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To the City of Kalispell;
It is our pleasure to provide to you our response to the RFP released on August 17, 2021.
After carefully reviewing all aspects of your RFP, We believe that we're the right solution for a
multitude of reasons. First and foremost, being a local provider with the largest fiber network in the valley
positions us to have a clear advantage to synergistically tailor the growth and needs of the City for years to
come. This combined with our offer to install a complete fiberoptic solution at no costs to the City.
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions and/or concerns.
Respectfully,
Chris Galloway
a. Montana Digital LLC
723 5th Ave East / Suite -130
Kalispell, MT 59901
(406) 257-6161
Escalation Contacts;
Corey Bellesen
406-407-6232
corev@mtnmax.com
Cassius Parsons
406-260-8184
cassuis@mtnmax.com
Chris Galloway
406-471-6000
cgallowav@mtnmax.com
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFPs) FOR
Private fiber and DIA Internet Service
The City of Kalispell buildings which will receive services as part of the scope of
the project are:
• City Hall: 201 1st Ave. E. Kalispell, MT 59901
• Fire Station 62: 255 Old Reserve Drive Kalispell, MT 59901
• City Shop Complex: 1400 1" Ave. Kalispell, MT 59901
• Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP): 2001 Airport Road Kalispell, MT 59901
• Buffalo Hill: 100 Buffalo Drive Kalispell, MT 59901
3.3.1 General Information (5 points)
Description of company Legal company organization; organization chart with
names List of applicable Montana licenses
Answer:
Mountain Digital Enterprises LLC (MDE) and its companies Montana Digital LLC,
(MD) (formed 2000), Skylink Digital LLC (SLD) (formed 2004), and Skylink Fiber
Communications LLC ((SLF) (formed 2007) together, and as a whole, hold various
licenses and/or approvals for the following:
• Montana Digital LLC holds FCC approval for USAC
• Skylink Digital LLC holds FCC TRS, Montana TRS and LNP licenses
• Skylink Fiber Communications LLC holds state of Montana
telecommunications designation for utility right -of -away access, USF and
USAC
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3.3.2 Relevant Company Experience (20 points)
a. Applicant's overall reputation, service capabilities and quality as
it relates to this Proposal.
b. Referrals and references from other municipalities or local
governments.
c. List and describe any litigation; arbitration; claims filed by your firm
against any other jurisdiction as a result of a contract dispute; any
contract or negligence claims filed against your company; premature
termination from a services agreement.
d. Applicant's capacity and intent to proceed without delay is selected.
Answer:
a. Mountain Digital Enterprises LLC has been in the valley since 2000 and through
a strategy of growth and superior technology has branded MtnMAX fiber service
to not only local governments, hospitals, and telecommunications carriers
(Blackfoot Telephone, AT&T, Access Montana / Ronan Telephone and IIG) but
also 80% of Flathead schools. (to include School District -5) Because of our
superior network and reliability, we're the largest provider to some of the
biggest businesses in the region to include Immanuel Lutheran, Applied
Materials, Flathead Electric, Caterpillar, SuperOne Foods, LHC, KTMF, KPAX and
Bee Broadcasting just to name a few among the countless hundreds of other
business customers here in the Flathead.
The MDE network is currently connected through (4) four diverse paths out of the
Flathead Valley.
• Calgary to the north,
• Spokane to the west
• Seattle to the southeast
• Denver to the south
These diverse paths are connected via our two redundant POP's (Points of Presence)
here in the Kalispell area we've amassed vast amounts of capacity totaling 40Gbps of
DIA with reserve capacity of over 100 terabits. This, along with our experience and
understanding of how local government networks need to operate and the constrained
budgets these municipalities endure, allows us to collectively provide a superior
network experience unrivalled in the state, let alone in this region.
b. CITY OF WHITEFISH LETTER (See exhibit "A")
c. MD reluctantly had to file suit against Trinity Lutheran School back in 2018/2019 on
a substantial unpaid phone bill. This matter has been resolved.
d. MD has been anticipating the needs of the City of Kalispell for the past five years
and has designed and built its fiber network footprint in order to connect all the
locations listed in this RFP. We expect to be able to connect (1) City Hall and (2)
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City Shop Complex within a week of being awarded this contract. The (3) three
remaining locations can be completed within 30-45 days. Permits and weather
dependent.
3.3.3 Company Qualifications(lOpoints)
Describe the company's history in the industry. Provide resumes of key
personnel in Appendix
a. List professional continuing education.
b. Briefly describe certifications and licensure held by the company in the
state of Montana.
Answer:
a. Mountain Digital Enterprises LLC (MDE) was formed in 1993 as a Delaware LLC
which provided telecommunications services in Colorado. MDE was not only the
national leader in SDSL deployment, but the largest private DSL network in the
state of Colorado until it was sold in December 1999.
The principal member moved to Montana and started exploring wireless
communications, as an alternative to wireline services, under the newly formed LLC.
Montana Digital in 2000 (MD). After spending years and significant investments
exploring, testing and deploying wireless communications, Montana Digital decided
to standardize on a 100% fiberoptic network as a futureproof way of providing fast
and reliable communications services.
In 2004, MDE created Skylink Digital LLC (SLD) to partner with 360 Canada to
acquire the (then) Touch America Network. This acquisition not only allowed
Montana Digital access to a network that spanned most of the US, but it provided a
springboard to launch its new fiberoptic company Skylink Fiber Communications in
2007 (SLF).
In 2019 Chris Galloway created OPSMax LLC. and shortly after its inception was
awarded a contract to complete a 10 -mile fiber ring in Quincy, WA for Microsoft's
Datacenters. This project was successfully completed Oct 2020.
The primary managing member (Chris Galloway) has been in the telecommunications
industry since 1991. With experience in the Public Telephone Switched Network
(PTSN), with standards ranging from DS 1 /DS3 OC 192, SDSL, ADSL, OCxxx,
MPLS, TLS, NERC, Mid and Last Mile Fiber services etc. since 1993.
Having seen the industries growth and direction, Chris saw the need to implement a
100% wholly owned and operated end-to-end product that rivals 99% of all fiber-optic
companies spanning the US; providing services that range from its in-house design
and engineering, underground and aerial construction, emergency response
restoration, security, and 24/7 monitoring (See exhibit -C) all backed by its skilled
local technicians.
Without having to rely on outsourcing, MDE is benefited with the ability to
implement all aspects of a next -gen fiber network that allows us to control costs and
provide unmatched customer satisfaction.
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This together with its top notched staff with expertise including, but not limited to;
engineering, network engineering, Cisco CCIE certification and Calix certification.
Our engineers work alongside our construction crews which enables us to identify
damaged facilities in seconds and restore service 100% within a 4 -hour window.
b. Mountain Digital Enterprises LLC (MDE) and its companies (Montana Digital
LLC, (MD) Skylink Digital LLC (SLD) and Skylink Fiber Communications LLC
(SLF) together and as a whole hold various licenses and/or approvals for the
following;
• Montana Digital LLC holds FCC approval for USAC
• Skylink Digital LLC holds FCC TRS, Montana TRS and LNP licenses
• Skylink Fiber Communications LLC holds state of Montana
telecommunications designation for utility right -of -away access, USF and
USAC
3.3.4 Contract Understanding and Approach(15points)
a. Describe your understanding of the scope of work and the particular
expertise your company has in this area of work.
b. Identify and discuss any potential difficult issues your company may
face in providing services within Flathead County.
c. Identify and discuss methods to mitigate these difficulties.
Answer:
a. We currently provide this same service to the City of Whitefish and have since
2016. We thoroughly understand the needs and requirements municipalities
have in private secure transmission of data between each of the facilities and
understand and adhere to TLS and NERC standards. We've been deploying TLS
service in this valley for more than thirteen years.
b. We foresee no difficulties in providing the City of Kalispell with this solution
immediately, if chosen as the provider. (permitting and weather dependent)
c. We have thoroughly researched each of the City's locations and foresee no
difficulties in providing this service.
3.3.5 Approach to Contract Management(21 points)
a. Describe your company's approach in initiating and establishing
the service that meet the needs and requirements of the City.
c. Describe systems used for planning, scheduling, estimating, and
managing manpower requirements.
d. Describe the firm's experience in maintaining training and certifications
of personnel.
Answer:
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a. After acceptance of our proposal, we will provide a Master Service Agreement
(MSA), Service Agreements (SA) per desired locations and a Service Level
Agreement (SLA). (See exhibit -B) Once the MSA/SA's have been signed, we will
schedule each location based on the City of Kalispell's desired order of
preference. Upon initial installation of each location, we will provide the
following service; 1Gbps DIA and 1Gbps Private TLS service so the "Private
network" can be used, integrated and tested by the City's IT department before
moving to a more network centric design.
(Definition of network centric = 2 diverse locations for DIA with secure Firewall and
all other locations "Private Network" connected back to both Firewalls)
b. These projects will be entered into our customer database "workflows" system.
i. We use a SAS based system to design, catalog and coordinate the
construction and installation criteria.
ii. Outside plant technicians fusion splice and test with an OTDR prior
to internal scheduling of installation to ensure our schedule is
adhered to by our installation technicians so the install is completed
in a timely fashion.
iii. Network Standards (See exhibit -D)
iv. The city will be assigned a single point of contact for the initial
scheduling, construction, installation and turn -up phases.
c. Our CCIE (Cisco Instructional Engineer) and Calix Technicians must maintain
certification on a yearly basis per both the manufactures requirements, but also for
our internal standards. All outside plant (OSP) employees undergo yearly training in
the areas of quality assurance and safety standards provided by 81 1/UDIG.
3.3.6 Proposal for Project(15 points)
a. Provide a work schedule with beginning and ending times
that meet the scope criteria.
c. Provide a full schedule of proposed work methods that meet the scope
criteria.
c. Provide a full schedule of costs for each component of the work scope
Answer:
a. Upon completion of the MSA, we're able to install City Hall and the City Shop
Complex immediately. The Fire Station, Wastewater and Water Tower construction
installation will start immediately (weather and permit dependent).
b. Location Construction List:
i. Location -1: (City Hall) We currently have an aerial fiber ready to insert into
City Hall. This location is aerial, no construction needed.
ii. Location -2: (City Shop Complex) We currently have aerial fiber built to the
northeast property corner of shop complex. This will require extending our
fiber into shop complex.
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iii. Location -3: (Fire Station) We currently have underground fiber located
within 600 feet. This location will require underground construction
(horizonal directional drilling) and should last no longer than 7 -days.
(weather and permit dependent).
iv. Location -4: (Wastewater Treatment) We currently have fiber to Rankin
school (from the south) This location will require aerial and underground
construction and should last no longer than 25 -30 -days. (weather and permit
dependent).
v. Location -5: (Water Tower) We currently have fiber outside the south and
west property lines. This location will require underground construction
(horizonal directional drilling). and should last no longer than 15 -days.
(weather and permit dependent).
c. Installation costs to the City of Kalispell for each of these locations is $0.00
(i.e. we will not be charging the City for any construction)
3.3.7 Other Factors (9 points)
Answer
a. Current contracts and ability to proceed promptly.
b. Willingness to abide by the City's needs and requirements with few or
no objections or challenges.
c. Relevant factors impacting the quality and value of service
a. We currently have agreements in place with the City for our wireless service at two
locations. We will be able to facilitate our MSA within 72 hours of awarded RFP and
start immediately.
b. We're here to help the City of Kalispell grow with the times. Our company is willing
to provide whatever is needed to facilitate a seamless and efficient solution to its
municipality fiber network.
c. Because Montana Digital is a locally owned and operated company the City of
Kalispell's growth and ability to thrive is of great importance to us, and that is why
we're pleased to offer these services to the City at no installation costs.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFPs) FOR
Private fiber and DIA Internet Service
Services provided as requested by this RFP
Locaton-1 City Hall
201 15t Ave. E. Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON DIA $250 MRC
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network $250 MRC
Location -2 City Shop Complex
1400 1st Ave. Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON DIA $250 MRC
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network $250 MRC
Location -3 North Fire Station
255 Old Reserve Drive Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON DIA
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network
Location -4 Wastewater Treatment Plant
2001 Airport Road Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON DIA
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network
Location -5 Buffalo Hill Water Tower
100 Buffalo Drive Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON DIA
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network
Total for all locations
Construction
$250 MRC
$250 MRC
$250 MRC
$250 MRC
$250 MRC
$250 MRC
$2500 MRC
$0.00
MRC (Monthly Recurring Charge)
Initial 60 -month term (agreement) 10% discount per year, if adding additional year(s) to
initial term. (maximum term 84 months)
(Example: additional 12 -months _ 10° o discount, additional 24 -months = 20% discount)
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Suactested Centric Network Proposal
Our recommendation based on security. ease of use and less firewall management
Locaton-1 City Hall
201 1St Ave. E. Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON DIA $250 MRC
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network $250 MRC
Location -2 City Shop Complex
1400 1st Ave. Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network $250 MRC
Location -3 North Fire Station
255 Old Reserve Drive Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON DIA
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network
$250 MRC
$250 MRC
Location -4 Wastewater Treatment Plant
2001 Airport Road Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network $250 MRC
Location -5 Buffalo Hill Water Tower
100 Buffalo Drive Kalispell, MT 59901
• 1G GPON TLS Private Network $250 MRC
Total for all locations
Construction
$1750 MRC
$0.00
MRC (Monthly Recurring Charge)
Initial 60 -month term (agreement) 10% discount per year, if adding additional year(s) to
initial term. (maximum term 84 -months)
(Example: additional 12 -months 100.0 discount, additional 24 -months 20°0 discount)
This option is the more "centric" network that we propose based on a number of factors to
include;
• Security (less firewalls to purchase, maintain and manage by IT Staff)
• Two locations for DIA which provides redundant Internet to the City's entire network.
• One private L2 network city wide which allows for less network management, ease of
configurations by IT Staff to push/pull data from each department, Helpdesk support
ease and remote backup and virus protection from a centralized location.
• Less network specific routing and configuring of devices lessoning the load of an
already overworked IT staff.
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City of Whitefish
Department of Public Works
418 E. 2nd St. 1 PO Box 158
Whitefish, MT 59937
(406) 863-2460 1 Fax (406) 863-2419
September 16, 2021
Subject: Recommendation for Montana Digital, LLC
To Whom It May Concern:
The City of Whitefish gives our recommendation to use Montana Digital, LLC for their services.
They have served our city well for our ISP and fiber needs and we would recommend them to
any other municipality desiring their services.
Sincerely,
(1144 &IL
Matt Trebesch
GIS/IT Coordinator — City of Whitefish
EXHIBIT B
(SLA) SERVICE LEVEL
AGREEMENT
A Service Outage shall begin when [Customer]. contacts MD to report an
outage and ends at the time the Services are restored and fully operational. MD
agrees to undertake immediate action to correct any Service Outage upon the earlier
of knowledge or receiving notice from [Customer]. [Customer] may notify MD by
telephone, e-mail, or any such similar expedited notice mechanism at the following:
support@mtnmax.net In the event of a Service Outage [Customer] shall be entitled
to each of the following remedies:
1. Outage Credits. MD shall pay [Customer] an amount as follows for Service
Outages ("Outage Credit"):
Service Outage Length
Credit Per Service
Less than 15 minutes
0% of MRC of the Affected Service(s)
16 minute to 30 minutes
25% of the MRC of the Affected Service(s)
Start of a new minute above 30
minutes up to 60 minutes
5% of the MRC of the Affected Service(s) for
each additional minute up to 60
61 minutes to 4 hours
75% of the MRC of the Affected Service(s)
Over 8 hours
100% of the MRC of the Affected Service(s)
2. Events Excepted From Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
[Customer] shall not receive any Outage Credit during those time periods solely
caused by the following events:
(i) The negligent actions or omissions, or willful misconduct of [Customer] or
its agents or contractors;
(ii) The failure of any [Customer] equipment or systems;
(iii) A Force Majeure event, as defined in this Agreement;
(iv) Emergency Maintenance; or
(iv) A Planned Service Outage.
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EXHIBIT C
Monitoring, Maintenance & Repair
1. Purpose. This Exhibit describes the policies and procedures MD utilizes to
monitor and maintain those certain number of strands of dark fiber optic cable specifically
delineated in the SO ("Dark Fiber(s)). MD shall ensure that the Dark Fiber is maintained
according to the specifications and procedures specified herein, through application of
commercially reasonable and accepted industry standards, and in accordance with
manufacturers' specifications. The purpose and result of monitoring and maintenance
shall be to maintain (in the case of routine maintenance), or restore (in the case of non-
routine maintenance) the functionality of the Dark Fibers. MD reserves the right to
modify these procedures as appropriate to ensure that performance specifications are
achieved.
2. Network Monitoring. MD's Network Operations Center ("NOC")
proactively monitors its network and performs cable and conduit maintenance and repair,
on a twenty-four (24) hour per day, seven (7) days per week basis (24x7). MD utilizes only
qualified personnel, office services, vehicles, and all tools and materials required for the
safe and proper performance of network monitoring, maintenance procedures and
emergency restoration.
3. Routine Maintenance. MD shall perform routine and preventative
maintenance on MD's Network, including route patrol and all cable and locate activities as
a part of the local "Call Before You Dig" program. Planned network maintenance that does
or does not potentially involve the disruption of functionality of the Dark Fiber is also
considered Routine Maintenance. The nature of such a Routine Maintenance activity is
such that it can be pre -scheduled so as to allow notification to Customer as appropriate.
MD's NOC will conduct Routine Maintenance which is service impacting (herein
referred to as "Planned Service Outage") outside normal working hours anytime
between 12:00 AM to 5:00 AM (local time) seven (7) days a week. MD will provide
Customer with ten (10) business days prior notice of the Planned Service Outage and five
(5) business days prior notice of Routine Maintenance that is not service affecting. For
clarity, and Planned Service Outage which exceeds the approved maintenance period shall
be considered a Service Outage subject to the Outage Credit provision contained in the
SLA, attached to and incorporated herein.
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4. Emergency Maintenance. All maintenance other than Routine
Maintenance and Planned Service Outage, as described above, shall be deemed to be
"Emergency Maintenance" (including, but not limited to, repairs required due to cable
cuts, fires, remodeling work or other acts of third parties or Force Majeure events). For
any Emergency Maintenance, Customer will first use commercially reasonable efforts to
determine that any disruption in the functionality of the Dark Fiber(s) is not on the
Customer's side of the Demarcation Point. After verifying that the problem is not on
Customer's side of the Demarcation Point, Customer opens a Trouble Case for Technical
Support by contacting MD Customer Support at support@mtnmax.net. Escalation
procedures following opening of a Trouble Case are defined below.
5. Fiber Optic Cable Repair & Restoration. Following receipt of Customer's
notification of a trouble case, MD shall use its best efforts to respond on-site (if necessary)
to the affected location(s) within two (2) hours of the initial trouble case, provided MD
has all necessary access to the Locations, including Customer's premises. In the event of
a cable failure, MD shall use its best efforts to begin Dark Fiber restoration within two (2)
hours following identification of such failure. MD shall use its best efforts to then restore
the functionality of the Dark Fiber no later than six (6) hours following initiation of
restoration activities. During an outage MD shall contact Customer on a regular basis, to
update the status of restoration. MD is responsible for ensuring that the maintenance
personnel are properly trained and otherwise qualified to perform the maintenance on
the Services.
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EXHIBIT D
Fiber Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS
The fiber optic cable shall generally be single -armored unless otherwise designated by MD
in its sole discretion. MD will indicate the ITU -T grade of the provided fiber as part of the
Notice of Completion.
Optical Cable with Non -Zero Dispersion —Shifted Fiber
• Attenuation at 1550 nm = 0.19 dB/km max
• Total Dispersion = 2.0 - 6.0 ps/nm-km for 1530 nm to 1565nm
4.5 —11.2 ps/nm-km for 1565nm to 1625nm
• Polarization Mode Dispersion < 0.6 ps/km
Optical Cable with Single Mode Fiber
• Attenuation at 1310 nm = 0.40 dB/km max
• Attenuation at 1550 nm = 0.30 dB/km max
• Zero Dispersion wavelength = 1300 to 1322nm
• Dispersion slope =<.092 ps/nm2*km typical
Optical Cable with Negative Dispersion Single Mode Fiber
• Attenuation at 1550 nm = 0.27 dB/km max
• Attenuation at 1310 nm = 0.50 dB/km max
• Total Dispersion = -10.0 to -1.0 ps/(nm*km) for 1530 nm to 1605nm
1.1 Splicing Standards are as follows for standard single mode fiber:
Splices shall be qualified during the initial construction with an OTDR from only
one direction. Connector (pigtail) splices shall be qualified with a 1 -km launch reel
minimum. Unidirectional acceptance parameters are .2 dB loss at 1550nm.
After end-to-end (site -to -site) connectivity on the fibers, bi-directional span testing
shall be done at both 1550nm and 1310nm. Spans in excess of 60kM shall be tested
at 1550nm only, 1310nm Testing will be omitted unless specifically requested by
the customer. Test results from spans in excess of 60kM will have no bearing on
route or system acceptance and shall be provided as information only. These
measurements must be made after the splice manholes or handholes are closed in
order to check for macro -bending problems. Connectors shall be cleaned as
necessary to ensure accurate measurements are taken.
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Installed loss measurement at 1310nm and 1550nm shall be recorded using an
industry -accepted laser source and power meter. Continuity testing shall be done
on all fibers concurrently. Bi-directional acceptance parameters are as follows: 0.15
dB at 1550nm and/or 0.20dB at 1310nm.
The objective loss value of the connector and its associated splice shall be 0.50dB
or less. This value does not include the insertion loss from its connection to the
FDP. Connectors shall be Ultra SC -UPC with conventional single mode glass.
The end-to-end loss value as measured with an industry -accepted laser source and
power meter should have an attenuation rating of Tess than or equal to the
following:
(1) At 1310nm: (0.40 dB/km x km of cable) + (number of connectors x 0.5 dB) +
(0.20 dB x number of splices).
(2) At 1550nm: (0.30 dB/km x km of cable) + (number of connectors x 0.5 dB) +
(0.20 dB x number of splices)."
1.2 All splices shall be protected with heat shrinks. An industry -accepted non -
encapsulated splice enclosure shall be used on all splices (like Alcatel WTC2, PLP
Coyote, Lucent 2600, 3M 2178, Tyco 450-D or Windsor.)
1.3 The entire fiber optic system shall be properly protected from foreign voltage
and grounded with an industry -accepted system.
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