Any offered fiber link needs to be existing “On Net” connections capable of at least 50 Mbps, but UCA is interested in vendors capable of providing up to 1 Gbps; however, the awarded contract may be amended to a higher Gbps if in future the awarded vendor is capable of providing a higher Gbps fiber connection. The fiber circuit will need to terminate inside the radio equipment shelters and have either a NIB or optical router that can facilitate an electrical rj45 handoff to the UCA router. Hardware to be connected to existing UPS or -48 Volt battery system at both locations. Hardware to be rack mounted at both locations. Pricing should reflect a “point-to-point link” and should provide both the one-time costs and any recurring costs for a five-year period of time. This will be considered the total cost and shall form the basis of comparing competing offerors. UCA is requesting a June 28, 2024 project completion deadline, and Offerors should quote the project pricing based on this deadline. UCA is requiring a high availability, ultra-low latency configuration capable of at least 50 Mbps ethernet being able to accommodate a required MTU size of 9000 bytes. Any copper cabling must be protected with lightning suppression, transtector type devices at the point of entry into the communications shelter. Any contract resulting from this proposal will include, but not be limited to the Utah Communications Authority’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Goods and Services ("Standard Terms and Conditions"), a copy of which are attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Authority may refuse to negotiate exceptions and/or additions that are determined to be excessive; that are inconsistent with similar contracts of the procurement unit; to warranties, insurance, or indemnification provisions that are necessary to protect the procurement unit after consultation with applicable legal counsel; where the solicitation specifically prohibits exceptions and/or additions; or that are not in the best interest of the procurement unit. In an award, the Authority reserves the right to negotiate exceptions and/or additions to terms and conditions in a manner resulting in expeditious resolutions. This process may include beginning negotiations with the Offeror having the least amount of exceptions and/or additions and concluding with the Offeror submitting the greatest number of exceptions and/or additions. Contracts may be executed and become effective as negotiations are completed. If negotiations are required, Offeror must provide all documents in Microsoft Word format for redline editing. Offeror must also provide the name, contact information, and access to the person(s) that will be directly involved in legal negotiations. Any mandatorily required acceptance of an Offeror's terms and conditions may result in the proposal being determined to be non-responsive. An award resulting from this proposal is subject to successful contract terms and conditions negotiation (if required). The Authority, at its sole discretion, will determine when contract terms and conditions/negotiations become unproductive and will result in termination of award to that Offeror and the Authority may move to the next eligible Offeror.