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school Bridge City ISD
IFCB Posted : Oct 16, 2015
Bid Deadline : Friday, Nov 13, 2015

Questions Due By : Friday, Nov 6, 2015
Applicant Address : Bridge City, TX 77611
IFCB ID : 160002020

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 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.
 
·         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 :
 Local Phone Service including 1 PRI Circuit – Approx. 423 DID lines and approx. 58 analog/POTS lines. Terminating address for PRI is 1031 W. Roundbunch Rd.; (409)735 in the Administration Building. 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 – Approx. 4,000 minutes per month.

 Cellular Phone Service – Approx. 20 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 – Applicant is seeking bids from 175 Mb to 225 Mb bandwidth. Please provide bids at 175 Mb, 200 Mb and 225 Mb. The terminating address is 1031 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City, TX 77611. 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.

Questions Received with Applicant Answers   ( Ask Questions? )




Does the ISD require synchronous internet (i.e., 200 X 200)?

Answer:
 Yes, Bridge City ISD requires Synchronous Internet. 

as far as the pricing, what term are they looking for.. 1,2, or 3 yr pricing

Answer:
 Bridge City ISD is interested in 1, 2 and 3 year pricing. 

Does the district want Caller ID on the analog lines?

Answer:
 Yes, but you will need to identify the cost of that service when you bid so it can be backed out (it is not E-rate eligible).

the terminating address is listed as 1031 W Roundbunch Rd. Would the school consider terminating address of 1029 W Roundbunch Rd. Fiber facilities may already be available at that location.

Answer:
 No

please provide needs, voice, data, ? Smart device or feature device? number of minutes or usage history, (ineligible), texting needs ? data usage history, etc.

Answer:
 Voice: 17

Smart devices: 12

Data: 12 unlimited data – you must provide separate costs for this

Minutes: 7000 pooled minutes for Bridge City ISD 

Texting: unlimited – you must provide separate costs for this

Of the 4,000 monthly minutes of LD quoted, how much is coming from the PRI vs. the analog lines?

Answer:
 All of the analog lines are alarm lines, so most if not all of the LD should be over the PRI.