Amendment_No._1_-_TU-2529_-_Towson_Run_Data_Cable_Upgrade_-_Issued_5.2.2025_.pdf

Procurement

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Amendment No. 1

Competitive Simplified Procurement

Utilizing the Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT) Cable & Wiring Inside Plant Master Contract

001B5600002 - Functional Area I

SBR - Towson Run Data Cable Upgrade Solicitation No. TU-2529

May 2, 2025

The following Amendment is being issued to amend the above-named solicitation. All information contained herein is binding on all Bidders who respond to this solicitation. New language has been double underlined and marked in red bold, (e.g., new language). Language deleted has been marked with a double strikethrough (e.g., language deleted).

1. PRE-BID CONFERENCE/SITE VISIT is revised as follows:

Site Visit 1: Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 10:00 AM Address: 201 Towsontown Ct; Towson, MD 21215. Attendees will meet in the lobby of Towson Run Apartments.

NOTE: SITE VISIT IS MANDATORY.

Site Visit 2: Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 10:00 AM Address: 201 Towsontown Ct; Towson, MD 21215. Attendees will meet in the lobby of the Towson Run Apartments.

2. DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS is being revised as follows:

Friday, May 2 8, 2025, at 3:00 PM

3. BID DUE DATE is being revised as follows:

Tuesday, May 6 13, 2025, at 3:00 PM

4. Revise Scope of Work as follows:

A. B. SUMMARY STATEMENT: Towson University is renovating its wireless network in Towson Run and is seeking a contractor to:

1. Unmount existing wireless access points.

2. Remove existing UTP and coaxial cable.

3. Remove existing patch panels.

4. Install new racks, ladder tray, and patch panels.

5. Install, label, and test category 6, category 6A, fiber optic, and copper cable.

6. Remount the old wireless access points and mount new wireless access points.

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B. C. SCHEDULE & COORDINATION

1. This work shall begin no earlier than May 22, 2025, and shall be completed no later than July 29, 2025.

2. Standard work schedules shall be 8AM – 5PM, Monday – Friday, unless otherwise approved by

Towson University.

3. The Contractor shall provide the University a minimum of 5 business days’ notice of the start of work.

4. The Contractor shall coordinate all work with the University’s Office of Technology Services.

C. D. GENERAL CONDITIONS

1. All work shall conform to Towson University’s IT Infrastructure Standards – Exhibit E, except where specifically directed otherwise in writing.

2. The University reserves the right to direct the Contractor to remove an employee from University owned property without cause.

D. E. AWARD

1. The basis for award on this project will be the Bid Amount.

2. The contractor shall include a fully loaded hourly labor rate for Field Technician and Project Manager positions. These fully loaded hourly rates are to be inclusive of all labor, equipment, and overhead costs. These fully loaded hourly labor rates may be used for the purposes of adjusting the contract and will not be a part of the base bid or basis for award. The University reserves the right to utilize these rates at their discretion.

3. The University reserves the right to reject all bids.

E. F. EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS

1. The University will provide all materials required for this work, including but not limited to cable, patch panels, jacks, RJ45’s, wireless access points, etc.

2. The University will label each new wireless access point with a unique identifier and provide a large format floor plan for use in the field. The contractor is responsible for marking the location of each AP with the unique identifier on those floor plans.

3. The contractor shall provide all equipment necessary to complete the work, including but not limited to, ladders, crimpers, wire strippers, testers, labelers, etc.

F. G. EXECUTION

The work under this contract is broken down as follows:

1. Demolition Work:

The demolition work consists of the removal of UTP, coaxial cable, and patch panels.

a. For each blue icon, the Contractor shall: (student data drop location)

1) Unmount the wireless access point, disconnecting the data cable, and leave the wireless access point in the cabinet in the suite’s kitchen. It will need to be returned to the same room when cabling is complete. room next to the original mounting location.

2) Remove the faceplate from the existing boxes at 18” AFF and 48” AFF.

3) Remove the UTP cable from the wireless access point to the patch panel in the hub room.

4) Dispose of the old cable off campus.

b. For each green icon, the Contractor shall: (student television drop location)

1) Remove the faceplate from the existing box.

2) Remove the coaxial cable from the room to the hub room.

c. For each red icon, the Contractor shall: (ceiling mounted wireless AP location)

1) Disconnect the data cable from the wireless access point.

2) Unmount the wireless access point, disconnecting the data cable, and leave it in room

101. It will need to be returned to the same location when cabling is complete. and leave it in the room next to its original mounting location.

3) Remove the cable from the wireless access point to the patch panel in the hub room and dispose of it off campus.

d. For each orange icon, the Contractor shall remove the specified number of cables from the end station to the hub room and dispose of it off campus.

e. For each brown icon, the Contractor shall remove the cable from the end station to the hub room and dispose of it off campus.

f. Within hub room 1A, the Contractor shall:

1) Label and disconnect each cable remaining on the patch panel after all room cables have been removed.

2) Remove all the patch panels.

2. Hub Room Work:

a. Within hub room 1A, the Contractor shall:

1) Install and label new HD patch panels.

2) Install and label a new LIU.

b. Within hub room 1B, the Contractor shall:

1) Install 1 new data rack.

2) Install new horizontal cable management on both sides of the rack.

3) Install and label the new patch panels.

4) Install and label a new LIU.

5) Install and label a new 110 punch block.

6) Install new ladder tray as shown in the Hub 1B Layout diagram.

3. Riser Work:

The Contractor shall:

a. Install, test, and label a 24-strand single mode fiber optic cable and a 25 pair copper cable between hub room 1A and hub room 1B.

b. LC terminate and install fiber optic cable in an LIU at both ends.

c. Punch down the copper cable on a 110 punch blocks at both ends.

4. Cabling Work:

The cabling work consists of installing, terminating, testing and labelling new category 6 and 6A cable from each end-station to the hub room designated on the floor plans, and the installation of old and new wireless access points.

a. For each blue icon, the Contractor shall: (student data jack location)

1) Install one yellow category 6A cable from the IT hub room to the box at 48” AFF for each of the wireless access point locations shown on the attached floor plans.

2) Terminate the cable in the IT hub room on a yellow category 6A Ortronics jack and install it in the patch panel.

3) Terminate the cable with an RJ45 at the wireless access point location.

4) Label the cable on both ends.

5) Test the cable end-to-end.

6) Plug the data cable into the wireless access point.

7) Mount the wireless access point onto the box at 48” AFF.

8) Install a blank plate on the box at 18” AFF.

b. For each green icon, the Contractor shall: (student television drop location)

1) Install one category 6A cable from the IT hub room to the box at 18” AFF.

2) Terminate the cable in the IT hub room on a yellow category 6A Ortronics jack and install it the patch panel.

3) Terminate the cable with a yellow category 6A jack at the end station and install it in a faceplate.

4) Label the cable on both ends.

5) Label the faceplate at the end station.

6) Test the cable end-to-end.

c. For each red icon, the Contractor shall: (ceiling mounted wireless AP location)

1) Install one yellow category 6A cable from the IT hub room to the location of the red icon.

2) Terminate the cable in the IT hub room on a yellow category 6A Ortronics jack and install it in the patch panel.

3) Terminate the cable with an RJ45 at the wireless access point location.

4) Label the cable on both ends.

5) Test the cable end-to-end.

6) Plug the data cable into the wireless access point.

7) Mount the wireless access point onto the ceiling grid.

8) If the wireless access point is new, remove one of the two labels from the access point and place it on the floor plans where it was installed. The University will provide a large-format version of the floor plans.

d. For each orange icon, the Contractor shall: (standard wall drop location)

1) Install the specified number of yellow category 6A cables from the IT hub room to the location of the orange icon. For icons including or appending 1V, run one grey category 6 cable from the IT hub room to the location of the orange icon.

2) Terminate the yellow category 6A data cables in the IT hub room on yellow category 6A Ortronics jacks and install them in a patch panel.

3) Terminate the yellow category 6A cables with a yellow category 6A jack at the end station and install them in a faceplate.

4) Terminate the grey category 6 cables in the IT hub room on a 110-punch block.

5) Terminate the grey category 6 cables at the end station on a black category 6 Ortronics jack and install them in a faceplate.

6) Label the faceplates at the end station.

7) Label the 110-punch block.

8) Test all cables end-to-end.

e. For each brown, icon, the Contractor shall: (controller drop location)

1) Install one yellow category 6A cable from the IT hub room to the location of the brown icon.

2) Terminate the cable in the IT hub room on a yellow category 6A Ortronics jack and install it the patch panel.

3) Terminate the cable with an RJ45 at the end station.

4) Label the cable on both ends.

5) Label the faceplate at the end station.

6) Test the cable end-to-end.

f. For each purple icon, the Contractor shall: (camera drop location)

1) Install one green category 6 cable from the IT hub room to the location of the purple icon.

2) Terminate the cable in the IT hub room on a green category 6 Ortronics jack and install it the patch panel.

3) Terminate the cable with an RJ45 at the end station, leaving a 10’ service loop.

4) Label the cable on both ends.

5) Test the cable end-to-end.

g. For all cables remaining that the Contractor labelled during the demolition phase, the Contractor shall:

1) Terminate the cable on an Ortronics jack.

2) Install the jack in a patch panel.

3) Label the patch panel.

h. Labeling

1) For each patch panel the Contractor installs, the Contractor shall affix a label to the left side of the panel with the panel’s identifier.

a) Patch panel identifiers are single capital letters.

b) The panel identifier for the top-most panel is A, the next one down is B, and so on to the bottom of the rack.

c) If there is more than one rack, patch panel identifiers continue in sequence from top to bottom and then from the left-most rack to the right-most rack. For example, if the first rack has panels A-H (8 maximum per rack), the top-most panel in the rack to the right would be I.

2) Cable identifiers are of the form: A-BC, where:

a) A is the hub room identifier (1A, 2A, 3C, etc.), as shown on the attached floor plans.

b) B is the patch panel identifier (A, B, C, etc.)

c) C is the zero padded port number as shown on the patch panel (01, 02, 12, 13, etc.)

d) For example, 8A-C03 is a cable terminated in hub room 8A on port 3 of panel C.

3) The Contractor shall label each new cable within 6 inches of the end-station termination at the end-station, such that it can be seen inside the surface amount box or above the ceiling in the case of drop ceilings.

4) The contractor shall label each patch panel port with the port number 01, 02, 03, etc., if the patch panel does not already have the patch panel ports labelled.

5) Labels shall be machine-made, not hand-written.

i. Testing

1) The contractor shall test and certify each newly installed cable for end-to-end compliance with the category of the cable.

2) The contractor is responsible for testing cables that were removed from the patch panel and reinstalled but is not responsible for repairing them unless the problem is with the patch panel termination.

j. Miscellaneous

1) There may be some drops in the hub room that the contractor will not remove. The contractor is responsible for re-terminating those cables, installing them in the new patch panel, and restoring the original label but is not responsible for testing them.

2) If the contractor encounters conditions that could impact the project, the contractor shall notify the University in writing as soon as the condition is noticed so that the University can assess how to remedy it.

k. As-Built Documentation

1) The contractor shall provide an as-built spreadsheet that provides a map of each cable identifier and the room number of its end-station.

2) A short description referencing the nearest room or notable physical feature is acceptable if any end-stations are in hallways or rooms that are not clearly labelled.

G. H. SITE PLANS

1. The IT Hub room identifiers are:

a. 1A for room 101.

b. 1B for Room 129.

c. 5A for Room 599 (no work being done in this room).

H. I. QUALIFICATIONS

1. The Contractor shall have at least five (5) years of experience in the telecommunications industry installing, terminating, and testing category 6 and 6A cable.

I. J. STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS AND TRASH REMOVAL

The Contractor is responsible for and shall:

1. Store and secure their equipment and materials.

2. Provide all equipment needed to do the job, including ladders, lifts, and tools.

3. Clean up after their work.

4. Dispose of all trash off-site.

Note: The University may, upon request of the contractor, provide space for storage. However, the University cannot guarantee safety of equipment and materials.

J. K. SAFETY

The Contractor shall:

1. Supply, install, and maintain all barriers, protection, warning lights, lighting, and personnel required to segregate the work area(s) from pedestrian or vehicular traffic, as well as to prevent damage to buildings, their occupants, and the surrounding landscaped and paved areas. The Contractor shall observe all applicable OSHA and MOSHA requirements.

2. Wear identification or shirt with company logos.

K. L. WARRANTY

The Contractor shall provide the University’s standard two-year warranty on labor.

5. Exhibit A – Floor Plans is revised as follows:

Remove Exhibit A Floor Plans for Towson Run First Floor and Replace with Exhibit A - Floor Plans revised 5/1/2025. Provided as a separate PDF file to this Amendment.

Issued: May 2, 2025, by Nneka Gray, Procurement Officer.