Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The requested service is a Point-to-Multi-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 1GB and 10GB, 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 term 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 self-provisioned 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 **Note** The term special construction does not include network equipment necessary to light fiber, nor the services necessary to maintain the fiber. Charges for network equipment and fiber maintenance are eligible for Category One support as separate services but not as special construction. All options can include special construction or one-time E-Rate eligible non-recurring costs as well as E-Rate eligible recurring circuit costs. All proposals for solutions requiring special construction must only include capacity and special construction necessary to deliver service to the Owner. To the extent that the winning Respondent installs additional strands of fiber for future business ventures, the winning Respondent assumes full responsibility to ensure those costs are allocated out of the special construction charges to the Owner in accordance with FCC rules and orders. If, after issuance of the Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL), USAC of the FCC determines that the winning respondent did not cost allocate those charges associated with the additional strands, the Owner will not be responsible for reimbursing the winning Respondent and the winning Respondent will assume all responsibilities deemed ineligible by USAC. Based on the proposal, and both short-term and long-term cost effectiveness analysis, the Owner will determine which of the solutions is acceptable.
