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RFP 7: Q&A

 

Please note to include any and all PUC Fees or other fees/taxes in your bid numbers.  The FCC WILL subsidy 85% of all fees/taxes provided they are included in the winning bid.  If they are not included in the bids, the FCC will NOT provide subsidy towards them which means that how those fees and taxes will be paid will need to be a discussion between the vendor and the site.  In addition the FCC is stating that the site should NOT be responsible for paying these taxes/fees as they were not included in the bid. 


 

 

Question/Answers:

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    • Page 9, question 14: What is the date of contract execution?

The date of execution varies but will generally happen within 1 month of the award.  However there have been exceptions in the case of client who have very lengthily legal processes.  The actual turn up/install date will vary based on how long it takes the FCC to approve funding of the project.  Generally 1-2 months after the contract is signed.

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    • For site numbers 5, 6, 7, 8 and 13, would OHN consider 30Mbps Transport and 10Mbps Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) as an alternate option to 45Mbps Transport and 10Mbps DIA?  XXXXX would like to propose this as a cost-savings option to OHN.  For Type II DS3 circuits, overhead is required which allows for a total of 40Mbps versus the full 45Mbps.

No.  However if you wanted to provide slightly more bandwidth than requested that would be an option.  However your pricing will not be modified in any way and will be judged side by side with the pricing for the specified request.

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    • In the Services Requested column, where the transport link is requested to terminate at the Legacy Data Center, can you confirm this is the same address as the Legacy Data Center 2 address (1717 NW 21st Ave, Portland, OR) as seen in row 20?

That is correct.  If you need further information as to the specifics of where the circuit will terminate in the facility, etc.  please contact Willy Clark as listed.

Specifically which device make and model? OHN Leaf Nodes are: Cisco 1721 Routers with Advanced Security IOS to support Cisco IP SLA and SSH version 2

Please provide network diagrams of the interconnections to narrow down the load on the network by continuous contact, so that tw telecom can separate normal traffic from telemetry to assist in troubleshooting and maintain performance SLAs? Bandwidth requirements for each leaf node are 375KB over 5 minutes (10Kbs).

What networking management protocols are required and what version? SSH Version 2, SNMP Version 2 (read only), NTP

What application/service is used to monitor the network, and is any of this proprietary? OHN NOC's Network Management System along with Cisco proprietary IP SLA feature.

What level of encryption is required and will tw telecom be required for any authentication of any traffic? OHN NOC's Leaf Nodes and traffic are meant to live autonomous to your network whenever possible. Leaf nodes generate artificial traffic directed at leaf node responders. The responders add telemetry data and return it to the leaf node.  The traffic is generated and returned using Cisco's “IP SLA” feature, therefore all encryption and decryption of telemetry data will be done so via the IP SLA Feature.
 
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