AND... 200 Cat 6 Duplex I/Os ahhh, you mean 400 cable drops per floor with two cables terminated on a Duplex jack, yes ?
Kim- I'm not sure where in NC you are (Triangle area, coast, or Eagles Nest Mountain Area !) so there may be a HUGE variance in price here. Vendors/contractors need to walk your site for the things unseen and spend time with you to discuss the details about what you are implementing.
Here's what I'd consider:
ALTERNATIVEs
OPTION 1
1. If your local area is under a) LV permits and or b) Union labor then NO BRAINER: get the local electrician working your job to quote you ROUGH IN prices for the cabling. ROUGH IN only. There are PROs and CONs that you will hear.
2. Get quotes from telecom/datacom shop to perform termination, testing, certification and documentation.
OPTION 2
Get quotes from structured wiring install companies.
OPTION 3
Get quotes from local telecom/datacom companies that do cabling.
Compare these against the quotes you are probably already getting now, and still lying on the floor agonizing over.
It will be some dollars. T
here will be a variance in price that most would say- this just doesn't make sense. Structured Wiring systems use proven products- costs more with the name, training, product line, etc... than what someone with a fleet of 3-4 trucks would charge using whatever the local supply house has in stock as long as it's Cat6. I suggest that you keep it ALL within a BRAND and not to sound BRANDing but the statement of Siemens cabling vs AT&T cabling on their cable performance varies with let's say an ICC patch panel vs Brand-X in a mail order catalog. The methods or professionalism used in installing the drops throughout the process- also factors in. Then, where your IDFs are located- are they central, ideal, and well equipped to handle power, PoE, air, lighting, etc.... More questions, concerns, considerations.
The other consideration is the work areas for the cabling work. If the areas are somewhat free and clear and open for lets say 1-2 days per floor- the knock out time with a crew of 3-4 will be 1 floor per day for the rough in. I'm citing work that we've done in the past using Siamese cables in a 10,000 sqft office- 7.5 hours for 3 to do just the rough in. That's a crew of 3 good techs that are motivated- add 1 bad one and double the time.
Also- you didn't mention phone system and other things such as faxs, modems, postage machines, etc. I could assume you are using 1 Cat6 for the phone and 1 for the LAN. Regardless- this configuration of 2 drops per faceplate sounds limiting. Are you taking into account: network printers, phones, network devices, dial up lines - private lines, etc.... ? Once the cabling is in place- you don't want to drag a crew back in for MACs.
One major other thing- folks like to save money and they often do it in the wrong way when it comes to cabling. I'll start with THIS IS A WARNING ! Or, this is my opinion- and you can check with DuPont Corporation in the old BLUE BOOK of cabling methods.... NEVER install CATx cabling unless it is PLENUM rated. I'm not addressing fire codes here but other reasons. So- it's more than an opinion- check with the manufacturer of the product we know as Teflon and the family of Teflon products.
If your phones are IP then consider using IP Paging gear although the industry is catching up- there's some need IP Page wares out there: