Aldo Leopold Charter School

All bid deadlines are 11:59pm Pacific Time the date of the bid deadline listed unless otherwise noted.

IFCB Posted : Dec 1, 2017

Bid Deadline : Friday, Jan 5, 2018

Questions Due By : Thursday, Dec 14, 2017

Applicant Address : Silver City, NM 88061

IFCB ID : 180006883

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.

· 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.

· The winning vendor will be required to complete the USAC approved Item 21 template for the project within 7 working days after notification that the vendor has won the bid.

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Vendors must complete and include the C2 Cover Page with their bid. Bids received without the cover page will be disqualified.

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Applicant will not accept bids for refurbished equipment. Any bids containing refurbished equipment will be disqualified.

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Bids that include equipment that was manufactured for use outside of the United States will be disqualified.

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed.

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Service providers are required to bid an entire Project A, Project B or Project C. Bids for individual components of a single project will be disqualified.

Services and Equipment Requested :

UPDATE:12/14/17 3:11PM- The bid deadline has been extended to 1/5/18.

INTERNAL CONNECTIONS

Project Narrative

We are providing wireless access to a former residence hall on the campus of WNMU. Due to the nature of the construction, steel and concrete filled cinder blocks, a WAP is required in each room. Each room has an existing conduit with one Cat5, one Cat3, and one Coax. District would like those removed and two pairs of Cat6 in place.

VOLUNTARY SITE VISIT

Vendors wishing to bid on internal connection can attend a voluntary site visit one day December 12th, or December 14th beginning at 10AM. Vendors will meet at Aldo Leopold Charter School located at 1422 Hwy 180 Silver City, NM 88061, then follow host to the site.

FIREWALL AND WAP PROJECT A

Type of Equipment	School Name	Specific Quantity	Preferred Make/Manufacturer
Firewall Service and Components	ALCS	1	Palo Alto 820 or functional equivalent
Wireless Access Points	ALCS	28	Mesh or controller-less solution, POE and POE out, or functional equivalent.

SWITCH PROJECT B

Type of Equipment	School Name	Specific Quantity	Preferred Make/Manufacturer
Switches	ALCS	1	HP 48-port PoE Gb managed or functional equivalent
Switches	ALCS	1	HP 24-port Gb unmanaged or functional equivalent
Switches	ALCS	1	HP 16-port Gb unmanaged or functional equivalent
Switches	ALCS	28	HP 4-port or functional equivalent

CABLING PROJECT C

Type of Equipment	School Name	Specific Quantity	Preferred Make/Manufacturer
Cabling	ALCS	18	Cat6 2-pair pulling through existing conduit
Cabling	ALCS	8	1-2 meter runs
Cabling	ALCS	8	Wall penetrations

Compatibility Requirement

WAPS must be compatible with Palo Alto Firewall.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Vendors must complete and include the C2 Cover Page with their bid. Bids received without the cover page will be disqualified.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Applicant will not accept bids for refurbished equipment. Any bids containing refurbished equipment will be disqualified.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Bids that include equipment that was manufactured for use outside of the United States will be disqualified.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Service providers are required to bid an entire Project A, Project B or Project C. Bids for individual components of a single project will be disqualified.

There is an additional document associated with this IFCB. Please click the buttons to download the document.

2018C2BiddingInstructions98.docx
ALCSC2COVERPAGE.pdf

Bid deadline has been reached.

Questions Received with Applicant Answers ( Ask Questions? )

We are an IT engineering firm located in Albuquerque, NM. We are interested in your CAT 2 wants. I have questions that I would like answered please. â€¢ Firewall - Your request is a Palo Alto 820? We would like to propose SonicWALL or Fortinet of similar/better specs. â€¢ Switches â€“ We can present HP but we are more keen on proposing Extreme Networks. â€¢ WAPs â€“ Aruba is good, but we want to propose Ruckus Wireless. Cabling of 34 drops can easily be done with CAT 6 Throughout, no problem. So please respond Sir, I want to be best prepared for this Bid. Thank you

Answer:

We will accept bids for any functionally equivalent equipment as long as it fits with our compatibility requirement and specifications listed on the IFCB.

Question deadline has been reached.