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Grants - AWARD SUMMARY


BLOOMINGDALE COMMUNICATIONS INC


Bloomingdale Communications, Inc. will deploy a high-speed fiber network that will connect all of the schools in Van Buren Intermediate School District ,and will extend to a school outside of the district in the underserved area of Pullman. It will also connect with the Berrien County Regional Education Services and Michigan State University. The fiber ring will also provide sufficient bandwith to four computer centers located within the libraries in Van Buren County. The City of South Haven is also partnering with Bloomingdale Communications, Inc. to interconnect with the fiber network to connect City Hall with additional city locations for a total of eighteen, which include community anchor institutions. The project will pass 12,157 households and 1,058 businesses. The fiber ring will pass 58 institutions. The project will allow critical anchor institutions to have a choice of provider, increased broadband speeds, ability to connect to other critical anchor institutions and ability to use a redundant reliable broadband middle mile network. The fiber ring will be able to provide services to meet the requirements that residents, businesses, and public institutions want today and will also create a system that can easily be upgraded in the future as end users' needs evolve. The project is anticipated to stimulate the demand for broadband, economic growth, and job creation.

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AWARD OVERVIEW

AWARD OVERVIEW
Award Number NT10BIX5570099 Funding Agency Department of Commerce
Total Award Amount $5,646,473 Project Location - City Bloomingdale
Award Date 07/19/2010 Project Location - State MI
Project Status More than 50% Completed Project Location - Zip 49026-8793
Jobs Reported 1.86 Congressional District 06
Project Location - Country US

Recipient Information (Grants)

Recipient Information (Grants)
Recipient Name BLOOMINGDALE COMMUNICATIONS INC
Recipient DUNS Number 150664001
Recipient Address 101 W KALAMAZOO ST
Recipient City BLOOMINGDALE
Recipient State Michigan
Recipient Zip 49026-8793
Recipient Congressional District 06
Recipient Country USA
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials		 No

Projects and Jobs Information

Projects and Jobs Information
Project Title Van Buren County Fiber Ring
Project Status More than 50% Completed
Final Project Report Submitted No
Project Activities Description Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
Quarterly Activities/Project Description The outside plant construction is finished and testing of the fiber has been completed. Test results indicated a couple of locations with problems, and some fiber damage was found between Bangor and South Haven. The damaged sections have been replaced and were re-spliced and re-tested. Power has been connected to all electronics cabinets. Batteries and rectifiers have been installed in the huts. All backbone electronics have been installed and tested. Testing of backbone electronics was done by Vantage Point and Cyan and it went well. All site surveys were completed for the Community Anchor Institutions and optical customer premise electronics have been installed. We issued Request for Pricing for driveways for the South Haven and Lawrence hut locations. Three Bloomingdale Communications Inc. employees received training for the electronics by Cyan. Training on the new Core Router was also completed. An issue was discovered in the Bloomingdale Central Office with the DC power and Air Conditioning as a result of the new equipment. The DC Power plant (batteries and rectifiers) and Air Conditioning Unit have insufficient capacity to support the new electronics; therefore, we are looking at replacing the DC Power Equipment and Air Conditioning Unit. We issued Request for Proposals for the DC Power Equipment and HVAC for the Bloomingdale Central Office. The lateral from Bloomingdale?s backbone to Lake Michigan College by Merit Network has been completed. The joint build section of the fiber ring with Merit Network Inc. between South Haven and Berrien Springs has also been completed. Merit and Bloomingdale held a joint press event on February 22, 2013 at Berrien Springs.
Jobs Created 1.86
Description of Jobs Created Jobs performed by our contractor this quarter included a bore crew that installed buried innerduct, a crew that blew in fiber, fiber optic cable splicers, aerial lineman that hung strand and fiber optic cable, and a clean up crew that performed landscape restoration. Other jobs included equipment installers and training instructors. Jobs performed by our Engineering firm included engineers who worked on design and contracts; on-site engineer for project inspection and record keeping; Assistant Director of Outside Plant who worked on project coordination, and Professional Engineering consultant who worked on project assistance.


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 Information
Award Date 07/19/2010
Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Order Number
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 $5,646,473
Funds Invoiced/Received $4,603,982
Expenditure Amount $4,603,982
Infrastructure Expenditure Amount $4,603,982
Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale The Van Buren County Fiber Ring will provide much needed bandwidth for the Van Buren District libraries so they can expand vital services in their computer centers, thereby providing resources for on-line job information and employment application, long distance learning, and business start-up training. The fiber ring will connect all of the schools in the Van Buren Intermediate School District, saving money by allowing long-distance learning and educational resource sharing. Connection of anchor institutions in the City of South Haven will save money by allowing software sharing and staff resourcing. Court systems would also have cost-saving benefits, such as video arraignments. The construction of this project is estimated to require thousands of man-hours which will have a great economical impact to this rural area.
Infrastructure Point of Contact Name Eileen Murphy
Infrastructure Point of Contact Email emurphy@bloomingdalecom.net
Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone (269) 521-7362
Infrastructure Point of Contact Address 101 W Kalamazoo St
Infrastructure Point of Contact City Bloomingdale
Infrastructure Point of Contact State MI
Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip 49026-8793

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 Information
Sub-awards to Organizations 1
Sub-award Amounts to Organizations $3,491,198
Sub-Awards to Individuals 1
Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals $3,491,198
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 35
Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award $4,136,626
Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award 102
Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award $467,356


Sub-Award Transactions

Sub-award 0001 - GREAT LAKES COMNET, INC.

Sub-Award Amount $3,491,198
Sub-Award Date 05/31/2012
Sub-Awards Disbursed $0.00
Project Location - City East Lansing
Project Location - State MI
Project Location - Zip Code 48823-6393
Project Location - Congressional District 04
Sub-Recipient DUNS Number 016447844
Sub-Recipient Address 1515 TURF LANE STE 100
Sub-Recipient City EAST LANSING
Sub-Recipient State Michigan
Sub-Recipient Zip Code 48823-6393
Sub-Recipient Congressional District 04
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials 		No


Vendor Transactions

Atc Group Services Inc - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Atc Group Services Inc

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 034930156
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 01801-6397
Vendor Name Atc Group Services Inc
Product and Service Description Environmental Analysis Consulting and Preparation
Payment Amount $26,000

CCI Systems, Inc. - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - CCI Systems, Inc.

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 102345238
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49801-1512
Vendor Name CCI Systems, Inc.
Product and Service Description Core Router Equipment and Installation
Payment Amount $120,359

Cyan Optics, Inc - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Cyan Optics, Inc

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 794287636
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 94954-1188
Vendor Name Cyan Optics, Inc
Product and Service Description Optical transport equipment including electronics for huts, cabinets, customer premise equipment, installation and training.
Payment Amount $383,140

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $489,954

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $236,518

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $315,277

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $325,587

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $97,310

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $211,803

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $213,362

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $216,827

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $34,297

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $69,479

Fiber Optic Management, LLC - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Fiber Optic Management, LLC

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 028045660
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 49316-7448
Vendor Name Fiber Optic Management, LLC
Product and Service Description Construction of Fiber Ring Project
Payment Amount $79,477

Merit Network Inc - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Merit Network Inc

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 615121324
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 48104-6815
Vendor Name Merit Network Inc
Product and Service Description Construction materials for South Haven to Berrien Springs section.
Payment Amount $175,904

Power & Telephone Supply Company - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Power & Telephone Supply Company

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 034788521
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 38112-3335
Vendor Name Power & Telephone Supply Company
Product and Service Description Fiber Optic Cable
Payment Amount $234,630

Power & Telephone Supply Company - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Power & Telephone Supply Company

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 034788521
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 38112-3335
Vendor Name Power & Telephone Supply Company
Product and Service Description Fiber Optic Cable
Payment Amount $37,524

Power & Telephone Supply Company - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Power & Telephone Supply Company

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 034788521
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 38112-3335
Vendor Name Power & Telephone Supply Company
Product and Service Description Field electronics cabinets.
Payment Amount $51,050

Power & Telephone Supply Company - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Power & Telephone Supply Company

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 034788521
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 38112-3335
Vendor Name Power & Telephone Supply Company
Product and Service Description Fiber Optic Cable
Payment Amount $33,410

Power Product Services, Inc. - Award Number NT10BIX5570099 - Power Product Services, Inc.

Award Number NT10BIX5570099
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number 179987284
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 80216-3458
Vendor Name Power Product Services, Inc.
Product and Service Description Batteries, racks and equipment for Huts
Payment Amount $30,273
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Project Location Detail

Location Information
Latitude, Longitude 42º 22' 58", -85º 57' 26"
Congressional District 06
Address 1 101 W Kalamazoo St
Address 2
City Bloomingdale
County Van Buren
State MI
Zip 49026-8793
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