Local Phone Service – Approx. 17 lines. E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding local phone service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services - DID lines, voice mail, caller ID, inside wire maintenance, 900 call blocking, or other bundled ineligible services.
Long Distance – Approx. 1400 minutes used per month.
Cellular Phone Service – Approx. 7 lines. E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding bundled data and voice plans, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible data, text messaging functions or other bundled ineligible services.
Internet Access – Applicant is considering upgrading from 100 Mb to 500 Mb bandwidth. Please also include bids for 200 Mb, 300 Mb and 400 Mb bandwidths. The terminating address for this circuit 508 South Kasten St, Woodsboro, 78393; (361)543. Please provide separate pricing for any installation, activation, or initial configuration. E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding internet access service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services – email service, web hosting, content filtering, or other bundled ineligible services.
Point to Point Circuit – Minimum T1 circuit; from 508 South Kasten Street, Woodsboro, 78393 to 1905 Leary Lane, Victoria, 77901.
CATEGORY TWO PROJECT DETAILS:
Our current router, firewall and other head-in components necessary to distribute bandwidth to our two schools and admin office need to be upgraded in order to handle the limit of 200 Mb. We are looking to increase our bandwidth to at least 500 Mb.
Below is a list of equipment the Applicant wants to purchase as District Shared Equipment.
Firewall Server & Components – 1 x Barracuda or functional equivalent.
Router – 1 x Cisco 5545 or functional equivalent.
CATEGORY TWO DISQUALIFICATION FACTORS:
Vendors are required to submit bids via the template “Internal connections – Template V15 – 1” or “Basic Maintenance Template V15 – 1” for each individual school that is receiving equipment and a separate template for all shared equipment. Please name each template for the name of the school and project. Example: “Smith Elementary School Wireless Project” or “Wireless project shared equipment for all schools.” Vendors that do not submit bids in the required template format will be disqualified from the process.
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED TO BID THE ENTIRE HARDWARE PROJECT/UPGRADE. BIDS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT/UPGRADE WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
We would also like for providers bidding on Category Two projects to also submit your bids in normal format – a word/excel/PDF as you normally would. The winning Category Two vendor(s) will be required to complete, for each school and all shared equipment, the 2016 USAC C2 Templates when they become available. Once available, the templates will be due in a 14 day time period.