25 HPS NWES 01 Clarifications.pdf
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This is an Addendum document issued by Wright Hunter Technology Advisors for the Northwest Elementary School structured cabling project in Howell Public Schools, located in Royal Oak, Michigan. The project (25-NWES-SCS-01) involves the installation of structured cabling infrastructure, including UTP cable, fiber-optic components, patch panels, racks, conduits, cable support hardware (J-hooks), and related termination components. The addendum extends the bid due date to March 19, 2026, and provides twenty-three clarifications addressing contractor responsibilities, material specifications, approved manufacturers, and installation requirements. Key clarifications establish that the structured cabling contractor is not responsible for installing owner-furnished equipment such as cameras and wireless access points; that all conduit pathways, sleeves, and penetrations are provided by the electrical contractor; and that the structured cabling vendor is responsible for cable support hardware (J-hooks preferred) between MDF/IDF locations and data endpoints.
The addendum confirms that this is not a prevailing wage project and provides specification approvals for various manufacturers including ICC for racks and patch panels, Genesis for UTP cable, and Prysmian GenSPEED 6 MAX for outdoor plant cable. Notable clarifications indicate that yellow cable is not acceptable as a substitute for green security-camera cable (though black is acceptable for outdoor cable), that 23 AWG patch cables are acceptable for station-end applications only, and that contractors shall deliver all patch cords to the owner for installation. The document also establishes that stainless steel faceplates and surface-mount backboxes for wireless access points and cameras are the structured cabling contractor's responsibility, while FIS is not an approved manufacturer for fiber-optic enclosures and related components.
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818 West 11 Mile Road | Royal Oak, MI 48067 | Tel 248-594-5850 | Fax 248-594-5851 | http://wrighthunter.com
Addendum
Number: 2 Project: Northwest Elementary
Date: February 19, 2026 Project #: 25-NWES-SCS-01
Type: Addendum Designer: Scott Brune
Location: Howell Public Schools
CLARIFICATIONS:
1. The due date shall be extended to March 19, 2026.
2. This is not a prevailing wage project.
3. Number of Owner Furnished Contractor Installed cameras and wireless access points.
Complete list of Owner Furnished Equipment.
Response: The structured cabling contractor shall not install Owner-Furnished Equipment such as cameras or wireless access points; those devices are provided and installed by owner per the specifications.
4. Is there a drawing that shows the conduit pathways for camera cabling outside the school?
Response: Please refer to reference drawings: Sheet E1.01 SITE PLAN – ELECTRICAL (Keynote #7)
5. Will others have already installed the sleeves we need to get our cables to the cabling locations on the drawings?
Response: All sleeves and penetrations provided and installed by electrical contractor as noted on E-series drawings.
6. Are we to install the sleeves?
Response: See response to #4
7. Will others have installed any cable tray in the hallways?
Response: No cable tray in the hallways.
8. Can J-Hooks be used for the hallways?
Response: Yes, J-hooks are an acceptable hardware solution.
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9. Please verify if contractor will be placing outdoor camera cables in conduits provided by others or if we are to install the conduit?
Response: All conduit pathways shall be provided and installed by others.
10. If the conduit will be or has been installed by the electrician, please provide a drawing that showing what they installed?
Response: Please refer to reference drawings: Sheet E1.01 SITE PLAN – ELECTRICAL
11. Reference Note on drawing T5.11 at MDF room 1107 on Northwest Elementary
(4) 3" CONDUIT SLEEVES W/ BUSHINGS TO ABOVE 2ND FLR CEILING W/ 90
DEGREE SWEEP INTO LEARNING STUDIO ACCESSIBLE CEILING SPACE.
Please advise if this is to be included in Structured Cabling base bid.
Response: No.
12. Is ICC an approved manufacturer for racks, patch panels, termination components, wall plates, and surface-mount boxes?
Response: Yes.
13. Is Genesis an approved manufacturer for UTP cable?
Response: Yes.
14. Is yellow an acceptable substitute for green security-camera cable?
Response: No.
15. Who is responsible for backbone support hardware such as cable tray and J-hooks from MDF and IDF locations to data endpoint locations? Are either acceptable, or is there a specification to follow for this?
Response: The structured cabling vendor is responsible for all cable support between MDF/IDF locations to data endpoint locations. J-hooks are preferred support solution.
16. Is there a pathway design noting specific routes from MDF/IDF to data endpoint locations that must be followed? If so, can this information be provided?
Response: No
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Independent and Innovative
818 West 11 Mile Road | Royal Oak, MI 48067 | Tel 248-594-5850 | Fax 248-594-5851 | http://wrighthunter.com
17. Are all hardware such as sleeving, conduits, junction boxes, backboxes, light-pole hardware, etc., being supplied by the electrician?
Response: Yes, except the structured cabling vendor is responsible to provide and install surface mount backboxes (above ceiling) for WAPs and cameras (Section 2.8) and stainless steel faceplates, as specified (Section 2.7).
18. On the Typical Teacher Station detail (T1.0), it shows two double-gang boxes at 18" and 48".
Only the decora plate at 18" shows the two-port keystone decora insert. The boxes at 48" only show a decora for AV use. Is this top wall plate provided by the AV contractor or by the structured-cabling contractor?
Response: Refer to section 2.7. Yes, structured cabling contractor shall provide the stainless steel faceplates.
19. Does the AV vendor provide their own decora inserts? If this is to be provided by the structured-cabling contractor, can you share the part number to be supplied?
Response: Yes.
20. The pre-approved CAT6 OSP outdoor cable only comes in black (Prysmian GenSPEED 6 MAX).
The specifications state this should be green. Is black acceptable for the outside-plant cable?
Response: Yes.
21. We are unable to find a manufacturer that provides a model of patch cable that meets all the requirements listed in the specification document. These are specialty, custom-ordered items:
CAT6a, non-booted, 28 AWG micro, plenum. Can you provide an approved manufacturer and model? If not, are slim/flex booted patch cables acceptable? Are standard 23 AWG patch cables acceptable? For example, would the FS model be acceptable for WAP locations? (10 ft Cat6a 28
AWG Snagless U/UTP CM/LSZH Small-Diameter High-Flex Patch Cable, White, P/N
C6AUTPSGSLSZHCM)
Response: Refer to sections 2.9 and 2.10 E & F. 23 AWG patch cables are acceptable for station end cables only.
22. Are patch cables installed by the contractor and left coiled, or handed off to the owner to be installed?
Response: See section 2.9 and 2.10. Contractor shall deliver all patch cords to owner for installation.
23. Is FIS (Fiber Instrument Sales) an acceptable manufacturer for fiber-optic enclosures, splice trays, panels, and connectors?
Response: FIS is not a pre-approved equivalent. See section 2.4.H for list of approved manufacturers.
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