Specifications include, but are not limited to:Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) desires to establish a fixed price contract with a fiber optic cabling contractor to provide emergency fiber optic cable repair services for cable cuts or outages resulting from natural occurrences such as ice, wind, downed trees, tornado, etc or manmade damage caused by construction, digging, boring, scraping, etc. This is a fixed price bid, and an award will be made to multiple offerors. Award will be made to all responsive and responsible offerors. Offeror’s not responding to the initial solicitation, may be added to the awarded vendors’ list provided the vendor furnishes evidence of responsibility and responsiveness to Clemson University’s original fixed price bid as authorized by the solicitation. The effective date of this contract is the first day of the Maximum Contract Period as specified on the final statement of award. For bids where award statement is not required, the effective date of the contract will be the issue date on the Purchase Order. The initial term of this agreement is one (1) year from the effective date as stated on the award document. At the end of the initial term, and at the end of each renewal term, this contract shall automatically renew for a period of one year, unless contractor receives notice that the University elects not to renew the contract at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of renewal. Said renewals may be less than, but will not exceed, four (4) additional one year periods Regardless, this contract expires no later than the last date stated on the final statement of award. This contract is open for bidding until the original five year term of the contract expires. Regardless of when additional bids are received and awards made, all contracts awarded under this solicitation will terminate on the maximum expiration date stated on the final statement of award. The failure of a specific bidder to receive business, once it has been added to the awarded vendors’ list, shall not be grounds for a contract controversy under section 11-35-423