Howard Community College Bidlocker #27P-003

Howard Community College Tellabs PON equipment migration and integration

Howard Community College is seeking an integrator to migrate its campus passive optical network from Motorola equipment to a Tellabs solution. - Government buyer: Howard Community College Board of Trustees, Office of Procurement; Procurement Officer Courtney Kelly, Assistant Director of Procurement. - OEMs and named technology providers: Tellabs is the requested equipment OEM; Motorola is the incumbent equipment manufacturer. The integration must support Cisco ISE and Microsoft Intune. - Equipment: The BOM identifies 19 equipment types, all with quantities listed as TBD and no aggregate quantities provided. Items include Tellabs BOLT OLT 16 PON (81.11S-BOLT), ONT140CL 4GE (81.11G-ONT140CL-R6), ONT180C 8GE with PoE (81.11G-ONT180C-R6), associated power supplies, cords, optics, software, licenses, mounting brackets, and an OCC kit containing a 2x32 splitter (RTS1UPON2X32SCAPC). See line items for the complete BOM and part numbers. - Services: Assess and validate the design, plan and execute a phased migration and cutover, install and configure equipment, replace existing 1x32 splitters with 2x32 splitters, integrate IEEE 802.1X with Cisco ISE and Microsoft Intune, test and harden the solution, and provide documentation, training, and knowledge transfer. - Notable requirements: Include redundant optical line terminals (OLTs), maintain service continuity, and prepare recovery and rollback plans. A minimum one-year workmanship warranty begins after written final acceptance.

Description

Howard Community College is seeking proposals from qualified Tellabs-certified or Tellabs-experienced integrators to replace its existing Motorola Passive Optical Network (PON) equipment with Tellabs equipment. The work includes a redundant OLT architecture and integration of IEEE 802.1X network access control. The contract is firm fixed price, with performance from Notice to Proceed through written final acceptance and a minimum one-year workmanship warranty. A mandatory in-person pre-proposal conference and site walk is scheduled for October 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.; proposals are due November 20, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. local time.

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