Design, Construct and Integrate Wireless Broadband Network for Houston Public Works Through a Design-Build Agreement

City of Houston is issuing this RFP to Design and Implement its next-generation 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadband infrastructure. The focus will be to seek a design and implementation solution needed to meet the current and future technological needs allowing for Houston Public Works Service Lines to utilize enhanced market opportunities. LTE Broadband Distribution Base Station sites utilizing existing City Assets (attachment #1) to circumference 660 square miles having capabilities to achieve redundant coverage to end user nodes, while providing sufficient propagation to achieve a minimum data throughput of 50mbps download / 25mbps upload speeds with a scalability to 100+mbps download / 50+mbps upload speeds. LTE data backhauled leveraging FCC Licensed Microwave capable of capacities of 1Gbps over a carrier grade Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) routed network. Proposer shall provide an end node design and implementation solution that supports multiple handoffs of IPv4/IPv6, layer2/layer3 connections with failover WAN capabilities as defined in the RFP.

Division 27 -	Communications, Common Work Results for Communications.
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