Wide Area Network Circuts and Internet Access Service

The vendor is required to provide that wide area network circuts and internet access service to for a fully managed, ethernet handoff for bundled internet access solution.
- Provides internet access to over 34,000 end users (students and staff) via 10gbps leased lit fiber circuits from each school/support site to the district office.
- Has 40gbps of total bandwidth provided by two ISPS which distribute the end user traffic load to the internet.
- Provides 20gbps of bandwidth to the internet over their respective dual 10gbps circuits.
- Network design and construction routes:
• Applicant leaves point of presence (POP) location and fiber routes up to respondent, so long as   
the fiber handoffs are installed in each site’s Main Distribution Facility (MDF).  
• To current and future bandwidth needs, designs are encouraged to provide dedicated infrastructure to district/applicant.  this includes little to no aggregation or third-party equipment between district/applicant site and pop.
• District/applicant is not advocating or mandating any preconceived network design or construction route and leaves this decision up to the vendor to present their best solution, that is required to accommodate the district/applicant’s wan star topology, where cee is the center of the wan and location for ISP services to originate.
• Offerors should clearly illustrate proposed network design and construction routes.
• the district/applicant’s evaluation criteria will be used to determine if an award is made as a result of this RFP.  
• The district/applicant has, in accordance with USAC e-rate guidelines, rated cost of service as the highest weighted factor in its decision criteria.
- Special construction:
• In e-rate terminology, special construction refers to the upfront, non-recurring costs associated with the installation of new fiber to or between eligible entities.
• Special construction charges eligible for category one support consist of three components:
o Construction of network facilities
o Design and engineering
o Project management
• If no new fiber is being installed, then any installation costs are considered standard non-recurring costs (NRC).
o For leased lit fiber solutions requiring special construction, this means that the costs associated with building the fiber are considered special construction and the costs associated with the equipment required to activate the service are a standard NRC.
• Excess fiber strands for special construction projects.
o To the extent that the winning service provider installs additional strands of fiber for future business ventures, the winning service provider assumes full responsibility to ensure those incremental costs are allocated out of the special construction charges to the district in accordance with FCC rules and orders.
o If, after the issuance of the funding decision commitment letter (FDCL), the universal service administrative company (USAC) or the federal communications commission (FCC) determines that the winning service provider did not cost allocate those charges associated with the additional strands, district/applicant will not be responsible for reimbursing the winning vendor and the winning vendor shall assume all responsibilities deemed ineligible by USAC.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year