Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Provide the infrastructure to every Lapeer County home, business, public facility, and private institution to enable residents, workers, and visitors the opportunity to access affordable, high-speed broadband connections to the Internet and other networks. 2. Respond to the needs of Lapeer County’s communities, residents and businesses, nonprofits, and organizations. 3. Offer unique services and speeds not currently provided in the County (e.g., gigabit per second (Gbps) speeds, symmetrical services, services that continue operating when commercial power fails, service level agreements, and direct connectivity between locations on the network, if requested 4. If proposing any advanced wireless services, share how they would add value to the fiber system. 5. Consider ways for the County and the successful respondent(s) to share financial and operational risks.
