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

school Okemah School District 26
IFCB Posted : Nov 4, 2013
Bid Deadline : Monday, Dec 2, 2013

Questions Due By : Monday, Nov 25, 2013
Applicant Address : Okemah, OK 74859
IFCB ID : 192200001160061

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 should be contingent upon E-rate funding unless stated otherwise.
·        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.
·        Depending on E-rate funding, the district may choose to proceed with all or part of the projects, at the district’s discretion.
·        All contracts awarded under this RFP bidding process may be voluntarily renewed by the applicant, upon written notice to the provider, for five consecutive one year terms.
·        Maintenance bids listing only an hourly rate 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 only contain 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 :
 Local and long distance service - Approx. 10 analog lines
Cellular phone service including data plan/internet access - Approx 10 lines
Internet Access - Minimum DSL bandwidth. The terminating address for this circuit is 704 East Date, Okemah, OK 74859.

INTERNAL CONNECTIONS:
Approx 2 servers
Approx 5 managed POE core switches
Approx 40 Cat6 cable drops

BASIC MAINTENANCE OF INTERNAL CONNECTIONS:  There is another document associated with this IFCB available for download that lists the equipment to be maintained.  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.

OkemahBMIC.xls

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Will school consider fixed wireless enterprise solution? 5-20 Mbps symmetrical connection?

Answer:
 Our current DSL/cable modem solution has been very cost effective, but we will accept bids for other types of connectivity.

Please provide more details as to the requirements for the core switches. How many ports? All ports need to provide what kind of power, class 1, 2 or plus?

Answer:
 48 ports, class 2 with 4 SFP slots. Not all ports will be powering devices.