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school McDonald County School District
IFCB Posted : Nov 8, 2018
Bid Deadline : Wednesday, Dec 19, 2018

Questions Due By : Saturday, Nov 17, 2018
Applicant Address : Anderson, MO 65672
IFCB ID : 190004724

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.
 
·         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 internet access service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services – email service, web hosting, content filtering, or other bundled ineligible services.

·         INTERNET ACCESS DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Any and all installation charges must be identified on your bid. If you submit a bid indicating that installation charges may apply without listing those charges, we will consider your bid incomplete and disqualify your bid.
·         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: Service providers are required to bid the entire hardware project/upgrade. Bids for individual components of the project/upgrade 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.
 

Services and Equipment Requested :
Internet Access –Applicant currently has 500 Mb bandwidth. Please provide bids for 1 GB, 1.5 GB, 2 GB, 2.5 GB and 3 GB bandwidths. The terminating address for this circuit is 100 Mustang Drive, Anderson, MO, 64831; (417) 845. 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 internet access service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services – email service, web hosting, content filtering, or other bundled ineligible services.
NOTE: Per USAC’s current guidance about applying for Internet access this applicant is checking the Leased Lit Fiber, Internet Access: ISP Service only and Internet Access and Transport Bundled.

 
INTERNET ACCESS DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Any and all installation charges must be identified on your bid. If you submit a bid indicating that installation charges may apply without listing those charges, we will consider your bid incomplete and disqualify your bid.

 
Leased Lit Fiber Project A - Applicant currently has 7 x 50Mb from hub site. District considering increasing the bandwidth. Please provide bids for 200 Mb up to 1 GB bandwidths. The hub site is High School 100 Mustang Drive, Anderson, MO, 64831; (417) 845 to the following endpoints:
 
Anderson Elementary- 512 Chapman St. Anderson, MO 64831 (417) 845
Anderson Middle School- 135 Mustang Lane Anderson, MO 64831 (471)845
Pineville Primary- 340 Pleasant Ridge Road Anderson, MO 64831 (417) 223
Pineville Elementary- 202 E. 8th St. Pineville, MO 64856 (417) 223
White Rock- 119 White Rock Road Jane, MO 64856 (417) 226
Admin Offices- 10 Stampede Drive, Anderson, MO 64831 (417) 845
Maintenance/Mustang Academy- 724 Industrial Drive Anderson, MO 64831 (417) 845

Leased Lit Fiber Project B - Applicant currently has 3 x 50Mb from hub site. District is considering increasing the bandwidth. Please provide bids for 200 Mb up to 1 GB bandwidths. The hub site is High School 100 Mustang Drive, Anderson, MO, 64831; (417) 845 to the following endpoints:
 
Noel Elementary- 318 Sulpher St. Noel, MO 64854 (417) 475
Noel Primary- 14762 W. State Hwy 90 Noel, MO 64854 (417) 475
Southwest City- 411 Academy St. Southwest City, MO 64863 (417) 762

Leased Lit Fiber Project C - Applicant currently has a 50Mb from hub site at the HS, 100 Mustang Drive, Anderson, MO 64831 to Rocky Comfort- 14814 E. State Hwy 76, Rocky Comfort, MO 64861 (417) 628. District is considering increasing the bandwidth. Please provide bids for 200 Mb up to 1 GB bandwidths.
 
Internal Connections
 
Type of Equipment
School Name
Number of Devices Vendor Should Bid
 
Preferred Make/Manufacturer
Cabling
Anderson Elementary
475
Cat6 drops
Cabling
Anderson Middle
200
Cat6 drops
Cabling
Noel Elementary
300
Cat6 drops
Cabling
Noel Primary
150
Cat6 drops
Cabling
Pineville Primary
180
Cat6 drops
Cabling
Pineville Elementary
160
Cat6 drops
Cabling
Rocky Comfort
200
Cat6 drops
Cabling
Southwest City
245
Cat6 drops
Cabling
White Rock
250
Cat6 drops
Cabling
MCHS
700
Cat6 drops
 
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: Service providers are required to bid the entire hardware project/upgrade. Bids for individual components of the project/upgrade 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.
 

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

2019C2BiddingInstructions1678.docx
C2COVERPAGE1130.pdf
PrevailingWageOrder51.pdf

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Do you have dates scheduled for walkthroughs?

Answer:
 

We are not planning on conducting any site visits

Can you provide the total number of drops for ap's at each location? Will the remaining drops be in the wall or outside the wall? If outside do you have a preference of conduit or panduit?

Answer:
 

High School: 78

Anderson Middle School: 23

Anderson Elementary: 56

Pineville Primary: 17

Pineville Elementary: 22

White Rock: 39

Noel Elementary: 36

Noel Primary: 24

Southwest City: 35

Rocky Comfort: 33

Admin: 2

Mustang Academy: 2

 

Remaining drops are inside the wall

Since walkthroughs will not be held, we have several questions regarding the CAT6 cable portion. 1) Are existing cable pathways in place at these locations or will new pathways need to be established using J-hooks, raceway, ladders/baskets etc? 2)Will any maps be posted or provided with number of drops for each classroom shown? 3) Will demo of existing cable be required as part of this job? 4) Will any cable certification requirements be part of the project? 5) Is there sufficient Rackspace or will new racks be required? 6) Will patch cords be provided by the customer or will this also be a requirement of the vendor to provide?

Answer:
 

1. New pathways are desired using j-hooks or comparable cable management

2. I can provide maps (when they are available, we will upload them to the IFCB)

3. Demo of existing cable is required

4. No cable certification requirements

5. New racks will be required

6. Patch cords to be provided by vendors.