Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: IT - Information Technology

Directors' Update: July 30, 2025

Business Meeting: Aug. 5, 2025

Summary:

Lewis County is seeking a qualified vendor to upgrade existing fiber infrastructure in the Lewis County Law and Justice Building and Jail. The project includes installation of new single-mode fiber optic cabling between six intermediate distribution frames (IDFs), termination at each location, and necessary panel and cassette hardware to support the upgrade. This effort is part of a broader modernization initiative to improve bandwidth and network resilience across critical public safety systems.

Publications: The Chronicle, The Washington State Office Of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE)

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Resolution

WHEREAS, Lewis County Information Services has identified a need to upgrade multi-mode fiber optics to single-mode fiber optics in the Law & Justice Building and the Jail; and

WHEREAS, qualified providers and installers are needed; and

WHEREAS, Lewis County is seeking proposals from qualified providers and installers; and

WHEREAS, publication to solicit for fiber optics providers and installers is needed to contract with a professional fiber optics provider and installer.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Information Services Director is instructed to prepare a request for proposals (RFP), evaluate responses and purchase said products and services; and the BOCC Clerk of Board is instructed to proceed with all appropriate and necessary notifications to advertise for said purpose; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that proposals must be submitted online through the County's procurement portal, OpenGov, which can be accessed via the project site listed on the advertisement. Proposals are due by 5 p.m. August 29, 2025.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 5th day of August, 2025.