·        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.

• 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.

UPDATE: 2/2/15 11:30 AM – A new 470 has been filed (810650001314631) and Internet Access has been added to this IFCB. The 28 day clock has been reset.

Internet Access – Minimum 100 Mb bandwidth, district considering up to 1 GB and may consider other bandwidths. 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 : 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.

Floor plans are available for download as a separate document.

Network Infrastructure installation for new building being constructed of approx. 150,000 square feet – this will include wireless access points, wireless controllers, cabling, switches, routers, firewall, UPS devices and racks as needed to support 900+ users.

We do not have a  "quantity of network drops for each floor..." However, the maximum number of drops will be 35 drops per classroom and 6 drops per office. The room location details are laid out in the submitted PDF files.

There are a maximum number of 8 anticipated areas that will be used as "computer labs/test areas". These areas will each require approximately 45 network drops.

We anticipate that we will require approximately 30-35 WAP's throughout our new facility. We do not anticipate having any specific areas that will require additional and/or special wireless coverage.

Our current "average number of students per classroom" is 24, with a maximum of 28.

Our new campus will be replacing our current facilities.

We prefer a site-based wireless controller, but we will consider alternative options.

We prefer Cisco WAP's and switches.

The number & type of  future racks/cabinets is currently unknown.

We anticipate that there will be a main server room and an additional satellite network closet on the main floor, as well as an auxiliary satellite network closet on the second floor.

Although our current student count is approximately 850 scholars (students), we expect our student population in the new facility to be approximately 1200 scholars. Our current data connection is 100mb fiber, which we believe will continue to be the case (at a minimum) in the  new facility.