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

school Thackerville School District 4
IFCB Posted : Nov 5, 2014
Bid Deadline : Thursday, Dec 4, 2014

Questions Due By : Wednesday, Nov 26, 2014
Applicant Address : Thackerville, OK 73459
IFCB ID : 584300001248457

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. 12 lines

Long distance service – Average minutes used per month 100

Cellular phone service – Approx. 2 lines

Category 2:

Approx. 4 - Dlink Wireless Access Points or functional equivalent for the new elementary school.
Approx. 1 - Dlink Wireless Controller or functional equivalent
Approx. 2 - APC Smart UPS Battery Backups or functional equivalent
Approx. 60 - New Cat6 Network drops for the new elementary school.
Approx. 1 - 48 Port Dlink Gigabit POE Switch With GBICs or functional equivalent
Approx. 1 - 24 Port Dlink Gigabit POE Switch or functional equivalent
1 - Configuration and Installation on all equipment.

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Can you bid on connectivity and hardware separate or must you submit one bid for all parts?

Answer:
 There is no request for connectivity on this IFCB.

Will a site survey be available? What category of cable is required? Is there a cable and connector manufacture specified? Does the school(s) contain asbestos? Can existing pathways be utilized? Are there existing ports on the patch panels that can be utilized? Are their drop tile ceilings? If not, is conduit or surface mounted raceway required to install the cable?

Answer:
 Site survey available- yes

Category of cable- cat6

Cable or connector manufacture specified- No

Asbestos- No

Can existing pathways be utilized- yes

Are their existing ports on the patch panels that can be utilized - yes

Drop ceilings- Yes

What style GBIC has the customer requested? Will this be for Copper or Fiber connectivity? If fiber, SM or MM? 1000BASE-T, 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX?

Answer:
 It is multi mode fiber.  1000 base LX