2026 Form 470 Marion ISD Firewall upgrade

Please see RFP for Equivalencies, disqualifications and purchasing information Marion Independent School District, Marion, IA will accept bid proposals from qualified vendors with E-Rate SPIN numbers for a firewall as described below:
All work pursuant to this contract shall be contingent upon approved E-Rate funding.
Required Information All bidders must include documentation in their bids of the following: SPIN Number Distance from Marion Independent School District (675 S. 15th Street, Marion, IA) to vendors home office in miles. Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing (form 474/SPI invoicing) and to include this statement in the proposal. ROBO-BIDS AND BIDS SENT AS SPAM WITHOUT REGARD TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LISTED ON THE FORM 470 AND/OR THE RFP WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND WILL NOT BE EVALUATED. All bidders must possess and include documentation in their bids of the following: Record and/or reference of successfully installing this product to Iowa K12 institutions. Documentation of at least one staff person with experience/certification in the product being proposed. Vendor must identify any materials or services which are ineligible under the E-Rate rules. Vendor must also list the prices of any ineligible equipment or services.
Bids should include:
1. Bids should itemize: a) cost of equipment b) cost of installation, if applicable c) cost of taxes/fees/shipping, if applicable. d) Bids should also include specific make and model of equipment, as well as the SKU of each piece of equipment. e) Bids should specify terms of the manufacturers warranty and what the license term is (if applicable). 2. Not all equipment is E-Rate eligible. Any E-Rate ineligible costs should be clearly identified and itemized on the bid. When bidding Firewall equipment or licenses vendors should consult with the product manufacturer for specifics regarding the portion of the product or license that is eligible. 3. If submitting a bid for equipment that is or equivalent to equipment listed on this form 470, the vendor shall submit evidence of equivalency. The applicant will make a final determination of equivalence and interoperability with existing equipment. 4. The make/model bid(s) should be for new equipment that is the most current model(s) available. 5. If the bid includes installation of new equipment, the bid should specify the installers city and state. 6. Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing (form 474/SPI invoicing) and to include this statement in the proposal. 7. The District reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals. 8. Prices need to be held firm through the duration of the 2026 E-Rate Category 2 installation period (from date of bid to September 30, 2027).
Price for the following equipment and licensing:
Quantity (2) FortiGate FG-401F-BDL-950-60 firewall or equivalent model firewall* Required licensing please bid both 3- and 5-year licensing options We would like BOTH the price of the firewall appliance and license broken out as well as the price for the Appliance and license Bundled
Note: We are replacing two FortiGate 601E-BDL-950-60 firewalls.
Technical Contact All bidders may contact the technical contact (Peggy Murphy - contact@example.gov) with any questions regarding the firewall upgrade.
All questions for the technical contact must be submitted by 3 PM on March 4, 2026. Submission deadline Deadline for vendor proposals is 9:00 AM Central time, 29 days after the date this Form 470 is posted. We reserve the right to reject late-submitted proposals. Proposals must be e-mailed to Peggy Murphy (contact@example.gov).
Requested services (1 line item): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses
State/local procurement requirements: By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies: its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs recent Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou, Dahua, Pacific Network Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260020418/132551/21135301-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260020418_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260020418/132551/21135273-2026%20Marion%20Firewall%20RFP.pdf