Specifications include, but are not limited to: ALL VEHICLES MUST BE NEW 2021 or 2022 MODEL YEAR. DELIVERY: THE STATE OF MAINE IS EXPECTING DELIVERY OF VEHICLES WITH MINIMUM MILEAGE AND MAY BE A FACTOR IN THE AWARD. STATE OF MAINE MOTOR VEHICLE FORMS: Winning dealers must contact State of Maine Motor Vehicle Division and complete all required Motor Vehicle forms in order for us to register the vehicle(s). These forms need to be completed and submitted with the vehicle(s) upon delivery. STATE OF MAINE INSPECTION STICKER: All vehicles delivered must have a current valid Maine State Inspection Sticker issued in the month of delivery. Wherever full size spare is requested, tire and rim must match the standard tires provided with the vehicle (if available OEM). Style wheels with OEM spare tire will be accepted. Radios: Vehicles and/or equipment will have land mobile radio transmitters installed after delivery. Antennas may be mounted on the roof, trunk lid, fenders or glass. Transceivers will operate in the following bands 30 to 50 MHz, 150-162 MHz and 450-470 MHz. All vehicle electronic circuits including but not limited to ignition, clocks, AM/FM radio receivers, computers, emission controls, electronic fuel systems and components, ABS brakes, air bags, plow and sander controls, alternators and regulators shall be designed or modified to suppress, bypass or otherwise prevent interference from affecting the mobile two-way radio transceiver. Also, the vehicle’s electronic equipment shall be unaffected by the radio frequency energy generated and radiated by the transmitter portion of installed transceivers. No vehicle system and/or accessory shall operate and/or fail to operate as a result of the activation of the radio transmitter in any manner which may constitute a safety hazard. Either before or after final acceptance any vehicle or equipment which does not meet these requirements may be rejected in whole or returned for correction at no cost. Radio receiver sensitivity is 0.30 micro volts for 12db of SINAD. The radio transmitter power output will be 60 watts RMS into a 50 Ohm antenna mounted on the vehicle. Testing of radio performance will be done per Motorola communication specification "Measuring Effective Sensitivity" method. MaineDOT Radio Communication Maintenance group will perform the testing and acceptance.
