1. The requested service is a Point-to-Point service between the User Network Interface (UNI) at the Owner’s “Collector Site” to the UNI(s) located at each of the sites as listed on “Attachment A – Site Schedule.” a. Applicant is requesting a dedicated point to point network, or a dedicated connection between no more than two sites. A dedicated point-to-point network can have more than two sites in its WAN, however, no more than two sites are directly connected to each other. Each site connects to the “HUB” where all switching and routing is completed. In this dedicated point-to-point network setup, it is required that a 1-to-1 connection be provided between each site and the “HUB” site. 2. The Connections shall be a minimum of 1GB, or higher, unless otherwise noted on the “Attachment A – Site Schedule”. 3. The Respondent will provide a separate price for all one-time special construction and/or build-out costs, including but not limited to: conduit/trenching, interior pathways, cabling, terminations, construction of network facilities, route assessments, ROW access and/or easement assessments, traffic control and permits, surveys, testing, design and engineering, and project management to provide the requested service connection to the Owner’s designated demarcation point and also a separate proposal to amortize the cost of the construction into the monthly contract cost. The cost of one-time construction and/or installation fees as necessary by the bidder to provide their proposed service. For ERate purposes, special construction refers to the upfront, non-recurring costs associated with the installation of new fiber to or between eligible entities. If no new fiber is being installed, then any installation costs are considered standard, non-recurring costs (NRC). The Owner may seek funding for special construction charges relating to leased lit, leased dark and selfprovisioned fiber. Special construction charges eligible for Category One support consist of three components: a. Construction and network facilities b. Design and Engineering c. Project Management **Note** The term special construction does not include network equipment necessary to light fiber, nor the services necessary to maintain the fiber. Charges for network equipment and fiber maintenance are eligible for Category One support as separate services but not as special construction. All options can include special construction or one-time E-Rate eligible non-recurring costs as well as E-Rate eligible recurring circuit costs. All proposals for solutions requiring special construction must only include capacity and special construction necessary to deliver service to the Owner. To the extent that the winning Respondent installs additional strands of fiber for future business ventures, the winning Respondent assumes full responsibility to ensure those costs are allocated out of the special construction charges to the Owner in accordance with FCC rules and orders. If, after issuance of the Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL), USAC of the FCC determines that the winning respondent did not cost allocate those charges associated with the additional strands, the Owner will not be responsible for reimbursing the winning Respondent and the winning Respondent will assume all responsibilities deemed ineligible by USAC. Based on the proposal, and both short-term and long-term cost effectiveness analysis, the Owner will determine which of the solutions is acceptable. 4. All RFP proposals will include any/all costs associated with switching service from the Owner’s existing service provider. The Respondents submittal of a proposal is an acknowledgement of this requirement. 5. Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), to provide the requested service. a. Demarcation hand-off will be a Multi-Mode Fiber connection. Respondent will provide and maintain all premise equipment necessary to provide the Owner with the specified hand-off type of service requested. b. All solutions must terminate service or infrastructure in the demarcation point at the site address and MDF location as specified in the RFP. Solutions bringing service to the property line but not to the demarcation point are not acceptable. Respondent must specify the specific demarcation setup included in the base fee.
