The County Commissioners are issuing this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) for strategic broadband network engineering and deployment to improve broadband access for education, job creation, healthcare, and other users in the County (collectively the “Project”). It is the County Commissioners’ intent through this RFP for a third party to expand fiber Broadband Infrastructure, as hereinafter defined, to benefit County residents, businesses, community institutions, government, overall economic development, and catalyze local innovation. The Commissioners further desire to create an environment that serves Delaware County citizens’ current and future technology needs, and establishes a platform that supports and facilitates existing, as well as new Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”), telecom carriers, and data center service expansions into and within the County.
