Countywide Fiberoptic Transport Network Refresh

Notice to Vendors

Invitation to Negotiate (ITN)

Lee County, Florida, is requesting responses from qualified individuals/firms for the attached solicitation.

Lee County Board of County Commissioners, the “County”, seeks to contract with a qualified Respondent

to provide services to design and replace a new Transport Network Solution including but not limited to

the core transport network, edge devices, or any other required service equipment. The County maintains

a routed Ethernet network on top of the transport network. The new transport network should allow layer

1/2/3 circuits to be built on top.

Those individuals/firms interested in being considered for this solicitation are instructed to submit, in accordance with specifications, their sealed bids, pertinent to this project prior to the date and time specified to the office of the Procurement Management Director, electronically or to 2115 Second Street, 1st Floor, Fort Myers, FL 33901. Hand-delivered Bids shall be received in a sealed envelope, prior to the time scheduled to receive Bids, and shall be clearly marked with the solicitation name, solicitation number, bidder name, and contact information as identified in these solicitation documents.

The sealed Bids submitted are to be publicly opened at the Lee County Procurement Management Division office located at 2115 Second Street, 1st Floor, Fort Myers, Florida 33901, and read aloud for the purpose of selecting a vendor to furnish; all necessary labor, services, materials, equipment, tools, consumables, transportation, skills and incidentals required for Lee County, Fort Myers, Florida, in conformance with these solicitation documents, which include technical specifications and/or a scope of work.

The Scope of Services for this solicitation is available from https://leegov.ionwave.net. Vendors who obtain scope of services from sources other than https://leegov.ionwave.net are cautioned that the solicitation package may be incomplete. The County’s official bidders list, addendum(s) and information must be obtained from https://leegov.ionwave.net. It is the vendor’s responsibility to check for posted information. The County may not accept incomplete responses.

Questions regarding this solicitation are to be submitted electronically at https://leegov.ionwave.net under the questions tab for this solicitation.
Sincerely,

Adam Brooke/Robin Dennard

Procurement Manager
*https://leegov.ionwave.net is the County's official posting site.
CAUTION: Vendors should take caution that the County is not responsible for any power outages or internet failures. It is suggested that you upload your response in adequate time to assure that it will post on the day prior to the closing time.