COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY RFP 3131 FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
The Community College of Allegheny County is seeking an Internet Service Provider to meet the following objectives. Once a vendor is selected, the bandwidth capacity chosen will be determined by pricing.
Vendor responses to this proposal must be embedded within each item. Vendor to indicate whether they “comply” and if there is non -compliance, vendor to provide detailed explanations.
A. Main Objectives
1. Provide cost-effective and diversified enterprise-class Internet access to the College through the demarc located at:
South Campus 1750 Clairton Road (Route 885) West Mifflin, PA 15122-3029
2. Work with CCAC’s ITS staff and its current ISP to migrate from the incumbent’s circuits to the vendor’s circuits , which may be scheduled during non-business hours (may be evenings and/or week-ends) with no disruption to services. This may entail a ramp-up approach to test and accelerate the cut-over. Vendor charges to begin upon final acceptance by CCAC.
3. Meet service level requirements contained herein.
B. Connectivity Requirements
1. Internet connectivity must be provisioned through a 10Gbps fiber Ethernet interface.
2. Bandwidth leased by the College must be dedicated solely to the College from the College’s demarcation point to the Internet backbone.
3. The physical connectivity between the Coll ege’s demar cation point and the Internet Service Provider’s point -of-presence (POP) cannot be shared.
4. Vendor to include a detailed schematic of all proposed fiber and cable runs to serve CCAC’s Internet access. Show all routes, local loops and paths from the tier 1 Network Access Point (NAP) to CCAC’s demarcation point. 5. Vendor to detail the transport medium (fiber, copper, service provider) at all points along the proposed route for CCAC's Internet access from CCAC’s demarc ation to the Internet backbone. The details include the identity of third-party infrastructure providers and owners.
6. Vendor must detail in depth their network footprint indicating all NAP’s.
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