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The Agency con ducted sit - down meetings with the top two contenders ranked on a basis of cost and technical prowess. These two vendors were then evaluated on the criteria of " likelihood of successful system implementation at Fort Collins " and the final vendor selected si gned an Other Transactional Agreement (OTA) with the FAA. An OTA is essentially a financial and programmatic Memorandum of Agreement but does not ri se to the level of a contract. This process recently concluded with the announcement of Searidge as prime RT S vendor on the Fort Collins Remote Tower. Onsite activities began this month with the Site Survey on July 25 - 27. Below is the Concept of Operations for the Fort Collins Remote Tower : Sys tem Availability to be 24/7/365 Hours of Operation 8 am – 8 pm Cla ss D Airspace Classification SOPs Use Existing ATCT Processes, Procedures, Training, Technology Where Possible Will Meet LOA Requirements of Denver TRACON for Uninterrupted ATC Service FDIO w/ printer – with Interface for future Electronic Flight Strips R emote Tower Uses ATC Grade Video to Replace and Enhance "Out the Window" View Camera System Includes: 360º Panoramic, Distributed Cameras, PTZ Cameras to Fulfill Binocular Zoom Function Air Situation Display providing STARS Data from Denver TRACON The fol lowing preliminary timeline for Phase I and Phase II work has been identified. Phase I 12 - month System Installation and Site Acceptance July 2017 Site Survey Sept - Oct 2017 Site Prep Jan - Feb 2018 System Install May - June 2018 System Technical Testing and Optimization Late 2018 Passive/Shadow Ops and Data Collection Phase II - (24 mo.) Op. & Tech Eval/Safety Risk Management (SRM) / Cert. & Approval Activities 2019 Active Operational Evaluation and Data Collection 2019+ Final Test Report / SRM Documentatio n OSHA Mike Odryna (ZBW) is the Chai rman of NATCA's OSHA Committee. He has provided an update for the membership. 3900.19C Following last month's INI briefing on the new Dr aft revision to Order 3900.19. NATCA is coordinating with the Agency to develop co llaborative groups to develop OSH Programs for all LOBs and Staff Offices. POC: Dominic Petrelli, Mike Odryna, Ryan Smith, Dean Iacopelli , Phil Barbarello, Grant Mulkey Headset Tones The Headset workgroup met with the Agency May 17th. The Agency has agree d to rescind the Headset ton e guidance d ated Jun 14, 2007. Additionally, NATCA and the Agency has formed a workgroup that will develop a process to research any tone