UPDATE 12/11/15: QUESTION AND BID DEADLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED.
Cellular Phone Service – Approx. 1 line.
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 – 45 Mb. The terminating address for this circuit is 715 Kinsey, Kremmling, CO 80459; (970) 724. 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.
Fiber Internet Access – 7 Mb to 10 Mb bandwidth. Please also provide bids for 8 Mb and 9 Mb bandwidths. The terminating address for this circuit is 715 Kinsey, Kremmling, CO 80459; (970) 724. Emergency failover should include 99% uptime with built-in redundancies. Fiber to the customer is expected. No firewall required. The definition of failover is should a connection other than the primary to the customer be severed then there are steps in place to complete routing so the customer suffers no noticeable loss. Please provide separate pricing for any installation, activation, or initial configuration. Please also provide separate pricing for any maintenance and technical support. Applicant is requesting a payment plan of 2 years for construction costs of circuit. 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.
CATEGORY TWO VOLUNTARY SITE VISIT:
PROVIDERS WISHING TO BID ON THE CATEGORY TWO PROJECTS MAY ATTEND A VOLUNTARY WALKTHROUGH SCHEDULED ON JANUARY 7, 2016 STARTING AT 9:00 AM. PLEASE MEET AT 715 KINSEY, KREMMLING, CO 80459. RSVP IS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED TO GALES@WGSD.US. This email is to RSVP only. All questions and bids must still be submitted via the IFCB.
CATEGORY TWO PROJECT DETAILS:
There are two separate projects - Project A and Project B. Applicant will accept bids for functional equivalents when a preferred make/manufacturer is listed. Service providers are required to bid the entire project – Project A and/or Project B. Bids for individual components of any projects will be disqualified.
Project A – West Grand Elementary Switches:
• Switches - 2 x Extreme/Enterasys or functional equivalent.
Project B – West Grand Middle School WAPs:
• WAPS - 8 x Extreme/Enterasys 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” or “Managed Internal Broadband Services (MIBS) Template” 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 project – Project A and/or Project B. Bids for individual components of any projects 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.
