Site work for a road / highway in Euless, Texas. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway.

Description of Current Design The City of Euless currently utilizes leased fiber to connect certain facilities throughout the City to the main data center / hub site. The City desires to move forward with buried, city-owned, fiber optic cabling capable of supporting current and future bandwidth needs. Scope of Services Bids shall assume that the vendor will provide the materials and labor to design, furnish, install and terminate all connections per the requirements listed below. The fiber installation must include all appropriate permitting, locates, hand holes, grounding rods, markers, conduit, and rack mount fiber termination equipment. The fiber must be single-mode and capable of running a minimum of 10 Gigabit, full duplex Ethernet speeds, given all distances specified in this RFB. All fiber terminations must be LC/UPC connections. All materials and equipment supplied to the City of Euless must be new and unused. All fiber must be buried and installed in buried fiber conduit. Fiber cannot be direct burial. Fiber cannot be aerial. All hand holes must be rated for occasional traffic. All hand holes must contain 100 feet of additional fiber for each line. All paved roads and existing utilities must be crossed via directional bore. The contracted firm(s) shall follow an approved traffic control plan at all times for the duration of the project. The contracted firm(s) shall provide detailed as-built plans to the Euless Information Services Department in AutoCAD format. All submitted bids will be reviewed by the City of Euless for compliance with the specified RFB requirements. The selection committee will decide bids which meet the RFB requirements and will evaluate the bids to determine which bid provides the best value to the City. Based on the evaluation of responses received from the RFB, the selection committee will determine the top firm(s) who are deemed reasonably qualified and capable of meeting the needs of the City for such services. The City may invite the top firm(s) for an interview before considering a contract. Once the selection committee has completed its evaluation, it will make a recommendation to the City Council for approval of a contract. The following evaluation criteria will be considered by the selection committee. The right is reserved, as interest of the City of Euless may require, to reject any or all bids, and waive any informality in bids received. Due to budgetary considerations, the City may award all or part of the items listed in the Request for Bids. Award of Contract: In determining the best value for the municipality, the City of Euless may consider: 1. The purchase price; 2. The reputation of the bidder and of the bidder's goods or services; 3. The quality of the bidder's goods and services; 4. The extent to which the goods or services meet the City of Euless' needs; 5. The bidder's past relationship with the City of Euless;(Past Performance) 6. The impact on the ability of the City of Euless to comply with laws and rules relating to contracting with historically underutilized businesses and nonprofit organizations employing persons with disabilities; 7. The total long-term cost to the City of Euless to acquire the bidder's goods or services; 8. Any relevant criteria specifically listed in this Request for Bids.