Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of the County’s goals and objectives; 2. Propose fiber to the premises (FTTP) designs that are aligned with the County’s proposed goals; 3. Meet the design, build, network, operational, ISP partnership, and governance requirements as outlined in the sections below; 4. Describe how anticipated business/operational model(s) for the use of the County’s conduit, fiber, and any other assets demonstrate(s) efforts to expand the availability of broadband internet services to residents and businesses in the County; 5. Provide services that allow ISPs to offer tiered internet service offerings such as 100 Mbps, 500 Mbps, 1 Gbps, and up to 10 Gbps; and 6. Meet timeframe of providing initial services within a pre-agreed area of the County within 18 months of the effective date of an Agreement. The County anticipates Project build-out completion is 3-5 years, however Offeror(s) shall as a component of the response, describe anticipated completion of the various phases of the Project and anticipated full completion based on Project scope described in the RFP. 7. Letters of interest from ISPs will be a required response criteria for Phase 2.
