Request for Competitive Quotes – Fiber Optic Network Infrastructure Construction - Grant County ESD – 911 Lateral

In accordance with ORS 279C.412 and ORS 279C.414, City of John Day (“City”) is informally soliciting competitive quotes (“Quotes”) from licensed and qualified contractors to provide certain construction services for and on behalf of City (the “Services”) as described in this Request for Competitive Quotes (this “RFQ”).

City is soliciting competitive quotes from licensed and qualified contractors to provide labor, equipment, material and related construction services necessary to safely construct a new fiber optic network connection between the Grant County Education Service District Building (ESD) located at 835 S. Canyon Blvd and the John Day Fire Station located at 316 S Canyon Blvd, in John Day. In accordance with the General Construction Guidelines for Communications Infrastructure along with the plans prepared by Commstructure Consulting, LLC (the “Plans”) referenced herein as Exhibit A including, without limitation, the following work (collectively, the “Services”).

The total estimated project route distance is approximately 3,170 feet of new aerial infrastructure; 15 feet of new underground infrastructure; approximately 205 feet of existing underground infrastructure; and two (2) Building Entries.  Total project route is approximately 3,384 feet.

A contractor interested in performing the Services (or a portion of the Services) must submit a written Quote, on the quote form attached hereto as Exhibit B (enclosed in the RFQ). Exhibit B sets forth the minimum requirements as to the form and manner of submitting Quotes, which must be strictly observed. Variance from these requirements will result in rejection of the Quote as unresponsive.

If a contract is awarded, City and the selected contractor(s) will enter into City’s Construction Services Agreement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (the “Agreement”).  The Agreement will contain terms and conditions required under applicable law and will otherwise be in form and content satisfactory to City.  Without otherwise limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, the Agreement will include terms and conditions concerning, among other things, acceptable standards of performance, compensation, minimum insurance requirements, compliance with laws, indemnification, representations and warranties, City’s right to terminate the Agreement and/or declare a default under the Agreement, the consequences for contractor’s failure to perform its obligations under the contract, and City’s right to seek damages and other relief available to City under contract and applicable law.  Each contractor is responsible for inspecting the project site, and confirming the project work conditions, prior to submitting a Quote.

If you have any questions regarding this request for quotes, or to arrange a site visit, please contact Mr. Green via email (greenn@grantcounty-or.gov) or telephone (541-575-0028).

Technical requests for information should be submitted to: Dan McGraw, Commstructure Consulting, via email (dmcgraw@commstructureconsulting.com) or telephone (971) 266-4430.