Bidders shall provide pricing for leased data circuits with end-to-end connectivity between the endpoints and bandwidths itemized in Appendix A. The A-endpoint for each circuit shall be at the Sevier County Medical Center (SCMC) 960 Highway 71 N, De Queen, AR 71832. The Z-endpoint for each circuit shall be one of the ARE-ON communication huts at the address listed in Appendix A. Pricing for both a one (1)G ethernet service and a two (2)G ethernet service is being solicited. ARE-ON and the member will decide which bandwidth service will be awarded. A total of only two (2) circuits will be awarded with only one circuit being awarded to a vendor. To ensure network survivability through path and vendor separation, bidders may submit proposals for network connections to either or both Z locations specified in Appendix A from the A-end location at SCMC (with separate pricing required for each A-Z location service). Two (2) awards will be made to separate bidders with no single bidder receiving both Z location services. ARE-ON reserves sole discretion in determining which Z location service is awarded to each successful bidder. Each circuit shall provide a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) through a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network with Layer 2 Ethernet connectivity between the endpoints. Each circuit shall be provisioned as an ethernet data circuit with a logical Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) connection between the A-Endpoints and the Z-Endpoint. The Z-end circuit may be provisioned over an existing network to network interface (NNI), that has bandwidth available for non-blocking service, or on a new NNI, or on a dedicated circuit. ARE-ON prefers an NNI connection. All new costs to ARE-ON must be clearly identified in the vendor response.
