Exhibits High Speed NV - Middle Mile Fiber Marketing and Construction Partner.pdf

Exhibit A

Resources

The State Partners summarize some of the key adherences with which Applicants will have to comply as subrecipients of Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund funding and NTIA Middle Mile

Grant funding.

Applicants are encouraged to review the following material prior to submitting their proposals and acknowledge they have read and understand the requirements of the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, at

Information Website and the NTIA Middle Mile Grant, Notice of Funding Opportunity, at NTIA

Middle Mile NOFO

Awardee Adherence to Laws and Regulations: By submitting a proposal for the State Partners

Fiber Construction and Marketing RFP, Applicant agrees to comply with all the following regulations:

• Equal Employment Opportunity. All contracts must include EEO requirements.

• Rights to Inventions. For any intellectual property created using federal funds. See also 37

CFR 401.2

• Debarment and Suspension. Contracts must not be made to parties listed on the governmentwide exclusions in System for Award Management.

• Access to Records. Awarding agencies, inspectors general, comptroller general and state or any authorized representative must have access to documents, papers or other records or timely access to personnel pertinent to the award. See 2 CFR Part 200.337.

• Records Retention. See SLRLF requirements noted above – generally, five years.

• Davis-Bacon Act. As noted above, requires contractors to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits for each category of work. See also 29 CFR part 5.

• Termination for Cause and Convenience. Terms should address termination for both cause and convenience.

• Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications Equipment. Recipients and subrecipients are prohibited from obligating or expending loan or grant funds to procure or obtain, extend/renew a contract, or enter into a contract to procure or obtain equipment, services or systems that uses covered telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei

Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation. Pub. Law 115-232. See 2 CFR 200.216

• Domestic Preference for Procurements. As appropriate, provide a preference for the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States.

2 CFR 200.322

For Contracts Exceeding $100,000:

• Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards. Contracts need to compute wages of mechanics and laborers based on a 40-hour work week.

• Lobbying restrictions. Byrd Anti-Lobby Amendment requires contractors that apply for or bid for an award exceeding $100,000 file the required certification that it has not used federal funds to pay any person or organization to lobby any agency, member of Congress, etc. See 31 USC 1352.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/capital-projects-fund https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/MIDDLE%20MILE%20NOFO.pdf https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-05/MIDDLE%20MILE%20NOFO.pdf

For Contracts Exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (currently $250,000):

• Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Act. Contracts must contain a provision that requires compliance with all applicable standards, orders or regulations. Any violation must be reported to the Environmental Protection Agency. See 42 USC 7404-7671q, 33 USC

1251-1387

• Performance. Construction contracts or subcontracts require a determination that the federal interest is adequately protected. If such a determination has not been made, then the minimum requirements are: 1) a bid guarantee, 2) performance bond; c) payment bond. See

2 CFR part 200.326.

Exhibit B

Design and Engineering Standards (includes environmental assessment)

For Nevada Middle Mile Initiative

The Applicant should address the following requirements in the portion of the proposal to provide design and engineering services for the Nevada Middle Mile network.

Design of New Fiber Routes and Construction Oversight

Provide Collaborative Design, Estimation, Permitting/Make Ready, Construction Oversight, Final

Testing and Documentation for the Nevada Middle Mile Initiative.

• For sections of the Nevada Middle Mile: The State Partners will consider only buried in conduit for the build except in highly specialized circumstances where aerial builds may be necessary. The Fiber Marketing and Construction Partner will be responsible for evaluating and recommending the following:

o Determine the most desirable routes between the specified endpoints as an initial tabletop design.

o Conduct field studies to determine special situations, private roads, unusual cable runs, remote parcels, or other obstacles, if any, that will affect installation costs.

o Create a final recommended design, including a cost estimate for each span of the proposed network builds.

o Identify third-party approvals or permits that will be needed, if any, including but not limited to conservation, environmental, and historical preservation permits, waivers, and easements.

o Identify “hut” and distribution hub locations, equipment enclosures, etc.

o Assist in the make-ready application process firm, if required.

o Specify testing and quality assurance procedures necessary to ensure that the completed network will perform as designed and that all work is good and workmanlike.

• Prepare the field construction details to supply to construction crews. The field construction details should include all detailed specifications, construction scope of work, and all other content required for a complete field construction program. This will include at minimum:

o Design and engineering documents that can be used for field construction of the new construction segments.

▪ Pay particular focus to the following:

• Frequency of handholes

• Weight load specifications for handhole covers

• Frequency of markers for buried fiber

• Frequency of interconnect cabinets

• Recommendations may distinguish frequency for higher density population areas from lower density o A proposed division of new construction segments that include for each segment

▪ A narrative description of the route

▪ For aerial segments, a pole survey outlining initial load assessments and possible replacement

▪ For buried segments, an initial soil description and an assessment of areas plow/trench versus bore

• Specifically, identify areas where a rock adder fee may be necessary

• Provide construction management, testing, consulting, and advisory services as part of this proposal.

• Produce a final detailed map in a GIS vector format that clearly displays new build and leased sections of the network. This map should be suitable for inclusion in both the new construction bid package and for the IRU of existing fiber technical package.

• Identify and describe any other functions and services that may be required or recommended to ensure successful, timely, and responsive construction and provisioning of the Nevada Middle Mile Network.

• Create a budget for the build-out that includes all aspects of permitting, potential easement and rights of way, construction costs (including cable installation, “hut” construction, and all other construction elements), construction oversight, network equipment (including premise terminal equipment), connection fees, etc.

• Develop options for operational management and maintenance of the system. Include ongoing costs for o Maintenance and operations of leased fiber segments o Maintenance and operations of new build fiber segments o Estimated locate costs for new build fiber segments.

Conduct Environmental Assessment and Secure a Finding of No Significant Impact

The Applicant will conduct an environmental assessment that meets NTIA, Treasury and NIST standards and lead the process for seeking a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the

Nevada Middle Mile Project. At a minimum, the environmental assessment must include:

• Site Selection: Evaluate potential sites for the fiber build, considering factors such as proximity to environmentally sensitive areas, wildlife habitats, and cultural heritage sites.

• Environmental Impact Analysis: Assess the potential environmental impacts of the project, including soil erosion, water pollution, air quality, and noise. Consider the construction phase as well as the long-term impact of the fiber infrastructure.

• Mitigation Measures: Identify and propose mitigation measures to minimize negative impacts. For example, you could suggest erosion control techniques, wastewater management plans, and noise reduction strategies during construction.

• Habitat Protection: Assess the potential impact on local flora and fauna, including threatened or endangered species. Recommend measures to minimize disruption to natural habitats and propose ways to restore or enhance affected areas, if necessary.

• Waste Management: Develop a waste management plan to handle construction and operational waste. This may include recycling programs, proper disposal of hazardous materials, and reducing waste generation whenever possible.

• Community Engagement: Involve local communities in the decision-making process and seek their input on environmental concerns. This can help address potential issues and create a more sustainable and socially acceptable project.

• Compliance with Regulations: Ensure compliance with local, national, and international environmental regulations. Address permits, licenses, and any other legal requirements related to the fiber build project.

The Environmental assessment must include the following coordination:

• The completion of environmental review and issuance of a Categorical Exclusion (Cat

Ex) Decision Memo, Record of Consideration (REC), Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI), or Record of Decision (ROD) (hereinafter “decision documents”) that meets the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.).

• The completion of any required consultations, to include consultations with the State

Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the appropriate federally recognized Native

American tribes, under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

(16 U.S.C. 470, et seq.) (NHPA), and/or consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (USFWS) under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and/or consultations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) under

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.); and/or

• Demonstration of compliance with all other applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations.

Siting and Design of Colocation Facilities Throughout the Network

The Applicant will review existing Nevada DOT and NSHE collocation options and/or recommend new locations for huts or at other sites along the network necessary to support the DWDM and packet architecture that will be used by lit services partners.

The design and engineering firm will create rack elevation diagrams, power requirement specifications and interconnection recommendations for each of the colocation sites.

The design and engineering firm will be responsible for overseeing the design, engineering, siting and installation of any new equipment huts or colocation facilities.

Exhibit C

Construction and Construction Project Management Specifications

Nevada Middle Mile

Applicant shall provide in its proposal how it will meet the following new fiber build specifications:

Project Management and Reporting:

• Applicant will provide all project management to accomplish the installation of all project work as outlined in the Statement of Work.

• Applicant will provide engineer(s), certified on selected fiber system specifications and procedures, to manage all phases of project as outlined in this proposal. This includes ordering and managing the bill of materials as outlined below, directing and managing cable placement and restoration, directing and managing splicing crews and providing detailed documentation at the end of the project.

• Applicant will develop a project management plan, which will include a milestone chart.

The milestone chart will outline any critical path events and then track these the Fiber

Networks team at the State of Nevada.

• Project management will include providing the State of Nevada with regular progress reports on the construction progress, impediments, finances and any other matters which may impact the project. Provider Reports shall include:

o Daily Reports: Daily construction reports will be provided to the OSIT Director of Fiber Networks.

o Quarterly Progress and Fiscal Reports: On a quarterly basis, Applicant shall deliver to the Director of OSIT a report in the format specified by OSIT addressing the construction timeline established by the Applicant and agreed to by the State of Nevada. This report shall outline all construction charges, progress on milestones, financial and technical updates, and any other issues impacting construction efforts.

o As Requested: Upon written request by OSIT, Applicant shall respond within three business days to any request for status or update from the State of Nevada and provide information as requested.

Material Management

• Applicant will provide all material management to ensure that the project remains on track according to the project milestones.

• Applicant will develop in conjunction with selected contractor plants and other suppliers a material management plan.

Property Restoration

• All cable routes, which are plowed or bored, will be restored to as near to original condition as possible.

Installation of Underground Fiber Optic Cable

• Bores will be approximately 3’ deep.

• Plows will be approximately 3’ deep.

• For buried installs, Applicant will procure and install customer approved hand-holes and place marker/locator posts.

• Applicant will provide entry/exit holes into colocation facilities for routing cables to distribution frames unless otherwise noted.

• Applicant will provide specific details of cable placement using aerial photography and

CAD drawings.

Installation and Splicing Hardware at Head Ends and in the Field. Applicant will:

• Install optical hardware and splice field cable to equipment tail at head ends and splice tail to pre-stubbed hardware with SC pigtails.

• Prep closures, cables, fibers and splice fibers at all field locations

• Fiber to fiber fusion splicing of optical fibers at each point including head ends.

• Individual splice loss will be ≤ 0.10 dB for single-mode unless after 3 attempts these values cannot be achieved, then the fibers will be re-spliced until a splice loss within 0.05 dB of the lowest previous attempts is achieved. Splice loss acceptance testing will be based on the fusion splicer’s splice loss estimator.

List Estimated Total Project Splices: (number)

Final Testing. Applicant will:

• In addition to splice loss testing, the selected contractor will perform end-to-end insertion loss testing of single-mode fibers at 1310 nm and 1550 nm from one direction for each terminated fiber span in accordance with TIA/EIA-526-7 (OFSTP 7). For spans greater than

300 feet, each tested span must test to a value less than or equal to the value determined by calculating a link loss budget.

• Inspect each terminated single-mode fiber span for continuity and anomalies with an OTDR at 1550 nm from one direction in accordance with OTDR operating manual.

Documentation. Applicant will:

• Provide final documentation consisting of:

o Route “As-Built” Maps/Diagrams o End-to-End Insertion Loss Data o OTDR Traces o Individual Splice Loss Data

Bid Specifications:

• All splicing will be by the fusion method.

• All splicing enclosures and Hand Holes shall be of a type to be determined by the County.

• All Hand Holes shall be (State) DOT approved, 45,000 lb. load rated CDR or comparable enclosures.

• All plowed cables shall be placed at a depth of 36” along roadways and 24” on private property.

• All road and driveway bores shall be at a depth of 36” and will have a 2” inner duct placed within.

• All buried splice locations will be marked with a locator post and a copper ground wire shall be attached to the splice closure/cable sheath.

• marker posts shall be placed every 1500’.

• A warning tape shall be placed 12” above the buried cable.

• All highway shoulders, schoolyards, and ditch lines will be compacted and restored to satisfactory condition.

• All DOT encroachment permits, railroad encroachment permits, and National Park Service permits shall be submitted by State of Nevada in accordance with the permitting agency requirements.

• State of Nevada shall be responsible for the payment of any permitting fees and shall be the holder of said facilities. Applicant will apply for all permits.

• Applicant shall furnish an as-built drawing to the County.

• Applicant shall perform an end-to-end continuity and loss test on each spliced fiber segment and provide the County with the dB loss of each fiber segment.

• Applicant shall be responsible for submitting the appropriate ULOCO locate requests.

• The State of Nevada shall grant Applicant right of way permission for State government-owned properties and roadways.

• All cables to buildings shall be fusion spliced within a minimum of 50 feet of entering an interconnect hut at a location to be determined by the State of Nevada with an existing single mode fiber and terminated at customer's rack.

• A minimum of 100 feet coil of cable shall be left in each Hand Hole/Building for splicing use.

• State of Nevada shall provide the Applicant with secured space to store materials and equipment if needed.

Right-of-Way Acquisition & Permitting

• Applicant is responsible to ensure that all cable routes have approved access & rights-of-way for all proposed cables installations.

• Applicant will provide any information or points of contact to allow selected contractor and its subcontractors to facilitate the route prep “Make-ready” and actual cable installation.

• Applicant is responsible for pulling all required construction permits. Selected contractor and its subcontractors will provide officials at State of Nevada with any information necessary to pull these permits in a timely fashion.

Route Maps

• Applicant is responsible for providing maps, drawings or aerial photographs of the route.

Termination and Splicing locations

• Applicant will in conjunction with selected contractor designate/decide on all termination locations, whether in-building, outside plant or in customer premises. This will include all hand-hole or manhole locations.

• Applicant will, in conjunction with selected contractor, designate/decide on all field splice locations, in-building splice locations (if applicable), or other splice locations necessary to connect the network.

Cable and Hardware Approval

• State of Nevada will approve all cable and hardware prior to ordering or installation.

Selected contractor will provide any required consultation to assist Contractor in this effort.

• State of Nevada will approve all hand-hole or building entrance hardware prior to ordering or installation. Selected contractor will provide any required consultation to assist Applicant in this effort.

Material Delivery, Receipt & Storage

• State of Nevada will provide warehouse or yard space to accommodate all materials provided by selected contractor to accomplish this project. Applicant will inspect, receive and issue any materials to provide accountability. This will reduce the overall cost to the

State of Nevada with no added costs being placed into the proposal to cover the receipt and storage.

Final Inspection

• State of Nevada will provide at their discretion a person(s) to witness any final testing or construction verification. The person designated by State of Nevada will be required to initial/provide acceptance of any results. This person(s) will represent the State of Nevada during any and all acceptance testing. This does not relieve the selected contractor from providing agreed upon documentation or absolve the selected contractor of any warranty support.

Communications

• Contractor is responsible for all communications with any interested parties concerning the proposed construction. Notification of any person(s) affected by this construction is the responsibility of the contractor. Applicant will work directly with any persons designated to handle project communications to facilitate awareness and reduce turmoil in the State.

Selected Applicant will provide consultation to assist in the development of a communications plan as required.

Signage

• Applicant is responsible for constructing, erecting, and maintaining in good condition throughout the construction phase of the project a sign(s) satisfactory to National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) that identifies the project and indicates that the project is

Federally funded.

• The Signs shall:

o Be designed in accordance with the guidelines and design specifications found in the

Building A Better America Brand Guide found here:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2022/08/Building-A-Better-

America-Brand-Guide.pdf o Be placed in an easily visible location that can be directly linked to the work taking place; and, o Identify the project as a “project funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan

Infrastructure Law.” The recipient should use best efforts to use recycled or recovered materials when procuring signs. The recipient shall also ensure costs https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2022/08/Building-A-Better-America-Brand-Guide.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2022/08/Building-A-Better-America-Brand-Guide.pdf associated with signage are reasonable and limited. NIST also may require maintaining a permanent plaque or sign at the project site with the same or similar information.

NIST Requirements

The Applicant must ensure the project meets all the following NIST requirements. During construction, the Applicant is responsible for:

• Ensuring project completion in accordance with approved plans and specifications

• Monitoring project progress and reporting progress to NTIA and NIST

• Providing for required construction permits and adequate construction inspection

• Promptly paying costs incurred for the project purposes

• Monitoring any subcontractors’ compliance with federal, state, and local requirements; and

• Constructing and maintaining in good condition throughout the construction period, of a sign or signs, at the project site in a conspicuous place indicating that the federal government is participating in the project.

Construction Reference Standards:

The Applicant should address in their proposal how they will adhere to the following standards in their construction of the Nevada Middle Mile. Specifications in this document are not meant to supersede state law or industry standards. Applicants shall note in their response where their proposal does not follow the requested specification to comply with state law or industry standard.

The following standards are based upon the Customer-Owned Outside Plant Design Manual (CO-

OSP) produced by BICSI, the Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual (TDMM) also produced by BICSI, ANSI/TIA/EIA and ISO/IEC standards, and NEC codes, among others.

It is required that the respondent be thoroughly familiar with the content and intent of these references, standards, and codes and that the respondent be capable of applying the content and intent of these references, standards, and codes to all outside plant communications system designs executed on the behalf of the district.

Listed in the table below are references, standards, and codes applicable to outside plant communications systems design. If questions arise as to which reference, standard, or code should apply in a given situation, the more stringent shall prevail. As each of these documents are modified over time, the latest edition and addenda to each of these documents is considered to be definitive.

Standard/Reference Name/Description

BICSI CO-OSP BICSI Customer-Owned Outside Plant Design Manual

BICSI TDMM BICSI Telecommunications Distribution Methods

Manual

BICSI TCIM BICSI Telecommunications Cabling Installation Manual

Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications

Cabling Standard

TIA/EIA – 568 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling

Standard

TIA/EIA – 569 Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunication

Pathways and Spaces

TIA/EIA – 606 The Administration Standard for the

Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial

Buildings

TIA/EIA – 607 Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding

Requirements for Telecommunications

TIA/EIA - 455 Fiber Optic Test Standards

TIA/EIA - 526 Optical Fiber Systems Test Procedures

IEEE 802.3 (series) Local Area Network Ethernet Standard, including the

IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet Standard

NEC National Electric Code, NFPA

NESC National Electrical Safety Code, IEEE

OSHA Codes Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1910 - General Industry, and 1926 - Construction Industry, et al.

Scope of Work for Fiber Maintenance:

1. Applicant shall maintain both multi-duct systems and installed fiber seven days per week, twenty-four hours per day.

2. In the case that maintenance is subcontracted out to a 3rd party, the respondent must hold and manage the subcontract and is ultimately responsible for any dark fiber SLA.

3. Maintenance and operations commitment require a response to any outage due to a fiber cut, crimp, bend or another fiber related failure, within two (2) hours and thereafter proceed to correct the malfunction with reasonable diligence.

The following maintenance credits shall apply to dark fiber outages lasting more than two hours.

Length of Service

Outage

Credit is the following percentage of

Monthly Fiber

Maintenance Fee

Less than 2 hours No

Credit

Two (2) hours to four (4) hours

5%

Greater than four (4) hours and less than eight (8) hours

10%

Greater than eight (8) hours and less than twelve (12) hours

15%

Greater than twelve

(12) hours and less than sixteen (16) hours

20%

Greater than sixteen (16) hours and less than twenty-four (24) hours

35%

Greater than twenty-four

(24) hours

50%

The Applicant shall undertake the following dark fiber maintenance and operations responsibilities:

o Routine maintenance and inspection o Scheduled maintenance windows and scheduling practices for planned outages o Marker and handhole inspection and repair o Handling of unscheduled outages and customer problem reports o Determining what service level agreement is included and what alternative service levels may be available at additional cost o Determining what agreements are in place with applicable utilities and utility contractors for emergency restoration o Repair of fiber breaks o Mean time to repair o Replacement of damaged fiber o Post repair testing o Replacement of fiber that no longer meets specifications o Policies for customer notification regarding maintenance o Process for changing procedures, including customer notification practices o Process for moves, adds, and changes o Process for responding to locate requests o Major cut repair or relocation of fiber requests included monthly maintenance scope

Exhibit D

Design, Engineering, and Construction Budgets for the I-80 Middle Mile and Eastern Nevada Middle

Mile Projects

I-80 Middle Mile Project Budget

Pre-project development, including data gathering, feasibility studies, community engagement and public feedback processes, equity assessments and planning, and needs assessments.

$ 8,838,957.43

Personnel Costs $ 16,941,335.08

Repair, rehabilitation, construction, and improvement, of facilities

$ 22,097,393.59

Acquisition of real property, leases, and related

$ 7,365,797.86

Permitting, planning, architectural design, engineering design, and work related to environmental, historical, and cultural reviews.

$ 5,892,638.29

Ancillary costs necessary to operationalize and put assets to full use

$ 8,838,957.43

Collecting and measuring performance data and activities needed to establish and maintain a performance management and evaluation regime related to projects funded by CPF.

$ 3,682,898.93

Total Project Costs $ 73,657,978.62

Eastern Nevada Middle Mile Project Budget

Legal Expenses $ 200,000.00

NDOT ROW Access In-Kind

Occupancy permit fee In-Kind

NDOT Permitting fees In-Kind

Engineering Design and As Builts $ 6,038,247.60

Environmental/NEPA/Section 106 $ 500,000.00

CONDUIT

(1) FUTUREPATH HYBRID 6-WAY (1.25" TSIDR9) $ 13,375,288.08

HANDHOLES

Shared Distribution Vault – Tier 22, 24" x 36"x 36" $ 459,940.00

Equipment Vault – Tier 22, 48″ x 48″ x 48″ $ 42,360.00

SPLICE ENCLOSURES

Backbone Splice Enclosure and Accessories (6 cable, 576 mass fusion and 72 single splices)

$ 61,380.00

CONSTRUCTION HARDWARE

Ground rod, 8 ft. $ 38,000.00

#10 copper tracer/ground wire, green insulation $ 1,127,898.90

Wrap-Around Cable Marker Labels $ 10,640.00

Markers, Soil Disk or Dome Post $ 47,120.00

FIBER DISTRIBUTION CLOSURES AND TERMINATION

Hub Termination Panel, 144-strands $ 63,000.00

FIBER OPTIC CABLE

144-strand backbone cable, ribbon, outdoor cable $ 1,908,671.04

Fiber Hut/Hub and Equipment

Colocation Rack $ 6,000.00

Hut Structure $ 1,837,000.00

Fire Suppression System $ 374,000.00

Stand-by Power Generator (30kVA) $ 313,500.00

Uniterruptable Power Supply ( 40kVA) $ 297,000.00

Security System $ 220,000.00

Equipment Racks $ 217,800.00

Hut Perimeter Fencing (150FT) $ 121,000.00

UNDERGROUND CONDUIT AND CABLE INSTALLATION

Installation of Ground Rod $ 45,600.00

Installation of Conduit using Plow/Trench $ 18,305,760.00

Installation of Conduit using Directional Boring $ 17,382,710.40

Installation of Distribution Vault – Tier 22, 30″ x 48″ x 36″ $ 968,136.00

Installation of Equipment Vault – Tier 22, 48″ x 48″ x 48″ $ 12,600.00

Cable Installation in Conduit $ 4,241,491.20

FIBER SPLICING AND TESTING

Installation of New or Re-entry of Existing Splice Enclosure $ 31,217.00

Splicing of Fiber (per splice) Backbone (144ct) $ 44,640.00

Final Acceptance testing of Terminated Cable (per strand) $ 383,616.00

FIBER TERMINATION AND INSIDE PLANT WORK

Installation of Backbone Termination Panel $ 5,400.00

Hub Building Entry & ISP Work $ 60,000.00

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

Intermediate Rock Adder $ 2,708,640.00

Solid Rock Adder $ 208,320.00

Railroad Crossing $ 105,000.00

Waterway Crossing $ 240,000.00

Hut and Equipment Installation

Colocation Engineeering $ 15,000.00

Colocation Fiber Installationn $ 7,000.00

Hut Site Preparations ( mechanical and electrical work) $ 1,265,880.00

Hut Project Management $ 110,000.00

Hut Commercial Power Hook-up $ 44,000.00

Hut Installation Services $ 110,000.00

Workforce Enhancement $ 750,000.00

Construction Project Management $ 600,000.00

NV DOT Labor

Traffic Engineer (NV DOT) District 1 - Salary In-Kind

Traffic Engineer (NV DOT) District 1 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Resident Engineer (NV DOT) -District 1 - Salary In-Kind

Resident Engineer (NV DOT) -District 1 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Design Engineer (NV DOT)-District 1 - Salary In-Kind

Design Engineer (NV DOT)-District 2 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Design Supervison (NV DOT) District 1 - Salary In-Kind

Design Supervison (NV DOT) District 1 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Design Director (NV DOT) District 1 - Salary In-Kind

Design Director (NV DOT) District 1 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Construction Manager Capital Improvement Projects (NV DOT)-District 1 - Salary In-Kind

Construction Manager Capital Improvement Projects (NV DOT)-District 1 -healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Traffic Engineer (NV DOT)-District 2 - Salary In-Kind

Traffic Engineer (NV DOT)-District 2 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Resident Engineer (NV DOT) -District 2 - Salary In-Kind

Resident Engineer (NV DOT) -District 2 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Design Engineer (NV DOT)-District 2 - Salary In-Kind

Design Engineer (NV DOT)-District 2 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Design Supervison (NV DOT) District 2 - Salary In-Kind

Design Supervison (NV DOT) District 2 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Design Director (NV DOT) District 2 - Salary In-Kind

Design Director (NV DOT) District 2 - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Construction Manager Capital Improvement Projects (NV DOT) - Salary In-Kind

Construction Manager Capital Improvement Projects (NV DOT) - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Construction Manager Inspections (NV DOT) - Salary In-Kind

Construction Manager Inspections (NV DOT) - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Administrator 1 Professional Engineer (NV DOT) - Salary In-Kind

Administrator 1 Professional Engineer (NV DOT) - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Administrator 1 Professional Engineer (NV DOT - Fiber/Telecommunications Team) - Salary In-Kind

Administrator 1 Professional Engineer (NV DOT - Fiber/Telecommunications Team) - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

IT Professional 4 (NV DOT - Fiber/Telecommunications Team) - Salary In-Kind

IT Professional 4 (NV DOT - Fiber/Telecommunications Team) - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

Information Technology Manager 1 (NVDOT) - Salary In-Kind

Information Technology Manager 1 (NV DOT) - healthcare, insurance, and allowable benefits In-Kind

OSIT Staff including Director of Fiber Networks (Contractor) In-Kind

Fiber management system $ 15,000.00

Project Contingency $ 4,147,377.08

Total Project Cost $ 79,066,233.30