Q&A2.pdf

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

HAVRE DE GRACE READINESS CENTER OUTSIDE PLANT COPPER AND FIBER CABLING

RFQ NO: W912K6‐18‐Q‐0040

1. Is there a current Engineers estimate for this Project?

Response: No

2. Is there a staging area available for materials?

Response: Yes. You can utilized the parking lot in front of the new HDG readiness center

3. What count fiber is needed?

a. Documentation states: 12 strand and 144 strand

b. Site visit: 12 from vault in front of Readiness center – 6 to USPFO and 6 to Readiness center – 144 to large vault in front of Readiness center on to the telco room in readiness center

Response: 50 pair of OSP Copper from USPFO to Readiness Center. Splice 12 pair of the new OSP Copper coming from the Warehouse at vault in front of readiness center

4. What count CAT3 is needed?

a. Documentation states: 50 Pair

b. Site visit: 24 pair – 12 to warehouse and 12 to Readiness building or is it 50 pair from USPFO to readiness center and 12 back to Warehouse?

Response: 50 pair from USPFO to vault hand hole. 12 spliced to go to Warehouse and remaining to readiness center.

5. Do we need to mount a board in the telco room of USPFO? If so where do you want it mounted?

Response: Board is already in place and is for OSP Copper only. OSP Fiber will be installed in server room at termination shelves.

6. What size termination shelves are needed for:

a. USPFO telco rack – The rack looked wider than standard

b. USPFO NOC rack

c. Cabinet in Warehouse

d. Readiness center racks

Response: Termination shelves will be 19 inches wide and 4 units high for 144 strand OSP Fiber.

7. It was mentioned that the piping needed an added LB to mitigate the amount of water getting into the system. Can you clarify what is needed? Each hand hole or just the one by the USPFO entrance?

Response: This was discussed early during the walk through. No longer relevant.

8. Will the government dry out the hand holes before work is conducted or is it the responsibility of the contractor?

Response: The government will ensure water is removed from each hand hole before work.

9. Do you have an anticipated date to start for crew/equipment scheduling purposes?

Response: No

10. Per the begin date, we would like to start promptly at 17:00 on Friday evening and use the balance of the time until 08:00 on Tuesday morning to complete the work. Please confirm if we will be able to work the entire time -or- acceptable hours.

Response: All connections need to be completed to so MDARNG-G6 network administrators can configure and restore service by at 06:00 on Tuesday morning.

11. What required documentation is required for As-Built? CAD? Will PDF suffice?

Response: PDF

12. Is there a preference on the manufacturer of cable, termination shelf’s, punch down blocks, splice cases? a. Will you accept alternate proposals on the different manufacturers? Some manufacturers are on a wait list to get the product. I.E. – Corning is 5 weeks.

Response: No preference

13. For the existing copper going to Warehouse‐will it remain in place as is and there will not be any new copper fed to the warehouse?

Response: Vendor will remove old OSP Copper going to warehouse and replace with new OSP Copper and new pull string.

14. The only cable to be removed is the existing OSP fiber from the USPFO to the Warehouse and shall be used as a pull string?

Response: All OSP Fiber, OSP Copper, and pull strings will be removed and replaced between buildings.

15. To verify, the 50 pair will be installed from the USPFO to the Readiness Center with no splices in between?

Response: 50 pair OSP Copper will be installed from USPFO to the readiness center with a splice of 12 pair at the vault hand hole going to the warehouse.

16 Will it also be required to install Building Entrance Terminals at each end (USPFO and Readiness Center) of the 50 pair with lightening protection? Scope just calls for termination both ends onto a patch panel for the copper.

Response: the 50 pair OSP Copper will ground to existing bus bar.

17. To verify, the 144 Fiber will be installed from the USPFO to the Readiness Center, a splice will need to be installed using the new 144 fiber at the Hand Hole with a 12 Fiber going the Warehouse?

Response: Correct.

18) Confirmation on size of copper cable?

Response: 50 pair OSP Copper. 24 gauge.

19) Will customer want entrance fusing for over‐voltage protection?

Response: the 50 pair OSP Copper will ground to existing bus bar.