·        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.

 

UPDATE 3/23: The prevailing wage order has been attached. 

UPDATE: 3/20/2017: An additional walkthrough date has been added for vendors that were not able to attend either of the first two. The new date and time are below:

March 30th at 10:00am

St. Clair High School

1015 High School Dr

Project A

Self-Provisioned Fiber Connections – 4 connections. There is a zip file available for download with more information – Fiber Specs.

Winning bidder will need to provide the following:

The route mapped in either a .kmz  or .json file.

Aerial portion of fiber build:

1.      What is the average cost of the fiber material per foot? (E.g. cost of actual fiber cables.)
2.      What is the average cost of the Fiber placement per foot?
3.      What is the average cost of the structure material per foot? (e.g. cost of conduit, splicing, make ready pole attachment, etc.)
4.      What is the average cost of the structure placement per foot?

Buried with Conduit (underground)

1.      What is the average cost of the fiber material per foot? (E.g. cost of actual fiber cables.)
2.      What is the average cost of the Fiber placement per foot?
3.      What is the average cost of the structure material per foot? (e.g. cost of conduit, splicing, make ready pole attachment, etc.)
4.      What is the average cost of the structure placement per foot?

 Vendors wishing to submit bids for self-provisioned fiber project must attend one of two mandatory site visits.  The first one is March 21, 2017 and the second one is March 23, 2017. Both meetings will be at 10:00am and start at the HS Office, 1015 High School Drive, St. Clair, MO 63077. Bids from vendors who did not attend one of the mandatory meetings will be disqualified.

 

Project B

Leased Wide Area Network Circuits – 4 x 10 GB - 40 GB  connections any delivery type. There is a zip file available for download with more information – Fiber Specs. Dark fiber bidders should bid 4 strands of fiber. Lit leased fiber bidders should bid 10 Gbps - 40 Gbps.

Project C

The District is requesting switches for the C1 fiber projects (self-provisioned or any leased fiber solution). If you are bidding lit fiber, please include the lease cost for those switches. Current equipment at each end is HP J8698A chassis with a J8706A Fiber Module. The current replacement model of this chassis is J9822A with a J9537A fiber module. We will accept bids for functionally equivalent equipment.

Project D