Site work and new construction of a communication facility in Columbus, Ohio. Completed plans call for the construction of a communication facility; and for site work for a communication facility.

The City of Columbus (hereinafter City) is accepting bids for the 2026 Home Road Plant Fiber Build, the project involvesrunning a new 288 strand fiber optic cable from the Columbus Traffic Signal System at the intersection of Sawmill Road and Summit View Road West to the "meet-up" manhole for the Administration Building of the new Home Road Water Plant located at 5993 Home Road. In addition to this main trunk cable there will be several additional sites that, using 24 fiber optic strand cable drops will also have fiber connections made, those being the Summit View Water Tower at 3995 Summit View Road, the O'Shaughnessy Dams West Gatehouse, which will also connect the O'Shaughnessy Substation at 5959 Glick Road and the dams Powerhouse located at the base of the dam, the Division of Water's facilities in the Center Gatehouse on the O'Shaughnessy Dam, and the Boating Education Facility at 9610 Riverside Drive. These new fiber optic cables will be placed to enable the City to provide fiber optic connections to serve the data networks, the security cameras, SCADA systems, and any Wi-Fi networks of the Department of Public Utilities and the Recreation and Parks Department. It will also position us to create a bi-directional fiber optic connection to serve these facilities from two different data centers and open up new avenues for future expansion to other future sites in the northwest quadrant of the city such as the Columbus Zoo and a township fire station Question Deadline 06/11/2026 at 1:00 PM ET Questions regarding the IFB (excluding the drawings and specifications) should be submitted to via email Online. City of Columbus departments advertising for construction bids receive bids electronically through Bid Express (www.bidexpress.com). Paper bids will not be accepted unless indicated in the Invitation for Bid. In order to view bid documents or to submit a bid, interested parties will need an account with Bid Express. There is no charge to establish an account or to bid on City of Columbus projects. This PDF Invitation for Bid is one of the bid documents and is the basis for the Contract for the project. Bidders will provide answers to the requested questions by using Bid Express. After a bidder is selected, the completed electronic bid submission and all uploaded documents of the selected bidder shall be attached to the Invitation for Bid and will become part of the Contract. The Contract shall then be emailed to the selected bidder along with instructions for printing and execution.