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

school Cabool School District R4
IFCB Posted : Oct 19, 2022
Bid Deadline : Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022

Questions Due By : Friday, Oct 28, 2022
Applicant Address : Cabool, MO 65689
IFCB ID : 230002646

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 https://www.usac.org/e-rate/service-providers/step-2-responding-to-bids/lowest-corresponding-price/ 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. This does not apply to the recent FCC exemptions of the Gift Rule for the COVID pandemic.

 

·         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.

 

·         If the applicant is requesting purchases of new equipment, or maintenance of that new equipment, bids for functionally equivalent equipment will be accepted.

 

            ·         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.

 

 

             ·         INTERNET ACCESS DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Bids submitted for services to incorrect addresses will be disqualified.

 

·         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 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: 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:  The applicant will not accept bids from manufacturers of equipment deemed a national security threat by the Federal Communications Commission.                         The  list of prohibited equipment is available here: https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist. Vendors that submit bids that include these manufacturers will have their bid disqualified.

 


Services and Equipment Requested :

CATEGORY ONE

INTERNET ACCESS

Applicant is requesting bids for their current 1GB bandwidth connection.  The terminating address for this circuit is 1025 Rogers Avenue, Cabool, MO 65689

 

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.


INTERNET ACCESS DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Bids submitted for services to incorrect addresses will be disqualified.

 

CATEGORY TWO

INTERNAL CONNECTIONS  

This is a switch upgrade to replace old switches and cables running in between.  The applicant will be upgrading from 1GB internet to a 10GB internal connection.

Type of Equipment

Quantity Vendor Should Bid

 

Preferred Make/Manufacturer

Antennas, Connectors and Related Components

15

HPE Aruba Direct Attach 10G base copper cable

Antennas, Connectors and Related Components

25

Proline SFP – TAA compliant

Cabling

45

Proline LC to LC, 30m

Racks

5

Great Lakes GL15WM

Switches

5

Aruba 6200F 48G

UPS devices

10

Tripp Lite UPS 1000VA, 900W rack mount

NOTE:  We are requesting switch licenses on this IFCB, which sometimes may be categorized as BMIC or MIBS by USAC (the BMIC and MIBS boxes on the 470 have been checked to cover this scenario).

 


COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENT

 

All equipment should be compatible with existing Aruba network infrastructure.


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: Service providers are required to bid the entire 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:
  The applicant will not accept bids from manufacturers of equipment deemed a national security threat by the Federal Communications Commission. The list of prohibited equipment is available here: https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist. Vendors that submit bids that include these manufacturers will have their bid disqualified.


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

2023_C2_Bidding_Instructions84.docx
Cabool_C2_Cover_Page.pdf

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




For the Proline cabling do you need OS2 or OM4 cable? Also, do you need a Plenum cable?

Answer:
We want om4 plenum 

Do you need liftgate services for the Great Lake Server Racks?

Answer:

yes

Where are they going to be delivered the racks to?

Answer:

Cabool High School

720 Peabody St Cabool, Mo 65689