CALIFORNIA BROADBAND COOPERATIVE, INC
The California Broadband Cooperative’s Digital 395 High Speed Internet Access project will result in a new 553-mile, 10 Gbps high speed internet access fiber network mainly following U.S. Route 395 between southern and northern California. In addition to 36 municipalities, the project’s proposed service area encompasses six Indian reservations and two military bases. More than 230 community anchor institutions will be directly connected at speeds of 10 Mbps, with 2.5 Gbps and higher-capacity fiber-based services offered to the region’s last mile providers to expand or enhance service to households and businesses. Services will be offered on an open-access, wholesale basis. The project is expected to create 1103 jobs.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
NT10BIX5570098 |
Funding Agency |
Department of Commerce |
| Total Award Amount |
$81,148,788 |
Project Location - City |
Vallejo |
| Award Date |
07/22/2010 |
Project Location - State |
CA |
| Project Status |
Less Than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
94592-1014
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| Jobs Reported |
110.50 |
Congressional District |
05 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
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Recipient Name
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CALIFORNIA BROADBAND COOPERATIVE, INC |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
831438424
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| Recipient Address |
1101 NIMITZ AVE |
| Recipient City |
VALLEJO |
| Recipient State |
California |
| Recipient Zip |
94592-1014 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
05 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Digital 395 High Speed Internet Access |
| Project Status |
Less Than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
NTIA/Environmental:
• Programmatic Agreement Segment Groups 7, 8, 9 and 10 approved by the NTIA except for segments M116, M120 and M122, approval of which was withheld which were not approved by the Inyo National Forest
• Submitted Backbone and N109 Route changes to the NTIA
• Resolved federal trespass issues with the Bureau of Land Management trespass issue
• Negotiated changes in California Department of Fish and Game stream bed alteration Permit to include parallel construction.
• Managed Sage Grouse & Goshawk restricted work areas successfully
ROW, Permits/Agreements:
• Amended backbone and distribution agreements with Mono, Inyo and Kern Counties
• Acquired City of Reno Permit for N101
• Resolved 2 private ROW issues
• Acquired Southern California Edison Penstock License Agreement
• Acquired NDOT Permits for N106, N108, N109A, N107, N111, N112, and N113
• Acquired CalTrans Permits for S104B, I108, I109, I115, I116 M112 (bore under LA Department of Water and Power tunnel)
• Acquired Douglas County Permits for N109B and N110
• Acquired Carson City permits for N105, N106 and N107
• Acquired Bureau of Indian Affairs approval for the Pinenut Allotments (N112 & N113)
• Tribal Agreements
• Acquired Grant of Easement for the Washoe Tribal lands: N109A – Silverado Parcel and N111 – Washoe Ranch
Construction:
• Placed additional 134 miles of backbone conduit or 23% for a cumulative total to 302 miles
• Placed additional 88 miles of fiber cable or 15% for a cumulative total to 197 miles
• Placed 181 barrel vaults
• Completed 8 additional conduit segments
• Completed site construction and placement of2 additional node shelters
• Completed City of Ridgecrest buried distribution conduit placement
Contract Administration:
• Awarded Distribution Contracts in the City of Ridgecrest, Mammoth and Bishop
• Closed off contract for Mono County and re-awarded incomplete contract to new vendors.
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| Jobs Created |
110.50 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
During Q1-2013, we added positions in Engineering and Construction. We added one Field Engineer and a Telecommunications Construction Inspector. With our transition to implementation, our construction and environmental monitoring subcontractors are also included. These additions resulted in a total of 57,462.4 direct hours worked on the Digital 395 Project. All jobs created with ARRA funding were “new” jobs. This is equivalent to 110.5 positions. |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
13-0554 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
07/22/2010 |
| Award Number |
NT10BIX5570098 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
13 |
| Funding Agency Name |
Department of Commerce |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
13 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
Department of Commerce |
| Amount of Award |
$81,148,788 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$51,839,803 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$51,880,940 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$51,880,940 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
The project will deploy high speed internet access infrastructure to 237 community anchor institutions. This number includes 47 schools, 13 libraries, 15 medical and 19 Community service organizations.
This project will deploy high speed internet access infrastructure in economically distressed areas- Unemployment in the Digital 395 service area is currently at 13.4%. The project intends to implement a program to hire and train local labor to construct portions of the network.
This project will deploy high speed internet access infrastructure to community colleges- The Digital 395 project will directly serve three community colleges in the proposed service area. T
This project will deploy high speed internet access broadband infrastructure to public safety entities- The Digital 395 project will directly serve all 35 public safety locations identified in the proposed service area survey.
This project will deploy high speed internet access infrastructure in unserved or underserved areas, and services will be offered on an open-acces, wholesale basis. The project has received commitments or letter of interest of service from 5 of the 7 identified retail service providers in the service area. Direct connections will be made to all Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier central offices. High speed internet access service providers that can be reached economically will be connected also. |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Robert Volker |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
rvolker@digital395.com |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
7075518200 x210 |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
1101 Nimitz Avenue |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Vallejo |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
CA |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
94592-1015 |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
237130 |
| Activity Description |
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
1 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$77,148,788 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
108 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$48,522,177 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
373 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$444,210 |
Sub-award CBC-SA001 - PRAXIS ASSOCIATES, INC.
| Sub-Award Amount |
$77,148,788 |
| Sub-Award Date |
08/18/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$48,585,780.83 |
| Project Location - City |
Vallejo |
| Project Location - State |
CA |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
94592-1014 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
05 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
150158801
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| Sub-Recipient Address |
1101 NIMITZ AVE STE 6 |
| Sub-Recipient City |
VALLEJO |
| Sub-Recipient State |
California |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
94592-1015 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
05 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
No vendor transactions reported
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| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
38º 5' 51",
-122º 16' 7" |
| Congressional District |
05 |
| Address 1 |
1101 Nimitz Avenue |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Vallejo |
| County |
Solano |
| State |
CA |
| Zip |
94592-1014 |
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