Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Columbia School District (the district) will accept sealed statements of qualifications (SOQ) and proposals from qualified firms/vendors to provide services necessary for network fiber optic and Category 6 copper cabling for the FY Cabling2023-24 (E-RATE) cycle. The district is looking to replace current fiber optic cable to single mode between school buildings and closet cleanup in all, MDF, and IDF wiring closets. The district may also need Category 6 cabling upgrades in certain areas on their campuses. The RFP reflects the current proposed services requested on the E-Rate 470 forms. The proposal embodies: A Turn-Key solution. It includes providing new, dedicated single-mode cable runs (minimum 12 strands) replacing existing fiber cables. All costs associated with the installation, termination, and testing shall be included in the bid. Each end will consist of the installation of a wall or rack mount fiber optic termination box, with all strands terminated and all cables shall be certified to be capable of 10 Gbps of bandwidth between the endpoints. All terminations shall be LC unless otherwise directed by the technology department. All necessary patch cables to connect the district equipment shall be LC to LC. (1) Install fiber and all other requested network equipment to support the network infrastructure and network backbone upgrade. (2) Test all fiber equipment across the district sites after installation. (3) Provide “maps” of fiber locations in each school building to include the number of strands and location, MDF or IDF. (4) Ensure all terminations shall be LC unless otherwise directed by the technology department. All necessary patch cables to connect the district equipment shall be LC-LC. (6) Submit a bid that includes the total price of the entire project AND must include a breakdown list of all equipment and cost of each in line item (with total cost) PER school site. (7) The vendor will provide a conduit run to all existing open fiber during the cabling upgrade to single mode. (8) Vendor will replace all fiber termination boxes with wall or rack mount LC terminal boxes. (9) All fiber strands will need to be terminated at the fiber termination boxes.