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school Everton School District R-III
IFCB Posted : Oct 22, 2014
Bid Deadline : Wednesday, Nov 19, 2014

Questions Due By : Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014
Applicant Address : Everton, MO 65646
IFCB ID : 856640001245131

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.

Services and Equipment Requested :
Local phone service – Approx 5 lines
Long distance service – Approx 1,000 minutes per month
Cellular phone service (voice only) – Approx 5 lines
Category Two – Network infrastructure upgrade
                Approx 1 Cisco Meraki MR16 Cloud Managed Access Point (and licensing) or functional equivalent
Approx 3 Cisco Meraki MS22P Cloud Managed PoE switch 24 port (and licensing) or functional equivalent
Approx 1 Cisco Meraki MS42P Cloud Managed GigE PoE + switch 48 port (and licensing) or functional equivalent
Approx 3 x 1000’ Belkin Blue CAT6 Stranded UTP or functional equivalent
Approx 6 Tripp Lite 100PK CAT6 RJ45 Modular Connector Plug or functional equivalent
                Approx 2 open frame wall mount server racks

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Do we have to submit proposals for all of this bid? Meraki models are EOL, assume we can submit current models? Thank you.

Answer:
 Do we have to submit proposals for all of this bid?

 

Bids for the entire Category Two project are preferred - we would like to deal with one vendor for purchase and install of the entire project.

 

 Meraki models are EOL, assume we can submit current models? Yes

Should this be a turnkey installation or only supplying materials?

Answer:
 Turnkey

Do you want 1, 3 or 5 year licensing? Do you want Adv. Sec or Enterprise licensing? Thanks!

Answer:
 3 yr with Adv Sec. 

What term of support would the district like to see? 1yr, 3yr, 5yr, 7yr, or 10yr?

Answer:
 Licensing?  3yr

The MS420-48P is a big switch. Is there a particular reason that you need that model over a MS320? Do you have multiple fiber connections coming in?

Answer:
Please quote the MS420-48P.