Local phone service – Approx 60 analog 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.
Cellular phone service – Approx 60 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 currently has 1GB bandwidth. Please provide pricing for 1GB and 2GB bandwidths. Please include separate pricing for any installation, activation, and/or initial configuration costs. 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.
WAN Connectivity – New 1GB connection needed from the hub location at 133 Buvinghausen Street, Tomball, Texas 77375 (also known as 1302 Keefer Street, Suite B) to the new Creekside Park Junior High located at 8711 Creekside Green Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77375. Please include separate pricing for any installation, activation, and/or initial configuration costs.
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 CATEGORY TWO PROJECT A AND/OR PROJECT B. BIDS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF PROJECT A AND/OR PROJECT B WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
CATEGORY TWO PROJECT DETAILS:
There is another document available for download (Tomball ISD C2 List) that details the equipment being requested at each school. There are two Category Two Projects. Project A is for Access Points only. Project B is for Switches only. Please include pricing for installation, activation, and/or initial configuration costs. We would 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.
Project A: Access Points
Tomball ISD prefers wireless Access Points (AP’s) that can be controlled by our newly upgraded Aruba Wireless Controllers and use our existing Aruba Licenses. The entire TISD Wireless infrastructure is Aruba Wireless.
Preferred Aruba Access Point Part # AP215 and AP225
Pricing must also include ceiling tile mounts for all Access Points.
The contractor must be certified as an Aruba partner at the Gold or Platinum certification level.
When equivalent equipment and accessories are bid, then the vendor must provide model name, model numbers, and brand and model specifications.
When equivalent equipment and accessories are bid, the vendor must provide documentation proving compatibility with existing Tomball ISD Aruba Wireless equipment.
Project B: Switches
Preferred HP Switches, because entire TISD infrastructure consists of HP Switches.
Preferred HP Switches Part # HP 2920 Switches
