All bid deadlines are 11:59pm Pacific Time the date of the bid deadline listed unless otherwise noted.
Questions:
1. Do you have a wireless controller at this school? Yes, we have 2 at the Middle School.
2. What did you do under E-18?
We upgraded the wireless infrastructure at Bridge City Intermediate School.
3. Are you leaving off IDF 5?
· Vendors are required to submit bids via the template “Internal connections – Template V15 – 1” or “Basic Maintenance Template V15 – 1” or “Managed Broadband Internal Services 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 CATEGORY TWO PROJECT BIDS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF ANY PROJECTS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
· BIDS FROM VENDORS WHO DID NOT ATTEND ONE OF THE TWO MANDATORY WALKTHROUGHS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
CATEGORY TWO MANDATORY WALKTHROUGH:
· PROVIDERS WISHING TO BID ON THE CATEGORY TWO PROJECTS MUST ATTEND ONE OF TWO MANDATORY WALKTHROUGH SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, FROM 10AM TO NOON ON BOTH DAYS. VENDORS SHOULD MEET AT THE BRIDGE CITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 1031 W. ROUNDBUNCH RD., BRIDGE CITY, TX 77611.
CATEGORY TWO PROJECT DETAILS:
Bridge City ISD will be replacing aging switches at three campuses. This will be considered one project and one vendor will be used for the project. The project includes 36 switches, 13 UPS, 18 SFP modules, and 4 uplink cables. Onsite visit for this project is mandatory.
There is another document available for download (Bridge City ISD C2 Final Equipment List Nov2015) that details the equipment the Applicant would like to purchase for each campus. Applicant will accept functional equivalents of items when a preferred manufacturer is listed.
Please include pricing for installation, activation, and/or initial configuration costs. We would also like for you to submit your bids in your normal format – a word/excel/PDF as you normally would (in addition to the required templates). The winning vendor will be required to complete, for each school (and all shared equipment), the 2016 USAC C2 Templates when they become available.
BridgeCityISDC2FinalEquipmentListNov2015.xlsx |
InternalConnectionsTemplateV15195.xlsm |
Answer:
Cable installation as in CAT6 or CAT5 throughout the building? No
Answer:
1. Do you want POE on all your switches at BCI? - Yes
2. Do you want to get a bigger chassis for the MDF at BCI? - No
3. Are you replacing UPS at all MDFs? - Yes
4. Is the 3850 staying in the BCI MDF? - Yes
5. Are you getting rid of some of the switches at the MS? - Yes
6. Is the fiber switch staying in the MS MDF? - Yes
7. Do you want 10 GB connection in MS MDF? - Yes
8. Can we bid equivalent UPS? - Yes
9. Can I have a copy of the breakdown for each MDF
and IDF? - Yes, this was provided for all vendors who
did not download it from the site.
Answer:
We won’t know that until we get the bids back.