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school Russellville School District
IFCB Posted : Dec 18, 2017
Bid Deadline : Thursday, Jan 25, 2018

Questions Due By : Wednesday, Dec 27, 2017
Applicant Address : Russellville, AR 72801
IFCB ID : 180009940

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: 1/11/2018 1:29PM- The bid deadline has been extended until 1/25/2018. 

Leased Lit Fiber – 11 connections, 10 x 1 GB and 1 x 2-4 GB bandwidths. The 2-4 GB connection is for the Russellville HS. Applicant would like bids for 2, 3 and 4 GB from the Data Center to the HS. All sites should be able to utilize their bandwidth to the full advertised amount simultaneously to the Data Center at 1006 S. Arkansas. Please provide 3 and 5 year terms. Circuit addresses:

WAN Aggregate site address:

 

Support Services Building (data center)
1006 South Arkansas Avenue
Russellville, AR 72801

WAN end-point site addresses:

Central Office
220 West 10th Street
Russellville, AR 72801

Center Valley Elementary
5401 SR 124
Russellville, AR 72802

Crawford Elementary
1116 North Parker Road
Russellville, AR 72801

Dwight Elementary
1300 West 2nd Place
Russellville, AR 72801

London Elementary
154 School Street 
London, AR 72847 

Upper Elementary 5th Grade
1201 West 4th Place
Russellville, AR 72801

Oakland Heights Elementary
1501 South Detroit Street 
Russellville, AR 72801 

Sequoyah Elementary
1601 West 12th Street
Russellville, Arkansas 72801

Russellville Middle School 
1203 West 4th Place
Russellville, AR 72801

Russellville Junior High School
2000 West Parkway
Russellville, AR 72802

Russellville High School *2-4 Gbps needed to this campus
2203 South Knoxville Ave
Russellville, AR 72802

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Does this RFP replace the previous RFP released that was due 12/14/17?

Answer:
 This is not a replacement of the first RFP, if you are interested in bidding the requested services please submit a bid. We will be doing either project A or B listed on this RFP

Please list the manufacturer and model number of the switches at each of the sites listed in the Bid? I.e.; Cisco - 3750 Please list the number and capacity of open SFP slots for insertion of Service Provider SFP modules? I.e.; 1 (one), 1.0 Gbps and 2 (two), 10.0 Gbps. Thank you!

Answer:
 All of our campus core switches are either HP/Aruba J9850a or J9729A model switches.  All sites have more than enough open ports for the requested bandwidth amounts.

Are you looking for quotes for Point to Point circuits or MPLS VPN connections over fiber?

Answer:
 Looking for point to point, but will accept bids for either type of solution.