The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) “Network Equipment and Equipment to Light Dark Fiber” is to solicit proposals from qualified vendors to provide the network equipment for each facility including software and hardware licensing, software and hardware maintenance, configuration, installation and product delivery for the components to light dark fiber. It is the intent of this solicitation to identify and procure: 1.) the network equipment and associated services required to upgrade and refresh the existing Wide Area Network (WAN) equipment at each campus with the intent to utilize the newly identified 2020 Category 2 Erate Budget, and 2.) the Wide Area Network components required to light the campus WAN equipment in conjunction with a dark fiber WAN solution.