Awarded vendors
- Bonfire
Description
The City of Tucson is seeking to enable 1 Gbps symmetrical, reliable, and affordable fiber-optic internet that is available to all residents, businesses, and community anchor institutions in Tucson, Arizona. The City of Tucson does not intend to build this infrastructure or operate it, but rather is enabling third-party businesses to build, own, and operate these services throughout the entirety of the city limits. The contract is for the development and implementation of a Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) program, which includes incentives and controls to achieve the City’s desired goals. The program goals include providing fiber to 100% of Tucson premises in an equitable manner, lowering costs for FTTP buildouts, ensuring the FTTP program is cost-neutral, supporting local area broadband network redundancy, and enabling fair competition, affordable customer rates, and digital equity efforts. The successful bidder will work with existing City staff to complete development of the new program and will be accountable for the program’s successful implementation of citywide FTTP. The contract has a term of 1 year, with the option for renewal. The contract value is estimated to be $279,710.64 in the first year and $579,710.64 annually for years 2-5.