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

school Inola Public Schools
IFCB Posted : Jan 7, 2015
Bid Deadline : Wednesday, Feb 4, 2015

Questions Due By : Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015
Applicant Address : Inola, OK 74036
IFCB ID : 766120001287943

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 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.

·         DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR project a: 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 project b: 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: 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 :
Internet Access - Minimum 100Mb bandwidth. Applicant may consider higher bandwidths. School district is requesting a multi-year scalable contract that provides the option to increase bandwidth during the term of the contract. The applicant is also requesting onsite technical support services, basic head-end firewall services, and on-site configuration and turn of the service. The terminating address for this circuit is 801 E Commercial, Inola 74036 (918)543. 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

PROJECT A - Internet firewall:

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.

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.
 
Provide Palo Alto PA-3020 firewall appliance, or functional equivalent, with support and maintenance.

Voluntary Walkthroughs allowed and may be scheduled January 21, 2015 or January 22, 2015. Please email mlevings@inola.k12.ok.us to schedule a time for one of these dates. This email is to RSVP only. All questions and bids must still be submitted via the IFCB.

PROJECT B – wireless network:

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.

Provide and install Wifi Access to entire campus. This project will include wireless access points, wireless controller, cabling and UPS devices.

There is an additional document available for download that provides the details and drawings for Applicant’s Category Two project. Bids for functional equivalents of Applicant’s preferred equipment will be accepted.

Voluntary Walkthroughs allowed and may be scheduled January 21, 2015 or January 22, 2015. Please email mlevings@inola.k12.ok.us to schedule a time for one of these dates. This email is to RSVP only. All questions and bids must still be submitted via the IFCB.

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

Year18RequiredICTemplate4050.xlsx
Year18RequiredBMICTemplate79.xlsx
InolaC2WifiAttachmentsIPS.pdf

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Is the new firewall the only equipment to be on Basic Maintenance?

Answer:
 Yes

Do you prefer a certain brand of Access Points?

Answer:
 We are requesting Aruba equipment but will consider other brands.

I would like to subnmit a bid for the interent circuit ONLY and not provide any equipment. Is that allowed? Thank you.

Answer:
 Yes, you can just bid the internet and not the equipment requested.