UPDATE 2/4/15: POST-WALKTHROUGH INFO DOC HAS BEEN ATTACHED
UPDATE 1/29/15: WE HAVE ADDED AN ATTACHMENT WITH GENERAL INFO ABOUT THE WALKTHROUGH AND ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED
UPDATE 1/22/2015: 1) BUILDING MAPS HAVE BEEN ADDED 2) THE DISTRICT PREFERS HP SWITCHES BUT PER E-RATE RULES WILL ACCEPT BIDS FOR FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT EQUIPMENT
UPDATE: 1/20/15:
We will allow one voluntary walkthrough on 1/29/15 at 9 am. Go to 406 N. Bledsoe, Gilmer, TX 75644.
Long distance service – Approx. 559 lines.
Cellular phone service – Approx. 16 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 50 Mb bandwidth. Applicant may consider higher bandwidths. The terminating address is 450 S. Buffalo Street; (903) 841. 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 DSL bandwidth. Applicant may consider other bandwidths. 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 CATEGORY TWO: 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 ATTACHED instructions document for more detail.
DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR CATEGORY TWO: 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.
Equipment will serve all four campuses – Elementary, Intermediate, Middle and High School. Approximately 200 rooms at four buildings for the wireless project and approximately 6 buildings/14 closets total for the switch project. Locations are already established and the fiber between the closets is in place.
The Gilmer ISD network backbone infrastructure needs to be upgraded. We intend to replace our backbone switches with faster switching equipment. We are currently on a 1 GB fiber connection between 6 locations. We would like to upgrade this to a 10 GB connection. This includes single-mode connections for 4 of the locations and multimode connections for the remaining two locations. Layer-3 switches need to be deployed. In addition, we require gigabit switches for our classroom connectivity. This would entail a total of approx. 960 ports. We also seek additional wireless access points for connectivity increase throughout our buildings. Total number of new WAP approx. 220. Approx. 2 cables per WAP. Approx 30 devices per WAP will be connected.
Additionally:
Approx 20 – 48 Port Switches
Approx 220 – WAP devices
Applicant would like different groups for access/security. For unauthorized devices/rogue access points, applicant would like to be able to identify and locate those devices with the ability to disable if desired. Bids for refurbished equipment will be accepted.
