All bid deadlines are 11:59pm Pacific Time the date of the bid deadline listed unless otherwise noted.
UPDATE 12/18/18 – Award Criteria is now available to download. The bid deadline has been extended to 1/15/19.
UPDATE 12/18/18 - In previous newspaper ads the bid opening date (not the bid deadline) was listed as 1/15/19. That date has been revised and is now 1:30 pm, 1/21/19, 615 W. Missouri.
UPDATE 11/28/2018: If it is more cost effective for service providers to provide one 20 Gbps connection to 615 W. Missouri (instead of two 10 Gbps circuits to that location) that is acceptable – we will accept cost effective bids that meet our bandwidth needs.
LeasedLitFiberSiteListv2CORRECT.xlsx |
AwardCriteria68.docx |
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Question: Would Midland ISD consider a 60 month or a 120 month contract term?
Answer: No, for the leased-lit fiber, we are only requesting proposals for up to a three year contract term.
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No, for the leased-lit fiber, we are only requesting proposals for up to a three year contract term.
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Q: What are the term requirements for Internet service to four locations?
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Q: What is the requested service activation date...?
A: July 1, 2019
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Answer: There is a mistake in the spreadsheet. The address of the location labeled ADMIN 2 should be 615 W. Missouri Ave. Both ADMIN1 and ADMIN2 10 Gb connections go to the same place at 615 W. Missouri Ave.. A revised spreadsheet has been uploaded to the IFCB.
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The requested turn up date and start of billing is 7/1/2019.
At present, we have point to multi-point from each of our sites and we have two internet gateway locations. Currently, any site can be configured to utilize either of the two gateway sites for Internet. We prefer to retain this ability (any WAN site can be configured to utilize any of up to 4 Internet (core) sites for flexibility). Any WAN site also needs to be able to communicate with central office (615 W. Missouri), regardless of what Internet gateway they are pointing to.
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A: The site Admin 2 is actually a second 10 Gb circuit we are requesting at 615 W. Missouri Ave. The spreadsheet has an error in the address for Admin 2. It has been corrected a new spreadsheet has been attached with the correct information.