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school South Central Service Coop
IFCB Posted : Feb 23, 2015
Bid Deadline : Monday, Mar 23, 2015

Questions Due By : Monday, Mar 16, 2015
Applicant Address : Camden, AR 71701
IFCB ID : 422450001336206

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 local phone service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services - DID lines, voice mail, caller ID, inside wire maintenance, 900 call blocking, or other bundled ineligible services.

·        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.


Services and Equipment Requested :

These services were previously bid out on IFCB/470 #251460001304786 for South Central Service Coop. Vendors who submitted a bid on the previous IFCB do not have to rebid.

 

Local phone service including 1 PRI circuit – Approx. 112 lines with approx. 100 DID and 12 analog lines. The terminating address for the PRI circuit is 2235 California Avenue SW, Camden, AR 71701; (870) 836. 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 local phone service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services - DID lines, voice mail, caller ID, inside wire maintenance, 900 call blocking, or other bundled ineligible services.


Long distance service – Approx. 1380 minutes used per month.


Internet Access - Minimum 2 T1 lines + 50 Mb additional bandwidth. Applicant considering upgrading to 100 Mb bandwidth and may consider higher bandwidths. The terminating address is 2235 California Avenue SW, Camden, AR 71701; (870) 836. 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.


WAN Connection – Minimum 150 Mb bandwidth. Applicant considering increasing up to 1 GB bandwidth. Applicant may consider other bandwidths. From 2235 California Avenue SW, Camden, AR 71701; (870) 836 to 400 Maul Road, Camden, AR; (870) 836.

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