All bid deadlines are 11:59pm Pacific Time the date of the bid deadline listed unless otherwise noted.
DISQUALIFICATION BMIC - Maintenance bids listing only an hourly rate and not a monthly or annual total will be disqualified. Vendors quoting an hourly rate are required to also a) confirm that you have the ability/expertise to maintain all of the equipment listed and b) propose a number of hours at a particular rate monthly to properly maintain the entire list of equipment. Bids that contain only hourly rates, without confirmation that the company can service the list of equipment, or without a monthly total will be disqualified.
2017C2BiddingInstructions93.pdf |
TuttleC2COVERPAGE.pdf |
TuttleC2EquipmentList.xlsx |
TuttleFloorPlans.pdf |
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The L3 and L2 switches may be either POE or POE+ as recommended to be most economic and effective. The wall mount at each site is to house the additional switches; there are some switches already in place at each site.
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No preference – As recommended.
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Yes, there is an infrastructure in place. The manufacturer is Extreme Networks. The District is not fully replacing the existing wireless at each site, but will be adding to the infrastructure.
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No. The IFCB is clear: DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR C2: Service providers are required to bid the entire hardware project/upgrade. Bids for individual components of the project/upgrade will be disqualified.
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If you can provide the needed coverage with less WAPs, please only bid the number of WAPs that are necessary to get proper coverage. We provided our best estimate as to the number of WAPs before vendors had a chance to review our project.
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Yes, base your wireless coverage on the current building classroom counts that have been provided.
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Though we are not a “one to one” environment, we hope that more/upgraded access points will provide greater wireless provision throughout our schools. This will better position our campuses for increased internet demand.