The City of Columbia, South Carolina (City) is soliciting priced proposals (RFP) for the third party installation, maintenance and provision of Internet service for a Wi-Fi network in various parts of the city. The request will require the pricing and descriptions of all necessary equipment and installation for such a system as well as backend support. Responses to an optional The City of Columbia, South Carolina (City) is soliciting priced proposals (RFP) for the third party installation, maintenance and provision of Internet service for a Wi-Fi network in various parts of the city. The request will require the pricing and descriptions of all necessary equipment and installation for such a system as well as backend support. Responses to an optional request to provide a security system for municipal use by city public safety officials are also welcome.
At the minimum, the service provider should guarantee Wi-Fi access in the following areas:
- The Congaree Vista, defined as the area bound by Hampton Street on the north, Pendleton Street on the South, Assembly Street on the East and the Congaree River on the West;
- Main Street, running from Gervais Street on the south to Elmwood Avenue on the north; include Finlay Park;
- Five Points, defined as the area bound by Harden Street on the east, Laurens Street on the west, Greene Street on the north and Blossom Street on the South; include Devine Street from Harden to Heidt Street; include Harden Street from Senate Street to Blossom Street, include Martin Luther King, Jr. Park; and
- The core campuses of Allen University, Benedict College and Columbia College.
Columbia is the capital of South Carolina. It covers 125.2 square miles (324 square kilometers) and has 117,000 residents.
To download the RFP, click here. Proposals must be submitted to Ryan Hyler, City of Columbia Office of Economic Development, 1201 Main Street, Suite 250, Columbia, South Carolina 29201 by 12:00 p.m. on May 27, 2005.
Please read the RFP carefully because there are other deadlines and conference dates in the document, as well as requirements as to the format of the responses.
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Due to several requests to extend the deadline for submission on the WiFi RFP, Columbia will be extending the deadline for questions to 5:00 p.m. May 13, 2005 and the deadline for submittals to 12:00 p.m. June 3 , 2005. The public opening will be at 5:00 p.m. on June 3, 2005.
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