20-Year Two-Strand Dark Fiber IRU Service

The University of Utah is seeking a vendor to provide a 20-year, two-strand dark fiber indefeasible right-of-use service, including construction, maintenance, operations, and connectivity between West Valley Hospital and University of Utah network facilities.

University of Utah > Purchasing Department > Utah Education and Telehealth Network


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UU216351852
Oct 13, 2026 08:00 PM
Sep 23, 2026 07:29 PM
20 years
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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Original Solicitation Links
Contact
jon.pezely@purchasing.utah.edu
+18015814022
201 South Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Submission Instructions
Description

The University of Utah, through the Utah Education and Telehealth Network, is soliciting proposals for a 20-year, two-strand dark fiber indefeasible right-of-use service. The solution must provide dedicated, high-availability, high-bandwidth connectivity between West Valley Hospital and University of Utah network locations, with all fiber and routing equipment dedicated to UETN. Proposed services must support data, voice, video, and the confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements applicable to electronic protected health information. The scope includes any required fiber construction, right-of-way costs, installation, special construction charges, non-recurring charges, monthly recurring charges, ongoing fiber operations and maintenance, 24/7/365 monitoring and customer support, outage notification and restoration commitments, service-level agreements, technical documentation, network and logical diagrams, fiber-path mapping, fiber characterization, and any required amplification-site space and power for spans exceeding 80 kilometers. Vendors must submit separate cost information, a technical proposal, SLA, financial responsibility evidence or ISO 9001 certification, a standard dark fiber IRU contract, an exceptions/compliance summary, questionnaire responses, references, and the completed Attachment A cost proposal.

Classification Codes
NAICS517111Wired Telecommunications Carriers
PSCD316Telecommunications Network Management Services
Smart Codes
dark fiber servicesfiber optic network constructiontelecommunications network maintenance
Specifications
Service
Timeline
Sep 23, 2026 07:29 PM-Publication Date
Oct 01, 2026 08:00 PM-Questions Due
Oct 05, 2026 11:00 PM-Responses to Questions Due
Oct 13, 2026 08:00 PM-Proposal Due Date
Oct 21, 2026-Estimated Oral Presentations
Oct 28, 2026-Estimated Oral Presentations End
Requirements
Required
  • Commercial General Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability aggregate — $2,000,000.00
  • Cyber Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Professional Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Business Automobile Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Workers Compensation
  • Employer's Liability
  • Special form property insurance
  • Employee dishonesty/fidelity bond — $100,000.00
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 3 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
No
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