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TIS | Dark Fiber Lease& Fair Shake PPP RFI
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The City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Technology is seeking input from telecommunications carriers, ISPs, and network operators through a comprehensive Request for Information aimed at expanding high-speed internet access and infrastructure within underserved neighborhoods. The initiative is driven by a $10.4 million grant from the CPUC’s Last Mile Federal Funding Account, supporting the “Fair Shake Internet” project to extend service to 261 unserved locations across Bayview, Tenderloin, and Chinatown. Respondents are invited to participate in two distinct tracks: one involves partnering with the City to provide affordable internet service at designated unserved addresses, supported by neighborhood-specific incentives; the other offers opportunities to lease or negotiate indefeasible rights of use to existing City fiber segments for independent network deployment. This RFI is exploratory, intended to inform future formal solicitations, including potential Requests for Proposals. The solicitation emphasizes technical performance standards such as minimum data speeds of 100/20 Mbps (with a preference for symmetrical 100/100 Mbps), low latency (≤100 ms), and network deployment completion by the end of 2026. It prioritizes affordability, requiring plans at or below $40 per month with no data caps and free installation, alongside commitments to long-term service stability, workforce development, and community engagement. Respondents must demonstrate cybersecurity measures, provide financial guarantees like performance bonds or letters of credit, and align with digital equity goals through device provisioning and multilingual outreach. The process involves submitting detailed proposals via email and the SF Supplier Portal by December 15, 2025, with evaluation based on technical compliance, long-term value, community partnership, and operational capacity. The contract will encompass leasing arrangements, network reliability, and service performance, with specific inspection and acceptance procedures at City-managed fiber splice points. While the RFI does not include formal FAR clauses or detailed contractual language, it sets clear expectations for cybersecurity, workforce practices, and service standards, establishing a foundation for future negotiations and partnerships to bridge the digital divide in San Francisco.
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CA, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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The City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Technology (DT) has built an extensive, redundant fiber network connecting 880 City buildings, 360 traffic signal cabinets, and other City resources. DT also leverages this fiber network to serve the Fiber to Housing (FTH) program that provides free, high-speed internet service to over 150 affordable housing sites with more than 20,000 residential units. In partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), FTH is part of a citywide strategy to bridge the digital divide that provides multilingual support services for FTH users as well as grantmaking to community-based organizations for device distribution and digital literacy training. DT has received a $10.4 million grant from the CPUC’s Last Mile Federal Funding Account (FFA) for a new “Fair Shake Internet” project to expand the FTH network to deliver high-speed internet service to 261 unserved locations in three neighborhoods: Bayview, Tenderloin and Chinatown. In this Request for Information (RFI), DT invites telecommunications carriers, ISPs, and network operators to submit information and ideas for partnering with the City to expand a diversity of high-quality internet options for residents, businesses, and City needs. This RFI is exploratory and will inform a potential subsequent Request for Proposals (RFP).
DT invites proposals from Respondents on one or both of these two tracks: • FFA Partnership Track: Respondents commit to offer affordable internet service to interested customers at market‑rate housing and commercial addresses designated by the CPUC as unserved in the Bayview, Tenderloin, and Chinatown neighborhoods. The City will offer neighborhood-specific incentives to support Respondents in offering affordable service. • Dark Fiber Lease Track: Respondents lease or negotiate indefeasible right of use (IRU) to unlit City fiber segments for their own network purposes. These arrangements may be either independent or inter-related to FFA partnerships.
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