Mark, I am NOT at all an e-rate expert, we have only ever bid on one project. But, I believe there is a requirement that the school can only get funding for special construction (your option 1) if they were unable to purchase the services they need on a monthly service basis.
I think you may want to present an option 4. Build 4 new miles of your fiber that you own, and sell them the services they need, whether that is a dark fiber lease, or a lit transport circuit or a Metro WAN or whatever they want. You may want to find an expert to assist. If you have a good relationship with the school they can shape the RFP to help you in the bidding. For example the scoring criteria can be set up various ways. Price has to be the most heavily weighted item but you can for example set up: Lowest Price 30%, Has an office in Myakka City 25%, Local tech can respond within 30 minutes 25%, Owners Name is Mark, 20%. Exaggerating but you get the idea. Chris On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 5:51 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies <m...@mailmt.com> wrote: > Chris, > > #2 maybe the only way we bid. I know they want #1, but I think we can > come in with a low enough bid that #2 would be the best option. Still do > some research on the usac site to see the best way to do this. I have had > quotes of $50 - $80 per strand per mile per month for some of the dark > fiber we have looked at in the past. Currently we only sell dark fiber to > one customer and we are charging them 37.50/mile/month > > > -- > Best regards, > Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com <m...@mailmt.com> > > Myakka Technologies, Inc. > www.Myakka.com > > ------ > > Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 5:02:11 PM, you wrote: > > > If you have the strands available #2 is the money maker. > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:50 PM <fiber...@mail.com> wrote: > > There is also fabric innerduct which you can use to sub-duct an occupied > duct. However, in a 1.25" duct it will be a *really* tight squeeze. > > > Jared > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 09 > > From: ch...@wbmfg.com > > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Possible Fiber project for school > > > > You can put micro duct in regular duct, but not if it is occupied. > Perhaps > > someone can do it. I can't. > > I hate any form of overblowing/double stuffing. > > > > I would not do it unless I got a piece of the recurring action. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark - Myakka Technologies > > Sent: Wednesday, September 9 > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Subject: [AFMUG] Possible Fiber project for school > > > > We may have an opportunity to bid on a fiber project to a rural > > elementary school in our footprint. RFP has not been published yet, > > so we have had only high level talks about this. > > > > We can do this 3 ways. > > > > 1. A completely new build out for the school. Their own fiber, ducts, > > handholes, etc. About 16 miles of state road so DOT will be > > involved. > > > > 2. About 4 miles new build on a state road which will get them to our > > footprint. We then lease them the other 12 miles on our fiber. > > > > 3. About 4 miles new build on a state road to our footprint, then we > > attempt to pull their fiber through our duct for the remaining 12 > > miles. > > > > > > Option #1 is going to be the most time consuming and most expensive. > > But they are only out of pocket 20%. E-Rate will pick up the other > > 80%. Advantages to them, they own everything. Disadvantage, they > > have to maintain everything. No real advantage to us, Just takes us > > away from doing what we do. Maybe we can get a maintenance contract > > from them for fiber cuts, etc. But I doubt it. > > > > Option #2 quickest cleanest way to go. Bang out a 4 mile run and be > > done with it. Disadvantages to them, reoccurring charges. Not sure > > if dark fiber is covered under e-rate. > > > > Option #3 try to squeeze their fiber into our current duct. We use > > 1.25" duct and I think our current fiber is .75", so it would be tight > > depending on count. Is there a way to sub-duct existing duct? I know > > I saw some high count low diameter dense fiber at one of the WISPA > > shows. > > > > Opinions? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks, > > Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com > > > > Myakka Technologies, Inc. > > www.Myakka.com > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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