The Owner is seeking proposals for Wide Area Network connections and will accept proposals from Service Providers for Leased Lit fiber solutions. The Respondent will include in their proposal all costs necessary to provide, construct, install, program, maintain, and monitor the services requested. All maintenance costs associated with any on-site premise equipment provided as an integral part of the Respondent’s proposed service shall be their sole responsibility. Per the requirement of the E-Rate Program, the services requested shall at no point now, or in the future, become the property of the Owner. The successful Respondent will include in their bid price, at a minimum, the following: 1. The requested service is a Point-to-Point service between the User Network Interface (UNI) at the Owner’s “Collector Site” to the UNI(s) located at each of the sites as listed on “Attachment A – Site Schedule”. 2. The Connections shall be a minimum of 5Mbps or higher, unless otherwise noted on the “Attachment A – Site Schedule”. 3. The Respondent will provide a separate price for all one-time special construction and/or build-out costs, including but not limited to: conduit/trenching, interior pathways, cabling, terminations, construction of network facilities, route assessments, ROW access and/or easement assessments, traffic control and permits, surveys, testing, design and engineering, and project management to provide the requested service connection to the Owner’s designated demarcation point and also a separate proposal to amortize the cost of the construction into the monthly contract cost. a. If the Respondent can offer financing up to four (4) years on the Owners non-discounted share of the special construction charges, please list this in the proposal. Include the following: i. The total amount financed. ii. The terms of the agreement. iii. The annual interest rate. The installment payment option is available for the Owner’s non-discount share of the special construction charges only, not the total cost of the special construction project. The cost of one-time construction and/or installation fees as necessary by the bidder to provide their proposed service. For ERate purposes, special construction refers to the upfront, non-recurring costs associated with the installation of new fiber to or between eligible entities. If no new fiber is being installed, then any installation costs are considered standard, non-recurring costs (NRC). The Owner may seek funding for special construction charges relating to leased lit, leased dark and selfprovisioned fiber. Special construction charges eligible for Category One support consist of three components: a. Construction and network facilities b. Design and Engineering c. Project Management
