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1. GENERAL BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF SERVICES <br />1.1 DEFINITIONS <br />The following words as used in this Request for Proposal (RFP) shall be understood to refer <br />respectively to: <br />Word in RFP Definition <br />"Acceptance" Acceptance is the event in which the City Telecommunications <br /> Coordinator accepts and approves the Contractor's services and products <br /> as being complete and operating according to engineering and design <br /> plans and manufacturer's specifications with labeling and clean-up <br /> completed and signed building permits and test records submitted to the <br /> City's Telecommunications Coordinator or his/her delegated <br /> re resentative. <br />"Cit " The Cit of Santa Ana, California. <br />"Contractor" Means the same and is used interchan eabl with the term "Vendor." <br />"De artment" The several de artments and a encies therein. <br />Telecom The City Telecom Coordinator responsible for the installation and <br />Coordinator maintenance of the Avaya Systimax Structured Cabling System media and <br /> athwa s. <br />"Vendor" The agreement is made by said City with the agent or legal representative <br /> who may be appointed to represent such person, firm or corporation in the <br /> si nin and erformance of said a reement. <br />"Pro oser" The erson, firm or cor oration res ondin to this RFP. <br />1.2 OVERVIEW OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE <br />The City's existing cabling infrastructure consists of the following: <br />• Numerous optical fiber links (multimode, singlemode, and LazrSPEED) within City Hall <br />and between City Hall and the Central Library. <br />• Category 5e (powersum) and category 6 (gigaspeed) copper cables in horizontal and <br />backbone applications. <br />• The City owns and supports the cable plant at 31 service locations citywide consisting <br />of approximately 8,000 cable drops. <br />• Telephone equipment at the 31 service locations consists of a combination of NEC <br />PBX and key systems. <br />• Atypical voice/data information outlet consists of (1 ), one-gang, Avaya (4) port <br />faceplate (white), two Avaya Category 5e Systimax Certified data cables (blue) and <br />two Avaya Category 5e Systimax Certified voice cables (white) for the support of <br />voice/data applications. <br />• Principal buildings in the City's network include: eight floor City Hall with Walker Duct <br />System; 457 bed Santa Ana Jail; four floor Police Headquarters complex consisting of <br />over 550,000 sq.ft. <br />• Ethernet (10Mbps/100Mbps) backbone in City Hall connecting City Hall LANs and <br />computer operating in the Central Computer Center. <br />• Numerous remote connections (infrared lasers, point to point leased lines, and dial-up) <br />to multiple locations throughout the City ranging in bandwidth from T-1 to 56Kbps. <br />Page 4 of 34 <br />