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school Barbers Hill ISD
IFCB Posted : Oct 24, 2014
Bid Deadline : Friday, Nov 21, 2014

Questions Due By : Friday, Nov 14, 2014
Applicant Address : Mont Belvieu, TX 77580
IFCB ID : 649130001245641

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.
 
·         E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for data plans and text messaging from their funding request. If your company will be bidding bundled data and voice plans, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible data and text messaging functions.

Services and Equipment Requested :
Local phone service – Approx 37 lines
Long distance service – Approx 37 lines

Cellular phone service including data plans – Approx 120 lines including 87 with data plans. E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services and to cost-allocate out the amount for data plans and text messaging from their funding request. If your company will be bidding bundled data and voice plans, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible data and text messaging functions.

Internet Access – Minimum 140Mb bandwidth, applicant is considering upgrading to 240Mb and will consider additional bandwidths. Applicant is requesting bids/contracts for a scalable, multi-year contract. The terminating address for this circuit is 9600 Eagle Drive, Mt. Belvieu, TX 77580; (281) 576.

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Can you please clarify what type of devices will be used for the cellular portion so that we can respond with the correct type of plans?

Answer:
 Push to talk/flip phone: 32

iPad: 5
iPhone: 85

mifi: 12

Any interest in VoIP?

Answer:
 Hosted VoIP is not requested on this IFCB/470.

Any interest in VoIP?

Answer:
 Hosted VoIP is not requested on this IFCB/470.

For the cellular phones how many pooled minutes is the District looking for?

Answer:
 According to our current bill, we have a shared allowance of 42,000 minutes