Fiber Installation

The Board of Public Utilities (BPU) of the City of Jamestown, New York is requesting sealed bids for on-call fiber service drop installation, premise installation, and subscriber support services under BD-25-26, with bids due October 23, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. and tentative award on October 27.

Bidders must demonstrate a minimum of three years of continuous fiber-to-the-premise (FTTH) installation experience, maintain a fully trained field workforce capable of meeting mandatory 72-hour aerial and 7-day underground service-level activation windows, own or have verified lease access to specialized tools including fusion splicing machines and optical time-domain reflectometers (OTDRs), and provide references from at least two municipal or commercial telecom deployment projects completed within the last twenty-four months. Prevailing wage rates for Chautauqua County apply to all work.

The scope encompasses aerial drop installations (up to 150 feet standard), underground direct-bury drops (minimum 12-inch depth), premise installations with optical network unit (ONU) placement and subscriber activation, and subscriber support troubleshooting and repair calls. Work is performed progressively on an as-needed dispatch basis within the BPU service area in and around Jamestown. All work must comply with ANSI/TIA-568 optical fiber cabling standards with acceptable light loss not exceeding 2.18 dB. The contractor must establish a local office and warehouse facility within the service area within five days of contract start.

Compensation is structured on a per-unit basis according to bidder-submitted pricing schedules; bidders must complete both Schedule A (no guaranteed daily minimum) and Schedule B (with guaranteed daily minimum) pricing. The maximum not-to-exceed cap is $300,000.00 with no guaranteed minimum total volume of work. The contract term is twelve months from the effective date of the signed contract, anticipated October 28, 2026. A proposal bond of $25,000.00 and a performance bond of $50,000.00 are required. Payment terms include monthly invoices with ten percent retainage pending final completion and acceptance, with full payment released following BPU approval and lien clearance.