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RequestRequest ForFor InformationInformation ChicagoChicago CivicNetCivicNet Specification No. B09189503 Required for use by: City of Chicago Department of General Services Bureau of Telecommunications and Information Technology This RFI distributed by: City of Chicago (Department of Purchases, Contracts, and Supplies) All Responses must be addressed and returned to: City of Chicago, Department of Purchases, Contracts, and Supplies Bid and Bond Room - Room 301 City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602 Please provide one original, ten copies, and one disc of your Proposal Proposals must be received no later than 4:00 p.m., Chicago time, on January 19, 2001 RICHARD M. DALEY DAVID E. MALONE MAYOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER This document was prepared by: Department of General Services Bureau of Telecommunications and Information Technology City of Chicago November 2000 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................5 1.1 Background .........................................................................5 1.2 Objectives ..........................................................................6 2.0 CHICAGO CIVIC NETWORK CONCEPT .....................................................8 2.1 Service Guidelines ....................................................................8 2.2 Goals for the Network .................................................................8 3.0 BUSINESS CASE ......................................................................... 10 3.1 The Challenge ...................................................................... 10 3.2 General Concept .................................................................... 10 3.3 The Opportunity ..................................................................... 10 4.0 REGISTERING FOR THE RFI .............................................................. 14 5.0 EXISTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS ..................... 15 5.1 City of Chicago ..................................................................... 15 5.2 Chicago Park District ................................................................. 16 5.3 Chicago Public Schools ............................................................... 16 5.4 City Colleges of Chicago .............................................................. 17 5.5 Chicago Housing Authority ............................................................ 17 5.6 Chicago Transit Authority ............................................................. 17 6.0 NON-CITY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ....................................................... 19 6.1 Model Sites ........................................................................ 19 6.2 Agencies .......................................................................... 19 6.3 Non-Profit Agency Interconnection ...................................................... 19 6.4 Non-Profit Agencies Coordinating Entity .................................................. 19 7.0 EXISTING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CIVICNET .......................................... 20 7.1 Rights-Of-Way ...................................................................... 20 7.2 Dark Fiber ......................................................................... 20 7.3 Available Duct and Conduit Space ....................................................... 20 7.4 Support Structures ................................................................... 21 7.5 Underground Resources ............................................................... 21 7.6 Co-location Construction Opportunities ................................................... 22 8.0 SUMMARY OF INSTALLATION PRACTICES FOR MUNICIPAL RESOURCES .................... 23 8.1 CDOT Freight Tunnels ............................................................... 23 8.2 CTA Tunnels and Structures ........................................................... 23 8.3 Sewers Outfall Facilities ............................................................... 23 9.0 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS ...................................... 24 9.1 Introduction To Fiber Optic Issues ....................................................... 24 9.2 Telecommunications ................................................................. 28 9.3 Data Communications ................................................................ 28 9.4 Digital Video Communications and Systems ............................................... 29 9.5 Process Control and Switching Networks .................................................. 29 10.0 PROPOSAL PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS ............................................... 30 10.1 Pre-Proposal Site Inspections ........................................................... 30 10.2 Verbal Instructions – Questions and Responses ............................................. 30 10.3 Submission Requirements ............................................................. 30 2 11.0 TRANSITION PLAN ....................................................................... 31 11.1 Legacy to New Network Structure ....................................................... 31 11.2 Sample Outline ..................................................................... 31 11.3 Proposed Network Transition ........................................................... 31 11.4 Proposed CivicNet Architecture ......................................................... 32 11.5 Transition Plan Response for the Purposes of this Request for Information ......................... 33 11.6 Prototype System .................................................................... 33 12.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE/NETWORK/SERVICE/EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS ... 34 12.1 Qualifications ....................................................................... 34 12.2 Background and Experience ............................................................ 34 12.3 Proposed Fiber Optic System ........................................................... 34 12.4 Proposed Telecommunications System .................................................... 34 12.5 Proposed Data Communications System ................................................... 35 12.6 Proposed Video Communications System .................................................. 35 12.7 Proposed Process Control and Switching Systems ........................................... 35 12.8 Proposed Operations and Control Approach ................................................ 35 12.9 Proposed Financial Model ............................................................. 35 12.10 Proposed Public/Private Organizational Model .............................................. 36 13.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT FOR POTENTIAL PARTNERS IN CIVICNET (NOT SERVICE PROVIDERS) .... 37 3 APPENDICES Appendix A: Address of Public Entities A-1 City of Chicago Sites ................................................................. 39 A-2 Chicago Public School Sites ............................................................ 52 A-3 Chicago Public Library Sites ........................................................... 72 A-4 City Colleges of Chicago Sites .......................................................... 75 A-5 Chicago Housing Authority Administrative Sites ............................................ 76 A-6 Transit Authority Sites ................................................................ 78 A-7 Chicago Park District Sites ............................................................. 83 A-8 Model Non-Government Sites .......................................................... 90 A-9 Delegate Agencies’ Sites .............................................................. 91 Appendix B: Maps of Available Infrastructure* B-1 CTA Paths ........................................................................ 100 B-2 Freight Tunnels .................................................................... 101 B-3 Outfall Sewers ..................................................................... 102 Appendix C: Summary of Installation Practices C-1 CTA Tunnels and Structures .......................................................... 103 C-2 CDOT Freight Tunnels .............................................................. 112 C-3 CDOT Duct Space .................................................................. 115 Appendix D: Current Voice/Data/Video Features ...................................................... 119 Appendix E: The Digital Network Infrastructure and Metropolitan Chicago ................................ 122 Appendix F: Chicago Technology Action Plan – Mayor’s Council of Technology Advisors ...................... 123 Appendix G: Information Technology Infrastructure Sub-Committee Report ................................ 124 *Maps of available information can be found on the CivicNet webpage. 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.0.1 The Mayor’s Office, in conjunction with the Mayor’s Council of Technology Advisors, has recommended that the City move forward with an initiative to create a public/private network with the objective of ensuring access to high- performance telecommunications to every residence, business, and institution in the City. (Appendix G) 1.0.2 The City intends to have the digital communications infrastructure that it requires for its services, its citizens and its general economy in the 21st Century. The City intends to make real the promises of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. The City intends to take advantage of emerging new technologies, not only to provide enhanced