FDA-CSS-1228449_0001Final.pdf

Solicitation: FDA-CSS-1228449 Amendment: 0001 Title: Fiber Pull From 54 to NCTR Dorms Date: August 6, 2020

The purpose of the amendment is to:

1. Extend the "Offer Due Date/Time” to 12:00 pm CT, August 10, 2020;

2. Update the “Minimum Performance Requirements”; and

3. Provide answers to questions.

Minimum Performance Requirements Updates:

*The items highlighted with red lettering have been updated or added.

The fiber cable pulling service provider shall furnish necessary services needed to perform the Statement of Work as stated herein:

1. Bore a pathway from the man hole just south of building 21 to accommodate a 4-inch conduit, bore depth will be 48 inches to NCTR Dorms, room 70-100E.

a. Place hand holes where needed.

b. Fiber path way shall be marked.

c. Contact Arkansas One to mark utilities along the marked pathway.

d. Manhole Number 911 on print.

e. Follow the conduit south to sub-station 3.

f. Fiber pulled from building 21 to building 54 contractor shall use existing conduit system. Follow attached 2 print to building 54 using manhole numbers 3, 4, and 5 marked in yellow on the print. *See Attachment 3 -54to21 for 54toDorm Pathway.

g. No handholes shall be placed in the bottom of any ditches.

2. Follow the fence line east to the drive-in gate.

3. Follow the tree line north to the dorms.

a. Stay close to the tree line because there is a swear and water line close to the road.

b. Do not have prints which show exact location.

4. Pull 24 strand single-mode fiber from 54-104 to 70-100E.

a. Install a pull string in conduit and replace any pull strings used to install the fiber.

5. All twenty-four (24) strands will be fusion spliced and terminated with LC connectors.

a. There shall be no more than two (2) fusion splices per strand.

6. Supply a 1U LIU for 70-100E it shall be installed into the current network rack.

a. Check if there is room in the current LIU first.

7. The Contractor shall provide:

a. 24 strand fiber.

b. 1U LIU.

c. All equipment needed to bore.

8. All components shall be new and unused

9. Contractor shall wear face cover at all time while on campus.

10. Contractor shall be licensed and bonded. Contractor shall be certified to pull and terminate fiber.

11. Contractors shall require clearance to enter animal rooms and be trained to use personal protective equipment (PPE) from NCTR Safety Staff.

12. Shall include a one-year warranty with full coverage of parts, components, and labor.

13. Contractor shall provide pdf or equivalent document of design plan verifying Fiber no later than

10-work day after work is completion. Contractor shall provide as builds in the same format as design document no later than 10-work day after work is completion.

Questions & Answers:

1. Please clarify how man handholes are to be priced and what size handholes.

Answer: A handhole will need to be placed every 500’ but need to make sure that one is added at the water pump, by the drive-on guard shack , and close to the main road before turning into the dorm complex area; a 13”x24” handhole should be enough, see attachment for an example only. *See Attachment 4 – Example.

2. Please Clarify the depth of pipe being install in the ground for the new fiber.

Answer: 48 inches

3. Please Clarify If Subcontractor is to provide Single mode Fiber Jumps.

Answer: No, the contractor does not have to supply fiber jumpers.

4. Please Clarify if we are to add a handhole for both water treatment pumps and (1) for the guard shack.

Answer: See question 1 answer for clarification.