Cabling: The bidder will provide and install PLENUM GREEN Jacket CAT6 Cable for all horizontal station requirements. All cables should include a 20-foot service loop in the ceiling or rafters at the station, and a 10-foot service loop at the wiring closet if still within the 295-foot maximum length. All Category 6 UTP cables should be installed in cable tray and/or J-Hooks, which will be furnished and installed by the vendor. Any outdoor Cat6 data runs should be in conduit. Any new conduit paths will be furnished and installed by the vendor. All cabling patch panel to switch configuration will be furnished by the vendor with Panduit (UTP28SP1BL) 1-foot or (UTP28SP6INBL) 6-inch CAT6 patch cables. Cables must be tested and results submitted when complete. Faceplate Mounting and Termination Requirements All Cat6 UTP cables should be terminated with Panduit (CJ688TGBL) Mini-Com TX6 PLUS UTP Jack Modules following the t568-B termination configuration. For new faceplates, jacks should be housed within Panduit (CFPSL4WHY) White Sloped Mini-Com Classic Series Faceplates equipped with associated blanks (CMBWH-X) in wall locations. If surface boxes are used, cables should be mounted & terminated by Panduit (CBX1WH-A) Mini-Com Surface Mount 1 Port Boxes. All terminated drops will require Panduit (UTP28SP10BL) 10-foot CAT6 Patch Cables. Patch Panel Termination Requirements Floor Standing Cabinets and Racks: All CAT6 UTP Data cables should be terminated with Panduit (CJ688TGBL) Mini-Com TX6 PLUS UTP Jack Modules following the 568-B termination configuration. All jacks should be housed in Panduit (CPPL48WBLY) MINI-COM Modular Faceplate 48-Port Patch Panels or Panduit (CPPL24WBLY) MINI-COM Modular Faceplate 24-Port Patch Panels. Cable Labeling Requirements: The labeling itself should be of a permanent nature (indelible ink), machine printed (not handwritten), and be plainly visible with 3/16-inch high characters on the faceplates and the patch panels. Also, provide labels with 1/8-inch high characters on each cable inside the receptacle at the work area and in the IDF at the point of termination. Standard label will be “closet – 3 digit number” (i.e. MDF – 101); main closet will be MDF; all intermediate closets will be IDF with increment of 1 for each additional IDF (i.e. IDF, IDF2, IDF3). First floor jacks shall be 101-199, second floor jacks 201-299, and third floor jacks 301-399.
