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

school Sterling School District
IFCB Posted : Dec 5, 2014
Bid Deadline : Friday, Jan 2, 2015

Questions Due By : Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014
Applicant Address : Sterling, OK 73567
IFCB ID : 609870001264397

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 ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding local phone service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services - DID lines, voice mail, caller ID, inside wire maintenance, 900 call blocking, or other bundled ineligible services.
 
·         E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding internet access service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services – email service, web hosting, content filtering, or other bundled ineligible services.
 
·         There are three projects – A, B and C. Please bid each separately.
 
·         CATEGORY 2 PROJECT A DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Vendors must use the Year 18 Required IC Template when submitting a bid. Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified. See IFCB for details.
 
·         CATEGORY 2 PROJECT b DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Vendors must use the Year 18 Required IC Template when submitting a bid. Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified. See IFCB for details.
 
·         CATEGORY 2 PROJECT C DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: 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.
 
·         CATEGORY 2 PROJECT C DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Vendors must use the Year 18 Required BMIC Template when submitting a bid. Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified. See IFCB for details.
 
·         If bidding Category 2: E-rate rules require Category Two budgets to be calculated by each individual school. In order to accurately track those budgets, please break up your bid by each school.

Services and Equipment Requested :
Local phone service – Approx. 12 lines. E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding local phone service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services - DID lines, voice mail, caller ID, inside wire maintenance, 900 call blocking, or other bundled ineligible services.

Long distance service – Average minutes used per month 383

Internet Access - Minimum 100Mb bandwidth. The terminating address for this circuit is 400 S. Tiger Blvd., Sterling, OK 73567; (580) 365. Applicant may consider other bandwidths. E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding internet access service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services – email service, web hosting, content filtering, or other bundled ineligible services.

CATEGORY 2

There are three projects – equipment, fiber & cabling and maintenance. Please bid each separately.

Project A – Equipment:
Project A DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Vendors must use the Year 18 required IC Template when submitting a bid. Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified.
 
If bidding Category 2: E-rate rules require Category Two budgets to be calculated by each individual school. In order to accurately track those budgets, please break up your bid by each school.

Approx. 8 WS-C3560CG-8PC-S Catalyst 3560C Switch 8 GE PoE 2 x dual uplink IP base or functional equivalent
Approx. 26 AIR-SAP2702I-A-K9 802.11ac SAP w/CleanAir: 3x4:3SS: Int Ant: A Reg Domain or functional equivalent
Approx. 1 WS-C3650-24PS-S Cisco Catalyst 3650 24 port PoE 4x1G Uplink IP Base or functional equivalent
Approx. 3 SG500-52-K9-NA Cisco SG500-52 52-port Gigabit stackable managed switch or functional equivalent
Approx. 3 SG500-28-K9-NA Cisco SG500-28 28-port Gigabit stackable managed switch or functional equivalent
Approx. 32 GLC-SX-MM= SFP Transceiver or functional equivalent

Project B – Fiber and Cabling
Project B DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Vendors must use the Year 18 required IC Template when submitting a bid. Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified.
 
If bidding Category 2: E-rate rules require Category Two budgets to be calculated by each individual school. In order to accurately track those budgets, please break up your bid by each school.

Approx. 28 CAT 6 cabling
48 Port patch panel tech room
8U Wall mount rack
Fiber Runs – All addresses are 400 South 2nd St., Sterling, OK 73567. A diagram is available to download
From ES to Annex
From ES to CC
From Tech to Pre-K
From Tech to Vo-Ag
 
Project C – Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections

For all items requested above in Project A and Project B.

Project C DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Bids listing only an hourly rate, and not a monthly or annual total will be disqualified.

Project C DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Bids submitted must confirm that the company can service the equipment listed.

Project C DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR:
Vendors must use the Year 18 required BMIC Template when submitting a bid. Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified.
 
If bidding Category 2: E-rate rules require Category Two budgets to be calculated by each individual school. In order to accurately track those budgets, please break up your bid by each school.

There is an additional document associated with this IFCB. Please click the buttons to download the document.

Sterlingdiagram.pdf
Year18RequiredICTemplate20.xlsx
Year18RequiredBMICTemplate2.xlsx

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Would the school be interested in seeing a bid for hosted VOIP, and if so how many handset would be required?

Answer:
 No, Hosted VoIP is not requested on this IFCB.

CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THE NUMBER OF SWITCHES,SFP'S PER SWITCH AND AP'S THAT ARE AT THE DISTRICT / HS/ MS/ ES. FIBER RUNS- MM OR SM? DISTANCE FOR EACH FIBER RUN?

Answer:
 I have answered the questions to the best of my knowledge.

 

Fiber  (MM)

From ES to Annex                     (Approx. 200 feet)

Qty.1

 

From ES to CC                          (Approx. 170 feet)

Qty.1

 

From Tech to Pre-K                    (Approx. 290 feet)

Qty.1

 

From Tech to Vo-Ag                   (Approx. 15 feet)

Qty.1

 

HS to Gym/Classroom Aerial      (Approx. 320 feet)

Qty.1

 

Connected to the Elementary Building

 

ES-  Switches = 6

 

ES-  SFP\'s = 12

 

ES-  AP\'s = 11

 

 

 

Connected to the High School Building

 

HS-  Switches = 9

 

HS-  SFP\'s = 20

 

HS-  AP\'s = 15

 

CAN WE USE THE LIGHT POLES ON CAMPUS TO DEPLOY AERIAL FIBER- HS TO GYM / CLASSROOM AERIAL (320).

Answer:
 To use the poles can be used if the fiber belongs soley to the school.  If it’s a local service provider there is a monthly fee on a per pole basis.