Specifications include, but are not limited to:Any Structured Universal Cabling System installed for Sussex County (“County”) is designed to meet known and anticipated technology needs. An advanced building cabling system provides for more than communication services; it provides an infrastructure for an institution’s entire communications network. Instead of being a basic utility, it is as important as the high-tech systems that transmit signals over it and is an integral component of the County’s overall information network. These designs provide a universal and flexible cabling system for workstations, conference rooms, and environmental facilities. Today’s cabling system must be multi- functional and provide service for telephones, computers, fax machines, LANs, WANs, CCTV, Data Centers, and computer-aided design workstations, Audio Video systems (AV), and other technologies. For a cabling system to be capable of meeting today’s technology and institutional demands, it must have high bandwidth capacity and transmission speed while being extremely flexible. This wiring architecture incorporates the applicable ANSI/EIA/TIA standards, BICSI guidelines and the latest technologies. This cabling distribution plan can integrate all types of systems from a variety of Offerors. The design uses a subsystem approach, which allows for changes in the system without affecting other parts of the system. The Main Distribution Frame (MDF) and Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDF) Room equipment racks are designed to allow for growth, and the cable routing is accomplished through the provision of cable trays, conduits, sleeves, raceways, and cable hangers where required. Ease of administration and recordkeeping for moves and changes is readily apparent, as is the flexibility that a structured cabling system provides. BACKGROUND: The County utilizes a combination of leased fiber and copper based services. Expanding the County’s use of dark fiber is needed to meet the County’s network connectivity needs and to allow the County to serve its users, both internal and external, more effectively.
