Community ISD | 416000001278466

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Community ISD

IFCB Posted : Dec 19, 2014

Bid Deadline : Friday, Jan 16, 2015

Questions Due By : Friday, Jan 9, 2015

Applicant Address : Nevada, TX 75173

IFCB ID : 416000001278466

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.

· DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: VENDORS ARE REQUIRED TO BID THE ENTIRE HARDWARE PROJECT. BIDS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE 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.

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.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: VENDORS ARE REQUIRED TO BID THE ENTIRE HARDWARE PROJECT. BIDS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE 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.

Applicant seeks wireless access points for the following campuses:

Edge Middle School – 35 classrooms, 2 office areas

McClendon Elementary – 43 classrooms, 2 office areas

NeSmith Elementary – 35 classrooms, 2 office areas

Applicant is seeking the wireless access points only as they will be installing the wireless access points themselves.

There is an additional document attached which provides maps of the buildings.

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

Year18RequiredICTemplate5943.xlsx
CommunityMaps.docx

Bid deadline has been reached.

Questions Received with Applicant Answers ( Ask Questions? )

Is there a particular manufacturer you are looking for? What kind of throughput are you seeking?

Answer:
Would prefer a Meraki branded access point with at least 900 mbs throughput and more in dense areas such as libraries, cafeterias, etc.

1. What model number of Meraki access points do you prefer? 2. Would you accept company recertified or manufacturer refurbished products? Or would you like new product only?

Answer:
I would prefer the mr26 for classrooms and mr34 for larger areas such as cafeterias and libraries.

Recertified and refurbished is fine as long as it is supported by the Meraki cloud management.

Will the school require a Wireless AP for each room listed or will you just want to assure all are covered with wireless signal? Will power injectors be required for each AP? Will there be a need for external Antenna's for any of the AP's?

Answer:
Coverage and capacity is important and Im not as concerned with having one for each classroom as long as the building is covered/capacity needs met. Switches are POE so injectors are not needed. No external antennas are needed.

Question deadline has been reached.