All bid deadlines are 11:59pm Pacific Time the date of the bid deadline listed unless otherwise noted.
· 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 5 lines
Long distance service – Avg minutes used per month 540
Cellular phone service – Approx 5 lines.
Internet Access – Minimum 20Mb bandwidth; applicant is considering upgrading up to 1GB and will consider additional bandwidths. Applicant is requesting bids/contracts for a scalable, multi-year contract in bandwidth increments - 20Mb, 50Mb, 75Mb, 100Mb, 150Mb, 200Mb…1GB bandwidths. The terminating address for this circuit is 8004 County Road 3010, West Plains, 65775 (417)256.
Internal Connections:
Router Cisco 1921 (capable of handling 1 Gb bandwidth) or functional equivalent – Approx. 1
Answer:
we have no local tech support and would need someone to completely install. We need the capabilities to receive 1gig of bandwidth.
Answer:
No, hosted VoIP is not listed on this IFCB.
Answer:
4 lines into the system, 1 for fax. Please note that Hosted VoIP is not requested on this IFCB/470.
Answer:
That depends on which service you are referring to. If it’s internet access, 3 years, if scalable would be fine.