Garland Ionwave #REQ00003176

Garland Fiber-Optic Network Maintenance, Emergency Repair, and Modernization

The City of Garland is seeking contractors to maintain and upgrade fiber-optic networks serving municipal departments. - Government buyer: City of Garland, Texas, through Purchasing and Contract Administration / Procurement and Contracts Division; work supports IT, Transportation/Traffic, and Water. - OEMs named: Corning and CPI. The specifications identify Corning rack housings and splice cassettes, and a CPI fiber equipment rack; approved equivalents may be used. No other vendors are named. - Requested services: Scheduled and emergency fiber installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, modernization, splicing, termination, testing, and restoration; enclosure preparation; aerial and duct construction; pole attachments; field engineering; and design and as-built documentation. - Pricing line items: Service and aerial crews; emergency mobilization; new and existing enclosure work; cable preparation for 48 fibers or fewer; splicing at 1–48, 49–96, and 97-or-more fibers per location; aerial ADSS in power space and aerial installation in communications space; pole attachments; pulling fiber through existing duct; field engineering; and design/record-drawing/as-built services. Scheduled and emergency rates are requested where specified. - Materials and specifications: OS2 singlemode is the default for new outside-plant cable; OM4 or better multimode is used only when specified, needed for existing equipment, or approved. Cable counts include 12, 24, 36, 72, 96, 144, and 288 fibers for IT, and 12, 24, 36, or 96 for Traffic and Water. Other materials include fiber housings, splice trays, jumpers, conduit, pull boxes, communications vaults, pull cords, cable racks, and messenger cable. No project-wide quantities are stated; eight 1-foot OM4 multimode testing jumpers are specified per cabinet. - Notable requirements: Emergency availability outside regular weekday business hours and on City-designated holidays; critical-fiber response targets of 2 hours for critical, 4 hours for high, and 8 hours for medium priorities; City approval before critical-fiber reroutes; testing and as-built documentation; secure-facility access controls; and a minimum two-year workmanship warranty. Materials are reimbursed at actual cost plus proposed markup, capped at 10%. - Term and estimated spend: Initial 12-month term with four optional 12-month renewals. Estimated combined annual expenditure is $800,000; work depends on City needs and no minimum is guaranteed. The City intends to select primary and secondary contractors.

Description

The City of Garland is seeking bids for a term contract covering maintenance, repair, and modernization of its fiber optic network for the IT, Transportation, and Water departments. Work includes scheduled and emergency fiber optic services such as installation, splicing, testing, troubleshooting, repairs, and related design and consultative services. The initial contract period is 12 months with four optional 12-month renewals, and the City intends to award contracts to two highest-ranked respondents. The stated estimated annual expenditure for both contracts combined is $800,000; actual work depends on City needs, and no minimum work is guaranteed. Bids must include all items and be submitted electronically through IonWave by November 5, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. CT.

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