Alamance County #RFP #27-P001

Turnkey 144-Strand Single-Mode Fiber Optic Route for Alamance County Facilities

• Alamance County, North Carolina is seeking a contractor to deliver a turnkey 144-strand single-mode fiber optic (SMF) connection between two county facilities in Graham and Burlington.
• The project scope includes design, engineering, permitting, aerial and underground installation, testing, documentation, and commissioning of the fiber route.
• All fiber, enclosures, and terminations must be sourced from the same manufacturer to qualify for a 25-year warranty; Corning and CommScope are specifically named as acceptable OEMs.
• The contractor is responsible for all field verification, utility notifications, pole attachments (including coordination with Duke Energy), and compliance with NCDOT, NESC, NEC, ANSI/TIA, OSHA, and FCC standards.
• Fiber terminations must use LC UPC connectors, and double-lashing of the fiber cable is required for aerial segments.
• The project must meet North Carolina information technology security requirements and provide detailed as-built documentation upon completion.
• The contract includes a minimum 12-month workmanship warranty and a 25-year manufacturer warranty on fiber materials.
• No specific product part numbers are listed, but the primary deliverable is the 144-strand SMF cable and associated infrastructure, with all materials from a single OEM.

Description

Alamance County is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors to engineer, permit, install, test, and document a 144-strand single-mode fiber (SMF) route between 124 West Elm Street, Graham, NC 27253 and 780 Plantation Drive, Burlington, NC 27215. The project includes aerial construction, pathway engineering, pole attachments, make-ready coordination, fiber termination, and compliance with all regulatory and industry standards. The County intends to select a contractor capable of delivering a high-quality, reliable, standards-compliant OSP fiber route with a required completion date of January 2027. The selected vendor must comply with all applicable North Carolina information technology security requirements and be responsible for verifying all field conditions, utility ownership, pole attachment requirements, and permitting constraints prior to submitting a proposal.

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