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Fiber WAN connectivity for Pueblo Rural School District 70

Pueblo Rural School District 70 is seeking fiber-based WAN connectivity between its hub sites and school locations. - Government buyer: Pueblo Rural School District 70, Colorado; no sub-agency or office is specified. - Services requested: Proposals must cover all locations and may offer leased dark fiber, managed lit fiber, or both. Pricing schedules identify 16 connection routes for each service option. - Dark fiber: Two strands (one pair) of single- or multimode fiber per connection; the district supplies equipment to light the fiber. Include fiber maintenance or itemize it separately. The pricing schedule specifies 2 Gbps service. - Lit fiber: Fully managed, symmetrical, dedicated bandwidth with a committed information rate, starting at 10 Gbps. The maximum stated requirement is 40 Gbps; a 50 Gbps portal selection was used because 40 Gbps was unavailable. The pricing schedule specifies 10 Gbps service. - Locations and network connections: Connect four hub sites—Pueblo West High School, Pueblo County High School, Administrative Service Center South, and D70 Online—to Craver Middle School, Beulah Middle School and Beulah Elementary School, Rye Elementary School, and Rye High School. Services must terminate at the designated building MDFs and district-owned switches; the district uses Ruckus 7000-series switches. - Other priced options: Separately price router leasing, modular electronics and maintenance, and alternative network designs. Identify any new fiber construction costs and explain how each endpoint connects to a hub. - Notable requirements: No usage caps or speed throttling; include applicable recurring, non-recurring, construction, and maintenance costs. SPI discount billing is required. Month-to-month pricing may be offered, while contracted proposals should provide pricing for the requested initial term. Huawei and ZTE equipment or services, as well as other covered-company equipment or services, are prohibited. - OEMs mentioned: Ruckus, Huawei, and ZTE. Ruckus is identified as the manufacturer of the district’s existing switches; Huawei and ZTE are named as prohibited suppliers. No prospective service provider or reseller is named. - Part numbers: None identified.

Description

Pueblo Rural School District 70 is requesting bids or proposals for leased dark fiber and/or leased lit fiber connections to schools listed in the attached Service Specification and Pricing Attachment. The stated minimum bandwidth requirement is 10 Gbps and the maximum is 40 Gbps; the source notes that 50 Gbps was selected in the portal because 40 Gbps was unavailable as a dropdown option. Offerors are encouraged to provide pricing using the attached Pricing Attachment, which is required with proposal submissions. The attachment lists a requested initial term of 60 months for the specified connections.

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