Riverside Unified School District #2026/27-13

RUSD district office Category 6A cabling and fiber installation

Riverside Unified School District is seeking a contractor to replace and expand structured cabling at its two district office buildings in Riverside. - Government buyer: Riverside Unified School District (RUSD), Facilities, Planning & Development and Purchasing Department; procurement contact listed as Amanda Apat, Lead Procurement Specialist. - Scope and quantities: Remove and dispose of approximately 890 existing cable runs and install approximately 700 plenum-rated Category 6A cable runs, with a stated allowance of 250 feet per run. Building plans list 652 data drops: 310 at Building 1500 first floor, 213 at Building 1450 second floor, and 129 at Building 1500 second floor. - Specified OEMs and products: - Berk-Tek: LANmark 1000 plenum-rated Category 6A cable, approximately 700 runs. - Leviton: eXtreme Category 6A QuickPort jack inserts (quantity unspecified); multiple 48-port Category 6 QuickPort patch panels; and 700 one-foot Slimline Category 6A patch cords. - Plans also call for OM4 fiber-optic cable to IDF room 136; quantity is unspecified. - Related materials: Provide required surface or flush-mount boxes, faceplates, cable supports, trays, hangers, J-hooks, ceiling stringers, Velcro straps, and securing hardware. Global Group of Companies is referenced in a furniture-plan drawing but is not identified as a data-cabling supplier. - Services and deliverables: Remove designated existing cabling; route, label, terminate, test, and certify new cabling; provide test results and as-built documentation; install data drops and related infrastructure; and support phased MDF/IDF, communications, security, and system testing/activation work. District-provided network hardware, including switches and access points, is excluded from the cabling supply scope. - Notable requirements: Installation by a Leviton-authorized network installer, a Leviton ANI certificate, RCDD certification for cable work, and a California C-7 or C-10 contractor license. Work is subject to public-works and prevailing-wage requirements. The contract documents state a $25,000 allowance and liquidated damages of $1,000 per calendar day per project site.

Description

Riverside Unified School District is seeking bids to modernize IT infrastructure at its district office buildings at 1450 and 1500 Iowa Ave. Work includes removing identified existing cabling and supplying and installing approximately 700 plenum-rated Category 6A cable runs, with patch panels, color-coded jacks and patch cords, and related hardware. The contractor must label, terminate, test, and certify the cabling and provide test results and as-built documentation; district-provided network hardware is excluded. A mandatory job walk is scheduled for November 5, 2026, and bids are due November 17, 2026, at 10:00 AM.

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