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Resolution No. 83451 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 a • RESOLUTION NO. 8345 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FROM QUALIFIED VENDORS FOR ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT FOR OPTICAL TRANSPORVINTERNET OPERATION SYSTEMS WHEREAS, the City of Vernon desires to offer network services such as internet access and point-to-point connections to businesses located within the City using the existing fiber optic system (hereinafter referred to as the "Digital Network Project"); and WHEREAS, the Vernon Community Services & Water Department has determined that it needs the assistance of a vendor for the purchase, installation and maintenance of electronic and optical equipment that would facilitate the development of the Digital Network Project; and WHEREAS, the City of Vernon is interested in obtaining proposals from qualified vendors to provide the equipment and services necessary to develop the Digital Network Project; and WHEREAS, on January 27, 2004, the Finance Committee considered the recommendation of Bruce V. Malkenhorst, Director of Finance, dated January 8, 2004, that the City issue Request for Proposals ("RFP") to qualified vendors to implement the Digital Network Project pursuant to Section 2.29-2 of the Vernon City Code. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: , The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true and correct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby directs the City Administrator/City Clerk, or his designee, to issue the RFP, a copy of which is attach hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof, to one or more qualified vendors and to report to the City Council on the proposals received with a recommendation for action. SECTION 3: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of January, 2004. ATTEST: BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk LEONIS C. MALB RG, Mayor - 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 8345, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Wednesday, January 28, 2004, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of Vernon. (S EAL ) BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk - 3 - EXHIBIT AV Request for Proposal (RFP) Optical Transport/Internet Operation Systems General Information The City of Vernon ("City") is requesting proposals from qualified vendors interested in furnishing, installing and maintaining electronic and optical equipment needed to deliver Time Division Multiplexing ("TDM") and /or Ethernet services to organizations within its jurisdiction. Proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements set forth in this document. The selected vendor(s) will be required to furnish and install all quoted devices, enter a multi -year physical maintenance and technical support contract, and provide operational training as required. Only written proposals shall be considered. All materials shall become a part of the proposal, and may be incorporated in a subsequent contract between the City and the selected vendor(s). Please submit your written proposal, five copies, no later than: 4:00 p.m. on February 26, 2004. Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed package, clearly marked with: RFP for Optical Transport/Internet Operation Systems. Proposals shall be addressed to: Bruce V. Malkenhorst City Administrator City of Vernon 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, CA 90058 Questions regarding this RFP shall be directed to Ali R. Nour at (323) 583-8811, extension 316. General Specifications City of Vernon 1. Background The City owns substantial fiber optic related assets. These include: • Approximately, 32 route -miles of fiber optic network, 200 pole -miles of overhead distribution lines, 10 trench -miles of underground conduit system, maintained and operated by the City in a 5 square -mile service territory. • A fiber optic network connected with the provision of municipal services. There is excess capacity in the City owned fiber optic plant that can be used to provide broadband services to its customers and benefit the City. • Existing communications racks at various City owned buildings, where optical fiber cables are terminated in standard patch panels. These buildings can be utilized as access points for future breakout nodes. A City Map is attached as Exhibit A. 2. Scope of Work The vendor will: 2.1.1 Develop plans for the network installation based on a May 31, 2004 projected in service date. 2.1.2 Provide overall project management and coordination, which shall include developing milestones to discuss and/or present progress and results to the City's staff. 2.1.3 Be responsible for furnishing all devices and provide configuration and training on the operations and provisioning of both the Optical Transport elements and the Internet Service Provider "ISP" applications as described in detail within the Technical Specifications section of this RFP. 3. Schedule January 29, 2004 Mail RFP to vendors. February 26. 2004 Due date for proposals. March 3-4, 2004 Interviews of short-listed vendors. Interview panel to develop recommendation to award vendor(s) contract. April 7, 2004 City Council meeting to award vendor(s) contract. General Specifications 2 City of Vernon May 31, 2004 Installation, testing and training completed. 4. Evaluation Criteria The proposals will be reviewed by an evaluation team comprised of City staff, and may include advisors and/or experts or consultants selected by City. The proposals will be reviewed based on: 1) Understanding of the project objective; 2) Management and Technical approach; 3) Capabilities of Organization and Personnel; 4) Ability to meet Project Schedule; 5) Project Cost. Project cost includes the initial cost, the projected costs of expansion, maintenance and operations cost of the proposed system. In comparing proposals, consideration will not be confined to price only. The successful vendor(s) will be one whose product is judged shall best serve the interest of the City of Vernon when price, product, safety, quality and delivery are considered. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or any part thereof, and to waive any minor technicalities. A contract will be awarded to the vendor(s) submitting the lowest responsible proposal meeting the requirements of this specification. It shall be the vendor(s) responsibility to carefully examine each item of the specification. Failure to offer a completed proposal or failure to respond to each section of the Technical Specification will cause the proposal to be rejected without review as "non -responsive". The City will consider as "irregular' or "non- responsive" any proposal not prepared and submitted in accordance with the proposal document and specification, or any proposal lacking sufficient technical literature to enable the City to make a reasonable determination of compliance to the specification. All variances, exceptions and/or deviations shall be described in the appropriate section. Deceit in responding to the specification will be cause for rejection. The evaluation team may conduct interview further assist in the evaluation process. developed. Respondents in the short lis presentations to City staff and its consultants. 4. Content of Response t s of the proposed project teams to A short list of proposals will be may be required to make oral Proposals at a minimum shall include the following information: 5.1. Letter of Transmittal: General Speciricabons 3 City of Vernon 5.1.1. Briefly, state the vendor's understanding of the work to be done and commitment to perform the work as scheduled. 5.1.2. Provide the names of individuals authorized to represent the vendor, the titles, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. 5.2. Table of Contents: 5.2.1. Include a clear identification of the proposal by section and by page number. 5.3. Proposal Contents: 5.3.1. A statement addressing the project objectives, concerns, and/or sensitive and key issues. 5.3.2. The technical approach for performing the work. 5.3.3. Policies on installation, testing, operations, training, warrantees and vendors expectation of the City responsibilities. 5.3.4. Current Financial statement (if vendor is not a publicly traded company). 5.3.5. Sales terms and conditions. 5.3.6. Examples of current Service Level Agreements "SLA". 5.3.7. At least three (3) customer references (name, organization, address and telephone number) with similar deployments. 5.3.8. Agree to be available for an on -site vendor presentation and interview, if required. 5.3.9. At the vendor's discretion, recommend additional areas to be included in the scope of work. 5.4. Firm's Qualifications 5.4.1. Provide a summary of representative experience relevant to the work solicited by this RFP and references of similar project worked on within the last three to five years, including names of persons to contact and their telephone numbers. General Specifications 4 City of Vernon 5.4.2. Provide the location and telephone number of the office from which the work is to be done. 5.4.3. Identify individuals and any subcontractors who will perform or be involved in this work, including project managers and key staff. Include resumes of participants. 5.4.4. A fee schedule according to Quote Sheet, Exhibit B, as a guideline for individual element pricing for the proposed equipment, installation, maintenance, technical support and training up to three (3) City supporting staff. 5.5. State whether vendor will use subcontractors to perform services pursuant to the contract. Should the use of subcontractors be offered, the vendor shall provide the same assurances of competence for the subcontractor, plus the demonstrated ability to manage and supervise the subcontracted work. The vendor shall submit all data on the subcontractor required by Section 5.4, as part of this proposal. The City of Vernon will require that subcontractors to obtain the same type of required insurance and adhere to certain confidentiality provisions. Subcontractors shall not be allowed to further subcontract with others for work on this project. 5. Clarification In order to be fair to all respondents, no oral interpretations will be given to any vendor as to the meaning of the specification documents or any part thereof. Every request for such consideration shall be made in writing and shall be submitted to Ali R. Nour at anour@ci.vernon.ca.us. All vendors shall have an active e-mail address to receive responses to the questions. 6. Right to Reiect Proposals City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or to accept part of any proposal unless the vendor specifies its proposal is all or nothing. 7. Incurring Costs City is not liable for any costs incurred by vendors in responding to this RFP. 8. Ownership of Data Upon completion of all work under this contract, ownership and title to all reports, documents, plans, drawings, specifications, and estimates produced, as part of this contract will automatically be vested in the City and no further General Specifications 5 City of Vernon agreement will be necessary to transfer ownership to City. Copies made for the vendor's records shall not be furnished to others without written authorization from City. 9. Contract Period The contract awarded from this RFP is expected to begin in April 2004 and last up to two years. 10. Discussions City may award a contract on the basis of proposals submitted, without discussions, or may negotiate further with those respondents within a competitive range. Proposals should be submitted on the most favorable terms the Respondent can provide. 11. Standard Contract Provisions The accepted proposal will be incorporated into the contract(s) that the City will negotiate and enter into with the vendor(s). The City anticipates that more than one contract may be needed to carry out the proposal. The successful vendor shall provide proof of insurance in at least the amounts and coverage indicated on the insurance schedule specified in Exhibit C before contract is signed by the City. 12. Signatures and Declarations Each proposal must be signed on behalf of the Respondent by an officer authorized to bind the Respondent, and must include the following declaration: This proposal is genuine, and not sham or collusive, nor made in the interest or in behalf of any person not herein named; the Respondent has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other Respondent to put in a sham bid, or any other person, firm or corporation to refrain from submitting a proposal; and the Respondent has not in any manner sought by collusion to secure for themselves an advantage over any other Respondent. General Specifications 6 City of Vernon TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Design and Capabilities The City of Vernon, California (the "City") has installed a comprehensive fiber optic plant and wishes to provide network services to organizations within its jurisdiction. The City wishes to purchase the electronic and optical equipment needed to deliver TDM and/or Ethernet service to each customer location. The initial installation will consist of up to 100 customer network attachments operating at a mix of DS 1, DS3 and Ethernet (10/100Mb/s) speeds and interface standards. Ultimately, the City expects to have up to 1,200 customers on the network within a five-year period. The initial services offered to customers on this network will be Internet access and point-to-point connectivity for those customers with multiple locations within the jurisdiction of the City. Although the initial service offerings are Internet access and site -to -site connectivity, the response to this RFQ must allow for future service expansion to include potential voice and video transport offerings. The vendor(s) awarded a contract will be required to install all quoted devices, enter into a multi -year physical maintenance/technical support contract, and provide operational training as required. City of Vernon's Responsibilities The City will provide open 19" relay rack or full cabinet space as required. Adequate HVAC (as per device BTU and CFM requirements) will be provided by the City. All power to devices will be provided at 120VAC on dedicated and protected (UPS) circuits. The City will be responsible for all fiber terminations, splicing and extensions. This City will supply the vendor with appropriate internal and external IP numbering schemes as well as any required routing information (up -stream feeds, ASN... ). The City will also provide the Vendor with an accurate map of the City's existing fiber optic network. Vendor Responsibilities: The vendor will be responsible for the placement, connection of terminated fiber, power and cable management elements for all devices. The vendor will be required to configure all devices/applications, SONET element manager, and ISP web, mail and DNS services. The vendor will provide training on the operations and provisioning of both the Optical Transport elements and the ISP applicant. The Technical Specification is broken into two major sections: 1: Optical Transport 2: Internet Operations Optical Transport consists of all optical and electronic devices that comprise the core switches/MUXs, customer termination device as well as core and termination device element management applications. The installation of, integration with, and training Technical Specifications City of Vernon on these devices, along with ongoing support for these systems, are included within the Optical Transport section as well. Internet Operations consists of the servers, routers, switches, firewalls/security devices and applications required to provide IP access, email service, and domain/web hosting capability to the network's customers. 1. Optical Transport Section The City's installed fiber plant (see fiber plant diagram) consists of Single Mode 1310nm fiber in 96 and 288 count fiber runs. These runs are distributed throughout the City area and contain a number of locations (electrical substations, fire, police and civil buildings) that can house core and aggregation network components. From these central locations. The City will connect to individual customer locations. The majority of the fiber installation is aerial. From power poles nearest to the customer location, the City will extend lateral fiber drops (two to six pair Single Mode 1310nm fiber) to a demarcation point within the customer's facility. At this demarcation point, the City will mount a data termination device. Refer to the diagram below: Integrated outer/SONET Termination Unit Diagram 1. Optical Transport portion of the network. Technical Specifications 2 City of Vernon 1.1 Termination Device Requirements This device will provide the access point for the customer. This device (more than one device type/model can be specified) must be able to present the customer with one of the following terminations: 1) A T1 interface (RJ48X) 2) A DS3 interface (BNC connections) 3) IOMb/s Ethernet RJ45 interface 4) 10/ 1 OOMb/s Ethernet RJ45 interface (for a customer with a T 1 based router) (for a customer with a T3 based router) (for a customer with no router) (for a customer with no router) The customer base will contain a mix of these interface requirements. All of these devices must connect to the fiber on the network side using SC/ST or other "standard" type connectors. Any device used to terminate a connection within a customer facility must meet the following minimum technical standards: All Terminating Devices: 1) All devices must support 120VAC electrical feeds. 2) The unit must be wall mountable. 3) The unit must have a serial (RS232 DB9/25) interface for programming/testing. 4) The unit must have SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) (RFC 3418) (provide MIB). 5) The unit must allow for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) (RFC 959) or TFTP (Trivial File Transport Protocon) (RFC 1350) configuration uploads. 6) The unit must be configurable from a common graphical application and/or have an embedded web (HTTPS RFC 2660) configuration function. Terminating Devices supplying TDM access: 1) All devices with T1 interfaces must support both B8ZS/ESF and AMI/D4 line and coding. 2) All devices with T1 interfaces must provide network clock to the customer's attached device. 3) All devices with Tl interfaces must provide LBO (Line Build -out) variable settings. 4) All devices with T1 interfaces must be capable of BERT operations with full loop -back remote testing abilities. 5) All devices with T1 interfaces must have indicator lights that show status such as (LOS, BPV, Slip). Terminating devices supplying Ethernet access: 1) All devices with Ethernet interfaces must also act as the customer's router As such, the following router functions are required: a) Must have a CLI (command line interface) accessible via Telnet. b) Must have a CLI (command line interface) accessible via SSH. c) Must support static routes, RIP2 (Routing Information Protocol Version 2) (RFC 2453), OSPF(Open Shortest Path First) RFC 2328). d) Must support DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) (2131) (server to customer LAN). Technical Specifications 3 City of Vemon e) Must support NAT (Network Address Translation) (RFC 3022) (dynamic and static to customer LAN). 1.2 Optical Core Devices The devices that comprise the core of the network must meet the following minimum requirements: 1) All core optical devices must support SONET protocol. 2) All core optical devices must support OC-12/48 (full ring protection) links between core devices. 3) All core optical devices must support OC-3 (protected and un-protected) links to optical terminating devices. 4) All core devices must allow for "any to any" time slot mapping amongst all interfaces. 5) All central core devices must be able to terminate an OC-12/48 link to a core (Internet) router with time slots (customer links as provided by the terminating optical devices) that appear as "sub -interfaces" to the router. Each sub -interface will be assigned a pair of IP addresses (one /30 subnet). One of these addresses will be assigned to the core (Internet) router side of the customer link and the other will be assigned to either the Ethernet port on the optical termination device or if the customer has an existing router, to the T1/T3 interface on the customer's router. 6) The core optical devices must have a serial (RS232 DB9/25) interface for programming/testing. 7) The core optical devices must have SNMP (RFC 3418) support (provide MIB). 8) The core optical devices allow for FTP (RFC 959) or TFTP (RFC 1350) configuration uploads. 9) The core optical devices must have dual, hot -swap power supplies (120VAC). 10) The core optical devices must be configurable from a common graphical application and/or have an embedded web (HTTPS RFC 2660) configuration function. The vendor must supply the server platform required to host the configuration application. 1.3 Optical Transport Device Installation The City requires that the vendor providing the Optical Transport devices provide initial installation, training and ongoing maintenance of these devices. The City will be responsible for the fiber plant (all connector terminations and invasive splicing) as well as the installation of the optical termination devices at the customer locations. The response to this RFP must breakout installation labor as follows: 1) Core device placement and configuration (The City will provide standard 19" or 24" rack space as well as120VAC power and HVAC as required). 2) Terminating optical device configuration/mounting (The vendor will train the City in the proper configuration and mounting practices). 3) Graphical configuration application installation and training. Technical Specifications 4 City of Vernon 1.4 Optical Transport Device Maintenance The vendor must provide an on -site 7x24x365, two or four hour or less response, hardware and software (configuration application and device firmware) service agreement with a Service Level Agreement "SLA". This service agreement must include (within the term of the agreement) device firmware upgrades and configuration application upgrades as these become available. This agreement must cover all vendors provided Optical Transport devices. The service agreement must allow for 7x24x365 phone technical support and should a site visit be required the arrival of the support engineer must not exceed the two or four hour response time requirement. The term of the service agreement must be no less than two years and must be renewable at the City's option in one-year intervals. Please include examples of both SLA and current service agreements that meet these requirements. 2. Internet Operations The elements that comprise the Internet Operations portion of the network consist of a number of routers, servers and switches. The City will be responsible for the configuration of these devices. Please refer to the following diagram for an overview of the Internet Operations architecture. M .i' M.H DNS DNS W W. W W. Diagram 2. Internet Operations Architecture. Technical Specifications 5 City of Vernon 2.1 SONET Router The SONET router will terminate the customer's Internet traffic onto the ISP switch. This router must receive each customer's traffic as isolated time slots and treat these as individual sub -interfaces to which a unique Internet Protocol "IP" subnet will be assigned. This should be done in the same method that a frame relay circuit with many PVC's appears to the router as separate logical (IP) interfaces. The default gateway of this router will be the BGP4 router that will deliver the aggregated IP traffic to the Internet. The SONET router must meet the following requirements: 1) The SONET router must accept OC-12 (upgradeable to OC-48) feeds from the core optical device to which it is connected. 2) The SONET router must output gigabit (SC/ST Fiber Connection) Ethernet to the ISP switch. 3) The SONET router must support dual hot -swap power supplies. 4) The SONET router must support hot -swap interface modules. 5) The SONET.router must support CLI (via serial port and SSH/Telnet) and HTTPS (RFC 2660) configuration. 6) The SONET router must support RIP2 (RFC 2453), Static Routes and OSPF (RFC 2328) routing protocols. 2.2 BGP4 (RFC 1771) Router The BGP4 router will terminate two DS3 feeds from different upstream providers (ISPs). These upstream feeds will initially be sub rate DS3 links (three at 12Mb/s) and will be expandable to full 45Mb/s as needed. The BGP4 router must be able to support full BGP tables and support at least two full DS3 (BNC Connectors) and 1 Gigabit Ethernet (SC Fiber) interfaces. The BGP4 router must fully support (as per appropriate RFC) BGP4 routing protocol. 2.3 ISP Switch The ISP Ethernet switch must support at least 2 Gigabit Ethernet Full duplex (SC Fiber) and 24 10/100 Full duplex Ethernet (RJ45) ports. The ISP switch must support a CLI accessible via SSH/Telnet and a serial port. The ISP switch must be able to switch Ethernet traffic amongst all ports at the full wire speed of each port (the switch fabric must equal or exceed the sum of all ports operating in full duplex mode). 2.4 Firewall The firewall device must have at least two 10/100 full duplex Ethernet (RJ45) ports and provide SPI Statefull Packet Inspection "SPI" and NAT/PAT (network address translation/port address translation) services equal to or greater than a Cisco PIX 515. The firewall device must support RADIUS (RFC 2138) authentication protocol. 2.5 Internal Switch The Internal Ethernet switch must support at least 2 Gigabit Ethernet Full duplex (SC Fiber) and 24 10/100 Full duplex Ethernet (RJ45) ports. The Internal Switch must Technical Specifications 6 City of Vernon support a CLI accessible via SSH/Telnet and a serial port. The Internal Switch must be able to switch Ethernet traffic amongst all ports at the full wire speed of each port (the switch fabric must equal or exceed the sum of all ports operating in full duplex mode). 2.6 Mail and Web Servers The servers for e-mail and web hosting (two each) must meet the following minimum requirements: 1) Dual Intel Pentium 4 Xeon (2 GHz minimum) processors 2) 2 GB RAM minimum (expandable to 8GB minimum) 3) Dual hot -swap 120VAC power supplies 4) 30OGB SCSI Disk storage (RAID 5 /w hot spare) 5) Dual 10/100 Full duplex integrated Ethernet ports 6) Fully support Red Hat LINUX 9.0 or greater OS 7) 3.5 Floppy 8) R/W CD-ROM drive 9) 19" Rack mounting into a 4 post common 19" device cabinet The servers for DNS (2) and RADIUS (1) must meet the following minimum requirements: 1) Dual Intel Pentium 4 Xeon (2 GHz minimum) processors 2) GB RAM minimum (expandable to 8GB minimum) 3) Dual hot -swap 120VAC power supplies 4) 72GB SCSI Disk storage (RAID 5 /w hot spare) 5) Dual 10/100 Full duplex integrated Ethernet ports 6) Fully support Red Hat LINUX 9.0 or greater OS 7) 3.5 Floppy 8) R/W CD-ROM drive 9) 19" Rack mounting into a 4 post common 19" device cabinet The SONET application server is to be supplied under the optical transport section and must meet minimum requirements as defined by the SONET graphical configuration application. 2.7 Internet Operations Device Maintenance The City requires that the vendor providing the Internet Operations devices (routers, switches, firewall and servers) include ongoing maintenance of these devices. The vendor must provide an on -site 7x24x365, two or four hour or less response, hardware and software (OS and device firmware) service agreement with an SLA. This service agreement must include (within the term of the agreement) device firmware upgrades and OS upgrades as these become available. This agreement must cover all vendor provided devices (servers, routers, switches and the firewall. The service agreement must allow for 7x24x365 phone technical support (both hardware and Operating Systems) and should a site visit be required the arrival of the support engineer must not exceed the two or four hour response time requirement. The term of the service agreement must be no less than two years and must be Technical Specifications 7 City of Vernon renewable at the City's option in one-year intervals. As stated in the overview section of this RFP, please include examples of both SLA and current service agreements that meet these requirements. Applicable Standards Any vendor implementation of the protocols and functions mentioned in the document must conform to the appropriate standard or Request for Comment "RFC" as stated by the Internet Engineering Task Force "IETF", or other governing standards bodies such as ARIN, OSI, IEEE, Telcordia, or NEBBS. Where possible, this document will reference the appropriate RFC that shall act as the standard, minimum allowable definition for the protocol or feature mentioned. Definitions Many of the terms used in this document are defined within the context used. Below is a list of other terms that are not clearly defined or attached to appropriate RFC or other standards based notation. Alternate mark inversion (AMI) signal A pseudoternary signal, representing binary digits, in which (a) successive "marks" are of alternately positive and negative polarity and the absolute values of their amplitudes are normally equal and (b) "spaces" are of zero amplitude. bipolar violation (BPV In a bipolar signal, a one (mark, pulse) with the same polarity as its predecessor. bit error ratio tester (BERT) A testing device that compares a received data pattern with a known transmitted pattern to determine the level of transmission quality BUS Abbreviation for bipolar with eight -zero substitution. A T-carrier line code in which bipolar violations are deliberately inserted if user data contains a string of eight or more consecutive zeros. Note 1- B8ZS is used to ensure a sufficient number of transitions to maintain system synchronization when the user data stream contains an insufficient number of "ones" to do so. Note 2- B8ZS is used in the European hierarchy at the T 1 rate. digital signal 1 (DS1) A digital signaling rate of 1.544 Mb/s, corresponding to the North American and Japanese T 1 designator. Technical Specifications 8 City of Vernon digital signal 3 (DS3) I. A digital signal rate of 44.736 Mb/s, corresponding to the North American T3 designator. 2. A digital signaling rate of 32.064 Mb/s, corresponding to. the Japanese T3 designator. ESF Abbreviation for extended superframe. FTP Abbreviation for File Transfer Protocol. The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol that is (a) a standard high-level protocol for transferring files from one computer to another, (b) usually implemented as an application level program, and (c) uses the Telnet and TCP protocols. Note- In conjunction with the proper local software, FTP allows computers connected to the Internet to exchange files, regardless of the computer platform nm nanometers Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Pertaining to the logical structure for communications networks standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Note- Adherence to the standard enables any OSI-compliant system to communicate with any other OSI-compliant system for a meaningful exchange of information. permanent virtual circuit (PVC) A virtual circuit used to establish a long-term connection between data terminal equipments (DTE). Note 1- In a PVC, the long-term association is identical to the data transfer phase of a virtual call. Note 2- Permanent virtual circuits eliminate the need for repeated call set-up and clearing. Deprecated synonym nailed -up circuit. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) standard protocol that (a) is used to manage and control IP gateways and the networks to which they are attached, (b) uses IP directly, bypassing the masking effects of TCP error correction, (c) has direct access to IP datagrams on a network that may be operating abnormally, thus requiring management, (d) defines a set of variables that the gateway must store, and (e) specifies that all control operations on the gateway are a side -effect of fetching or storing those data variables, i.e., operations that are analogous to writing commands and reading status. Technical Specifications 9 City of Vernon SONET Acronym for synchronous optical network. An interface standard for synchronous 2.46-Gb/s optical -fiber transmission, applicable to the Physical Layer of the OSI Reference Model. Note 1- SONET uses a basic data rate of 51.840 Mb/s, called OC1 (optical carrier 1). The SONET hierarchy is defined in multiples of OC1, up to and including OC48, for a maximum data rate of 2.48832 Gb/s. Note 2- SONET was developed by the Exchange Carriers Standards Association (ECSA). time -division multiplexing (TDM) Digital multiplexing in which two or more apparently simultaneous channels are derived from a given frequency spectrum, i.e., bit stream, by interleaving pulses representing bits from different channels. Note- Successive pulses represent bits from successive channels, e.g., voice channels in a T1 system. SC&ST Types of connectors commonly found in fiber networks. Technical Specifications 10 City of Vernon EXHIBIT EXHIBIT B Page I of 2 QUOTE SHEET Optical Transport 1. Core switches/MUXs All devices that provide SONET/Ethernet connectivity within the core of the network and attach to the customer termination devices. 2. Customer termination devices: The device that is located at the customer premise and provides TDM/Ethemet access to the customer's network. 3. Device element management applications: Applications (and associated server) that configure and manage All network core and customer devices. 4. Core network devices installation and integration: All labor.required to configure, place and operate/manage all Core network devices. 5. Terminating optical device installation and integration: All labor required to configure, place and operate/manage all Customer premise devices. 6. 7x24x365, two and four hours or less Ongoing technical support. 7. 7x24x365, two and four hours or less Optical Transport (Core and Customer premise) Device Maintenance including software and firmware updates. Internet Operations 8. DNS (2) servers: The hardware, software and all base OS installation and training services. 9. Radius (1) server: The hardware, software and all base OS installation and training services. General Specifications 8 City of Vernon EXHIBIT B Page 2 of 2 10. SONET routers: Configuration and installation of the Router. 11. BGP4 routers: Configuration and installation of the Router. 12. ISP switches: Installation and configuration of the Switch 13. Firewalls: Installation and configuration of the firewall devices 14. Applications required to provide IP access, email service, and domain/web hosting capability to the network's customers: Installation, configuration and training of the applications that provide the email, DNS, web hosting services. 15. 7x24x365, two and four hours or less Technical support. 16. 7x24x365, two and four hours or less On -going hardware maintenance, software/firmware updates and maintenance. General Specifications 9 City of Vernon INSURANCE SCHEDULE (CONTRACTOR) Contractor shall provide proof of insurance, including a standard certificate of insurance, in at least the following amounts and coverage (combined single limit permitted): I. Coverage and Limits Bodily Injury Property Damage Hazards Each Person Each Accident Each Accident Automobile Liability Owned Automobiles $ 500,000 $1,000,000 $ 500,000 Hired Automobiles $ 500,000 $1,000,000 $ 500,000 Non -Owned Automobiles $ 500,000 $1,000,000 $ 500,000 Workers' Compensation $ Statutory Employers' Liability $1,000,000 per employer II. Liabili General Liability $1,000,000 $2,000,000 -$1,000,000 Premises Operations $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 Elevators (If Applicable) $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 Independent Contractors $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 Products - Completed Operations $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 Contractual Liability $1 000 000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 Umbrella Liability $2 000 000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 a . The general liability policy shall contain the following special endorsements which shall be noted on or attached to the standard certificate of insurance: 1. An endorsement naming the City of Vernon, its officers, and employees as additional insureds under the policy. 2. An endorsement providing the City of Vernon thirty (30) days notice of cancellation or material reduction of coverage. 3. An endorsement providing coverage for all operations under this Agreement. 4. Such other endorsement as may be required by addendum hereto. b. In addition to the standard certificate of insurance, proof of liability coverage shall be furnished in the form checked below. ® For each policy, a notarized letter from the underwriter or carrier certifying that the coverage and statements in the standard certificate of insurance (attached thereto) are true and correct and that the signator is an officer authorized to so certify. OR A copy of each policy certified by an officer of the underwriter or carrier and notarized. City will not accept the above proofs of insurance when certified by an insurance agent or broker. EXHIBIT "C"