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school Preston School District
IFCB Posted : Dec 12, 2014
Bid Deadline : Friday, Jan 9, 2015

Questions Due By : Friday, Jan 2, 2015
Applicant Address : Preston, OK 74456
IFCB ID : 691330001271421

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.
 
·         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.
 
·         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 :
 CATEGORY 2

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.

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.

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pprox 20 – 10 Gbps Extreme Switches or functional equivalent.

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

Year18RequiredICTemplate42.xlsx

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




What model and functions do you require for your extreme switches?

Answer:
 We do not have a specific model for the switches, but the function will be for the use of the 10 gb Fiber

1. How many switches do you need at the high school and how many switches do you need at the elementary school? 2. Would you be willing to accept company recertified or manufacturer refurbished product? Or is this bid for new product only?

Answer:
 1. 5 to new high school 5 to middle school 5 to lower elementary 5 to upper elementary
2. We want new equipment.