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RFP No. 56151 – Fiber Optics Master Plan Page 4 of 44 <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS <br /> <br /> <br />I. INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The City of San Leandro desires to solicit qualified proposals for a consultant team to lead staff <br />through the creation of a Fiber Optics Master Plan to guide the design, construction, <br />implementation, maintenance, regulation, and funding of its fiber optics assets and related <br />technologies in accordance with this Request for Proposals (RFP). Award resulting from this RFP <br />will be a fixed contract with a prospective initial term of June 19, 2017 through June 18, 2018. <br /> <br />II. PROJECT OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />The driving questions behind the need for this plan are: <br /> <br />1) How can the City better utilize its available fiber optics capacity within both the public <br />and privately owned networks? <br />2) Where and how should the City expand its fiber optics network? <br />3) What funding opportunities exist for future expansion? <br />4) What options are available for the City to monetize its fiber optics assets? <br /> <br />The City is currently undertaking several “Smart City” projects that have a fiber optics <br />component (see Project Description section) and the Master Plan should articulate a mission and <br />vision that unifies these projects (and others) around its fiber optics network. In addition, the <br />plan should include specific recommendations for appropriate policies and funding mechanisms <br />to enable it. <br /> <br />The process should include the City Council, staff, the community, and private industry. The <br />Consultant will work primarily with a Planning Committee made up of City management. <br /> <br />The City has allotted $60,000 for this project and any proposals greater than this amount will not <br />be considered. <br /> <br />III. BACKGOUND <br /> <br />3.1 City-Owned Fiber Optics Network <br />The City of San Leandro owns its own fiber optics network, consisting of approximately 14 <br />miles of conduit and fiber strands throughout the city. These fibers can be accessed in various <br />ways including within traffic signal boxes, splice boxes, and at City Hall, the Main Library and <br />other termination points. See Attachment A. <br /> <br />3.2 Lit San Leandro Fiber Optics Network <br />In 2011, the City entered into a License Agreement with San Leandro Dark Fiber to build a <br />commercial fiber optic network using the City’s existing 10.5-mile conduit. San Leandro Dark <br />Fiber, and Lit San Leandro, were created by Dr. Patrick Kennedy, CEO and Founder of OSIsoft, <br />the City’s largest tech company, to own and lease the dark fiber network. In exchange, the City <br />533