Project Information

Bid Title

RFP: 2026 Cat 6 Station Cable - Fiber

Issuing Agency

Reynolds School District #7

Location

Oregon

Published Date

Feb 7, 2026

Closing Date

Mar 2, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

RFP: 2026 Cat 6 Station Cable - Fiber

Bid/RFP Status:

Open - accepting bids and proposals

Bid/RFP Due Date:

Monday, March 2, 2026 - 2:00pm

ISSUE DATE: February 2nd, 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE: February 23rd, 2026

Mandatory Walk-through: February 17th, 2026 at 9:30 AM

CLOSING DATE: March 2nd, 2026

CLOSING TIME: 2:00 PM, Pacific Time

Full RFP Document

Margaret Scott

Request for Proposal

2026 - Cat 6 Station Cable – Fiber

A. NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

The Reynolds School District 7 (RSD7) is inviting proposals from qualified individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, or professional organizations (bidders) for proposals and quotes to:

1. Supply and install Category 6 cabling at Margaret Scott Elementary School

2. Supply and install single mode fiber cabling at Margaret Scott Elementary School

The responses and deliverables must be in compliance with all applicable state and federal regulations, in addition to the performance standards described below. Any bidder must be an eligible service provider willing to complete the necessary communications and paperwork associated with the E-rate program using the SPI billing method.

Supporting Documents

2026_e_rate_rsd7_rfp.docx.pdf (208 KB)

usac_fcc_form_470_application_260018390_certified.pdf (25 KB)

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Request for Proposal

2026 - Cat 6 Station Cable –

Fiber

ISSUE DATE: February 2nd, 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE: February 23rd, 2026

Mandatory Walk-through: February 17th, 2026 at 9:30 AM

CLOSING DATE: March 2nd, 2026

CLOSING TIME: 2:00 PM, Pacific Time

Margaret Scott

Request for Proposal

2026 - Cat 6 Station Cable – Fiber

A. NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

The Reynolds School District 7 (RSD7) is inviting proposals from qualified individuals, firms,

partnerships, corporations, associations, or professional organizations (bidders) for proposals and

quotes to:

1.​ Supply and install Category 6 cabling at Margaret Scott Elementary School

2.​ Supply and install single mode fiber cabling at Margaret Scott Elementary School

The responses and deliverables must be in compliance with all applicable state and federal

regulations, in addition to the performance standards described below. Any bidder must be an

eligible service provider willing to complete the necessary communications and paperwork

associated with the E-rate program using the SPI billing method.

B. PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL

All responses must be received by March 2nd, 2026.

All proposals shall be firm offers subject to acceptance by RSD7 and may not be withdrawn for a

period of 90 calendar days following the last day to submit bids. Proposals may not be amended

once submitted to RSD7, except as permitted by RSD7.

It is the sole responsibility of the person submitting the proposal to ensure that it is delivered on

time. Any proposal submitted after the deadline will not receive consideration.

To submit a response to this request please email one (1) electronic copy to <<find out who this

is>>, Procurement, Contracts and Accounting Specialist via e-mail address contracts@rsd7.net.

The email must be clearly marked with the bidder’s name/identification and the subject must be

the words:

“PROPOSAL RESPONDING TO RFP # 2026 E-Rate RSD7” and the portion of the RFP for

which the response is addressing: 2026 - Cat 6 Station Cable – Fiber

The proposals will be opened publicly by electronic means as allowed by the law.

RSD7 shall not be responsible for, nor accept as a valid excuse a late proposal delivery, any delay

in email service.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE:

An electronic copy of this RFP can be accessed via Reynolds School District website.

URL: https://www.reynolds.k12.or.us/rfps.

C. QUESTIONS, POSSIBLE ADDENDUMS AND WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSALS

For questions or comments regarding this RFP process or the RFP documents, please submit

your questions or comments in writing. You may submit requests for information and/or clarification

in writing until 2:00 pm February 23rd, 2026. Questions must be sent to Corin Ahlberg,

Procurement, Contracts and Accounting Specialist via e-mail address cahlberg@rsd7.net. RSD7

shall not be obligated to answer any questions received after the above-specified deadline or any

questions submitted in a manner other than as instructed above. RSD7 will respond in writing to all

questions. All answers will be provided as a numbered questions and answer document, for

example, RFP Q&A #1 and posted at https://www.reynolds.k12.or.us/rfps.

If it becomes necessary for RSD7 to revise any part of this RFP, or to provide clarification or

additional information after the documents are released, updates will be posted at

https://www.reynolds.k12.or.us/rfps.

RSD7 shall not, under any circumstance, be liable for any pre-contractual expenses incurred by

potential contractors, and potential contractors shall not include any such expenses as part of their

RFP. Pre-contractual expenses are defined as any expenses incurred by a potential contractor in:

(1) preparing its proposal in response to this RFP; (2) submitting that proposal to RSD7; (3)

negotiating with RSD7 any matter related to this RFP, including a possible contract; or (4)

engaging in any other activity prior to the effective date of award, if any, of a contract resulting from

this RFP.

Withdrawal of Proposal: Any proposer may withdraw a proposal, either personally or by written

request at any time prior to the scheduled closing time for receipt of proposals.

To withdraw your proposal, contact Corin Ahlberg, Procurement, Contracts and Accounting

Specialist via e-mail address cahlberg@rsd7.net.

D. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. Scope of Contract. To replace our existing category 5 station cabling with category 6 cabling,

and to install and extend single mode fiber to new MDF or IDF locations

A. Station Cabling Instructions

1. Vendor must provide new cabling and installation equivalent in functionality and performance

and in the quantity requested in the specifications below.

2. Vendor must provide, install, terminate, and test green Category 6 cable between patch panels

in telecom rooms to the network jacks in locations specified at the specified schools.

3. All work not found in conformance with the intent of the proposal shall be repaired promptly at

no additional charge to RSD7.

a. Station Cabling Specifications

i. Existing Cat5/Cat5e network cabling will be decommissioned and removed

ii. New plenum rated green category 6 cable will be installed to all network jack

locations specified in the attached drawing from the nearest corresponding telecom room

iii. All Category 6 cable will be green and a minimum of 24 AWG.

iv. Vendor will provide green RJ45 wall jacks that fit into existing Panduit wall plates

where plates exist, provide new wall plates where they do not already exist, and rack

mounted modular patch panels in locations where existing patch panels are full.

v. Vendor will provide Panduit modular 24-port or 48-port patch panels or

equivalent compatible when there are not enough existing patch panels to terminate the new

cables.

vi. Vendor will provide 6”, 1’, or 5’ as length needed, green Cat6 patch cables to be

used between each new data port and the network switches

vii. All wall plates and patch panels will be labeled according to our existing labeling

scheme.

viii. All equipment must be in new condition. No refurbished or used equipment will

be accepted.

ix. All Category 6 cable paths shall be tested at each jack for the following

parameters and meet the requirements imposed by the ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-C

building wiring and the manufacturer's written specification

x. The following types of conduit are approved for interior uses:

xi. Rigid galvanized conduit, zinc coated and manufactured in accordance

with UL-6

xii. Intermediate Metal Conduit (IMC), zinc coated galvanized steel to comply with

UL-1242, Type J and ANSI Standards

xiii. Electrical Metallic Tubing (EMT), zinc-coated steel to comply with UL-797

xiv. Liquid tight flexible metal conduit, zinc steel core with smooth gray abrasion

resistant, liquid tight, polyvinyl chloride covering (with integral ground wire wound in steel

core), to comply with UL360

xv. Flexible metal conduit (if approved, see below), to comply with UL360 xvi. The

vendor will install quantity shown below Category 6/6a cables at each of the following

schools:

●​ Margaret Scott ES - 140 new green Cat6 cable runs

B. Fiber Installation Instructions

1. MDF/IDF fiber locations are being moved to a new location

2. Existing 12 strand single mode fiber cabling should be extended to the new MDF/IDF locations

within the school building. This will require splicing into existing fiber terminations and installation

of new fiber cable to extend the fiber optic cabling to the new location.

a. Fiber Specifications

i. All fiber will be at least 12-strand OS1.

ii. All fiber runs will include two breakout panels (one at each end).

iii. All breakout panels will be compatible with existing BEJED FDUs.

iv. All connectors will be LC type.

v. All field terminated intra-building fiber cables shall be installed within 1" orange

inner duct and/or utilize armored fiber optic cable. Fiber shall be tight buffer and jacket

ratings shall be suitable for application.

vi. All fiber strands shall be tested using OTDR equipment to a maximum loss of 1.0

dB/km on 1310 and 1550 nm. Any strands failing tests should be repaired or replaced at no

additional cost. Testing results should be made available to RSD7 at the time of job

completion.

vii. All equipment must be in new condition. No refurbished or used equipment will

be accepted.

viii. Fiber shall be tight buffer and jacket ratings shall be suitable for

application. The fiber will meet the specifications listed in ANSI/TIA-568- C.3 and the transmission

performance parameters listed in Table 1.

ix. Any factory assembled fiber trunk assemblies used shall be terminated with

MPO type connectors. MPO shall plug directly into factory

assembled fiber cassettes that present a duplex “LC” connector

x. In all cases, fiber will be certified to perform at or better than the values listed in

Table 1 (below).

Optical fiber cable type  Wavelength (nm)  Maximum attenuation (dB/km) 

Single mode

1310 

1.0 

Single mode

1550 

1.0 

Table 1 - Fiber Optic Performance

xi. Equally important is the pathway specified. When need arises to replace

mediums of any type the better the pathway the easier the replacement. Specifying a

multi-channel pathway by means of innerduct, cell type material, or tubes facilitating blown

fiber is highly recommended and should be included to allow for installation of new media

without having to remove the existing media where possible.

xii. The following schools will be included in this work:

Margaret Scott ES Extend 12 strands SMF to existing MDF

Commodity Codes

• NAICS 238210Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors

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