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school Waller ISD
IFCB Posted : Dec 13, 2016
Bid Deadline : Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017

Questions Due By : Tuesday, Jan 3, 2017
Applicant Address : Waller, TX 77484
IFCB ID : 170054381

IFCB Requirements :
·         All Questions and Bids must be submitted using the on-line IFCB system. If for some reason the system is down before the respective deadline, please email your bid to info@crwconsulting.com or fax it to 918.445.0049. Bids or questions submitted in this fashion will be disqualified if the on-line system is active at the time of submission.
 
·         Bidder must agree to participate in USF Program (AKA “E-rate”) for the corresponding funding year.
 
·         Bids must identify all fees and charges (including installation charges, if applicable) that will be assessed to the Applicant to procure the services or equipment included in your bid.
 
·         Please include the correct Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) on your bid.
 
·         By submitting a bid, bidder certifies that the bidder does have a valid (non-red light status) SPIN for the E-rate program at the time of submission. Should the Applicant discover that the bidder is on red light status, or if the FCC classifies the bidder as on red-light status before work is performed and invoices are paid, the contract will be null and void and the applicant will have no payment obligations to the bidder.
 
·         Bidder is expected to provide the lowest corresponding price per E-rate rules.  See http://www.usac.org/sl/service-providers/step02/lowest-corresponding-price.aspx for details.
 
·         Contracts must not prohibit SPIN changes.
 
·         Bidder must agree to provide the Applicant the choice of discount methods (SPI or BEAR).
 
·         Bidder will be automatically disqualified if the District determines that the bidding company has offered any employee of the District any individual gift of more than $20 or gifts totaling more than $50 within a 12 month period.
 
·         All contracts awarded will be contingent upon E-rate funding and final board approval.  The applicant may choose to do all or part of the project upon funding notification.
 
·         All contracts awarded under this IFCB bidding process may be voluntarily renewed by the applicant, upon written notice to the provider, for five consecutive one year terms. Please include this language in your final contract.
 
·         All applicable fees, surcharges, and taxes must be identified on the bid. E-rate rules require the applicants to evaluate the price of eligible goods and services that will be listed on the 471 application during the competitive bidding process. Fees and surcharges that apply but are not listed on the bid will be the responsibility of the bidding company, should their bid be awarded.
·         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.
 
·         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. 

Services and Equipment Requested :
Local Phone Service – Approx. 56 analog/POTS 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. 56 lines
 
Cellular Phone Service-Approx. 116 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.
    

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




1. Can you please provide a breakdown of how many of the analog lines belong to each facility? 2. Are any of these lines being used for alarms (burglar, freezer, or fire) or fax machines and if so how many? 3. What network connectivity do you have between all of the entities using this service? 4. How many numbers do you need ported when moving to our service? (Usually this is the main telephone numbers and maybe a few that foodservice uses, or coaches offices use that are not main numbers but you need to keep) 5. How many numbers do you need published? (This is usually only one main number at each site, unless we include fax numbers, then some will publish a fax or two as well). 6. What network connectivity do you have between these sites? Thank you for your time and help!

Answer:
 Question: 1. Can you please provide a breakdown of how many of the analog lines belong to each facility?  5 per campus

2. Are any of these lines being used for alarms (burglar, freezer, or fire) or fax machines and if so how many? Fax machines and backup for emergency

3. What network connectivity do you have between all of the entities using this service? 10G

4. How many numbers do you need ported when moving to our service? all

(Usually this is the main telephone numbers and maybe a few that foodservice uses, or coaches offices use that are not main numbers but you need to keep) 5. How many numbers do you need published? Just 1 per campus for fax (This is usually only one main number at each site, unless we include fax numbers, then some will publish a fax or two as well).

6. What network connectivity do you have between these sites? 10G 

1. Can the District please provide a breakdown of Smartphones vs. Basic phones in use today / needed? 2. Does the District prefer Android or Apple devices? 3. Can the District provide an average minutes of use per line or the monthly average use for the account overall?

Answer:
 About 125 phones  

100 iPhones or android 

25 flip

Unlimited text and  data 

We shared a pool of min 

Can the District please provide your average data usage, per month, across the account?

Answer:
 250G shared