. Independent Transmit and Receive patch jack assemblies (line and equipment)
shall provide for separate transmit and receive single-plug patching. Transmit and receive
patch jack assemblies shall be located side-by- side such that dual-plug patch cord assemblies
may be used to route both transmit and receive for the same circuit.

1.2.6 Patch Cords

The Contractor has to supply FC, SC or LC Coupled Patch cords as per condition as
described in BOQ. The Patch cord return loss shall be equal to or better than 40 dB and
insertion loss equal to or less than 0.5 dB.

1.2.7 Telecommunication Management Network / Network Management System (If

Applicable)

If the contractor proposed those equipment’s which NMS is already available at Nepal LDC
to monitor such Fiber optic communication equipment’s; it will be contractor’s responsibility
to integrate such communication equipment’s with existing NMS and any license issues
for NMS without any cost implication under the scope of works. Otherwise, the Contractor
shall provide a Telecommunications Management Network System (TMN/NMS) for
operational support to the FOTS and associated Termination equipment subsystems
without additional
Cost mentioned in Price Schedule as per following specifications. This TMN shall provide
the capability to monitor, reconfigure, and control elements of the telecommunications
network from a centralized location and at each node of the network where equipment is
located with at least 15 nodes license. This TMN system shall assist Employer/Owner in the
operations and maintenance of the wideband communication resources of the including
detection of degraded circuits, system performance, the diagnosis of problems, the
implementation of remedial actions and the allocation or reallocation of telecommunications
resources and addition/deletion of network elements.
The contractor shall supply preferably a single TMN for all the NEs (Network Elements)
such as SDH equipment, Mux, Drop-Insert, and DACS etc. In case a single TMN cannot
be provided for all the NEs, the contractor may supply separate TMNs. Each of the offered
TMN shall meet the requirements indicated in this section. The bidder shall provide details of
the offered TMN in the bid.

1.2.7.1 Applicable Standards

The TMN design concept, functional and informational architecture and physical
architecture, shall be in compliance with ITU-T Recommendation M.3010. The offered TMN
system shall be capable of integration to other supplier’s Network be CORBA/TMF-814
compliant. Management System (NMS) upwardly through North bound interfaces. The north
bound interface in the EMS shall

1.2.7.2 TMN Architecture

The TMN shall provide

a. Collection of Management data from all Network Elements (NEs) supplied under this
package. The minimum monitoring and control requirements for the communication
equipment shall be as defined in this section.
b. Processing of above management data by using processor(s) located at control Centre
and additional intermediate station processor(s), wherever required.
c. Monitoring and control of the NEs as defined below:
I) TMN system at LDC (including local operator console, if applicable) shall support
management of all equipment’s supplied and monitoring of the entire regional
network supplied under this package. At minimum functions of Network
management layer (NML) and Element management layer (EML) as defined in
CCITT M3010. The detailed functions are listed in TS.
II) Monitoring and control of NEs using Craft Terminals as defined in this Section.

d. Supervisory monitoring and control of the following station associated devices:

I) Intrusion Detection Alarms
II) Power Failure
III) Fire and Smoke Detection
IV) Environmental Control (Temperature, Humidity etc.)
e. Communication channel support for TMN System as specified in Technical
Specifications (TS).
The supplied TMN system shall be capable of handling all management functions for at least
150% of the final network elements. Further, the centralized TMN system shall also have
provision for addition of at least two remote operator consoles. The TMN hardware shall be
so designed that failure of a single processor/component (router, switch, converter etc.) shall
not inhibit any of the functionality of the TMN at control center. The Contractor shall submit
for Employer’s approval the TMN architecture describing in detail the following
Subsystems/
features:

a. Database used in TMN

b. Master Processor, server/workstation, LAN, Peripherals and hardware
c. Software and operating system
d. Local Consoles/remote consoles
e. Craft Terminals
f. Data communication between NEs, Remote/Local Consoles and TMN Processor(s)
g. Routers/Bridges
h. Expansion Capabilities

1.2.7.3 Management Functions

The TMN shall support following Management functions:

1.2.7.3.1 Configuration Management

Configuration management is concerned with management, display, and control of the
network configuration. Minimum specific requirements that shall be satisfied include the
following:
a. Provide tools to establish and maintain the backbone topology and
configuration information and provide graphical maps depicting the configurations.
b. Gather descriptive information about the current configuration of the
equipment, provide operator displays, and prepare reports.
c. Provide tools for planning, establishing, and changing the static equipment
configuration. Provide for changes to the equipment configuration in response to
equipment failures, planned upgrades, and operator requests to take equipment
offline for testing.
d. Provide verification testing to support new equipment installation.

1.2.7.3.2 Fault Management

Fault management is concerned with detecting, diagnosing, bypassing, directing service
restoration, and reporting on all the backbone network equipment, systems, and links.
Minimum specific requirements that shall be satisfied include the following:
a. Display equipment status in a consistent fashion regardless of the source of the data on
a graphical topological, map-type display. Status shall be displayed through the use
of colors on links and nodes as well as through text.
b. Obtain status and detect faults through periodic polling, processing of unsolicited
alarms and error events, and periodic testing for connectivity.
c. Maintain an alarm summary of unacknowledged alarm events on the
Management station display and maintain a log of all received alarms. The operator
shall be able to acknowledge and clear alarms individually and as a group. The use of
alarm correlation techniques is encouraged to minimize the proliferation of alarms
caused by a single, common event. All alarms shall be configurable as critical alarms,
major alarms and minor alarms with different colors.
d. Provide the capability to diagnose and isolate failures through analysis of error and
event reports and through the use of both on-line and off-line diagnostic tests and
 display of monitored data.
e. The criteria for fail over shall be configurable as automatic fail over to
redundant equipment wherever possible and through operator-initiated actions where
automatic fail over is not possible. The status of fail over shall be reported to the
NMS.
f. Track network equipment failure history.

1.2.7.3.3 Performance Management

Performance management is concerned with evaluation of the use of network equipment’s
and their capability to meet performance objectives. Minimum specific requirements that
shall be satisfied include the following:
i. Provide support for an operator to initiate, collect, and terminate performance metrics
under both normal and degraded conditions. For example, BER of each link, together
with other data measured at each node, shall be available on operator request (at least
for SDH).

ii. Monitor point to point & end to end signal quality and history. Provide operator
controls to monitor performance of specified events, measures, and resources (at least
for SDH). Specifically provide displays to permit the operator to:

1. Select/deselect network equipment’s, events, and threshold parameters to monitor

2. Set monitoring start time and duration or end time
3. Set monitoring sampling frequency
4. Set/change threshold values on selected performance parameters
5. Generate alarm events when thresholds are exceeded.
6. Set multiple thresholds on certain performance parameters. Alarm categories
include as a minimum a warning and a failure.
7. Calculate selected statistical data to measure performance on selected
equipment based on both current and historical performance data maintained in
performance logs. Performance data provided is limited to what is available from
the equipment Contractors.
8. Provide graphical displays of point to point and end to end current performance
parameter values. Provide tabular displays of current, peak, and average values for
performance parameters.
9. Generate reports on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis containing
system statistics.

1.2.7.3.4 Security Management

The TMN shall be provided with security features to limit access to monitoring and control
capabilities to only authorized personnel. One access level of System Administrator and at
least two levels of operator access shall be provided - read (view) only and write (configure).
The system administrator shall be able to create, define and modify operators with different
access levels, network domains and perform all kind of maintenance and up gradation of the
TMN system. With "read only" access level, network parameters should only be viewed.
Access to database maintenance, command control and test functions shall be available with
"write” access level. Means shall be provided to ensure only one authorized user has write
capability for a selected domain of the network. It shall be possible to define multiple
domains for purposes of monitoring and control.
Human error and conflict detection are also required. Such errors and access violations shall
be reported to the offending user as error messages and warnings.
1.2.7.3.5 Hardware Requirements

Master Processor, Server/Workstation

The server/workstation shall have suitable processor(s) which shall be sufficient to meet all
the functional requirement and expansion capabilities stipulated in this specification. Only
reputed make like Dell, IBM, HP, Compaq make shall be supplied.
The server shall have minimum configuration of 3GHz for CISC based processor,
16GB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, redundant 500 GB internal Hard Disk Drive, 101- Enhanced
style keyboards, mouse, parallel, serial, USB(3.0) ports and hot swap redundant power
supply. The operating system shall be latest Genuine Microsoft Windows Version. VDUs
shall be minimum of 19 inch, LED Display Monitor, 2- Ethernet Cables, 2-HDMI Cables and
accessories. Appropriate network drive card shall also be provided wherever required.
However, the internal hard disk drive for the server shall be redundant and all the data shall
be mirrored. Further, the TMN software shall support data mirroring on redundant disk
drives. CPU enclosures shall be desktop type and shall include available expansion slots.

1.2.8 Communication Channel Requirement and Integration

Communication requirements for TMN system have not been considered in Appendices and
the Contractor shall provide these as a part of TMN system. The Contractor shall provide all
required interface cards / devices, LAN, routers/bridges, channel routing, cabling, wiring etc.
and interfacing required for full TMN data transport.
The TMN data transport shall utilize the wideband communications transmission system
service channel in the overhead whenever possible. This will provide inherent critical path
protection.
Should the configuration requirements dictate multiple TMN station processors, the TMN
Master Station shall require bidirectional data transport with its station processor(s). This
communications interfacing shall be via critically protected data channels. It shall be the
Contractor's responsibility to provide for and equip all necessary critically protected TMN
data channel support.
In case supervisory channels are not available, the Contractor shall provide suitable interfaces
in their supplied equipment for transport of TMN data. The Contractor shall also be
responsible for providing suitable channels with appropriate interfaces to transport the TMN
data.

The bidders shall describe in the proposal the TMN data transport proposed to be used by the
bidder in detail including capacity requirements and various components/equipment proposed
to be used.

1.2.9 Craft Terminal

The communication equipment on the Fiber optic communication network shall include
provision for connecting a portable personal computer (PC) to be known as craft terminal to
support local commissioning and maintenance activities. Through the use of this PC and local
displays/controls, the operator shall be able to:
a) Change the configuration of the station & the connected NEs.
b) Perform Tests
c) Get detailed fault information
The craft terminal shall be connected to the interface available in the communication
equipment. Portable (laptop) computers (Craft terminals), each complete with necessary
system and application software to support the functions listed above, shall be supplied to the
employer. The cost of such craft terminals is included in overall Price Schedule (BOM).

1.2.9.1 Hardware Requirements

The laptop shall have minimum configuration of Intel 13th Generation I7 processor Precision
series processor, 16 GB RAM, 2GB Graphics, 1 TB SSD, keyboard, mouse/trackball etc.,
parallel, serial/USB (3.0) ports to accommodate printers, and Internal/external Data/Fax
modem, Necessary ports to connect to the Equipment’s configuration ports and a battery
back-up of at least 180 minutes. VDUs shall be minimum 14" FHD. Operating System
shall be Genuine Windows with installation DVD.

1.2.10 Power Supplies

The TMN system shall use 220 volts 50 Hz A.C or -48 volt D.C as available at site for its
operation as available at site.

1.2.11 General Software/Firmware Requirements

Due to various alternative design approaches, it is neither intended nor possible to specify all
software and firmware characteristics. It is the intent herein to provide design boundaries and
guidelines that help to ensure a demonstrated, integrated program package that is
maintainable and meets both hardware systems requirements and the customer's operational
requirements.

1.2.11.1 Operating System Software

Operating system software shall be provided to control the execution of system programs,
application programs, management devices, to allocate system resources, and manage
communications among the system processors. The contractor shall make no modifications to
the OEM's operating system, except as provided as USER installation parameters.

1.2.11.2 Applications Software

All applications software shall be written in a high-level programming language unless

developed using industry proven application programs and development tools provided with
the system. The contractor shall make no modifications to the applications program except as
provided as USER development tools.

1.2.11.3 Software Utilities

A utility shall be provided to convert all reports into standard PC application formats such as
excel & PDF.

1.2.11.4 Revisions, Upgrades, Maintainability

All firmware and software delivered under this specification shall be the latest field proven
Version available at the time of the contract approval. Installed demonstration for
acceptance shall be required. All firmware provided shall support its fully equipped intended
functional requirements without additional rewrite or programming.
 All software shall be easily user expandable to accommodate the anticipated system growth,
as defined in this specification. Reassembly recompilation or revision upgrades of the
software or components of the software shall not be necessary to accommodate full system
expansion.
Software provided shall be compliant with national and international industry standards.

1.2.11.5 Database(s)

The contractor shall develop all the databases for final wideband network following the
global acronyms for all stations. Database(s) to be provided shall contain all structure
definitions and data for the integrated functional requirements of TMN system.
TMN operator Groups shall share the same virtual database. This means that they shall share
the same database and database manager, whether or not physically separate databases are
maintained.

1.3.1 Inspection

Access to the Contractor's facilities during system manufacturing and testing and to any
facility where systems/ equipment are being produced/ tested/ integrated for the Fiber optic
communication network, shall be available to the Employer. At all times the Employer shall
have full facilities for unrestricted inspection of such materials or equipment’s? To facilitate
this, the Contractor shall submit for the Employer approval, a comprehensive Quality
Assurance Plan using ISO 9000 as a general guideline. In addition, the Quality Assurance Plan
shall satisfy the following:

(a) Sufficient office facilities, equipment, and documentation necessary to complete all
inspections and to verify that the equipment is being fabricated and maintained in
accordance with the Specification shall be provided by the Contractor to the Employer.
(b) Inspections to be performed by the Employer will include visual examination of hardware,
cable dressings and labeling. Contractor's documentation will also be examined to verify
that it adequately identifies and describes all offered items and spare parts.
(c) Access to inspect the Contractor's standards, procedures, and records that are applicable to
the supplied equipment shall be provided to the Employer. Documents will be inspected to
verify that the Contractor has performed the required quality assurance activities.
(d) The inspection rights described above shall also apply to sub-Contractors who are
responsible for supplying major components described in this Specification. These items
shall be inspected and tested at the sub Contractor's factory by the Employer's
representatives prior to shipping this equipment to the Contractor's facility or directly to
the Employer.
(e) The above inspection rights shall also apply to sub-Contractors supplying assemblies,
subassemblies and components. However, such items will normally be inspected and
tested by the Employer's representatives at the Contractor's site before acceptance.

1.4.1 Test Plans and Procedures

Test plans and test procedures for both factory and site acceptance tests shall be provided by
the Contractor. Test plans and test procedures shall ensure that each factory and site test is
comprehensive and verify all the features of the equipment to be tested. Test plans and test
procedures shall be modular to allow individual test segments to be repeated upon request.
The Contractor shall submit a Test Schedule for the Employer's approval within one Week
after the award of contract for Type Tests and two (1) months after the award of contract for
all other tests. The test schedule shall list the tests to be carried out, and the approximate test
duration. The test periods shall also be indicated in the PERT chart or equivalent for the
work.
The Contractor shall give the Employer fifteen (15) days written notice of any material being
ready for testing. Ten days prior to the scheduled testing, the Employer shall provide
written notice to the Contractor of any drawings, equipment, material, or workmanship
which, in the Employer’s opinion, is not compliant to the specification. The Contractor shall
give due consideration to such objections, if valid, effecting the corrections as necessary or
shall prove, in writing, that said modifications are unnecessary for contract compliance.

1.4.1.1 Factory and Site Test Plans

A test plan for factory and site acceptance tests shall be submitted for approval, at least four
weeks before the start of testing. The test plan shall be a single overview document that
defines the overall schedule and individual responsibilities associated with conducting the
tests, documenting the test results, and successfully completing the test criteria. Test Plans
shall include, at a minimum, the information contained in Table below.

Item: Description:

1. Test schedule

2. Record-keeping assignments, procedures and forms

3. Procedures for monitoring, correcting and retesting variances

4. Procedures for controlling and documenting all changes made to the communications
equipment after the start of testing

1.4.1.2 Test Procedures

Test procedures for factory and site testing shall be submitted for the Employer approval at
least four (4) weeks before each individual test. Fully approved test procedures shall be
submitted to the Employer at least four weeks prior to the commencement of testing. Testing
shall not commence without approved test procedures. At a minimum, test procedures shall
include the items listed in Table below.
All test equipment and/or instruments shall bear calibration stickers indicating valid
calibration on and beyond the testing date. The time elapsed since last calibration shall not
Exceed the test equipment manufacturer recommended calibration interval of the interval
recommended in the test lab’s internal quality procedures.
The Contractor shall ensure that all testing will be performed by qualified testing personnel
well experienced in performing such tests.
Item: Description:

1. Test Title and Revision Level, if applicable

2. List of Standard(s) complied with

3. Function(s) / parameter(s) to be tested
4. Purpose of each test segment
5. List of required test equipment
Description of any special test conditions or special actions required. This includes
6. complete descriptions, listings and user interface procedures for all special hardware
and software tools and/or display formats to be used during the test.
7. Test setup including test configuration block diagrams and/or illustrations.
8. Test procedures to be followed.
9. Required inputs and expected outputs for each test segment

10. Acceptance criteria for each test segment.

List of test data to be supplied by the Contractor(s) and copies of any certified data
11. to be used
12. Format of test reports.

1.4.1.3 Test Records

Complete and indexed records of all factory and site acceptance tests results shall be
maintained and provided to the Employer by the Contractor in hardcopy. The records shall be
keyed to the steps enumerated in the test procedures. The minimal items required in test
records are described in Table below.

Item: Description:

1. Test Title and Revision Level, if applicable; contract references

2. Date and time for test start and test completed

3. Test title and reference to the appropriate section of the test procedures

4. Description of any special test conditions or special actions taken (Includes test-case
data).
5. Test results for each test segment including an indication of Passed, Conditional
Pass, Incomplete or Failed.
6. Test procedure modifications made during testing.

7. Variance Report(s) tracking information and copies (if variance(s) was detected).
8. Contractor's test engineer(s) identification, signature and remarks

9. Employer's test witness identification, signature and remarks

10. List of all attachments

11. Attachments (including system logs, printouts, variances, hard copies of visual test
result displays, etc.)

All principle test records, test certificates and performance curves shall be supplied for all
tests carried out as proof of compliance with the specifications, each and every
specified test. These test certificates, records and performance curves shall be supplied for all
 tests, whether or not they have been witnessed by the Employer within the specified duration
after the completion of test. Information given on such test certificates and curves shall be
sufficient to identify the material or equipment to which the certificates refer, and shall also
bear the Contractor's reference and heading.

1.4.1.4 Rejection of Elements

Any item or component which fails to comply with the requirements of this Specification in
any respect, at any stage of manufacture, test and erection or on completion at site may
be rejected by the Employer either in whole or part as considered necessary.

Material or components with defects of such a nature that do not meet the requirements of the
Specification by adjustment or modification shall be replaced by the Contractor at his own
expense. After adjustment or modification, the Contractor shall submit the items to the
Employer for further inspection and/or tests.

1.4.1.5 Test Periods Defined

The terminology used with the tests requirements described within this section is as follows:

Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning Period - The Site Acceptance Test (SAT) Operational
Acceptance - Successful completion of SAT

1.4.2 Type Testing

"Type Tests" shall be defined as those tests which are to be carried out to prove the design,
process of manufacture and general conformity of the materials to this Specification. Type Testing
shall comply with specified the conditions.

1.4.2.1 List of Type Tests

The type testing shall be conducted on the following equipment

(a) SDH Equipment with all types of cards (optical card, Tributary card or any other
equipment as part of repeater less links)

1.4.2.1.1 List of type test to be conducted on Telecom equipment

The type tests for SDH Equipment with all types of cards, Primary Multiplexer & Drop –
Insert Mux with subscriber interface card are described below:

1.4.2.1.1.1 Temperature and Humidity Tests

The tests listed below are defined in IEC Publication 60068.

(a) Low Temperature Test: Operation to Specifications

Low temperature tests shall be conducted as defined in IEC Publication 60068-2-1, test
method Ad, with the following specifications:

(1) Test Duration: The equipment is started up as soon as thermal equilibrium has
been reached and operated for sixteen (16) hours. Its performance is checked during the
test.
(2) Degree of Severity: Test shall be done at 0°C
 (3) Acceptance Criteria: No degradation of performance during and after the test.

(b) Low Temperature Test : Operation without Damage

Low temperature tests shall be conducted as defined in IEC Publication 60068-2-1, test
method Ad, with the following specifications:

(1) Test Duration: The equipment is started up as soon as thermal equilibrium has
been reached and operated for 72 hours. Its performance is checked during the test and
after the test as soon as the thermal equilibrium is reached at the room temperature (Post-
test).
(2) Degree of Severity: Test shall be done at -10° C
(3) Acceptance Criteria: Degradation of performance is allowable during the test, however
there shall be no degradation of performance in the post- test.

(c) Dry Heat Test: Operation to Specifications

Dry heat test shall be done as defined in IEC Publication 60068-2-2, test method Bd, with the
following specifications:
(1) Test Duration: The equipment is started up as soon as thermal equilibrium has been
reached and operated for 96 hours. Its performance is checked during the test.
(2) Degree of Severity: As per operation to specification range.
(3) Acceptance Criteria: No degradation of performance during and after the test.

(d) Dry Heat Test: Operation without Damage

Dry heat tests shall be done as defined in IEC Publication 60068-2-2, test method Bd, with the
following specifications:
(1) Test Duration: The equipment is started up as soon as thermal equilibrium has been
reached and operated for 96 hours. Its performance is checked during the test and
after the test as soon as the thermal equilibrium is reached at the room temperature (Post-
test).
(2) Degree of Severity: Test shall be done at 55ºC.
(3) Acceptance Criteria: Degradation of performance is allowable during the test,
however there shall be no degradation of performance in the post- test.

(e) Damp Heat Test

Damp heat testing reveals aging with respect to the humidity level and applies basically to
electronic equipment. This test shall be done as defined in IEC Publication 60068-2-3 with the
following specifications:

(1) Test Duration: The equipment is started up as soon as thermal equilibrium has been
reached and operated for 10 days. Its performance is checked during the test.
(2) Acceptance Criteria: The equipment shall meet the specified requirement and there
shall not be any degradation in BER.

(f) Temperature Variation Test

Temperature variation testing shall be as per IEC Publication 60068-2-14 (Gradual
Variations, Method Nb). The equipment shall be powered on and various parameters shall be
monitored continuously during the test period.

(1) Number of cycles required is five (5)

(2) The degree of severity: temperature TL: 0°C, TH: As per operation to specification
range
(3) Cycle duration for each temperature is three (3) hours.
 (4) Ramp: 1oC/minute.
(5) Acceptance Criteria: The equipment shall meet the specified requirement and there
shall not be any degradation in BER.

1.4.2.1.1.2 Power Supply and EMI/EMC tests

The test procedure and acceptance criteria shall be as defined in IEC 60870-2-1.

(a) Immunity Tests

The list of Immunity tests are specified below in Table below.

▪ Recommended Immunity Tests

S. Immunity Test AC DC Control & Telecom Para- metres

No. Power Power Signal Line
Supply Supply
1 Voltage Fluctuations Table 11 of
Yes Yes N/A N/A IEC 60870-2-1:
Voltage dips and 1995 - Level : 1
2 Interruptions Yes Yes N/A N/A
1.2/50 - 8/20 μs
3 surges Yes Yes Yes N/A
4 Fast transient bursts Table 12 of
Yes Yes Yes Yes IEC 60870-2-1:
Damped oscillatory 1995 - Level : 4
5 waves Yes Yes Yes Yes
6 10/700 μs surges N/A N/A N/A Yes

7 Electrostatic Yes Table 13 of

discharge IEC 60870-2-1:
1995 - Level : 4
8 Power frequency Yes
magnetic field Table 14 of
9 Damped oscillatory Yes IEC 60870-2-1:
magnetic field 1995
- Level : 4
10 Radiated Table 15 of
electromagnetic field Yes IEC 60870-2-1:
1995 - Level : 4
11 Power Frequency IEC 61000-4-16
voltage on control N/A N/A Yes Yes : 2002-07
and signal lines Level : 4
12 DC voltage on control IEC 61000-4-16
and signal lines N/A N/A Yes N/A : 2002-07
Level : 4

(b) Emission Tests

The list of Emission tests are specified below in Table.

 S. NO. Emission test AC DC Control & Telecom Para- metres
Power Power Signal Line
Supply Supply
1 LF disturbance voltages Table 17 of
CCITT N/A Yes N/A N/A IEC 60870-2-1:
recommendation 1995 -Class : B
P.53
2 RF disturbance voltages
CISPR 22 Yes Yes N/A N/A
3 RF disturbance currents
CISPR 22 N/A N/A N/A Yes
4 RF radiated fields
CISPR 22 Yes

(c) Insulation Withstand

Voltages

As per section 6 of IEC 870-2-1. Recommended class: VW1 of Table 18.

1.4.2.1.1.3 Mechanical Tests

(a) Mechanical Vibration

Test
The procedure for this test is described in IEC Publication 60068-2-6. The testing procedure
shall be carried out in the sequence 8.1 + 8.2.1 + 8.1 as described in document 60068-2-6.
For the vibration response investigation (clause 8.1 of 60068-2-6), the test shall be carried out
over a sweep cycle under the same conditions as for the endurance test (described later), but
the vibration amplitude and the sweep rate may be decreased below these conditions so that
the determination of the response characteristics can be obtained.
The endurance test conditions are selected according to the vibration withstand requirements.
Transportation tests shall be performed with the equipment packed according to the
Contractor's specifications.

(b) Shock
Test

The procedure of this test is defined in IEC Publication 60068-2-27 (each test) with a semi-
sinusoidal shape (clause 3.1.1.2).

The recommended severity shall be A = 294 m/s2, D = 18 ms. Three shocks per axis per
direction shall be applied to the equipment packed according to the Contractor's
specifications.

Or Free Fall Test

This test could be performed as an alternative to the shock or Bump test. The procedure is
defined in IEC publication 60068-2-32. The equipment shall be packed according to the
Contractor's specifications. The drop height shall be defined in accordance with IEC 68-2-32.
The surface of the packing case which comes into contact with the ground is the surface on
which the packing case normally rests; if the packing does not have any features (inscription,
special shape, etc.) identifying this surface, the test is carried out successively on all the
surfaces of the packing.
Or Bump Test
This test could be performed as an alternative to Shock test or Free Fall test. The procedure is
defined in IEC 60068-2-29.

1.4.3 Factory Acceptance Tests

Factory acceptance tests shall be conducted on randomly selected final assemblies of all
equipment to be supplied. Factory acceptance testing shall be carried out on SDH
Equipment’s, associated line & tributary cards, and all other items for which price have been
identified separately in the Price Schedules.

Equipment shall not be shipped to the Employer until required factory tests are completed
satisfactorily, all variances are resolved, full test documentation has been delivered to the
Employer, and the Employer has issued Material Inspection & Clearance Certificate (MICC).
Successful completion of the factory tests and the Employer approval to ship shall in no way
constitute final acceptance of the system or any portion thereof. These tests shall be carried
out in the presence of the Employer's authorized representatives unless waiver for witnessing
by Employer’s representatives is intimated to the contractor.

Factory acceptance tests shall not proceed without the prior delivery to and approval of all
test documentation by the Employer.

The factory acceptance test shall demonstrate the technical characteristics of the equipment in
relation to this specifications and approved drawings and documents. List of factory
acceptance tests for Fiber Optic Transmission system, Termination Equipment Sub-system
and NMS are given in specified Tables in this section. This list of factory acceptance tests
shall be supplemented by the Contractor's standard FAT testing program. The factory
acceptance tests for the other items shall be proposed by the Contractor in accordance with
technical specifications and Contractor's (including Sub-Contractor's / suppliers) standard
FAT testing program. In general, the FAT for other items shall include at least: Physical
verification, demonstration of technical characteristics, various operational modes, functional
interfaces, alarms and diagnostics etc.
For Test equipment & clock, FAT shall include supply of proper calibration certificates,
demonstration of satisfactory performance, evidence of correct equipment configuration and
manufacturer’s final inspection certificate/ report.

Factory Acceptance Testing Requirements for Termination Equipment (MUX)

Item Description:
1. Physical Inspection for conformance to DRS, BOQ, drawings and appearance of
equipment
2. Performance of supervision, alarm, control and switching systems, diagnostics,
loopbacks, Craftsperson interface etc.
3. Electrical interface tests which include: output and input jitter, bit error rate, pulse
shape, cable compensation, and line rate tolerance for the channel banks/low-level
multiplexers
4. Framing, signalling, and operational and maintenance tests consistent with applicable
ITU-T requirements
5. Simulation of failure conditions and failover of each redundant unit
6. Test of spare card slots and test of spare parts/modules/cards as per applicable tests

7. Checks of power supply/converter voltage margins and short circuit and overvoltage
protection
8. Random inspections to verify the accuracy of documentation

FAT on Craft Terminal

1 Physical inspection of Craft Terminal hardware for conformance to approved BoQ,

DRS & drawing
2 Testing of Craft Terminal to demonstrate proper operation of all functions

1.4.4 Site Acceptance Tests

The Contractor shall be responsible for the submission of all equipment & test equipment
supplied in this contract for site tests and inspection as required by the Employer. All
equipment shall be tested on site under the conditions in which it will normally operate.

The tests shall be exhaustive and shall demonstrate that the overall performance of the
contract works satisfies every requirement specified. At a minimum Site Acceptance Testing
requirement for Telecom equipment is outlined in following section. This testing shall be
supplemented by the Contractor's standard installation testing program, which shall be in
accordance with his quality plan(s) for Telecom equipment installation.

During the course of installation, the Employer shall have full access for inspection and
verification of the progress of the work and for checking workmanship and accuracy, as may
be required. On completion of the work prior to commissioning, all equipment shall be tested
to the satisfaction of the Employer to demonstrate that it is entirely suitable for commercial
operation.

1.4.4.1 Phases for Site Acceptance Testing

The SAT shall be completed in following phases:

1.4.4.1.1 Installation Testing

The field installation test shall be performed for all equipment at each location. If any
equipment has been damaged or for any reason does not comply with this Specification, the
Contractor shall provide and install replacement parts at its own cost and expense.
In the installation test report, the Contractor shall include a list of all hardware or components
replaced or changed between the completion of factory tests and the start of field tests and
show that documentation and spare parts have been updated.
The minimal installation testing requirements for fiber optic transmission subsystem,
Termination equipment sub-system are provided in respective Tables in this section.

1.4.4.1.2 Link Commissioning Tests

The commissioning tests shall verify that communication can be performed over the fiber
optic link under test. Delay measurement, Bit Error measurements & service channel
performance monitoring shall be made on the Fiber optic links to verify compliance with
designed link performance.
For Ethernet interface: At a minimum the following test requirements shall be demonstrated
as per RFC 2544:
a) Ping test
b) Throughput test
c) Latency test
d) Packet Loss
10% of the total links (Chosen by the Employer, generally to cover links from all
configurations used) shall be tested for duration of 12 Hours. Rest of the links shall be tested
for 1 Hour. In case a link does not meet the performance requirements during 1 hour, then the
duration of the test shall be increased to 12 hours.
In case any link does not meet the performance requirements during 12 hours, then the cause
of failure shall be investigated and the test shall be repeated after rectifying the defects.
This phase of testing shall be conducted by the Contractor and witnessed by the Employer.
Field adjustments shall be made to meet established standard, however if the field
adjustments fail to correct the defects the equipment may be returned to the Contractor for
replacement at his own expense. In case any adjustments are required to be made during the
interval of the test then the test shall be repeated.

1.4.4.1.3 Integrated Testing

Prior to commencement of integrated testing the overall system shall be configured as

required to provide all the data and voice channel required to interconnect the various User’s
interfaces. The integrated testing for a batch shall include end-to-end testing of back-bone
network included in that batch. Integrated testing for last batch shall include testing of the
entire back-bone. The intent of integrated testing is to demonstrate that the equipment is
operational end to end under actual conditions, that all variances identified during factory and
field installation and communications testing have been corrected, and that the
communication equipment is compatible with other equipment at all locations. The Integrated
System Test shall include all Fiber optic transmission equipment, termination equipment, the
network management subsystem and other components.
At a minimum the following tests shall be included in the integrated testing:
(1) Equipment configuration shall be checked to establish that it supports the channel routing.
(2) End to end testing of all individual voice circuits
(3) End-to-end testing of all individual Data Circuits.
(4) Demonstration of Protection switching and synchronization of equipment as per
synchronization plan.
 Fiber Optic Transmission System Installation Testing

Item: Description:

1. Physical Inspection for conformance to drawings, rack elevations and appearance

of equipment and cabling
2. Station power supply input and equipment power supply (DC-DC converter)
output voltage measurements
3. Terminal transceiver performance testing (Tx power, Tx spectrum, receive signal
strength, connector losses etc.)
4. Service channel performance
5. Craftsperson interface, alarm and control functional performance
6. Rack and local alarms: No alarms shall be present and all alarms shall be
demonstrated to be functional
7. Network management interface and supervision performance
8. Correct configuration, level setting & adjustments and termination of Input/
output interfaces
9. Proper establishment of Safety and signaling earthing system and resistance to
ground to be checked.
10. Simulation of failure conditions and failover of protected components.

Termination Equipment Sub-System Installation Testing

Item: Description:
Physical Inspection for conformance to drawings, rack elevations and appearance
1. of equipment and cabling
2. Power supply/converter voltage measurements
3. Muldem performance testing
4. Craftsperson interface, alarm and control functional performance
5. Rack and Local alarms
6. Network management interface and supervision performance
7. Channel performance
8. Safety and signaling earthing system
9. Simulation of failure conditions and failover of protected components.
NMS Installation Testing (if Applicable)
Item: Description:

1. Physical inspection for conformance to drawings, rack elevations and appearance of

equipment and cabling
2. Workstation hardware inventory, configuration and characteristics
3. Demonstration of proper operation of all hardware, including workstations peripherals
1.5 TRAINING FOR OPERATIONAL STAFFS

The Contractor shall design and arrange a training program at his own cost at the Site’s
premises as mentioned in Price Schedule for the Fiber Optic Based Communication System
and its NMS for concerned 3 (Three) Hydropower company personnel so as to make them
competent enough to operate and maintain the proposed equipment/system. The overview of
such program shall be proposed by the prospective contractor along with its technical
proposal. The contractor shall manage logistics, transportation and per diem for 3 personal
from the employer at least for 7 days for the training program.
1.0 SDH Communication Equipment’s

S.N Parameters: Offered Data (Bidders)

Name of Manufacturer
1
Model No. of SDH Equipment’s

SDH hierarchy level:

2 Capacity Aggregate Bit-rate:

CEPT E-1 Ports:

3 Minimum No. of protected (MSP)

directions
4 No. of E1 ports in E1tributarycards

5 No. of ports in Ethernet tributary cards

Service Channel provision

6
a) Voice Channel

b) Data Channel

Power Supply cards of SDH equipment

7
Common Control Card of SDH equipment