Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Provision of a Leased Fiber Circuit WAN Solution 1) Provide a network based on leased optical fiber to connect approximately 50 NHPS sites. The solution must provide a leased fiber-based circuit network with either: a. Option A: (1) 1GB connection to each site from Gateway Building – 54 Meadow Street as defined on the site list included in this RFP, include all hardware and software required to meet the expectations of this RFP, and provide all configuration/programming required during the integration of the solution. b. Option B: (including all of Option A) as well as A 10GB fiber ring containing the following (5) locations: 1.Gateway Building – 54 Meadow Street 2.Hillhouse High School – 480 Sherman Parkway 3.Wilbur Cross High School – 181 Mitchell Drive 4.Columbus School – 255 Blatchley Ave 5.Hill Central – 140 DeWitt Street 2) Solutions must have both flexible and affordable bandwidth upgrade paths. 3) Solutions must allow for affordable additions of new sites and flexibility about moving sites. 4) Solutions must be Layer 3; this enables both management and security features that are critical to our operation. The current WAN solution that is in operation is Layer 3. 5) Solutions must have fiber connection hand offs on both ends. 6) Vendor must work closely with the NHPS Information Technology Department (NHPS IT) staff during each phase of the project: implementation, optimization, and formal handover to NHPS. NHPS IT will ultimately be approving each stage of project advancement. 7) Fully document the network installation and keep documentation up to date throughout each phase of the project. Provide all documentation in an organized binder at the end of the project during handover to the NHPS IT Department. 8) Ability to provide an optical fiber-based solution is key; NHPS will not be responsible for the costs involved with extending an optical fiber network to any site. 9) Ability to insure traffic shaping and quality of service configurations on the new network are properly set is critical. The vendor should have staff resources that are fully capable of insuring that the districts existing VOIP system and data network will operate on the new circuits and network hardware configurations. It is the vendor’s responsibility to insure proper traffic shaping and quality of service settings. 10) Provide 100% CISCO compatible solutions for any router/network hardware replacements that may be required.
