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This RFP encompasses three distinct elements: • Technology • Partnership model (including financial details) • Ongoing business model These elements are more fully described below. Respondents may present proposals that meet the requirements of one element, all elements or any combination of elements. Respondents submitting partial proposals must account for any gaps and describe how those gaps can be bridged. This RFP assumes that proposed solutions will be completely or largely based on fiber optic technology. Although the City will entertain proposals based on any suitable means, at the discretion and on the responsibility of the respondent, the City is not aware of any other technology that can deliver dedicated gigabit-class bandwidth to large numbers of individual users and terabit-class bandwidth in the aggregate, and meet the performance standards typical for fiber optic networks. The City’s goal for the Project is to make available a complete range of broadband facilities and services, both bundled and unbundled, at competitive prices. The immediate objective is to provide these services within the Project areas, but the City will look favorably upon proposals that also consider the potential for improving telecommunications services within both the City and the Salinas Valley region. At a minimum, proposals must address: 1. Availability of managed services (e.g. commercial grade DSL, T-1 or OC-3 class circuits with or without Internet connectivity). 2. Availability of unbundled broadband network elements (e.g. dark fiber, wholesale Internet bandwidth, long haul interconnects). 3. Quality of Service (QoS) standards, including reliability, and a sustainable means of guaranteeing those standards over time. 4. Suitability of the proposed solution for supporting 5G and other advanced wireless technologies. 5. Development of a competitive market for broadband services and facilities within the project areas, or other means of guaranteeing competitive access and pricing for the long term. 6. Economic sustainability of business and partnership models proposed for the Project area. The City’s participation in the Project is not conditional on achieving a specific financial return on investment, however the public benefits generated by the Project, including economic development benefits and future revenue accruing to the City, should be consistent with the public assets contributed. There are no specified quantitative technical or financial performance requirements. Instead, respondents must show how their solutions will meet or exceed the technical, financial and economic development results achieved in cities that have already pursued such projects. Examples of where these benchmark systems have been deployed include Palo Alto, Santa Clara, San Leandro, Santa Monica and the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Respondents may use other benchmark systems for purposes of comparison, but should be prepared to respond to questions that refer to these examples.

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