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school Russellville School District
IFCB Posted : Jan 26, 2018
Bid Deadline : Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018

Questions Due By : Monday, Feb 5, 2018
Applicant Address : Russellville, AR 72801
IFCB ID : 180019459

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. 

Services and Equipment Requested :
UPDATE: 2/15/18 3:56PM- The bid deadline has been extended until 2/27/18.

Leased Lit Fiber – 10 Gbps bandwidth from the data center at 1006 S Arkansas Ave, Russellville 72801 to 127 N. Elmira, Russellville 72802. Please provide 1, 3 and 5 year terms.

Leased Lit Fiber- 2 Gbps connection from data center at 1006 S Arkansas Ave. Russellville, AR, 72801 (479) 968, to Russellville High School 2203 South Knoxville Ave Russellville, AR 72802 (479) 968. Applicant would also like bids for 3Gbps and 4Gbps bandwidth.  Please provide bids with 1, 3, and 5 year terms.

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Do you want us to bid both circuits or can we bid just one connection?

Answer:
 We plan to evaluate this as one project, please submit bids for both.

Is there an alternative Z location where we can hand off the 10 Gbps bandwidth?

Answer:
 For the service that we need, that address is the only address that we are aware of that would work as a Z location.

We can serve this service from our current POP in Russellville to the location requested. We currently have a circuit in your data center. Would this work?

Answer:
 All of our schools are routed through the posted Z location.  I don't know of a way that any other location can work for fixing the bottleneck problem we are currently trying to fix.  We have requested a full WAN rebid which would allow for alternate locations for consideration.