ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF INVITATION TO BID NO ... · 74 identified public library locations within the ITB seeking proposals on all options of connectivity 75 stated. Unless otherwise

ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

INVITATION TO BID

ALJP2016LSPAN

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY/DATA TRANSPORT

INVITATION TO BID NO: ALJP2016LSPAN ADDENDUM NO:

DATE ISSUED: FEBRUARY 26,2016

BID MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE: MARCH 29, 2016 5:00 PM

BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED: MARCH 30, 2016 09:00 AM

ITB CONTACT: JEROME BROWNING PHONE: (334) 353‐8870

ITB EMAIL: [email protected]

TO BE COMPLETED BY VENDOR:

COMPANY NAME:

General Contractor’s License No:

E‐Rate Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN):

ALJP Qualified Bidder Identification Number (QBID):

**** IMPORTANT NOTE: ****

RESPONDENTS MUST READ AND COMPLY WITH ALL BID RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS AS PROVIDED WITHIN THIS ITB DOCUMENT AND INITIAL EACH PAGE INCLUDING ONLINE REQUIREMENTS AS STATED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT.

RETURN SEALED PROPOSALS TO:

REGULAR MAIL


E‐RATE/ALJP (JEROME BROWNING)

5315 GORDON PERSONS BUILDING

P.O. BOX 302101

MONTGOMERY, AL 36130‐2101

COURIER


E‐RATE/ALJP (JEROME BROWNING)

50 N. RIPLEY ST.

5315 GORDON PERSONS BUILDING

MONTGOMERY, AL 36104‐3833

CERTIFICATIONS:

I HAVE READ THE ENTIRE ITB AND AGREE TO FURNISH THE SERVICES AND/OR EQUIPMENT OFFERED AT THE PRICE QUOTED AND DESCRIBED WITHIN THIS RESPONSE, IF AWARDED. I HEREBY AFFIRM I HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY AGREEMENT OR COLLUSION AMONG RESPONDENTS IN RESTRAINT OF FREEDOM OF COMPETITION.

SIGNATURE AND NOTARIZATION REQUIRED:

FEIN OR SSN AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE (INK)

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED COMPANY NAME TYPE/PRINT AUTHORIZED NAME

BEFORE ME THIS MAIL ADDRESS TITLE

____ DAY OF __________

CITY, STATE ZIP EMAIL

NOTARY PUBLIC PHONE INCLUDING AREA CODE FAX NUMBER

TERM EXP:

ALJP2016LSPAN

Page 2 of 77 Initials:___________

CONTENTS

General Requirements and Information ................................................................................................................................... 5

State Master Contract .......................................................................................................................................................... 7

LSPAN FY2016 Projects ................................................................................................................................................. 8

Multiple Awards .................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Mini-Quote System ............................................................................................................................................................. 9

Mini-Quote/Clearinghouse Process ................................................................................................................................. 9

LSPAN FY2016 Projects Mini-Quote ............................................................................................................................... 10

E-Rate ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

E-Rate Mini Quotes ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

E-Rate Payment Plans ....................................................................................................................................................... 12

E-Rate Service Provider Status .......................................................................................................................................... 12

ALJP Agreement ............................................................................................................................................................... 13

Contract Activity Reports .................................................................................................................................................. 13

Document Availability and Retention .................................................................................................................................... 14

Scope of Services ................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Self-Provisioned Fiber ....................................................................................................................................................... 15

Special Construction Components ................................................................................................................................. 16

Maintenance of Special Constructed Outside Plant Fixtures ......................................................................................... 25

Operations and Management ......................................................................................................................................... 29

SUMMARY: Self-Provisioned Fiber ............................................................................................................................ 31

Lit Fiber Services .............................................................................................................................................................. 32

Regional Access ................................................................................................................................................................ 34

Sales Contacts ........................................................................................................................................................................ 34

Additional Terms and Conditions .......................................................................................................................................... 34

Separation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 34

Severability ........................................................................................................................................................................ 35

Disbarment from Participation .......................................................................................................................................... 35

Additional Standard State Terms & Conditions ..................................................................................................................... 35

Additional Contract Terms- (if awarded) ............................................................................................................................... 37

Response Procedure ............................................................................................................................................................... 40

Education Directory (EdDir) – Logins .............................................................................................................................. 40

ALJP2016LSPAN


Vendor Registry ................................................................................................................................................................. 40

Multiple EdDir Logins and Maintenance .......................................................................................................................... 41

Qualified Respondent’s Application/Registry ................................................................................................................... 41

Formal Response .................................................................................................................................................................... 42

ITB Coordinator ................................................................................................................................................................ 42

ITB Identification .............................................................................................................................................................. 42

Schedule of Events: ........................................................................................................................................................... 43

Proposal Conference - Required ........................................................................................................................................ 43

Proposal Submittal – Final Product Line Proposal Submission ........................................................................................ 44

Proposal Package Submission ....................................................................................................................................... 44

Cost of Preparing Proposals........................................................................................................................................... 46

Respondent Errors ......................................................................................................................................................... 46

Proposal Package and Public Information ..................................................................................................................... 47

Evaluation and Contract Awards ............................................................................................................................................ 48

ALJP Committee Evaluation Scoring ................................................................................................................................ 48

PlACEHOLDER SECTION for Response Items .............................................................................................................. 49

Responder’s Credentials - Required .................................................................................................................................. 50

E-verify Documentation - Required .................................................................................................................................. 51

Service Level Agreements Proposed -Required ............................................................................................................... 52

Printed Price Sheets – Digital (Spreadsheets) Copies Also Required ................................................................................ 53

Special Construction – Four Year Financing Documentation ........................................................................................... 54

Alabama Cities of Services (REQUIRED) ........................................................................................................................ 55

Sales Contact Listing – Required ...................................................................................................................................... 76

OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ................................................................................................................ 77

ALJP2016LSPAN


ALABAMA K‐12 JOINT PURCHASING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

INVITATION TO BID

Wide Area Network Broadband Transport

ITB: ALJPLSPAN2016

Alabama State Department of Education

Local Education Agencies & Public Libraries

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND INFORMATION 1

The Alabama State Department of Education, hereafter referred to as “ALSDE”, is requesting 2

bid proposals for Telecommunications Services in the form of data transport mechanisms for 3

Wide Area Network Broadband Infrastructure. The awarded services from this Invitation to 4

Bid (ITB) are to be made available to all public schools and their governing Local Education 5

Agencies as well as Public Libraries located within the State of Alabama, hereafter referred to 6

as ALJP Participants. The Alabama Super Computer Authority and Alabama State 7

Department of Education in support of the aforementioned entities may also purchase 8

awarded services given permission from the Department of Finance – Director. 9

The ALSDE is seeking bid proposals for equivalent Wide Area Network Broadband Transport 10

Services in the form of both Fully Managed Lit Fiber Services and Self-Provisioned Fiber 11

Services. To meet the ever-changing and dynamic funding source requirements for public 12

schools and libraries across the State, the ALSDE is seeking both project bundled and 13

subsequent unbundled pricing when possible. Preference will be given to the unbundled 14

pricing structure, if proposed. Interested vendors may provide a proposal, or proposals, for all 15

or any portion of the services listed within this ITB. Multiple vendors may be awarded 16

contracts for all or any portion of their response depending upon the cost effectiveness and 17

the size and scope of the resulting projects. All pricing submitted in proposals shall be in the 18

amount “not to exceed”. This will allow awarded vendors the option to decrease pricing 19

depending upon market and competition in the event multiple awards are made for same 20

services. 21

Resulting contract(s) from this ITB will be available for a period that does not exceed 60 22

months, or to the extent the law allows. The initial period of the contract(s) will be 60 months. 23

However, each resulting contract may be reviewed annually for price redetermination in order 24

to maintain lowest corresponding pricing. Additional, terms and conditions with respect to 25

installation, service start dates, and service end dates may apply to the specified services 26

listed within this ITB. 27

ALJP2016LSPAN


The ALSDE is seeking qualified vendors who are experts in their field but also sound in their 28

business operations as well. Responding vendors should hold a current ISO 9001-2008 or 29

ISO 9001-2015 Certification or an equivalent certification indicating quality management of 30

the responding company’s business operations and longevity. The provision of 31

documentation indicating the company’s stability will be the responding vendor’s 32

responsibility. The responder must be aware of and also provide all required certifications, 33

licenses or other credentials required to perform the proposed services within the State of 34

Alabama and those credentials indicating the meeting of Industry standards. The responder 35

should stress their local and state footprint as well. The ALSDE does prefer a respondent that 36

can serve all Public Schools and Public Libraries as well as their related facilities located 37

within the State of Alabama. 38

ALJP2016LSPAN


STATE MASTER CONTRACT 39

The ALSDE intends for the resulting contract(s) of this ITB to serve as a State Master 40

Contract for the ALJP Participants to use as a resource for the purchase of Information 41

Technology specifically related to broadband connectivity and data transport mechanisms for 42

WAN infrastructure. The ALSDE makes no purchasing guarantee on behalf of the ALSDE or 43

ALJP Participants to the awarded vendor(s) with respect to quantities of services and/or 44

products to be purchased by ALJP Participants from the resulting contract(s). The ALSDE 45

makes no guarantee to awarded vendors of similar services/products or multiple vendors of 46

the same services/products that ALJP Participants will choose their services/products over 47

the other awarded vendor’s services/products contracts. Each participating ALJP member 48

shall pay its share of expenditures for purchases under any agreement in the manner set 49

forth in the agreement and in the same manner as it pays other expenses of the educational 50

or library institution. 51

The school districts and libraries in this ITB with listed specified projects will not be obligated 52

to purchase using the awarded proposed pricing by interested vendors until a purchase order 53

is issued by the school districts or library. In the event the school district and/or library seeks 54

certain State and/or funding needed to meet their E-Rate match in whole or in part then the 55

issuance of an establishing purchase order by the ALJP Participant may be contingent on 56

aforementioned funding. Expected project pricing proposed will be used for evaluation and as 57

preliminary mini-quotes within the E-rate process to follow. 58

The ALSDE requests that responders provide their pricing in a granular format with as much 59

detail as possible to provide the ALJP Participants flexibility in the services they require. This 60

will be a valuable capability in the case of cost allocations in certain funding source 61

requirements. All proposed pricing including bundled pricing and granular/unbundled pricing 62

ALJP2016LSPAN


will include ALL fees, licenses, taxes, surcharges and other additional and/or similar charges, 63

unless, a new tax or similar charge is imposed by State, Local and/or Federal entities after 64

award is made. The awarded responder will be responsible for omitted charges in the initial 65

response/award. The awarded responder must also notify the ALSDE of any new charges or 66

reduction of charges. 67

The final awarded contract(s) will consist of all documentation presented to the ALSDE by the 68

Qualified Respondent in response to this ITB and the required documents during the life of 69

the contract such as, but not limited to, updated ISO certificates, updated pricing lists (per 70

price redetermination) and updated sales contact information. 71

LSPAN FY2016 PROJECTS 72

There are 39 Local Education Agencies (LEA) including 401 schools and district facilities as well as 17 73

identified public library locations within the ITB seeking proposals on all options of connectivity 74

stated. Unless otherwise stated, each individual LEA and Library will be responsible for paying their 75

specified costs to be incurred. The individual LEA, at their discretion, may issue a purchase order(s) to 76

the awarded vendor(s) for awarded service(s) in the manner it orders and processes payments for 77

other similar services of the LEA or Library. The issued purchase order must contain the awarded ALJP 78

Contract Number(s). These same services should be offered at a State Master Contract level for ALL 79

participating school districts, schools and libraries across the State for the length of the contracts. 80

Each individual LEA or Library may invoke contingency statements on their documentation and mini‐81

quote process, if applicable. These contingency statements may include: Purchase is dependent upon 82

E‐Rate Funding for the given Funding Year and/or Purchase is dependent upon approved and 83

qualified funding source to cover allowable expenditures such as Special Construction Costs. 84

Each of the LSPAN projects will have a primary target date for installation and service start date, as 85

their current service contracts may expire on that target date. Proposals will include a confirmation of 86

these dates or provide expected delivery of services date based on known information. The 87

responder’s response for each of these projects will be evaluated and included within the evaluation 88

of their response. If awarded, the awarded contract holder must provide the awarded services at the 89

awarded price for each individual LEA once notification is provided to the awarded vendor. 90

ALJP2016LSPAN


The LSPAN FY2016 Projects all particularly focus upon the LEA’s listed in the required spreadsheets 91

included with the ITB package. Most have a need for services beginning on July 1, 2016. However, the 92

responder’s submission of services and related pricing should be available to all other ALJP 93

Participants across the State, if available in the responder’s product line of services. 94

95

MULTIPLE AWARDS 96

The ALSDE reserves the right to award multiple contracts for any one broadband connectivity and 97

data transport mechanisms service proposed, if deemed necessary to meet the needs of all ALJP 98

Participants. In the event multiple awards for the same product line are made, depending upon the 99

educational funding source supporting the services, the ALJP Participant may be required or elect to 100

deploy a “mini‐quote” procedure. 101

MINI-QUOTE SYSTEM 102

As stated previously, multiple awards may be available as a result of this ITB. Therefore, multiple 103

contracts may be locally available for the same or equivalent services and/or products at variable 104

“not to exceed” pricing. ALJP Participants are encouraged to seek additional discounts when 105

applicable. The implementation of an online mini‐quote process provides for an open and 106

competitive mechanism to seek such pricing. This system will be available through the ALJP website 107

only. Each participant must hold an EdDir Authentication to view or participate. Contract Holders are 108

responsible for informing and training sales contacts. 109

Complete detail and procedures for the Mini‐Quote system will be posted on the ALJP website. 110

Awarded Contract Holders must acknowledge this tool and participate accordingly. 111

MINI-QUOTE/CLEARINGHOUSE PROCESS 112

MULTI-AWARD PRODUCT LINE MINI-QUOTES 113

In the event ALJP Participants pursue a service(s) and/or product(s) available in contract awards to 114

multiple vendors resulting from this ITB or other available State Master Contracts, the ALJP 115

Participant should post their needs and specifications through the Mini‐Quote process. E‐Rate 116

requirement to be discussed later. 117

MINI-QUOTE REQUESTS – LEA 118

The ALJP “MINI‐Quote/Clearinghouse” system will be available for all ALJP Participants to post “Mini‐119

Quote Requests” for price for services and/or products exclusively available within the ALJP State 120

ALJP2016LSPAN


Master Contract system. Additionally, they may require additional localized requirements/factors of 121

the respective ALJP Contract sales contacts. The ALJP Participants Member will provide a deadline 122

for responses to be submitted by interested ALJP Sales Contacts. This deadline will be in the format of 123

a given date and time (default is 12:00 Midnight). The period of availability for response is the option 124

of the ALJP Participants Member. If an ALJP Participant posts a given request for a period greater 125

than 5 business days, then the deadline may be reduced by up to 60 minutes at the requesting ALJP 126

Participant’s discretion without notification to responding sales contacts. In the event no responses 127

are received, the ALJP Participant may extend the deadline. In the event no responses are received 128

after an extension the ALJP Participant may actively seek a negotiated response from ALJP Contract 129

Sales Contact(s) or other State Master Contracts that may be available. 130

131

MINI-QUOTE REQUESTS – ALJP SALES CONTACTS 132

It is the sales contact(s) listed within their respective ALJP contract(s) responsibility to review and 133

respond completely, as directed, to the ALJP quote requests posted. ALJP Sales Contacts are not 134

required to respond to all requests posted, however, in the event a mini‐quote request is posted, a 135

non‐response from any sales contact will be considered as if the nonresponding sales contact chose 136

not to respond at no fault to the posting ALJP Participants Member or ALJP Administrator. The 137

responding sales contact must only respond with pricing of products and/or services for which they 138

are allowed per the terms and conditions of an awarded ALJP Contract. Sales Contacts must not 139

respond with pricing or equipment/services outside of their ALJP participation. 140

Interested responding ALJP Sales Contacts must respond by the deadline set by the requesting ALJP 141

Participants member. Any quote response may be edited by the responding Sales contact at any time 142

prior to the specified deadline of the specific request. Any response provided beyond the stated 143

deadline will not be considered. All responses must be provided through the online ALJP Mini‐Quote 144

System only. 145

LSPAN FY2016 PROJECTS MINI-QUOTE 146

For the purpose of this ITB the locations listed within this ITB are considered preliminary requests for 147

mini‐quotes based upon proposed pricing. This pricing will be evaluated to determine the most cost 148

effective means of providing Wide Area Network Broadband Transport services for each LSPAN 149

District and Public Library if applicable. These comparisons must include pricing from both Fully 150

Managed Leased Lit Fiber Services and Self‐Provisioned Fiber Services. If there are no Lit Fiber 151

responses to a LSPAN district’s specific requested locations, in part or in full, the district may select 152

the Self‐Provisioned Fiber service if it is considered the most cost effective means of providing the 153

ALJP2016LSPAN


service. In the event that certain E‐Rate funding for Special Construction is required by the ALJP 154

Participant, all efforts must be made and documented to locate an eligible and equivalent Leased Lit 155

Fiber in the event a Leased Lit Fiber service before a Self‐Provisioning service is considered. 156

157

E-RATE 158

The ALJP services and/or products within this ITB do contain E‐Rate eligible products and/or services. 159

If applicable, the required USAC Description of Services Requested and Certification Form, technically 160

known as a Form 470, will be filed by the ALSDE to include certain categories of E‐Rate eligible 161

products within the product lines for which this ITB is seeking contracts. The resulting contract(s) are 162

intended to be in compliance with USAC’s definition of a State Master Contract for those services that 163

contain E‐Rate‐eligible equipment or services. It is the responsibility of each of the E‐Rate eligible 164

individual members of the ALJP Participants and the awarded vendor and their sales contacts for the 165

awarded contract to follow the rules of the E‐Rate Program with strict adherence to the Eligible 166

Services List. In the event a sales contact, internal or external, of the awarded contract misrepresents 167

the eligibility of the product or service to the eligible E‐Rate ALJP Participant, then that sales contact 168

may be responsible to the applicant and E‐Rate program concerning further financial retribution. 169

The ALSDE has provided and will continue to provide guidance and assistance with E‐Rate for 170

individual LEAs and in statewide training opportunities. 171

The ALSDE may elect to further E‐Rate involvement through a consortium application process and 172

may use E‐Rate eligible equipment and/or services properly procured via this initiating ITB and 173

related Form 470. 174

A contract(s) resulting from this ITB may be available to E‐Rate eligible members for E‐Rate FY2016, 175

FY2017, FY2018, FY2019 and FY2020 depending on program availability, state bid law, rules and the 176

continuation or renewal of the awarded contract(s) per contract requirements. The listed LSPAN 177

FY2016 Projects are targeted for E‐Rate‐FY2016. Additional LSPAN Projects or similar projects are 178

expected over the length of any awarded contracts resulting from this ITB. Eligible ALJP Participant 179

and Contract Holders must be aware of possible late funded applications in E‐Rate. 180

E-RATE MINI QUOTES 181

All E‐Rate related purchases from the resulting contract(s) of this ITB by the E‐Rate eligible ALJP 182

Participants should comply with E‐Rate rules and regulations available at http://www.usac.org/sl/ . 183

Should the ALJP Participant request assistance in the determination of E‐Rate eligibility, they should 184

ALJP2016LSPAN


refer to the “Eligible Services List” (ESL) for the application year available on the USAC Web site and 185

then contact the State E‐Rate Coordinator’s office at the ALSDE if additional clarification is needed. 186

If E‐Rate Discounts are to be requested by an ALJP Participant, then a mini‐quote process must be 187

required. The mini‐quote process is not required for all other “non‐E‐Rate” purchases but is 188

considered a best practice for obtaining the most cost effective means of providing the service or 189

products. Per this ITB, the term Mini Bid is also known as “Mini‐Quote.” See 190

http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/step02/state‐master‐contracts.aspx for the E‐Rate definition of a 191

“mini‐bid”.. 192

In the event that certain E‐Rate funding for Special Construction is required by the ALJP Participant, 193

all efforts must be made and well documented to locate an eligible and equivalent Leased Lit Fiber 194

Service and Self‐Provisioned option. The E‐Rate application process must include a comparison of 195

both types of service before applying for E‐Rate discounts in the Self‐Provisioned option. The 196

selection of Self‐Provisioning in the absence of lit services bids, will be subject to standard E‐Rate 197

review. This includes a review of proposed costs as compared to historical cost of fiber construction 198

bids in the region surrounding the ALJP member’s facilities. 199

200

E-RATE PAYMENT PLANS 201

E‐Rate applicants are required to pay the non‐discount share of E‐rate Program supported services 202

within 90 days of receipt of service. However, if an applicant is considering seeking support for special 203

construction charges available within awarded contracts of this ITB, it may specify on its FCC Form 204

470 that respondents allow the applicant to pay the non‐discount share of special construction 205

charges in installment payments over or up to four years. The ALSDE understands that this may be a 206

service that the ALJP Participants may want or have the need to request. The Qualified Respondent 207

must indicate such an allowance in their response. If an installment is agreeable, then the Qualified 208

Respondent must include all material terms and conditions of that arrangement including any 209

interest rate charged over the lifespan of the installment payments. This installment option is only 210

applicable for Special Construction costs. The Installment option is included in the evaluation matrix 211

but not required. This will also be addressed at during the mini‐quote procedure as well. 212

E-RATE SERVICE PROVIDER STATUS 213

Responding vendors must include their E‐Rate Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) with 214

their response. Any Contract Holder that provides an E‐Rate eligible service and/or product within an 215

awarded contract must maintain a positive standing with the E‐Rate program (FCC & USAC). They will 216

ALJP2016LSPAN


maintain and provide a Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) that will correctly identify their 217

business operations with the E‐Rate program. The Qualified Respondent and/or Contract Holder 218

must maintain credentials required by USAC and the FCC to provide those services offered in their 219

response to the ITB. 220

Any Contract Holder that provides an E‐Rate eligible product within an awarded contract must also 221

maintain a Green Light Status1 with the FCC. Respondents must also meet these criteria. 222

ALJP AGREEMENT 223

Awarded contract(s) will be documented and approved by the execution of an “ALJP Agreement” for 224

the individual awarded product line based on the accepted and awarded qualified proposal. This 225

document is an agreement between the ALSDE as the contract administrator and the awarded 226

Contract Holder. The ALJP Agreement serves as the binding document that establishes the contract. 227

The content and structure of this document has been reviewed by the ALSDE’s General Counsel and 228

must not be altered with the exception of demographic and required calendar/date changes. In the 229

event an awarded responder requires any content modifications that are not demographic in nature 230

to the initially offered ALJP Agreement document, the ALSDE may withdraw the contract offer or 231

suspend offer to negotiate with the responding vendor depending on the calendar or deadline 232

requirements of related programs, such as E‐Rate, and the best interest of the ALJP Participants. 233

CONTRACT ACTIVITY REPORTS 234

The awarded responder will organize and maintain a database of all purchases and relative 235

information such as ALJP Participant’s organization name, date of purchase; service(s)/item(s) 236

purchased, Purchase Order Number, purchase price, SLA, etc. This information must be made 237

available, by the vendor, to the ALSDE on a quarterly basis. 238

Purchasing information may be gathered from ALJP Participants during audits or other events and 239

compared to the Contract Activity Reports that indicate a purchasing action by the ALJP Participants 240

Member. 241

242

1 As opposed to the Red Light status discussed in the Fund Administration section of USAC Website

ALJP2016LSPAN


243

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY AND RETENTION 244

In accordance with Code of Alabama 1975 and applicable E‐Rate Program requirements, all 245

documentation related to a contract(s) awarded as a result of this ITB will be open for public 246

inspection for a period of at least ten years (10) from the final contract expiration date (considering 247

applicable renewals) and/or the last date of service. All responses and accompanying documents in 248

the form of hardcopy and/or digital documents will be made available for public review; therefore, 249

the Qualified Respondent should understand that all submitted documents including pricing will be 250

made available as well. This information will remain available for awarded and non‐awarded 251

responses. Documentation of the Mini‐Quote process must be maintained in the same manner as 252

well by the ALJP Participants Member and responding ALJP sales contact. 253

State Archives requires a minimum of 7 years’ document retention as related to products that are not 254

E‐Rate eligible. All responders are also responsible for maintaining documentation. 255

256

ALJP2016LSPAN


SCOPE OF SERVICES 257

The ALSDE is seeking Wide Area Network Broadband Transport Infrastructure to the listed 258

locations and groups of locations listed in the LSPAN FY2016 Project Participants as well as 259

State Master Contract(s) pricing for newly requested and future purchasing needs of the 260

ALJP Participants. The ALSDE, on behalf of the LSPAN FY2016 Project Participants as well 261

as all other ALJP Participants, is requesting proposals for Wide Area Network Broadband 262

Transport Services in the form of Self-Provisioned Fiber and Fully Managed Lit Fiber 263

Services. All responses must support transport services at the following bandwidth speeds: 264

100Mbps, 250Mbps, 500Mbps, 750Mbps, and 1Gbps to 10Gbps in increments of 1Gbps. 265

Offered bandwidth speeds must be bilateral (upload and download). All services offered that 266

are below the 10Gbps speed must be scalable from that initial bandwidth to at least the 267

10Gbps. The ALSDE is requesting transport services only. Proposed services bundled with 268

Internet Access will not be considered. 269

The ALSDE and LSPAN FY2016 Project Participants will compare the proposals provided for 270

the sites provided for these WAN services and recommend the most cost effective means of 271

providing the services. Additionally, contracts resulting from this ITB may include both Self-272

Provisioned Fiber and Fully Managed Lit Fiber Services in the form of State Master contracts. 273

The base specifications for the requested services are stated below: 274

SELF-PROVISIONED FIBER 275

The ALSDE is requesting proposals for Self-Provisioned Fiber services that, in their entirety, 276

encompass services that are equivalent to current market Fully Managed Lit Fiber Services 277

(see later in this document). The components for the Self-Provisioned Fiber Wide Area 278

Networks are considered Special Construction, Maintenance of Special Constructed Outside 279

Plant Fixtures and Operations/Management. 280

ALJP2016LSPAN


Special Construction cost, for the most part, represents up-front non-recurring 281

installation charges of single mode fiber and other outside plant fixtures between the 282

indicated locations. Special Construction costs are to be a separate cost item in any 283

submitted proposal to include construction and fiber optic system materials (fiber, 284

conduit, handholes, splicing enclosures, etc.), design, engineering and project 285

management. 286

o In the case of any Non-Recurring Costs (NRC) special construction charges, 287

responders are requested to provide installment payment pricing for the 288

applicants E-Rate non-discounted charges, with such installment payments to 289

be paid in equal installments over four years. No increased pricing will be 290

allowed during the contract term of the quoted NRC cost in each pricing cell of 291

the spreadsheet. 292

Maintenance of Special Constructed Outside Plant Fixtures including routine fiber and 293

other outside plant fixture maintenance and routine repair cost elements are 294

considered recurring annual costs required in response. Additionally, it is expected 295

that a Qualified Respondent(s) awarded the Special Construction contract(s) will 296

provide cost schedule for these services as well as costs for unscheduled breakage of 297

fiber or outside plant fixtures. 298

Operations and Management include recurring and non-recurring services and 299

equipment necessary for the day-to-day operations and technical support of the newly 300

installed WAN Transport network. Including, but not limited to, the installation and 301

configuration of networking equipment necessary to provide the required bandwidth. 302

303

SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS 304

ALJP2016LSPAN


Special Construction costs are to be a separate non-recurring cost item(s) in any submitted 305

proposal to include construction, design, engineering and project management. 306

CONDUIT 307

Due to the wind event environment and nature of our State, we require fiber routes to be 308

underground or trenched industry standard innerduct conduit that is metal detector detectable 309

for outside plant wherever feasible. We are also cognizant of future needs of the school 310

systems growth and wish to avoid repetitive trenching in the event new school facilities are 311

added in the future therefore the size of the conduit should allow for such growth and provide 312

for future fiber pulls to meet the needs of the schools and the school district. Initial estimates 313

of total mileage between NOCs and the eligible locations are estimated to be at 1832 miles 314

for the LSPAN FY2016 Projects. 315

The ALSDE request the proposals provide quality Innerduct Conduit for underground Outside 316

Plant installation that is to be no smaller than 4-inches in diameter and should have 317

appropriate means for future fiber cabling additions such as pull tape, etc... Provider will 318

provide the complete technical specifications of the proposed conduit throughout the entire 319

proposed build. A response may include optional pricing for smaller diameters of conduit as 320

a per unit factor and for State Master Contract (SMC) purposes such options pricing must 321

include 4-inch conduit as well. Pull boxes must be installed at 1000 feet intervals or by 322

industry standards indicated. 323

RIGHTS OF WAY, EASEMENTS, PERMITS 324

Required easements, rights of way or other supporting documents of the special construction 325

should be included in the project management proposed. The individual School District is 326

responsible for and will retain ownership of any easement, permits and/or right of way 327

facilities however, it is the provider’s responsibility to negotiate and obtain all such document 328

ALJP2016LSPAN


components of the conduit/fiber pathways managing all paperwork and permit filing in the 329

name of the School District of the specific application. 330

Any and all labor, costs, rights of way, and materials will be the responsibility of the provider. 331

The interested responder should take into account any right-of-way, easement or permitting 332

issues before submitting their response to ensure that they will be able to meet the School 333

District’s expectations relative to the start of services date. In the event any such obstacles 334

causing unusual routing of conduit/fiber pathway is found the respondent may report the 335

obstacle to the School District and ALSDE for further investigation. However, such reporting 336

will not be considered pertinent to the vendor’s response. If a possible solution for the 337

reported obstacle that may affect any or all other response decisions is located by the School 338

District or ALSDE, then that possible solution will be reported on the ALJP procurement 339

website for all interested respondents to research. However, neither the School District nor 340

the ALSDE are responsible for researching such element(s). The responder should seek a 341

cost effective solution to the full extent of their capabilities. If the Provider must obtain Rights 342

of Way, but fails to do so such that the Service may not be installed by an agreed upon 343

Service Start Date, then the School District may cancel the award and re-award the service, 344

or a portion of it, to another awarded Provider that can supply the Services on schedule. 345

TRENCHING 346

The provider will install conduit in trenching using industry standards, methods and built to 347

the required specifications set forth by obtained Rights of Way and easements if applicable. 348

Fiber routing detail should be provided in the most cost effective manner providing a Star 349

WAN topology, unless otherwise noted, spanning from the indicated District Network 350

Operations Center (DNOC) to each school, public library, and eligible non-instructional facility 351

to be located on the WAN. The provider will provide a detailed report of the proposed fiber 352

ALJP2016LSPAN


routes to include length and expected Rights of Way and/or Easements to be established by 353

the provider and transferred to the District upon completion if awarded. As noted, the 354

provider may propose alternative designs to the Star WAN topology and if most cost effective 355

and applicable, multiple E-rate eligible entities may be served off the same lateral that leads 356

to the DNOC. 357

The provider shall protect all buildings, trees, shrubs, lawns, and all landscape work from 358

damage. Any damaged property shall be repaired and replaced at the Provider’s expense. 359

Additionally, the Provider shall protect all private roads, streets and sidewalks, driveway 360

aprons, driveways, and shall make all necessary repairs at their own expense. The Service 361

Provider will accept all responsibility for these items whether or not the work is subcontracted. 362

All repairs for damages must be done to the satisfaction of the School District and or the 363

respective issuer of the specific Right of Way or Easement. School District shall be 364

responsible for the payment of any permitting fees and shall be the owner of said facilities, 365

but the respondent shall manage the paperwork and filing of the permits. In general, ground 366

disturbed in the construction process should be returned to preconstruction condition or 367

better. 368

The Provider shall be responsible for all insurance coverage applicable to the type of work 369

being performed in connection with this response regardless of who is performing the work. 370

No representation is made by the ALJP Administrator/ALSDE or School District in regard to 371

facility conditions. It is the responsibility of Respondent to familiarize itself with the conditions 372

of locations of service. 373

FIBER 374

The ALSDE requires new 12 strand single mode fiber cabling installed within the conduit 375

specified above with all Outside Plant fixtures necessary for quality longevity of service. 376

ALJP2016LSPAN


Some requested fiber paths may reach an estimated length in excess of 55 miles with an 377

estimated average of 7 miles per path. The provider should follow industry standards in 378

placement of the fiber/trench pathways and other necessary outside plant fixtures necessary 379

to provide the best level of service. Each school, public library, and eligible non-instructional 380

facility must have dedicated fiber cabling for data transport back to the NOC of the district in 381

which they are located. Provider will provide the complete technical specifications of the 382

proposed fiber cabling throughout the entire proposed build. Provider must coordinate with 383

the School System of Library on location inside each facility for the termination of the fiber. 384

Additionally, the provider must provide a complete count and description of the outside plant 385

fixtures and their location on the proposed WAN. In the event there are any warranty 386

transfers or warranties of products or services provided with the proposed fiber and any other 387

outside plant facilities, the provider must provide and complete all transfers and 388

documentation upon completion of build. 389

Additional Fiber and Installation Specifications: 390

The base design will be a star topology (network) with twelve (12) fiber strands from the 391

District or Library to the identified NOC/POP location at each school district with the option, if 392

cost effective, to serve multiple endpoints off the same run to the NOC/POP. 393

Required strands of fiber must be terminated and the Provider must coordinate with the 394

School System or Library on what type of termination and type of enclosure. (ex. rack mount 395

or wall mount) 396

The fiber cable must be capable of supporting standard transmission methods and protocols 397

such as (but not limited to) Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, Fiber Channel, SONET, CWDM, 398

DWDM, ATM and Analog Voice and Video. All cable used within a District’s Network will be 399

from one manufacturer. 400

The product must be manufactured by Alcatel, Lucent Technologies, Siecor, Corning, Optical 401

Cable Corp. or equivalent. The District and reserves the right to accept or reject proposed 402

equivalent cable specified based on the listed performance of the cable. The fiber optic cable 403

must have a minimum ten (10) year warranty. 404

ALJP2016LSPAN


The fiber cable shall be a high performance type and capable of providing open standards for 405

the transmission of digital data, analog video, voice and broadband video networking services 406

as required. 407

Installation shall conform to the IEEE FOIRL (Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link) standards and the 408

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) X3T9.5 Committee, depending on the 409

connectivity utilized. All potential conflicts with the applicable standard must be identified 410

and agreed to with the Owner prior to installation. 411

Total path losses of the design shall not exceed those recommended by the cable 412

manufacturer and as stated below. 413

All fiber counts and termination locations shall be identified on the ARC GIS related 414

documents and any design drawings. 415

Based on design standards, operating at 1310nm and 1550nm, the following technical 416

standards shall apply for fiber optics. 417

Signal loss shall be 0.35 dB per kilometer or less across the 1310nm window and 0.25 dB per 418

kilometer or less across the 1550nm window for single mode fiber. 419

Any field fusion splice, measured with an Optical Time‐Domain Reflectometer (OTDR, in one 420

direction, shall not exceed 0.30 dB). 421

The average splice loss of a segment (the sum of the bi‐directional average values of each 422

segment splice divided by the number of segment splices) shall not exceed .20 dB . 423

A mated pair of Fiber connections (LC, SC or ST connectors for Single‐mode) shall be 0.75 dB 424

of loss or less. 425

All optical fibers proposed shall be 8 or 9 micron Single‐mode and operational in the 426

1310nm/1550nm wavelength regions and 1470‐1610nm wavelength regions for CWDM 427

operation. 428

Outdoor underground cable (in specified conduit) shall be a loose buffered cable with a Kevlar 429

strength member, gel filled, and a dielectric sheath. The fiber cable will be installed with a 430

tracer wire. 431

Pull boxes will be installed to industry standards in the trench lines. (1000 ft.) The pull boxes 432

must be properly marked and protected. 433

There will be a pull string placed in the innerduct conduit and secured at each pull box to ease 434

of adding additional fiber later. It is recommended that when additional fibers are added that 435

a new pull strings is pulled into place at the same time. 436

Outdoor aerial cable, not preferred, shall be a loose buffered cable with a Kevlar strength 437

member, gel filled, and a metal armored sheath. 438

Indoor cables shall be plenum‐rated, tight buffered, non‐metallic, breakout style, with a 439

minimum NEC rating of OFNP. This cable must be installed in a plenum rated innerduct. 440

ALJP2016LSPAN


An acceptable alternate for indoor cable will be a plenum rated armored fiber cable that can 441

be installed without the plenum rated innerduct. 442

Any warranties associated with the fiber and any other outside plant materials must revert to the 443

district as the fiber owner upon completion of construction. Upon completion of project, respondent 444

shall furnish GIS data and an as-built drawing to the District or Library along with entire outside plant 445

design. 446

OTHER CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT 447

The Qualified Respondent must provide a listing and description of all other special 448

construction costs including materials and equipment needed to complete the construction of 449

the specified infrastructures. Documentation in both hardcopy and digital format 450

demonstrating the proposed design, engineering and project management capacities must 451

also be included within response. The ALSDE will use GIS software to assist in the both the 452

evaluation of submitted responses and post award activities. As a portion of the project 453

management and as an initial requirement of a proposal, the respondent will provide shape 454

(.shp) files depicting visual map of each fiber/trench route for each district combined that 455

include: 456

Type of route 457

o Underground Trench 458

o Other type (not preferred) 459

Endpoint Facilities 460

o School or Public Library (Default is School) 461

o District Name 462

o Facility/School Name 463

o 464

Target Install Date 465

o Requested Start Date 466

ALJP2016LSPAN


o Target Install Certification date 467

Length of Segment – No duplicative segments 468

Fiber Count 469

o Used 470

o Available 471

Expected Rights of Way and/or easements 472

o Identification of all potential hazards 473

o Ownership data indication in respect to Rights of Way 474

o 475

Associated Proposed Special Construction Pricing for Segment 476

o Preference of unbundled itemized prices 477

Include Total of Items 478

o Bundled or Total cost for Special Construction per segment 479

Respondent Company 480

Respondent Company Contact Name 481

Respondent Company Contact Phone Number 482

Respondent Company Contact Email Address 483

Other Respondent information - if relevant 484

District Contact Name 485

Upon award the provider may be requested to provide additional fields of information to 486

include, but not limited to, initial certified test continuity and signal loss data. The respondent 487

will also complete the required data within the required spreadsheets of the ITB proposals. 488

The School District’s primary contact will be the District Level Technology Coordinator. The 489

Coordinator, or designee, may witness such final testing and construction verification. The 490

Coordinator will be required to initial and provide acceptance of certified installation report. At 491

ALJP2016LSPAN


their own discretion, the School District and/or the ALJP Administrator reserves the right to 492

run their own or independent testing of fiber installation before completing final acceptance. 493

Trenching and Fiber costs should be allocated to the individual facilities located on the 494

proposed District WAN by segment. Costs not associated with the School District’s E-Rate 495

application are needed in order for a separate E-Rate application by that entity or public 496

library. The provider will perform end-to-end continuity and signal loss lest on each run and 497

spliced section. The awarded provider will provide a certified installation report stating final 498

test results of installed fiber. The provider will provide a map in both printed and digital form 499

including shape files for the that include route information and other related points. The 500

provider will provide a description of all technical specifications of materials and methods 501

used in the Special Construction. 502

SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION & ALJP STATE MASTER CONTRACT PRICING 503

It is the intention of the ALSDE/ALJP Administrator to request pricing for these Special 504

Construction services and Outside Plant fixtures for the LSPAN FY2016 projects listed within. 505

However, it is also an additional request for equivalent pricing to be available for similar 506

projects in all K-12 Schools and Public Libraries as they are developed over the length of the 507

contract. This procurement process will provide Special Construction pricing for growth within 508

the LSPAN FY2016 Districts and an immediate eligible tool for planned LPSAN FY2017 and 509

FY2018 over the next 3 to 5 years, depending on State Laws. 510

As mentioned previously, to meet the ever-changing and dynamic funding source 511

requirements for schools and libraries across the State, the ALSDE is seeking both project 512

bundled and subsequent unbundled pricing when possible. Interested respondents should 513

provide pricing for Special Construction for the LSPAN FY2016 Projects and their listed 514

locations. Additionally, they should propose base pricing for State Master Contract purposes. 515

ALJP2016LSPAN


To meet the dynamic funding sources that may be available to the schools and libraries 516

currently and future pricing within Special Construction are requested to be provided in 517

bundle format as well as unbundled/granular, if business practices allow or are available. 518

Program services and equipment eligibility and cost allocation rules of engagement in many 519

programs such as the E-Rate that provide much needed discounts for services often change 520

from application year to application year. A primary bundled cost efficient will be Total Cost 521

for Special Construction per mile based on the specifications stated. Granular responses that 522

include a bundled price or not must indicate the items necessary to compose the specific 523

services requested in the LSPAN projects. 524

All pricing for Special Construction will be considered non-recurring and shall be made 525

available to all Public Schools and Libraries within the State for a period of up to 60 months. 526

Annual price redeterminations may be used to evaluate awarded pricing in comparison with 527

Lowest Corresponding Prices. 528

MAINTENANCE OF SPECIAL CONSTRUCTED OUTSIDE PLANT FIXTURES 529

Maintenance of Special Constructed Outside Plant Fixtures including routine fiber and other 530

outside plant fixture maintenance cost elements are considered recurring annual cost 531

required in response. Proposed monthly recurring charges will be acceptable. Additionally, it 532

is expected that a Qualified Respondent(s) awarded the Special Construction contract(s) will 533

provide cost schedule for these services as well as costs for unscheduled breakage of fiber 534

or outside plant fixtures. 535

A respondent providing a response for Special Construction is expected to submit a response 536

for the maintenance of the installed outside plant fixtures however, it is not required. Any 537

Qualified Respondent that is qualified and experienced in providing maintenance services on 538

outside plant and underground/trenching networks as described above may respond. In the 539

ALJP2016LSPAN


event this award is made to a respondent that is not the primary Special Construction Outside 540

Plant Fixtures that awarded Maintenance Vendor will be required to advise the District, 541

ALSDE, and/or Library the final certification of newly installed fiber as a third party advisor. 542

Interested respondent must provide a complete list of the services to be performed to 543

maintain the integrity of the new fiber and outside plant fixtures installed. Included with the 544

response the respondent must include a proposed Service Level Agreement (SLA) and will 545

be responsible for meeting the services, SLA, proposed. Additionally, the provider may be 546

asked to provide such services to fiber WAN already in place and owned by the District or 547

Library. Services to be provided under this contract(s) will be available to the District and/or 548

Library on a 24/7/365 basis with a SLA response time provided.The awarded respondent 549

must respond upon notification by the District, School, Library or the ALSDE within two (2) 550

hours with a plan of action to correct the incident or malfunction with reasonable diligence. 551

Failure to meet this may result in contract cancellation and reassignment to another provider 552

that can meet the need. 553

As with Special Construction pricing is requested to be in unbundled and bundled format. 554

However, pricing for the unscheduled breakage of fiber or outside plant fixtures must be 555

separated for annual maintenance and upkeep charges. Many items in this category will be 556

of the break/fix type costs. While the ALSDE seeks costs for general routine maintenance 557

and upkeep on an annual recurring cost basis we do not seek a retention contract for all 558

possible events that may occur to the physical outside plant. Interested and experienced 559

respondents should list all known events that may occur and provide a cost for each event. 560

Special events that are unknown will be addressed as they occur through the awarded 561

Maintenance Provider, District, ALSDE and/or Library. 562

When pricing maintenance, the respondent should include an overview of fiber maintenance 563

ALJP2016LSPAN


practices including: 564

Routine maintenance and inspection, 565

Scheduled maintenance windows and scheduling practices for planned outages, 566

Handling of unscheduled outages and customer problem reports 567

What service level agreement is included, and what alternative service levels may be 568

available at additional cost, 569

What agreements are in place with applicable utilities and utility contractors for 570

emergency restoration, 571

Repair of fiber breaks, 572

Mean time to repair, 573

Replacement of damaged fiber, 574

Policies for customer notification regarding maintenance, 575

Process for changing procedures, including customer notification practices, 576

Process for moves adds and changes (See Special Construction also), and 577

Process for responding to locate requests. 578

At the District, School, Library or ALSDE’s discretion the primary contact for the awarded 579

Outside Plant maintenance and troubleshooting request may be the awarded respondent for 580

the “Operations and Management” if applicable. 581

Pricing for the listed LSPAN FY2016 Project should be listed per District or Library basis. 582

However, most of these charges in this category are consistent across all participants and 583

marked differences in pricing per entity should be explained in detail. 584

OUTSIDE PLANT WAN MAINTENANCE & ALJP STATE MASTER CONTRACT PRICING 585

It is the intention of the ALSDE/ALJP Administrator to request pricing for these Outside Plant 586

WAN Maintenance services for the LSPAN FY2016 projects listed within. However, it is also 587

ALJP2016LSPAN


an additional request for equivalent pricing to be available for similar projects in all Public 588

Schools/Districts and Public Libraries as they are developed and requested over the length of 589

the contract. This procurement process will provide pricing for growth within the LSPAN 590

FY2016 Project Districts and an immediate eligible tool for planned LPSAN FY2017, and 591

FY2018 projects depending on State Laws. 592

As mentioned previously, to meet the ever-changing and dynamic funding source 593

requirements for schools and libraries across the State, the ALSDE is seeking both project 594

bundled and subsequent unbundled pricing when possible. Interested respondents should 595

provide pricing for these Outside Plant WAN Maintenance services for the LSPAN FY2016 596

District WAN and their listed locations. Additionally, they should propose base pricing for 597

State Master Contract purposes. To meet the dynamic funding sources that may be available 598

to the schools and libraries currently and future pricing within Outside Plant WAN 599

Maintenance services are requested to be provided in bundle format as well as unbundled, if 600

business practices allow or are available. Program services and equipment eligibility as well 601

as cost allocation rules of engagement in many programs such as the E-rate that provide 602

much needed discounts for services often change from application year to application year. 603

Providing pricing for individual services when available may ease the application and prevent 604

a need for new procurements. 605

State Master Contract pricing in this category will be contracted for a period and be made 606

available to all Public Schools and Libraries within the State for a period of up to 60 months. 607

Elements of this category include recurring and non-recurring services. The responding 608

vendor will clearly indicate this aspect in their proposed pricing. Annual price 609

redeterminations may be used to evaluate awarded pricing in comparison with Lowest 610

Corresponding Prices. 611

ALJP2016LSPAN


612

613

OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 614

Operations and Management services include recurring and non-recurring services and 615

equipment necessary for the day-to-day operations and technical support of the newly 616

installed WAN Transport network. Including, but not limited to, the installation and 617

configuration of networking equipment necessary to provide the required bandwidth. The 618

awarded Operations and Management respondent will be the key contact for the District, 619

Library and/or the ALSDE for the entire WAN system and daily activities. Additionally, 620

services under the State Master Contract term may include previously installed fiber WANs. 621

The operations and management cost should include provision of: 622

One-Time Nonrecurring Costs 623

o Provision, Installation, and configuration of hardware to light the fiber path(s), 624

Equipment to be installed must support requested/ordered bandwidths 625

bilaterally. 626

Equipment will become the property of the District or Library once installed and 627

working properly. 628

All warranty and ownership rights are to be assigned to the District or Library. 629

o Installation and configuration of equipment to put circuits into service, 630

o Upgrades to equipment are to be expected on a 2 to 3 program year basis, the qualified 631

respondent must provide pricing for the identified upgrades. Trade-in values of 632

previous equipment may be considered in the pricing as long as trade-in value is 633

reported. 634

Annual/Monthly Recurring Cost 635

o Network monitoring on a 24x7x365 basis, 636

o Communications and collaboration with all possible third party providers in matters of 637

WAN operations including circuit troubleshooting and other services as needed to keep 638

network in operation, 639

o Incident response with timing standards that are in accordance to a Respondent 640

provided service level agreement that meets general industry standards, 641

o Other industry standard provisions of broadband service technical support, and 642

o Re-provisioning of equipment necessary to put circuits back into service after an 643

outage. 644

SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT 645

ALJP2016LSPAN


Respondent will provide a description of the proposed services and service levels provided with 646

response. 647

The respondent will provide a proposed Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the ITB 648

response. The proposal may include, but not be limited to, the following services. 649

Lit Fiber Network Availability: the provider will make all reasonable efforts to ensure 650

99.9% network availability of the applicable fiber. 651

o Network Latency Commitment <20 milliseconds roundtrip 652

o Network Jitter Commitment <5 milliseconds 653

o Bit-Error Rate commitment <0.25% between circuit endpoints 654

Network Operations Center: Solution will provide the District or Library support 655

functions including problem tracking, resolution and escalation support management 656

on a 24x7x365 basis. The District or Library has the right and is encouraged to call 657

concerning any problems that may arise relative to its connection with the awarded 658

Operations and Management provider. 659

Trouble Reporting and Response: Upon interruption, degradation or loss of service. 660

The District or Library may contact the awarded Operations and Management provider 661

by defined method with a response based on trouble level. Upon contact from the 662

District or Library, the provider’s support team will initiate an immediate response to 663

resolve any District or Library issue. The reporting District or Library will receive rapid 664

feedback on trouble resolution, including potential resolution time. 665

Escalation: In the event that service has not been restored in a timely manner, or the 666

District or Library does not feel that adequate attention has been allocated, the District 667

or Library can escalate the trouble resolution by request. A list of escalation contacts 668

will be provided when implementation schedule is completed. 669

Resolution: The District or Library will be notified immediately once the problem is 670

resolved and will be asked for verbal closure of the incident. 671

ALJP2016LSPAN


Trouble Reporting, Escalation and Resolution: A detail trouble reporting, escalation 672

and resolution plan will be provided to the District or Library. 673

Measurement: The Operations and Management provider stated commitment is to 674

respond to any outage within two (2) hours and a four (4) hour restoration of service. 675

Time starts from the time the District or Library contacts the Vendor and identifies the 676

problem. Credits for Outages of shortage will be identified. 677

Reports: Upon request, an incident report will be made available to the District or 678

Library within five (5) working days of resolution of the trouble. 679

Link Performance per segment: The service will maintain the proposed Link 680

Performance throughout the term of the contract. 681

682

683

684

SUMMARY: SELF-PROVISIONED FIBER 685

Interested Qualified Respondents to this ITB for Self-Provisioned Fiber must provide pricing 686

related to the listed LSPAN FY2016 Projects project locations. The ALSDE, as previously 687

mentioned, is also seeking to expand the pricing capabilities of awarded contracts for the 688

Self-Provisioned Fiber components to State Master Pricing for additional services expected 689

by LSPAN future phases and other service requests by ALJP Participants through the 690

contract terms. 691

The respondent should provide pricing in such State Master Contract terminology that is 692

equivalent to the proposed services and equipment provided in the LSPAN FY2016 Projects 693

response. The format of the State Master Contract elements and pricing for the elements is 694

the option of the Qualified respondent. However, the pricing provided should be sufficient to 695

determine pricing for similar LSPAN projects to be announced. 696

In the case of any NRC special construction charges, responders are requested to provide 697

installment payment pricing for the applicants E-Rate non-discounted charges, with such 698

ALJP2016LSPAN


installment payments to be paid in equal installments over four years. No increased pricing 699

will be allowed during the term of the quoted NRC and MRC rate in each pricing cell of the 700

spreadsheet. 701

A qualified respondent that submits a response for all three components of will be preferable 702

but only if the responses are determined the most cost effective means of providing services. 703

The preference in the stated LSPAN Self-Provisioned Fiber project is to award a contract for 704

each Self-Provision Fiber project component to the same qualified provider. However, a 705

qualified respondent is not required to respond to all three components and may choose to 706

submit a partial response. The ALSDE must award at least one contract for each component 707

to consider a final Self-Provisioned Fiber complete. 708

All Qualified Respondents must provide a detailed Service Level Agreement for all proposed 709

services. 710

711

LIT FIBER SERVICES 712

The ALSDE also seeks responses from qualified respondents for turn‐key dedicated leased Lit Fiber 713

Transport services at the indicated earlier bandwidth speeds. Connections should be dedicated 714

services between the Network Operations Center indicated schools, district facilities or Library each 715

with a SLA guarantee. Price quotes for the services must be it terms of Month to Month, 12 Months, 716

24 months, 36 Months as well as 48 and 60 Month contracts. In the event State Laws allow an 717

increase in contract length allowance, the ALSDE reserves the option to negotiate extensions to the 718

extent law allows. Each lease package should be available for each of the awarded years of the 719

contract awarded. 720

Each respondent to the Lit Fiber services must include a complete description of proposal, proposed 721

Service Level Agreement, timeline for delivery and demarcation information. 722

SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT 723

Respondent will provide a description of the proposed services and service levels provided with 724

response. 725

The respondent will provide a proposed Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the ITB 726

response. The proposal may include, but not be limited to, the following services. 727

ALJP2016LSPAN


Lit Fiber Network Availability: the provider will make all reasonable efforts to ensure 728

99.9% network availability of the applicable fiber. 729

o Network Latency Commitment <20 milliseconds roundtrip 730

o Network Jitter Commitment <5 milliseconds 731

o Bit-Error Rate commitment <0.25% between circuit endpoints 732

Network Operations Center: Solution will provide the District or Library support 733

functions including problem tracking, resolution and escalation support management 734

on a 24x7x365 basis. The District or Library has the right and is encouraged to call 735

concerning any problems that may arise relative to its connection with the awarded 736

Operations and Management provider. 737

Trouble Reporting and Response: Upon interruption, degradation or loss of service, 738

the District or Library may contact provider by defined method with a response based 739

on trouble level. Upon contact from the District or Library, the provider’s support team 740

will initiate an immediate response to resolve any District or Library issue. The District 741

or Library will receive rapid feedback on trouble resolution, including potential 742

resolution time. 743

Escalation: In the event that service has not been restored in a timely manner, or the 744

District or Library does not feel that adequate attention has been allocated, the District 745

or Library can escalate the trouble resolution by request. A list of escalation contacts 746

will be provided when implementation schedule is completed. 747

Resolution: The District or Library will be notified immediately once the problem is 748

resolved and will be asked for verbal closure of the incident. 749

Trouble Reporting, Escalation and Resolution: A detail trouble reporting, escalation 750

and resolution plan will be provided to the District or Library. 751

Measurement: The provider stated commitment is to respond to any outage within two 752

(2) hours and a four (4) hour restoration of service. Time starts from the time the 753

ALJP2016LSPAN


District or Library contacts the provider and identifies the problem. Credits for Outages 754

of shortage will be identified. 755

Reports: Upon request, an incident report will be made available to the District or 756

Library within five (5) working days of resolution of the trouble. 757

Link Performance per segment: The service will maintain the proposed Link 758

Performance throughout the term of the contract. 759

REGIONAL ACCESS 760

The ALSDE prefers that the respondent and resulting contract holders will be able to serve all the 761

public school and public library facility locations across the entire State of Alabama. However, this is 762

not a requirement. Respondents are required to indicate the locations their proposed services are 763

located. If services proposed are not consistent among the location this should also be indicated. A 764

listing of all the cities involved in the public schools is included with the appropriate form field has 765

been included with this ITB package. The interested respondent must complete this form and include 766

this form with final submission in both print and digital format. 767

SALES CONTACTS 768

Qualified Respondents must provide contact information for their authorized sales staff. This staff 769

must be specifically familiar with the terms of an awarded contract. ALJP Participants will be 770

provided sales information and obtain written ALJP quotes for a services and/or products they buy 771

using the contract(s) resulting from this ITB. The Contract Holder will also be responsible for providing 772

audit trail information for confirming contract pricing. The Contract Holder will maintain a 773

comprehensive list of all active sales contacts and archive of inactive sales contacts on the ALJP 774

website. As described earlier these sales contacts must be listed in the ALJP Vendor Registry to be 775

included as sales contacts in a response to this ITB. 776

Additional Notes may be provided to describe specific sales regions or other identification necessary 777

to help the ALJP Participants Member choose the correct Sales Contact in making their purchasing 778

decision. 779

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 780

SEPARATION 781

The ALJP Participants may provide information to the ALSDE concerning the awarded contract 782

performance consisting of the ability to meet contract obligations, quality of customer service, and 783

ALJP2016LSPAN


other vendor performance factors. This information will be evaluated throughout the contract(s) life 784

by the committee to determine if a termination of contract is warranted. The ALSDE will provide a 785

formal mechanism for such communications with the ALJP Participants Members. 786

Possible reasons for contract termination may include any of the following: 787

Failure to meet the requirements of this ITB throughout the contract period; 788

Failure to deliver the product(s) purchased within an agreed upon time period or period specified 789

on the Purchase Order. In cases that are proven to be beyond the control of the Contract Holder 790

or authorized reseller some exceptions may be considered; 791

Improper delivery; 792

Failure to provide services or a product that are in conformance with the specifications 793

referenced in the ITB; 794

Failure to provide services and products at prices described; 795

Failure to provide quarterly update information; 796

Delivery of a defective item without replacement; 797

Insolvency or bankruptcy; 798

Failure to protect, to repair, or to make good any damage or injury to property; or 799

Breach of any provision of the Contract. 800

SEVERABILITY 801

If any provision of this ITB or resulting contract(s) is declared by a court to be illegal or in conflict with 802

any law, then the parties shall give effect to the balance of the ITB or resulting contract(s) to the 803

extent possible. 804

DISBARMENT FROM PARTICIPATION 805

If, within the past five (5) years, the Qualified Respondent has been disbarred, suspended, or 806

otherwise lawfully precluded from participating in any public bid/ITB activity with any federal, state, 807

or local government, the Qualified Respondent must include a letter with the proposal package 808

describing detailed information relating to the disbarment or suspension. 809

Failure to supply such a letter may result in a disqualified proposal or cancellation of contract. 810

ADDITIONAL STANDARD STATE TERMS & CONDITIONS 811

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ACT NO. 2006‐557 ‐ ALABAMA LAW (SECTION 41‐4‐116, CODE OF 812

ALABAMA 1975) PROVIDES THAT EVERY BID SUBMITTED AND CONTRACT EXECUTED SHALL CONTAIN A 813

CERTIFICATION THAT THE VENDOR, CONTRACTOR, AND ALL OF ITS AFFILIATES THAT MAKE SALES FOR 814

ALJP2016LSPAN


DELIVERY INTO ALABAMA OR LEASES FOR USE IN ALABAMA ARE REGISTERED, COLLECTING, AND 815

REMITTING ALABAMA STATE AND LOCAL SALES, USE, AND/OR LEASE TAX ON ALL TAXABLE SALES AND 816

LEASES INTO ALABAMA. BY SUBMITTING THIS BID, THE BIDDER IS HEREBY CERTIFYING THAT THEY ARE 817

IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ACT NO. 2006‐557, THEY ARE NOT BARRED FROM BIDDING OR ENTERING 818

INTO A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO 41‐4‐116, AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AWARDING AUTHORITY 819

MAY DECLARE THE CONTRACT VOID IF THE CERTIFICATION IS FALSE. 820

BEASON‐HAMMON ALABAMA TAXPAYER AND CITIZEN PROTECTION ACT (ACT 2011‐535 AND AS 821

AMENDED BY ACT 2012‐491) 822

O AS A CONDITION FOR AWARD OF THIS ITB, THE VENDOR ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING: 823

"BY SIGNING THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTING PARTIES AFFIRM, FOR THE 824

DURATION OF ANY AGREEMENT THAT THEY WILL NOT VIOLATE FEDERAL 825

IMMIGRATION LAW OR KNOWINGLY EMPLOY, HIRE FOR EMPLOYMENT, OR CONTINUE 826

TO EMPLOY AN UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN WITHIN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. 827

FURTHERMORE, A CONTRACTING PARTY FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS 828

PROVISION SHALL BE DEEMED IN BREACH OF THE AGREEMENT AND SHALL BE 829

RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DAMAGES RESULTING THEREFROM." 830

VERIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT IN THE E‐VERIFY PROGRAM WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR 831

TO ANY AWARD TO A VENDOR WHO EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE EMPLOYEES WITHIN 832

THE STATE OF ALABAMA. E‐VERIFY DOCUMENTATION SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED WITH 833

THE BID NUMBER AND THE BUYER NAME. FAILURE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION 834

WITHIN 5 CALENDAR DAYS OF NOTIFICATION WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR 835

BID. TO ENROLL IN THE E‐VERIFY PROGRAM VISIT WWW.DHS.GOV/E‐VERIFY. 836

INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO MINORITY AND WOMEN‐OWNED BUSINESSES IN ACQUIRING 837

M/WBE CERTIFICATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, 1‐838

800‐447‐4191. 839

VENDOR CONTACTS AND SALES STAFF MUST OBTAIN AN EDUCATION DIRECTORY (EDDIR) LOGINFOR 840

ALJP VENDORS, AT NO COST TO THE VENDOR, AND REGISTER IN THE “VENDOR REGISTRY”. TO 841

RECEIVE ALJP PROCUREMENT NOTIFICATION AND TO PARTICIPATE IN PROCUREMENT PROCESSES TO 842

BE DESCRIBED. DETAILS TO FOLLOW. 843

O RESPONDERS TO THIS ITB MUST OBTAIN A QUALIFIED BIDDERS IDENTIFICATION 844

NUMBER(QBID). 845

O VENDOR REGISTRY AND QBID INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT HTTP://ALJP.ALSDE.EDU 846

VENDOR MUST HOLD A STATE OF ALABAMA ISSUED GENERAL CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE PRIOR TO THE 847

AWARD OF CONTRACTS RESULTING FROM THIS ITB. (http://genconbd.alabama.gov/default.aspx) 848

PROTEST. THE ALSDE SHALL PROVIDE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD OF ALL CONTRACTS LET BY 849

COMPETITIVE BID BY ELECTRONIC POSTING TO THE ALJP WEBSITE. ANY BIDDER ADVERSELY AFFECTED 850

BY AN INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT LET BY COMPETITIVE BID SHALL FILE WITH THE ALABAMA K‐12 851

JOINT PURCHASING PROGRAM COORDINATOR A NOTICE OF PROTEST WITHIN FIVE (5) CALENDAR 852

DAYS AFTER THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD IS ELECTRONICALLY POSTED. THE NOTICE OF PROTEST 853

MAY BE FILED BY MAIL, BY HAND DELIVERY, BY EMAIL OR BY FACSIMILE. THE NOTICE OF PROTEST 854

MUST BE FILED WITH THE ALABAMA K‐12 JOINT PURCHASING PROGRAM COORDINATOR BY 5:00 PM, 855

ALJP2016LSPAN


CENTRAL TIME, ON THE FIFTH CALENDAR DAY AFTER THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD IS 856

ELECTRONICALLY POSTED. A FORMAL WRITTEN PROTEST SHALL BE FILED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS, 857

EXCLUDING SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND STATE HOLIDAYS, AFTER THE NOTICE OF PROTEST IS FILED. THE 858

FORMAL WRITTEN PROTEST MAY BE FILED BY EMAIL IN PDF FORMAT OR BY MAIL OR HAND 859

DELIVERY. THE FORMAL WRITTEN PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITH THE ALABAMA K‐12 JOINT 860

PURCHASING PROGRAM COORDINATOR BY 5:00 PM, CENTRAL TIME, ON THE SEVENTH DAY AFTER 861

FILING THE NOTICE OF PROTEST. THE BIDDER OR ITS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE MUST SIGN THE 862

FORMAL WRITTEN PROTEST OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. FAILURE TO FILE EITHER THE NOTICE OF 863

PROTEST OR THE FORMAL WRITTEN PROTEST WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS PRESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL 864

CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF ANY PROTEST OF THE AWARD OF CONTRACT. 865

866

THE FORMAL WRITTEN PROTEST SHALL STATE WITH PARTICULARITY THE FACTS AND LAW UPON 867

WHICH THE PROTEST IS BASED. WITHIN 30 CALENDAR DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE TIMELY FILED, 868

FORMAL WRITTEN PROTEST, THE ALABAMA K‐12 JOINT PURCHASING PROGRAM COORDINATOR SHALL 869

ISSUE A WRITTEN DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROTEST. SHOULD THE DECISION BY THE 870

ALABAMA K‐12 JOINT PURCHASING PROGRAM COORDINATOR BE ADVERSE TO THE BIDDER, THE 871

BIDDER MAY SEEK RELIEF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 41‐16‐31 OF THE CODE OF ALABAMA. 872

FOREIGN CORPORATION ‐ CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY: ALABAMA LAW PROVIDES THAT A FOREIGN 873

CORPORATION (AN OUT‐OF‐STATE COMPANY/FIRM) MAY NOT TRANSACT BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF 874

ALABAMA UNTIL IT OBTAINS A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE. SECTION 875

10‐2B‐15.01, CODE OF ALABAMA 1975. TO OBTAIN FORMS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY, 876

CONTACT THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CORPORATIONS DIVISION, (334) 242‐5324. THE CERTIFICATE OF 877

AUTHORITY DOES NOT KEEP THE VENDOR FROM SUBMITTING A RESPONSE 878

ADDITIONAL CONTRACT TERMS- (IF AWARDED) 879

Contract Disputes. 880

Dispute Resolution. The parties shall attempt, in good faith, for a period of not less than thirty (30) days to 881 resolve any controversy, claim, or dispute arising out of this Agreement through negotiations. Furthermore, 882 should the parties be unable to resolve any disputes arising under the terms of this Contract, the parties 883 hereto agree, in compliance with the recommendations of the Governor and Attorney General, when 884 considering settlement of such disputes, to utilize appropriate forms of non‐binding alternative dispute 885 resolution including, but not limited to, mediation by and through the Attorney General’s Office of 886 Administrative Hearings or where appropriate, private mediators. 887

Termination by the State. This Contract may be terminated by the State for Default, as follows: 888 Termination for Default. The State shall have the right to terminate this Contract for Default by 889

(Vendor) upon thirty (30) day written notice. A Default shall be deemed to have occurred if 890 (Vendor) breaches any primary obligations, terms or conditions of this Contract and fails to 891 cure such breach within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the State 892 concerning such breach. 893

Termination for Vendor Bankruptcy. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of 894 the filing of a petition in bankruptcy by or against Vendor, which is not dismissed within thirty 895 (30) days, the State shall have the right to terminate this Contract upon ten (10) days advance 896 written notice. 897

Miscellaneous. 898

ALJP2016LSPAN


If any provision of this Contract is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, this 899 Contract shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible to effectuate the original express intent of the 900 parties. 901

The person executing this Contract on behalf of a party represents that he/she is authorized to sign this 902 Contract on behalf of such party and warrants that he/she has full power to enter into this Contract on 903 behalf of such party. 904

Any and all notices shall be sent by United States First Class or Certified Mail or by a courier service 905 furnishing proof of delivery (postage and delivery prepaid) to the addresses for the parties set forth below. 906 Either party may change its notice address by notifying the other in like manner. 907

This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama. 908

This Contract shall be administered on behalf of the State by the ALSDE. 909

Neither party shall use the name of the other for any commercial purpose without the prior written consent 910 of the other, except that Vendor may, without prior written consent, identify the State in reference listings 911 as a client of Vendor, if such identification does not include the State's endorsement of the services of 912 Vendor. 913

This Contract, together with the bid response hereto, constitutes the complete and entire agreement 914 between the parties. This Contract supersedes all prior discussions, understandings, arrangements and 915 negotiations between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Contract. The terms and 916 conditions of this Contract shall prevail notwithstanding any variance with the terms and conditions of any 917 order submitted with respect to the Support Services, equipment, supplies or any related services provided 918 in this Contract. This Contract shall not be modified, amended, rescinded, canceled or waived in whole or in 919 part without the written agreement signed by both parties. 920

921

Required ALSDE Provisions. 922

It is understood that there is no entitlement to any State Merit System benefits to anyone working under the 923 terms of this Contract. 924

Notwithstanding any provision within this Contract to the contrary, no travel is to be paid by the State under 925 this Contract unless approved in advance by the State Superintendent and agreed for reimbursement to the 926 State by the State Finance Director. 927

The State Superintendent of Education, through his designated representatives, will sponsor and approve 928 the purposes, administration, and supervision of all phases of the services to be provided. 929

The initial duration of this agreement is start date, through with aforementioned extensions. Either party 930 upon receipt of a 30‐day written notification may terminate the agreement. 931

It is agreed that the terms and commitments contained herein shall not be constituted as a debt of the State 932 of Alabama in violation of Article II, Section 213 of the Constitution of Alabama, 1901, as amended by 933 Amendment Number 26. It is further agreed that if any provision of this Contract shall contravene any 934 statue or Constitutional provision or amendment, either now in effect or which may, during the course of 935 this Contract, be enacted, then that conflicting provision in the Contract shall be deemed null and void. The 936 contractor’s sole remedy for the settlement of any and all disputes arising under the terms of this agreement 937 shall be limited to the filing of a claim with the Board of Adjustment for the State of Alabama. 938

This agreement is subject to termination in the event of proration of the fund from which payment under 939 this agreement is to be made. 940

Neither party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations under this contract without the 941 consent of the other party. 942

All funds paid under the terms and conditions of this Contract shall be used for purposes permitted and 943 consistent with Alabama law. 944

BEASON‐HAMMON ALABAMA TAXPAYER AND CITIZEN PROTECTION ACT (ACT 2011‐535) ALABAMA LAW 945 (ACT 2011‐535) PROVIDES THAT AS A CONDITION FOR THE AWARD OF ANY CONTRACT BY THE STATE TO A 946 BUSINESS ENTITY OR EMPLOYER THAT EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE EMPLOYEES, THE EMPLOYER SHALL 947

ALJP2016LSPAN


PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION ESTABLISHING THAT THE BUSINESS DOES NOT KNOWINGLY EMPLOY, HAS NOT 948 HIRED FOR EMPLOYMENT, NOR WILL IT CONTINUE TO EMPLOY AN UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN, AS THAT TERM IS 949 DEFINED IN ALABAMA ACT 2011‐535. BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT AND BY REFERENCE IN SUBMITTED BID 950 RESPONSE, COMPANY HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT THEY ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ACT 2011‐535 AND 951 ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AWARDING AUTHORITY WILL DECLARE THIS AGREEMENT VOID IF THE 952 CERTIFICATION IS NOT VALID. DOCUMENTATION OF ENROLLMENT IN THE E‐VERIFY PROGRAM WILL BE 953 REQUIRED. FAILURE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION WITHIN 5 CALENDAR DAYS OF 954 NOTIFICATION BY THE ALSDE WILL RESULT IN THE VOID OF THIS AGREEMENT. TO ENROLL 955 IN THE E-VERIFY PROGRAM VISIT WWW.DHS.GOV/E-VERIFY 956 957

958

ALJP2016LSPAN


RESPONSE PROCEDURE 959

All interested respondents must follow the procedures described within this ITB. In general, the 960

procedure will be as follows: 961

1) Obtain or confirm an EdDir login. (see http://aljp.alsde.edu for detail) 962

2) Complete the online Qualified Bidder Identification Number application and process. (see 963

http://aljp.alsde.edu for detail) 964

3) Submit Questions (if applicable) 965

4) Attend Required Web Conference. 966

5) Complete and submit Formal Response to this ITB. (hardcopy and digital format to be delivered to 967

ALSDE) 968

The purchasing activities by the individual ALJP Participants with respect to awarded contracts are 969

completed with every intention to follow current bid laws as they pertain to city and county Local 970

Education Agencies in the state. The ALSDE does not charge the ALJP Participants or the participating 971

companies to participate in the program; however, certain requirements of the Contract Holders are 972

designed to lessen the burden on the administrator (ALSDE) and ALJP Participants. The participants 973

must self–monitor their purchasing activities, and the awarded Contract Holder must provide 974

information the ALJP Participants need to document all purchases from the resulting contract for 975

auditing purposes. 976

ITB and awarded contract information and data will be kept and maintained by Contract Holders on 977

the ALJP website. Awarded Contract Holders will be provided with a mechanism to secure at least 978

one login for their Primary Contract Contact (PCC) person. The PCC will represent the company and 979

will perform updates to their contract information as required. 980

EDUCATION DIRECTORY (EDDIR) – LOGINS 981

All individual companies who participate or request to participate in any ALJP activities must have 982

authorized company individual employees to obtain an [ALSDE] Education Directory login. This 983

includes prospective companies, Qualified Respondents/Contract Holders’ Contract Contact(s), and 984

Contract Holder assigned authorized resellers, if applicable (per awarded contract). Complete 985

instructions for obtaining an EdDir login is available on the ALJP website’s Procurement section under 986

the “Vendor links” – Vendor Login & Maintenance. Qualified Respondents must read (or have read) 987

this entire document before moving forward. It is important to note that Contract Holders and 988

VENDOR REGISTRY 989

ALJP2016LSPAN


The Vendor Registry contains a list of vendors/contacts that have completed the process of obtaining 990

an EdDir login. Interested Respondents may view this list to verify their employees who have properly 991

obtained an account. If your company is not represented in this list then you must obtain a Vendor 992

Login before moving forward. The E‐Verify information is also a part of this entry. Follow the 993

instructions provided on the ALJP website. 994

MULTIPLE EDDIR LOGINS AND MAINTENANCE 995

Participating companies must have at least one EdDir Login holder (see PCC above). A company may 996

acquire additional logins for their participating employees. Each participating employee must obtain 997

their own EdDir login. Companies are responsible for maintenance of these users and Contract 998

Holders must maintain any user that is associated with their contract. 999

QUALIFIED RESPONDENT’S APPLICATION/REGISTRY 1000

All Qualified Respondents must complete and then maintain the information provided in the online 1001

Qualified Respondent’s Application/Registry process. Once this form and the required attachments 1002

have been submitted, the ALSDE will verify the given information and provide a status to the 1003

submitting entity. If the minimum specifications are met by the Qualified Respondent, then the 1004

ALSDE will provide a Qualified Respondent’s Identification Number (QBID) that will be used in a 1005

Qualified Respondent’s response to this and any other future ALJP procurement efforts. Prior to 1006

obtaining access to this online form, an interested respondent, Primary Contract Contact, must obtain 1007

a “Vendor Login” through the EdDir process and register as an interested/potential vendor. 1008

1. References: 1009

a. Provide at least five (5) K-12 educational institutions or organizations and 1010

contact information including name, address, phone number, and a contact 1011

name with an email address. At least three (3) of these institutions should be 1012

Alabama K-12 Local Education Agencies/Districts. 1013

b. Provided by Qualified Respondent in attached document (no template provided). 1014

2. Certification Statements 1015

a. Compliance with ISO Certification and maintenance of certification, 1016

i. ISO 9001 is preferred for this specific ITB, not required. 1017

b. E‐Verify compliance, 1018

c. Industry Certifications, 1019

ALJP2016LSPAN


This information will be openly available once the submission (only) has been approved by the ALSDE. 1020

The ALSDE reserves the right to make (or not make) suggestions to Qualified Respondent’s 1021

concerning the validity of their submission and if such suggestions are made these suggestions will be 1022

made available to all Qualified Respondents for review. Documentation should also be included in 1023

credentials section/placeholder. 1024

All documentation and information entered on the ALJP website may also be required within the final 1025

response in written and digital format. 1026

FORMAL RESPONSE 1027

ITB COORDINATOR 1028

Jerome Browning 1029

Alabama State Department of Education 1030

E‐Rate 1031

P.O. Box 302101 1032

5315 Gordon Persons Building 1033

Montgomery, AL 36130 1034

Phone: 334‐353‐4285 1035

Fax: 334‐353‐5886 1036

Email: [email protected] 1037

ITB IDENTIFICATION 1038

In general, reference to this ITB as a whole will be indicated by ALJP2016LSPAN. 1039

All communication regarding this ITB must be directed to the ITB coordinator listed in section 1040

above. 1041

All communication must be in written form through the use of Web site question submission or 1042

email if applicable. 1043

All comments and questions must be made via web (visit http://aljp.ALSDE.edu), by the deadline 1044

specified in the schedule of events listed in Schedule of Events section. All comments and 1045

questions made on the website tool must be entered by a registered vendor. 1046

Each communication in relation to a response must be clearly marked with the ALJP2016LSPAN 1047

entered in the subject area of the email or on the envelope. 1048

The ALSDE will not be held responsible for delays or technical problems that may arise due to 1049

temporary failure of email or Web site availability. 1050

In the event that the interested vendor does not have access to the Web site, all communications 1051

may be sent by email and/or regular mail but must be received by the ALSDE prior to the deadline 1052

specified in the schedule of events listed in Schedule of Events section. 1053

ALJP2016LSPAN


The ALSDE will respond to all timely written communications through posting of questions and 1054

responses via Website. The Website will be available at http://aljp.ALSDE.edu. 1055

http://www.ti.state.al.us/ALJP2004 1056

It is the responsibility of the Qualified Respondent to monitor this site for information updates, 1057

instructions, or addendums. 1058

Any information, other than the information provided in this ITB and Website, given by the ALSDE 1059

should be considered for informational purposes only. 1060

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 1061

Event Date‐Time (Central Time Zone)

ALSDE Release of ITB for Response February 26, 2016

Respondents Web Conference -Required

See ALJP Website March 3, 2016 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Deadline for Questions March 21, 2016 5:00 PM

Deadline for Submitting Response(s) March 29,2016 5:00 PM

Public Opening March 30, 2016 9:00 AM (See ALJP Website for Montgomery, AL location)

ALSDE and Committee Evaluation Process Begins March 30, 2016 2:00 PM

Awarding of Contracts April 4, 2016 Tentative

Purchasing by ALJP Participants May Begin Dates to be posted on ALJP Website

1062

PROPOSAL CONFERENCE - REQUIRED 1063

The ALSDE will hold a Respondents Web Conference. Interested Respondents must register and be 1064

represented during this online event. The content of the session will be the procedure for participation and 1065

response to questions submitted prior to the event. Detailed instruction of the completion of the required 1066

spreadsheets will be included. This session will not be available for review after it has ended. In the event of 1067

delays beyond the ALSDE’s control, weather or technical in nature, this session may be rescheduled. 1068

Notification will be provided on the ALJP website. 1069

The ALSDE currently uses the WebEx platform for these events and will not be responsible for technical issues 1070

that may arise. The ALSDE may provide additional informational sessions as needed based on the level of 1071

questions received. Interested respondents should visit the ALJP website often to verify any such meetings. 1072

These additional meetings will not be required. 1073

ALJP2016LSPAN


The ALJP Participants may choose to require a respondent’s conference in their mini‐bid/quote efforts. All 1074

sales contacts must visit the Mini‐Quote site often for information. 1075

1076

1077

PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL – FINAL PRODUCT LINE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION 1078

The complete proposal submittal will consist of the following elements specific to an ALJP2016LSPAN Response 1079

in the order listed: 1080

Fully Completed ALJP2016 ITB Document (this document) Printed & Two Digitized Copies on two 1081

separate CDs. 1082

o Each page must be initialed. 1083

o Entry items must all be addressed and completed 1084

Page 1 Form Completed 1085

Each of the sections reserved in the “PLACEHOLDER SECTION” of this document must 1086

be addressed in detail. Provide or create the documentation requested for each 1087

section and insert those pages accordingly. 1088

ALJP2016LSPAN Price Lists ‐ REQUIRED 1089

EXCEL Worksheet Format provided. Template (ALJP2016LSPANPrice List.xlsx) to be provided on ALJP 1090

website. 1091

PROPOSAL PACKAGE SUBMISSION 1092

Respondents may provide a single proposal package for all or one category of service to be considered. 1093

Self‐Provisioned Fiber Networks 1094

o Special Construction 1095

o Maintenance 1096

o Operations and Management 1097

Fully Managed Leased Lit Fiber Networks 1098

FINAL RESPONSE FORMAT 1099

The Qualified Respondent will provide the response in a binder (hard shell) that will have secure pockets 1100

for the required CD or DVD (or similar storage device). Your response must not deviate from the format 1101

described within this document. 1102

Additionally, two copies of the proposal submission in digitized form must also be submitted with the 1103

proposal package. The digitized format must include a single portable document file (or PDF) containing 1104

ALJP2016LSPAN


the complete response. The two identical digital files must be submitted on two separate CDs or DVDs. The 1105

required spreadsheet files will also be included on each CD/DVD submitted in the provided MS Excel file 1106

format. The Qualified Respondent must self‐verify the files before inclusion in submitted proposal package. 1107

Each securely sealed package must be clearly marked with the ALJP2016LSPAN. Please include a “DO NOT 1108

OPEN” message clearly on the package. 1109

If package is boxed inside a carrier’s box, then that box should also have the ALJP2016LSPAN 1110

clearly visible. 1111

1112

1113

1114

PROPOSAL DELIVERY ADDRESS 1115

Submitted proposal packages must be mailed or hand delivered to the ALSDE using either of the following 1116

two addresses: 1117

COURIER MAIL 1118


E‐Rate Section 1120

ATTENTION: Jerome Browning 1121

50 N. Ripley St. 1122


Montgomery, AL 36104‐3833 1124

1125

REGULAR MAIL 1126


E‐Rate Section 1128

ATTENTION: Jerome Browning 1129


P.O. Box 302101 1131

Montgomery, AL 36130‐2101 1132

1133

ALJP2016LSPAN


Submittal as described above must be made by the date and time expressed in the schedule of events. Do 1134

not use any other address other than the information listed above. 1135

No other format (Fax, email, etc.) will be accepted. 1136

1137

COST OF PREPARING PROPOSALS 1138

The ALSDE will not reimburse any cost the respondent may have in the preparation and submittal of any 1139

proposal package. 1140

It should be noted that the use of Microsoft Word 2013/2016, Microsoft Excel 2013/2016 and Adobe 1141

Acrobat Professional may be required. 1142

Scanning or digitizing documents will be required. 1143

RESPONDENT ERRORS 1144

REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED PROPOSALS 1145

Any respondent who submits a proposal package and finds it needs revisions or canceling may do so via 1146

email notification to the coordinator. The ALSDE will not open sealed proposals before proposal opening 1147

date and time. If revisions are needed, then the respondent must notify the coordinator via email of the 1148

cancellation of current proposal package and submit a new proposal package before the deadline for 1149

submitting proposals. 1150

The respondent is responsible for cancelled proposal package(s). The cancelled proposal package(s) will 1151

remain sealed and be voided in the proposal process. It will be discarded upon notification of the 1152

respondent unless respondent arranges for pick‐up. 1153

Respondents are responsible and liable for all errors or omissions contained in their proposal packages. 1154

INVITATION TO BID AMENDMENTS AND CANCELLATION 1155

The ALSDE reserves the right to amend this ITB at any time. 1156

The ALSDE also reserves the right to cancel and/or reissue this ITB at its sole discretion. 1157

Any amendments or cancellations regarding this ITB will be made via Web site announcements 1158

(http://aljp.ALSDE.edu). It is the respondent’s responsibility to monitor Web site for such information on a 1159

daily basis. 1160

RIGHT TO REJECT PROPOSAL PACKAGES 1161

The ALSDE reserves the right to reject any and all submitted proposal packages at ALSDE discretion. 1162

ALJP2016LSPAN


The ALSDE reserves the right to cancel this ITB in its entirety. 1163

Any proposal package submitted, which does not meet the requirements set forth within this ITB including 1164

the ISO requirement, will be considered a non‐response and will not be considered. 1165

Respondent must comply with all terms of this ITB and applicable State Laws. 1166

The ALSDE will reject any proposal that does not comply with all the terms, conditions, and performance 1167

requirements of this ITB. 1168

In the event a Service does not receive a proposal package or receives a single proposal package for a 1169

specific Service, the ALSDE reserves the right to negotiate with known vendors to provide the Service to 1170

the ALJP Participants members. 1171

1172

PROPOSAL PACKAGE AND PUBLIC INFORMATION 1173

All proposal packages and any materials submitted in response to this ITB by the respondent become the 1174

property of the ALSDE. Selection or rejection of a proposal package does not affect this right. 1175

All information provided by the respondent in the proposal package will be available for public 1176

viewing upon request after proposal opening. All responses received will be posted on the ALJP 1177

Web site. 1178

By submitting a proposal package, the respondent acknowledges and accepts that the full contents of the 1179

proposal package will be made available for public inspection. 1180

By submitting a proposal package the respondent agrees to all requirements, terms, and conditions of the 1181

ITB. 1182

ALJP2016LSPAN


EVALUATION AND CONTRACT AWARDS 1183

A Qualified Respondent’s response will be evaluated and scored by the committee to determine if an 1184

award is to be given. The Final Service Proposal for the awarded response will be promoted to a Contract 1185

denoted by ALJP2016‐xxxx. An official contract number will be assigned and a formal agreement 1186

document must be executed. The awarded Qualified Respondent will be notified by email of award and 1187

the agreement document will be attached for signatures and returned to the ALSDE promptly. 1188

ALJP COMMITTEE EVALUATION SCORING 1189

1. Proposed Score (100 Points Total) 1190

a. Company Credentials (25) 1191

b. Competitive pricing service responses. (40) 1192

i. Project pricing evaluations 1193

ii. State Master Contract pricing evaluation 1194

iii. Unbundled & Bundled pricing availability 1195

c. Provision of Four (4) year financing for special construction, if applicable. (20) 1196

d. Full representation of the Services and entities served. (15) 1197

1198

1199

ALJP2016LSPAN


1200

1201

1202

1203

1204

1205

1206

1207

1208

1209

PLACEHOLDER SECTION FOR RESPONSE ITEMS 1210

1211

1212

ALJP2016LSPAN


RESPONDER’S CREDENTIALS - REQUIRED 1213

1214

1215

ALJP2016LSPAN


E-VERIFY DOCUMENTATION - REQUIRED 1216

Insert documentation required for E-verify. If not applicable insert a letter stating so. 1217

ALJP2016LSPAN


SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS PROPOSED -REQUIRED 1218

1219

ALJP2016LSPAN


PRINTED PRICE SHEETS – DIGITAL (SPREADSHEETS) COPIES ALSO REQUIRED 1220

1221

ALJP2016LSPAN


SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION – FOUR YEAR FINANCING DOCUMENTATION 1222

1223

ALJP2016LSPAN


ALABAMA CITIES OF SERVICES (REQUIRED) 1224

Mark through the YES (Yes) in the Services column if you company does not include the indicated city in your 1225

company’s service area. If your company can serve the entire State schools and libraries, then circle “Yes” in 1226

the Entire State row to confirm your response to this section. Put a confirmation statement in the Service Area 1227

Note field that also confirms that your company serves the entire state. 1228

If you have any exceptions, then please note those in the corresponding Service Area Note field. If more space 1229

is needed you may attach additional note pages to this area. Please make reference identifications to the 1230

notes added in separate documentation. 1231

An ALJP Participant with facilities located in a city not listed below may also request services for those facilities 1232

under an awarded contract. 1233

Yes Entire State AL

Services City Zip Code Service Area Note

Yes Abbeville 36310

Yes Adamsville 35005

Yes Addison 35540

Yes Akron 35541

Yes Alabaster 35007

Yes Alberta 36720

Yes Albertville 35950

Yes Alexander

City

35010

Yes Alexandria 36250

Yes Aliceville 35442

Yes Alpine 35014

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Altoona 35952

Yes Analusia 36420

Yes Anniston 36206

Yes Arab 35016

Yes Ardmore 35739

Yes Ariton 36311

Yes Ashford 36312

Yes Ashland 36251

Yes Ashville 35953

Yes Athens 35611

Yes Atmore 36502

Yes Attalla 35954

Yes Auburn 36830

Yes Autaugaville 36003

Yes Axis 36505

Yes Baileyton 35019

Yes Banks 36005

Yes Bay Minette 36507

Yes Bayou La

Batre

36509

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Bear Creek 35543

Yes Beatrice 36425

Yes Berry 35546

Yes Bessemer 35020

Yes Big Cove 35763

Yes Billingsley 36006

Yes Birmingham 35203

Yes Blountsville 35031

Yes Boaz 35956

Yes Boligee 35443

Yes Bon Secour 36511

Yes Brantley 36009

Yes Bremen 35033

Yes Brent 35034

Yes Brewton 36426

Yes Bridgeport 35740

Yes Brilliant 35548

Yes Brookwood 35444

Yes Brundidge 36010

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Bryant 35958

Yes Buhl 35446

Yes Butler 36904

Yes Calera 35040

Yes Camden 36726

Yes Camp Hill 36850

Yes Carbon Hill 35549

Yes Carrolton 35447

Yes Castleberry 36432

Yes Cedar Bluff 35959

Yes Center Point 35215

Yes Centre 35960

Yes Centreville 35042

Yes Chatom 36518

Yes Chelsea 35043

Yes Cherokee 35616

Yes Chickasaw 36611

Yes Childersburg 35044

Yes Citronelle 36522

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Clanton 35045

Yes Clay 35048

Yes Clayton 36016

Yes Cleveland 35049

Yes Coker 35452

Yes Collinsville 35961

Yes Columbia 36319

Yes Columbiana 35051

Yes Coosada 36020

Yes Cordova 35550

Yes Cottondale 35453

Yes Cottonwood 36320

Yes Courtland 35618

Yes Cropwell 35054

Yes Crossville 35962

Yes Cuba 36907

Yes Cullman 35055

Yes Dadeville 36853

Yes Daleville 36322

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Danville 35619

Yes Daphne 36526

Yes Dauphin

Island

36528

Yes De

Armanville

36207

Yes Deatsville 36022

Yes Decatur 35601

Yes Demopolis 36732

Yes Dixons Mills 36736

Yes Dora 35062

Yes Dothan 36301

Yes Double

Springs

35553

Yes Douglas 35964

Yes Duncanville 35456

Yes Dutton 35744

Yes Eclectic 36024

Yes Eight Mile 36613

Yes Elba 36232

Yes Elberta 36530

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Elkmont 35620

Yes Enterprise 36330

Yes Eufaula 36027

Yes Eutaw 35462

Yes Eva 35621

Yes Evergreen 36401

Yes Excel 36439

Yes Fairfield 35064

Yes Fairhope 36532

Yes Falkville 35622

Yes Fayette 35555

Yes Five Points 36855

Yes Flat Rock 35966

Yes Flomaton 36441

Yes Florala 36442

Yes Florence 35630

Yes Foley 36535

Yes Fort Deposit 36032

Yes Fort Mitchell 36856

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Fort Payne 35967

Yes Fosters 35463

Yes Fruitdale 36539

Yes Fruithurst 36262

Yes Fultondale 35068

Yes Fyffe 35971

Yes Gadsden 35904

Yes Gardendale 35071

Yes Gaylesville 35973

Yes Geneva 36340

Yes Georgiana 36033

Yes Geraldine 35974

Yes Gilbertown 36908

Yes Glencoe 35905

Yes Gordo 35466

Yes Goshen 36035

Yes Grand Bay 36541

Yes Grant 35747

Yes Graysville 35073

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Greensboro 36744

Yes Greenville 36037

Yes Grove Hill 36451

Yes Guin 35563

Yes Gulf Shores 36542

Yes Guntersville 35976

Yes Gurley 35748

Yes Hackleburg 35564

Yes Haleyville 35565

Yes Hamilton 35570

Yes Hanceville 35077

Yes Hartford 36344

Yes Hartselle 35640

Yes Harvest 35749

Yes Hayden 35079

Yes Hayneville 36040

Yes Hazel Green 35750

Yes Headland 36345

Yes Heflin 36264

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Helena 35080

Yes Henagar 35978

Yes Higdon 35979

Yes Highland

Home

36041

Yes Hokes Bluff 35903

Yes Holly Pond 35083

Yes Hollywood 35752

Yes Holt 35404

Yes Homewood 35209

Yes Hoover 35226

Yes Hope Hull 36043

Yes Hueytown 35023

Yes Huntsville 35816

Yes Ider 35981

Yes Irondale 35210

Yes Irvington 36544

Yes Jack 36346

Yes Jackson 36545

Yes Jacksonville 36265

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Jasper 35501

Yes Jemison 35085

Yes Killen 35645

Yes Kimberly 35091

Yes Kinston 36453

Yes Laceys

Spring

35754

Yes Lafayette 36862

Yes Lanett 36863

Yes Leeds 35094

Yes Leighton 35646

Yes Leroy 36548

Yes Lester 35647

Yes Letohatchee 36047

Yes Lexington 35648

Yes Lincoln 35096

Yes Linden 36748

Yes Lineville 36266

Yes Livingston 35470

Yes Loachapoka 36865

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Lockhart 36455

Yes Locust Fork 35097

Yes Logan 35098

Yes Louisville 36048

Yes Lower Peach

Tree

36751

Yes Loxley 36551

Yes Luverne 36049

Yes Lynn 35575

Yes Madison 35758

Yes Maplesville 36750

Yes Marbury 36051

Yes Marion 36786

Yes Maylene 35114

Yes Mc Calla 35111

Yes McIntosh 36553

Yes McKenzie 36456

Yes Mentone 35984

Yes Meridianville 35759

Yes Midfield 35228

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Midland City 36350

Yes Millbrook 36054

Yes Millport 35576

Yes Millry 36558

Yes Mobile 36605

Yes Monroeville 36460

Yes Montevallo 35115

Yes Montgomery 36104

Yes Moody 35004

Yes Morris 35116

Yes Moulton 35650

Yes Moundville 35474

Yes Mount Olive 35117

Yes Mount

Vernon

36560

Yes Mountain

Brk

35223

Yes Mountain

Brook

35213

Yes Mt Hope 35651

Yes Munford 36268

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Muscle

Schoals

35661

Yes Nauvoo 35578

Yes New

Brockton

36351

Yes New Hope 35760

Yes New Market 35761

Yes New Site 36256

Yes Newbern 36765

Yes Newton 36352

Yes Northport 35476

Yes Notasulga 36866

Yes Oakman 35579

Yes Odenville 35120

Yes Ohatchee 36271

Yes Oneonta 35121

Yes Opelika 36804

Yes Opp 36467

Yes Orange

Beach

36561

Yes Orrville 36767

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Oxford 36203

Yes Ozark 36360

Yes Panola 35477

Yes Parrish 35580

Yes Pelham 35124

Yes Pell City 35125

Yes Perdido 36562

Yes Phenix City 36870

Yes Phil

Campbell

35581

Yes Piedmont 36272

Yes Pike Road 36064

Yes Pinckard 36371

Yes Pine Hill 36769

Yes Pinson 35126

Yes Pisgah 35765

Yes Plantersville 36758

Yes Pleasant

Grove

35127

Yes Prattville 36067

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Prichard 36610

Yes Princeton 35766

Yes Quinton 35130

Yes Ragland 35131

Yes Rainbow City 35906

Yes Rainsville 35986

Yes Ramer 36069

Yes Ranburne 36273

Yes Randolph 36792

Yes Red Bay 35582

Yes Red Level 36474

Yes Reform 35481

Yes Remlap 35133

Yes Repton 36475

Yes Roanoke 36274

Yes Robertsdale 36576

Yes Rockford 35136

Yes Rogersville 35652

Yes Russellville 35653

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Salem 36874

Yes Samson 36477

Yes Sand Rock 35983

Yes Saraland 36571

Yes Satsuma 36572

Yes Scottsboro 35768

Yes Seale 36875

Yes Section 35771

Yes Selma 36703

Yes Semmes 36575

Yes Sheffield 35660

Yes Shelby 35143

Yes Shorter 36075

Yes Skipperville 36374

Yes Slocomb 36375

Yes Smiths

Station

36877

Yes Somerville 35670

Yes Southside 35907

Yes Spanish Fort 36527

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Spring

Garden

36275

Yes Springville 35146

Yes Stapleton 36578

Yes Steele 35987

Yes Stevenson 35772

Yes Sulligent 35586

Yes Sumiton 35148

Yes Summerdale 36580

Yes Sweet Water 36782

Yes Sycamore 35149

Yes Sylacauga 35150

Yes Sylvania 35988

Yes Talladega 35160

Yes Tallassee 36078

Yes Tanner 35671

Yes Tarrant 35217

Yes Theodore 36582

Yes Thomaston 36783

Yes Thomasville 36784

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Thorsby 35171

Yes Toney 35773

Yes Town Creek 35672

Yes Trinity 35673

Yes Troy 36081

Yes Trussville 35173

Yes Tuscumbia 35674

Yes Tuskegee 36083

Yes Tuskegee

Institute

36088

Yes Union Grove 35175

Yes Union

Springs

36089

Yes Uriah 36480

Yes Valley 36854

Yes Valley

Grande

36701

Yes Valley Head 35989

Yes Vance 35490

Yes Verbena 36091

Yes Vernon 35592

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Vestavia

Hills

35216

Yes Vina 35593

Yes Vincent 35178

Yes Vinemont 35179

Yes Wadley 36276

Yes Walnut

Grove

35990

Yes Warrior 35180

Yes Waterloo 35677

Yes Weaver 36277

Yes Webb 36376

Yes Wedowee 36278

Yes West

Blocton

35184

Yes Wetumpka 36092

Yes Wilmer 36587

Yes Wilsonville 35186

Yes Winfield 35594

Yes Woodland 36280

Yes Woodstock 35188

ALJP2016LSPAN


Yes Woodville 35776

Yes York 36925

1234

ALJP2016LSPAN


SALES CONTACT LISTING – REQUIRED 1235

1236

Full Name EDDIR‐Username/ Email Title Phone#

(xxx)‐xxx‐xxxx

1237

1238

1239

1240

ALJP2016LSPAN


OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION 1241

Documents

ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF INVITATION TO BID NO ... · 74 identified public library locations within the ITB seeking proposals on all options of connectivity 75 stated. Unless otherwise