Specifications include, but are not limited to: We are seeking a contractor to develop a broadband strategic plan for Santa Fe County. The plan shall, at minimum, include but not be limited to the following: • Work with the County to develop an outreach strategy to engage local and regional partners, Internet Service Providers (ISP) and other stakeholders, for input and recommendations; • An assessment of similar plans with success metrics and lessons learned to best practices; • Strategies for leveraging federal BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) funding for last mile projects and state Connect NM funding for middle mile and last mile projects along with any other funding sources, as appropriate; • A clearly defined scope and vision in the plan to include access, equity, affordability with technical, demographic and other data collection to identity needs, goals and success metrics; • Identify any additional potential partners, anchors and other stakeholders, including ISPs, telecommunications and utility construction companies; • Identification and GIS (Geographical Information System) mapping of all county owned broadband assets, including all RediNet (Regional Economic Development Internet Network, middle mile service provider) equipment contained within Santa Fe County, and all county owned broadband assets, towers, Network Operations Centers, Co-locations agreements, and broadband facilities; • Partnership opportunities with regional governmental, non-governmental, business and civic stakeholders (cities of Santa Fe, Edgewood, Espanola, school districts, higher education, medical providers, Pueblos, counties and State of New Mexico, etc.); • Estimated capital and operational budgets for any recommendations identified for consideration and potential funding sources; • Estimated economic, social and other impacts to Santa Fe County and the region; • Recommended path forward including timelines and internal project roles and responsibilities; • One, three, and five year goals, milestones and metrics; • A risk assessment, including mitigation strategies for significant risks to successful plan implementation; • Preliminary engineering as applicable for planning and cost estimating.
