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IFCB Posted : Jan 3, 2024 Bid Deadline : Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024 Questions Due By : Wednesday, Jan 10, 2024 Applicant Address : Benton, AR 72015 IFCB ID : 240011140 IFCB Requirements : · Before the listed deadlines, all Questions and Bids must be submitted using the on-line IFCB system. Bids submitted before the bid deadline outside of this system will be disqualified. If for some reason the system is down before the respective deadline, please email your bid to [email protected] 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. · For all requested services and/or products listed on this IFCB: proposals that include generic/encyclopedic price lists will be considered non-responsive and will be disqualified. · 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 https://www.usac.org/e-rate/service-providers/step-2-responding-to-bids/lowest-corresponding-price/ 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. This does not apply to the recent FCC exemptions of the Gift Rule for the COVID pandemic. · 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 applicable fees, surcharges, and taxes must be identified on the bid. E-Rate rules require the applicants to evaluate the price of eligible goods and services that will be listed on the 471 application during the competitive bidding process. Fees and surcharges that apply but are not listed on the bid will be the responsibility of the bidding company, should their bid be awarded. · If there is a request for Internal Connections (Category Two) equipment, or Category One equipment listed on this IFCB the applicant will accept bids for functionally equivalent equipment. · 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 DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Bids submitted for services to an incorrect address will be disqualified. · INTERNET ACCESS DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Any and all installation charges must be identified on your bid. If you submit a bid indicating that installation charges may apply without listing those charges, we will consider your bid incomplete and disqualify your bid. · The winning vendor will be required to complete the USAC approved Item 21 template for the project within 7 working days after notification that the vendor has won the bid. · DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: The applicant will not accept bids from manufacturers of equipment deemed a national security threat by the Federal Communications Commission. The list of prohibited equipment is available here: https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist. Vendors that submit bids that include these manufacturers will have their bids disqualified. · DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Vendors must complete and include the C2 Cover Page with their bid. Bids received without the cover page will be disqualified. · DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS PROJECT A, PROJECT B, PROJECT D, PROJECT E, PROJECT F, PROJECT G: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed. · DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Applicant will not accept bids for refurbished equipment. Any bids containing refurbished equipment will be disqualified. · DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Service providers are required to bid an entire Project A, Project B, Project C, Project D, Project E, Project F, Project G, or Project H. Bids for individual components of a single project will be disqualified. Services and Equipment Requested : Category One: Internet Access – The applicant currently has 1 Gbps bandwidth and requests bids for 1 Gbps, 1.5 Gbps, 2 Gbps, and 2.5 Gbps bandwidths. The terminating address is 211 N Border St., Benton, AR 72015. Bids should include pricing for a leased, on-premise router. Please provide pricing for a three-year contract term. The applicant is also requesting pricing to be included for 5 IPv4 Public IP addresses aside from the router’s public IP. 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 DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Bids submitted for services to an incorrect address will be disqualified. INTERNET ACCESS DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Any and all installation charges must be identified on your bid. If you submit a bid indicating that installation charges may apply without listing those charges, we will consider your bid incomplete and disqualify your bid. Category Two: BPSD is looking to refresh the District’s Aruba 2920 switches with newer PoE capable switches. We currently have single-mode fiber, linked at 10G between all IDFs and campuses; therefore, 10 GB capability is a must. We would like to reuse existing Aruba transceivers (Model # J9151A). We are also looking to replace 37 aging lead acid UPSs with new lithium-ion units that have longer expected service lives/warranties. Coordination with Baldwin & Shell required on projects: D, E, F, G, H and I. These projects must be completed by July 2025. IC Project A – Switch Refresh 3-year licensing Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Cabling 90 Aruba 10 GB DAC Cables Switches 100 Aruba JL728A include pricing for 3-year licensing NOTE: We are requesting switch licenses on this IFCB, which sometimes may be categorized as BMIC or MIBS by USAC (the BMIC and MIBS boxes on the 470 have been checked to cover this scenario). COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENT: Switches must be compatible with Aruba Central. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS PROJECT A: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed. IC Project B – Switch Refresh 5-year licensing Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Cabling 90 Aruba 10 GB DAC Cables Switches 100 Aruba JL728A include pricing for 5-year licensing NOTE: We are requesting switch licenses on this IFCB, which sometimes may be categorized as BMIC or MIBS by USAC (the BMIC and MIBS boxes on the 470 have been checked to cover this scenario). COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENT: Switches must be compatible with Aruba Central. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS PROJECT B: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed. IC Project C – UPS Refresh Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer UPS 37 Lithium-ion battery backup preferred. N1C L2000|Battery backups should have minimum 8’ power cable or extension to reach that length IC Project D – New Middle School Switches (3-year licensing) Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Switches 17 Aruba JL728A NOTE: We are requesting switch licenses on this IFCB, which sometimes may be categorized as BMIC or MIBS by USAC (the BMIC and MIBS boxes on the 470 have been checked to cover this scenario). COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENT: Switches must be compatible with Aruba Central. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS PROJECT D: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed. IC Project E – New Middle School Switches (5-year licensing) Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Switches 17 Aruba JL728A NOTE: We are requesting switch licenses on this IFCB, which sometimes may be categorized as BMIC or MIBS by USAC (the BMIC and MIBS boxes on the 470 have been checked to cover this scenario). COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENT: Switches must be compatible with Aruba Central. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS PROJECT E: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed. IC Project F – New Middle School WAPs (3-year licensing) Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Wireless Access Points 60 Extreme Networks AP4000 NOTE: We are requesting WAP licenses on this IFCB, which sometimes may be categorized as BMIC or MIBS by USAC (the BMIC and MIBS boxes on the 470 have been checked to cover this scenario). COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENT: Wireless Access Points must be compatible with ExtremeCloudIQ. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS PROJECT F: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed. IC Project G – New Middle School WAPs (5-year licensing) Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Wireless Access Points 60 Extreme Networks AP4000 NOTE: We are requesting WAP licenses on this IFCB, which sometimes may be categorized as BMIC or MIBS by USAC (the BMIC and MIBS boxes on the 470 have been checked to cover this scenario). COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENT: Wireless Access Points must be compatible with ExtremeCloudIQ. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS PROJECT G: It will be the bidder’s responsibility to provide documentation about the compatibility requirements listed in this IFCB. Vendors that submit bids without documentation demonstrating the required compatibility listed in this IFCB will have their bids disqualified, unless that vendor has bid the preferred make/model number listed. IC Project H – New Middle School Data Drops The applicant requires that data drops be punched down in the data rooms on 48-port patch panels, labeled with the remote location (RM xxx). Endpoint side, applicant requests labels indicating the data room (MDF/IDFxx), the patch panel letter (A, B, C, D) and the port number in the patch panel where it lands (ie: IDF2:B12 would be in IDF2, second patch panel (B), port 12) Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Cabling 728 CAT6 Blue Plenum cabling with blue keystones IC Project I – New Middle School Non-E-Rate Eligible Items Type of Equipment Quantity Vendor Should Bid Preferred Make/Manufacturer Cabling 248 (Non-E-Rate eligible) CAT6 Blue Plenum cabling with blue keystones Wireless Access Points 18 (Non-E-Rate eligible) Extreme Networks AP4000 Switches 14 (Non-E-Rate eligible) Aruba JL728A The winning vendor will be required to complete the USAC approved Item 21 template for the project within 7 working days after notification that the vendor has won the bid. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: The applicant will not accept bids from manufacturers of equipment deemed a national security threat by the Federal Communications Commission. The list of prohibited equipment is available here: https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist. Vendors that submit bids that include these manufacturers will have their bids disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Vendors must complete and include the C2 Cover Page with their bid. Bids received without the cover page will be disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Applicant will not accept bids for refurbished equipment. Any bids containing refurbished equipment will be disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS: Service providers are required to bid an entire Project A, Project B, Project C, Project D, Project E, Project F, Project G, or Project H. Bids for individual components of a single project will be disqualified. There is an additional document associated with this IFCB. Please click the buttons to download the document. BENTON_C2_COVER_PAGE.docx 2024_C2_Bidding_Instructions135.pdf

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