Breitband Main-Kinzig GmbH intends to procure a network planning and documentation system for the planning, recording, administration and documentation of the network it operates as well as the future expansion, as well as support, remote maintenance and training services.

The Main-Kinzig-Kreis (MKK) is the largest district in Hesse and extends from Maintal in the west bordering Frankfurt to about 100 kilometers further to Sinntal in the east. From north to south, the circle extends over a length of about 50 kilometers. Since 2012, the Main-Kinzig district has been building and operating fiber optic networks for the realization of broadband Internet via its district-owned subsidiary Breitband Main-Kinzig GmbH. The object of the company is the planning, creation and rental of communication networks for the supply of broadband Internet. No active telecommunications services are offered by the Company.

Due to the development of Deutsche Telekom's cable branches from 2013 to mid-2015 via its subsidiary, Breitband Main-Kinzig GmbH, the MKK is well supplied with bandwidths of approx. 30 Mbit/s to 100 Mbit/s. From 2016 to the beginning of 2020, white spots (courtyards, hamlets, as well as all schools, town halls and properties of the district) were also expanded by means of FTTH (densification). The passive FTTC network has been leased to a network provider for 20 years as a service concession since 2013 and supplies approximately 145,000 households and companies.

At the beginning of 2019, it was decided to develop up to 150 municipal industrial estates with about 1,750 buildings in the Main-Kinzig district with the help of subsidies from the federal government and the state of Hesse with fiber optics (gigabit, FTTH to the building).

At the beginning of 2021, it was decided that all buildings in the Main-Kinzig district should now be developed with FTTH, provided that the buildings can be developed in accordance with funding guidelines (Gigabit; FTTH migration). The measure and the service concession procedure carried out for this purpose are based on the framework of the Federal Republic of Germany to support the nationwide development of gigabit networks in "grey areas" of 13.11.2020 (Gigabit Directive), the Directive "Funding to support the gigabit expansion of telecommunications networks in the Federal Republic of Germany" of 26.04.2021 (Funding Directive) together with all ancillary provisions and the EU guidelines for the application the State aid rules relating to fast broadband deployment (Broadband Guidelines) of 26.01.2013.

Breitband Main-Kinzig GmbH intends to procure a network planning and documentation system for the planning, recording, administration and documentation of the network it operates as well as the future expansion, as well as support, remote maintenance and training services.

The network planning and documentation system to be offered must be commercially available software based on standard components on the market. A solution must be offered that is provided as Software as a Service by the provider in an operational manner. The use can be made via a dedicated software client or via a web browser. Essential services and system components must be covered and proven by the provider:

- Import interface for existing geometry and technical data for paths, pipes, tube shafts, multifunction housings, cable branches, POP locations, sockets, cables and fibers as well as APL boxes.

- Export interface for the data in accordance with GIS ancillary provisions of the federal funding programme.

- Management and presentation via GIS component of the system must be possible.

- All important network parameters for route courses, shafts, MFG and KVZ locations, cable and fiber runs and the construction of sockets must be representable in accordance with reality and can be changed and supplemented.

- All important parameters must be customizable.

- An automatic (semi-automatic) planning component (possibly as a module) for new FTTx network sections.

- Fault points must be easily and quickly identified on the basis of length information in the network.

- Limited access by external service providers via web or app interface (e.g. for cable assembly, splicing orders, documentation including photo documentation)

- All parameters necessary for network operation and fast interference suppression must be exportable at any point of the network.

- ALKIS import and maintenance as well as display must be possible.

- A mobile access version via tablet or mobile terminal would be desirable.

- Regular updates must be provided by the provider and installed proactively.

A complete list of the must and desired requirements can be found in the specifications.

Planned for the start are 5 concurrent users in the system or 10 named users. The entire system must be hosted and operated by the provider. Access by the client takes place via the Internet or a VPN access to the system.

The intention is to plan and document a nationwide FTTH network in the district as well as a step-by-step migration of the FTTC documentation into the system. The software to be purchased must be able to manage FTTC, FTTH and both network types in parallel. It is planned to migrate the existing documentation step by step (e.g. to districts) depending on the available resources of the client. The migration should be possible by the user, but the support of the applicant is likely to be required.

The current administration is carried out via the GIS system of the provider Caigos GmbH. Existing geometry formations as well as associated attributes are to be largely taken over by the new software. Sockets and fiber guides are currently managed in Excel files and must be re-imported into the system. In this respect, active help and support of the provider is requested.

The existing documentation from CAIGOS is to be transferred once to the new system. No permanent solution or interface is required.

For the rest, see tender documents.