26-CVUSD-WAN

Proposals shall be in the actual possession of the District, at the location indicated, on or prior to the exact time and date indicated above. Late proposals shall not be considered. Instructions for preparing the proposal are provided within the Terms and Conditions of the posted Request for Proposal and any Addendums. Proposals that do not conform to these instructions, or any proposal that is generic in nature or otherwise does not meet the requirements contained in this Form 470 and associated specifications, may be considered non-responsive and may be disqualified. The submission of a proposal will indicate that the offeror understands the requirements and specifications and that he can supply the materials, services or installation and meet the required delivery timeline as specified. VENDORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE ENTIRE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. ____ Leased Dark Fiber and Leased Lit Fiber Leased lit fiber or leased dark fiber solutions to connect (1) locations to district hub at Performing Arts Center. Dark fiber solutions should include 2, 4, & 6 strand options for a max of 12 strands.
Minimum bandwidth requested is 1Gbps. Max is 10Gbps with 1Gbps increments.
See posted request for proposals for details, submission instructions ____ Self-Provisioned Networks & Services Provided over Third Party Networks Self-provisioned, district owned Point-To-Point fiber or service provided by 3rd party networks that includes maintenance and operations. Connecting (1) locations to district hub at Performing Arts Center. Fiber solutions should include 2, 4, and 6 strand options for a maximum of 12 strands. Third party networks should serve a min of 1gbps, max of 10gbps, pricing at 1gbps increments.
See posted request for proposals for details and submission instructions. ____ Category One Maintenance & Operations Maintenance of the fiber network requested on this Form 470. Quote 5-year contract term. ____ REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS for materials & services specified in this Form 470 & associated documents. Contacting the District's staff is restricted to instructions in Terms & Conditions of posted RFP & any Addenda. In accordance with School District Procurement Rules in AZ Administrative Code (A.C.C.) promulgated by State Board of Education pursuant to A.R.S. 15-213, competitive sealed proposals for the materials/services specified will be received by the applicant, at the specified location, until time & date cited. Proposals received by correct time & date will be opened & the name of each offeror shall be publicly read. Late proposals shall not be considered by statute. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed container w/ the RFP number & the Offeror's name & address clearly indicated on the envelope. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. All original contracts offered for less than a 60-month term should allow for annual 1 year extensions and/or month to month extensions at the discretion of the applicant; not to exceed a total of 60 months. OFFERORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE ENTIRE RFP ____ Category One Network Equipment Network modulating equipment to support a dark fiber wide area network. The District currently has a request for wide area network solutions and this equipment would facilitate the connection if a dark or self-provisioned fiber provider is selected.
(1) 16-port fiber switches; equivalent to Ruckus ICX8200-24FX with 3-year license. (2) 10GE single mode fiber transceivers compatible with quoted switches.
See posted scope of work for details. ___ For modulating equipment only - email bids are allowed. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT A FORMAL SEALED BID/RFP PROCESS. Arizona State Procurement Code requires a formal sealed bidding process; or purchasing from an IGA, State Master Contract, other approved cooperative purchasing contract, or compliant consortium procured contract for any procurement in excess of $100,000.00. Any quote/proposal whose total value exceeds $100,000.00 and is not linked to a current State Master Contract, other approved cooperative purchasing contract, or a compliant consortium procured contract will be disqualified by Arizona State Procurement Code. Any quotes must comply with the underlying state master/cooperative purchasing agreement in pricing and terms. Any quote/proposal submitted that does not specifically address the services requested, is generic in nature or otherwise does not meet the requirements contained in this Form 470 and associated specifications may be considered non-responsive and may be disqualified. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. Please quote all eligible and ineligible products/services separately
Requested services (6 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Leased Dark Fiber - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Category One Maintenance And Operations - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Leased Lit Fiber - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Category One Network Equipment - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Services Provided Over Third-Party Networks - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Self-Provisioned Network (Applicant Owned And Operated Network)
State/local procurement requirements: REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS for materials & services specified in this Form 470 & associated documents. Contacting the District's staff is restricted to instructions in Terms & Conditions of posted RFP & any Addenda. In accordance with School District Procurement Rules in AZ Administrative Code (A.C.C.) promulgated by State Board of Education pursuant to A.R.S. 15-213, competitive sealed proposals for the materials/services specified will be received by the applicant, at the specified location, until time & date cited. Proposals received by correct time & date will be opened & the name of each offeror shall be publicly read. Late proposals shall not be considered by statute. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed container w/ the RFP number & the Offeror's name & address clearly indicated on the envelope. Instructions for preparing the proposal are provided within the Terms & Conditions of the posted RFP & any Addendums. Proposals that don't conform to these instructions, or any proposal that is generic in nature/otherwise does not meet the requirements of this Form 470 & associated specifications, may be considered non-responsive & may be disqualified. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. All original contracts offered for less than a 60-month term should allow for annual 1 year extensions and/or month to month extensions at the discretion of the applicant; not to exceed a total of 60 months. OFFERORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE ENTIRE RFP. Any pricing proposed must comply w/ the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order, & restated in the FCC E-Rate Modernization Report & Order, adopted 7/11/14. The FCC LCP rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering/charging E-rate applicants a price higher than the lowest price that the offeror charges to non-residential customers who are similarly situated to a particular school, library, rural health care provider/consortium that purchase directly from offeror.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010581/143187/20740844-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260010581_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010581/143187/20740809-CVUSD_RFP_2026_Wide%20Area%20Network.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010581/143187/20740810-CVUSD_RFQ_2026_Modulating%20Equipment.pdf