·         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.

Local phone service – Approx 510 DID lines, 10 POTS lines, and 1 PRI circuit.  The PRI circuit is located at 1005 Chestnut Street, Bonham, TX 75418.

Long distance service – Approx 520 lines

Cellular phone service including internet access/data plans – Approx 48 lines

Wireless internet access for mobile (cellular) hot spots – Approx 12 hot spots

Email service – For approx 1,000 student accounts

WAN Connections – Applicant currently has six 1GB bandwidth daisy chained WAN connections and is considering upgrading each connection to 10GB bandwidth.  Applicant will accept bids on a hub and spoke design with the Bailey Inglish address as the hub site.  The endpoint addresses for these connections are:

Bailey Inglish - 201 East 10^th Street; (903) 583

Finley Oates - 1901 Albert Broadfoot; (903) 640

I W Evans - 1301 North Main Street; (903) 583

L H Rather – 1201 North Main Street; (903) 583

Bonham HS – 1002 Warpath Drive; (903) 583

DAEP – 321 South 2^nd Street; (903) 640

All addresses are Bonham, TX 75418.

Internet Access – Applicant currently has a DSL/20Mb bandwidth connection and is considering upgrading to 50Mb bandwidth.  The terminating address for this circuit is 201 East 10^th Street, Bonham, TX; (903) 583.

Internet Access – Minimum 100Mb bandwidth; Applicant is considering upgrading up to 300Mb bandwidth.  Service providers are encouraged to submit scalable bandwidth pricing for 100Mb, 200Mb, 250Mb, and 300Mb bandwidths.  The terminating address for this circuit is 1005 Chestnut Street, Bonham, TX 75418; (903) 583.