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school Wewoka ISD 2
IFCB Posted : Dec 11, 2014
Bid Deadline : Thursday, Jan 8, 2015

Questions Due By : Thursday, Jan 1, 2015
Applicant Address : Wewoka, OK 74884
IFCB ID : 567490001268756

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.
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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 bundled data and voice plans, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible data, text messaging functions or other bundled ineligible services.
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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 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.
 
·         BMIC 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.
 
·         BMIC 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. 22 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 – Approx. 22 lines.

Cellular phone service – Approx. 9 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 bundled data and voice plans, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible data, text messaging functions or other bundled ineligible services.

Internet Access - Minimum DSL bandwidth. The terminating address for this circuit is 1121 S. Okfuskee, Wewoka, 74884; (405)257. 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.

Internet Access - Minimum 50 Mb bandwidth and may consider other bandwidths. The terminating address for this circuit is 1121 S. Okfuskee, Wewoka, 74884; (405)257. 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

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.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR
: Because USAC now requires data-entry of every line item on a contract, vendors bidding on the Category Two Internal Connections request are REQUIRED to submit bids using the “Year 18 Required IC Template.” Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified. Please be aware that this a new requirement of CRW Consulting. Please see the instructions tab on the document for more detail.

Approx 40 – New drops (10 @ 4 buildings).
Approx 4 – Dell 48 port 2848 switches or functional equivalent at High School.
Approx 2 – Dell 48 port 2848 switches or functional equivalent at Middle School.
 
Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections

High School
4 APC Backups Pro 1300
Cisco 2811 Router
Sonic Wall 240 Firewall
4 Power connect 3548 48 port switch
214 Network Drops
 
Elementary School
6 Dell 2848 Switch wireless
1 Dell 2824 Switch 4 Trendnet Tew-639GR
196 Network Drops
 
Middle School/Learning Center
3 Intellinet  Wireless
4 Trendnet TEW-639GR  Wireless
150 Network Drops

Admin Building
1 wireless Belkin n-150
7 drops
 
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.

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

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

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR:
Because USAC now requires data-entry of every line item on a contract, vendors bidding on the Category Two Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections request are REQUIRED to submit bids using the “Year 18 Required BMIC Template.” Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified. Please be aware that this a new requirement of CRW Consulting. Please see the instructions tab on the document for more detail.

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

Year18RequiredICTemplate87.xlsx
Year18RequiredBMICTemplate99.xlsx

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