Langston Hughes Academy

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

IFCB Posted : Nov 19, 2018

Bid Deadline : Thursday, Jan 3, 2019

Questions Due By : Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018

Applicant Address : TULSA, OK 74126

IFCB ID : 190005907

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.

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNET: Bidders who are not eligible to provide OUSF support will be disqualified. By placing a bid for these services the bidder agrees to file the completed OUSF affidavit within 90 days of the start of service (applicant agrees to complete their portion in a timely fashion after the request for completion by the winning bidder).

· 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: 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: 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 or Project B. Bids for individual components of a single project will be disqualified.

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

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR BMIC - Maintenance bids listing only an hourly rate and not a monthly or annual total will be disqualified. Vendors quoting an hourly rate are required to also a) confirm that you have the ability/expertise to maintain all of the equipment listed and b) propose a number of hours at a particular rate monthly to properly maintain the entire list of equipment. Bids that contain only hourly rates, without confirmation that the company can service the list of equipment, or without a monthly total will be disqualified.

Services and Equipment Requested :

Internet Access – Applicant currently has 200Mb bandwidth. Applicant will accept bids up to 1GB. The terminating address for this circuit is 1821 E 66th Street North, Tulsa, OK, 74130; (918) 728. 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: Applicant will accept any technologies bid. It is our intention to meet all OUSF Fair and Open Competitive Bidding requirements. If you are a NECA/tariffed company, bids for your tariffed rates are allowed. If any of the specified bandwidth speeds are not a tariffed/NECA rate, please bid the closest rate you have available, within the limits of the bandwidth range specified on the 470.

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.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNET: Bidders who are not eligible to provide OUSF support will be disqualified. By placing a bid for these services the bidder agrees to file the completed OUSF affidavit within 90 days of the start of service (applicant agrees to complete their portion in a timely fashion after the request for completion by the winning bidder).

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.

Internal Connections

Project Narrative

We need installation of a total of 45 Ethernet ports terminated throughout the structure. We are refreshing the entire IT environment to build out the infrastructure to support the growing needs of the school.

Project A-Wiring

Type of Equipment	School Name	Number of Devices Vendor Should Bid	Preferred Make/Manufacturer
Cabling	Langston Hughes Academy	20	Drops for wireless access points
Cabling	Langston Hughes Academy	25	Ethernet drops

Project B-Equipment

Type of Equipment	School Name	Number of Devices Vendor Should Bid	Preferred Make/Manufacturer
Firewall Service and Components	Langston Hughes Academy	1	SonicWall TZ300 with 5 year subscription of TotalSecure or functional equivalent
Racks	Langston Hughes Academy	1	2-post rack
Switches	Langston Hughes Academy	2	Netgear 48-port Gigabit PoE+ (GS752TP) or functional equivalent
UPS/Battery Backup	Langston Hughes Academy	1	Tripplite 1500VA Smart UPS (SMART1500RM2U) or functional equivalent
Wireless Access Points	Langston Hughes Academy	20	Ubiquiti UAP Pro or functional equivalent

Compatibility Requirement

The WAPs must be compatible with the existing Ubiquti/UAP PRO wireless controller.

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 or Project B. Bids for individual components of a single project will be disqualified.

Basic Maintenance Project B (Firewall Only) – see above Internal Connections request for Project B (Firewall Only).

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

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR BMIC - Maintenance bids listing only an hourly rate and not a monthly or annual total will be disqualified. Vendors quoting an hourly rate are required to also a) confirm that you have the ability/expertise to maintain all of the equipment listed and b) propose a number of hours at a particular rate monthly to properly maintain the entire list of equipment. Bids that contain only hourly rates, without confirmation that the company can service the list of equipment, or without a monthly total will be disqualified.

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

2019C2BiddingInstructions6569.docx
C2COVERPAGE6793.pdf

Bid deadline has been reached.

Questions Received with Applicant Answers ( Ask Questions? )

Would you be interested in allowing a walkthrough day or a scheduled onsite survey for the cable redo and other questions? Or do you have plans of your building with what type of structure the walls are? What type and how tall the ceilings are? What type of cable do you need Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6e, Cat6a, Plenum or non plenum, structured buildout or not? Location of access points and other equipment? Thank you for your time.

Answer:
Yes, we will conduct one voluntary site visit on 12/12/18 at 11:30 am. The address is 1821 East 66th Street North, Tulsa, 74130. Please ask for Ms. Pierce when you arrive. The walls are a mix of drywall and cinderblock. Cat 6 non-plenum cabling.

1.- We are being asked to submit C2 Cover page with our bid but there is no listing for the Internet service on said document-- where do we note the pricing? 2.- You state they will accept bids up to 1 Gig and that they currently have 200MB-- should we then provide quotes for: 250MB 500MB 600MB 1000MB 3.- The term (months) is not specified, should we consider 12/24/36 months?

Answer:
We are being asked to submit C2 Cover page with our bid but there is no listing for the Internet service on said document-- where do we note the pricing? Internet access does not require a cover page. Please submit your bid indicating the pricing you have for the requested 200 Mbps – 1 Gbps (if you are able to bid at increments between these levels, please do) 2.- You state they will accept bids up to 1 Gig and that they currently have 200MB-- should we then provide quotes for: 250MB 500MB 600MB 1000MB That would be great if you are able to do so.3.- The term (months) is not specified, should we consider 12/24/36 months? We would like to see bids at 24 and 36 months.

Question deadline has been reached.