Office of Financial Services (807) 343-8455 (807) 346-7711 gmatte@lakeheadu.ca DATE Addendum # 2 to: RFP LU15-171 June 25th, 2015 Project title: Residence Television Services This addendum is issued to provide answers to questions received up to noon, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, and to provide proponents with a list of channels currently available to students. See below Question: Can the service provider utilize LU’s existing network to deliver IPTV service? Answer: Yes Question: Will dedicated bandwidth be provided? Answer: No. Committed bit rate will not be provided. Priority / QOS or VLAN separation will be available. Question: What QoS is available from Lakehead on the network? Answer: There are many forms of QoS supported on our network. We are willing to work with responders to find the most appropriate solution given the protocols and mechanisms required. Question: Can a complete network diagram be provided that clearly indicates bandwidth to each building, device, software, and any future upcoming plans to upgrade? Answer: Not at this time. If required to complete the work, diagrams will be supplied to the winning proponent. Question: Can you identify how much bandwidth is typically being utilized in each building during the full school year? Answer: Uplinks to buildings are 1 Gigabit. Average bi-directional 24 hour bandwidth consumption is less than 10%, with an average peak of 25% Question: Is student bandwidth consumption throttled in any way? Answer: Yes – for Internet usage at our border router. Local network does not contain any bandwidth throttling. Broadcast traffic may have some bandwidth management; (Storm Control, DHCP, Spoofing Filters, etc). Our Network policies can be adapted to meet needs of the solution, and we are open to discussing this issue further. Question: Are students able to access more robust TV channels and/or rent movies? Answer: All students are currently able to rent or pay-per-view, but this is between them and the service provider. Once a contract is in place, Students will not be able to change or upgrade to another provider. Proponents are reminded that the new services are to be in place and accessible on or before September 1st, 2015. Channel list posted as separate Excel Document. End of Addenda