PARIS — The Oxford County Commission on Thursday morning approved the Oxford County Regional Communications Center entering an agreement to purchase a $4.6 million countywide public safety radio network with Radio Communication Management.
The bid from Radio Communication Management of Portland was higher than one by Dirigo Wireless of Gray, but an evaluation review team determined that Radio Communication Management’s equipment was superior by a significant margin.
On a 100-point evaluation scale, the Portland company scored 32 points higher than Dirigo.
The Radio Communication Management system uses 13 transmitter sites, compared to Dirigo’s 12 sites.
Members of the evaluation team were communications center Director Geff Imnan, Rumford Deputy Fire Chief Chris Bryant, technical adviser Rick Davol, Fryeburg Fire Chief Andy Dufresne, Oxford Fire Chief Paul Hewey, Sweden Deputy…