26-GUHSD

Category 1: Internet Access and Data Transmission Service Internet/ISP services with fiber transport for school. Please quote (1) circuit with minimum of 20Gbps, maximum of 100Gbps with 10Gbps increments. Circuit to be located at: 35 W Dunlap, Phoenix, Az 85021 District is requesting 1-year contract with possible extensions. Costs for the entire contract must not exceed $100,000. Evaluation Criteria will include but may not be limited it to the following: Cost of Eligible Service - 25 pts Cost of Ineligible Service including time and effort to connect new service - 20 pts Prior Experience with the district, including references - 20 pts Ability of the vendor to provide services - 20 pts Acceptable Delivery/Completion Date - 15 pts Please include language or documentation in your quote that directly addresses each of the listed criteria. Generic quotes or those that do not meet the specification will be disqualified. _____ Standalone Data Transmission Service (6) Leased Lit Fiber, or equivalent, circuits to district schools. Quote minimum 10 Gbps and and maximum 50Gbps, with pricing at 10gbps increments. See posted scope of work for detailed specification and circuit location. ____ Standalone Data Transmission Service (3) Leased Lit Fiber, or equivalent, circuits to district schools. Quote minimum 10 Gbps and and maximum 100Gbps, with pricing at 10gbps increments. See posted scope of work for detailed specification and circuit location. ____ Standalone Data Transmission Service (1) Leased Lit Fiber, or equivalent, circuit to district school. Quote minimum 1Gbps and and maximum 10Gbps, with pricing at 1gbps increments. See posted scope of work for detailed specification and circuit location. _____ Standalone Data Transmission Service (1) Leased Lit Fiber, or equivalent, circuit to district hub. Quote minimum 50 Gbps and and maximum 100Gbps, with pricing at 10gbps increments. See posted scope of work for detailed specification and circuit location. ____ THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT A FORMAL SEALED BID/RFP PROCESS. There are no state or local restrictions or regulations on how service providers can contact the District's technology or business manager. 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. All original contracts offered that are less than a 60 month term should include specifications that allow for annual one year extensions and/or month to month extensions at the discretion of the applicant; not to exceed a total of 60 months. Please quote all eligible and ineligible products/services separately. Any pricing proposed must comply with the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order, and restated in the FCC E-Rate Modernization Report and Order, adopted July 11, 2014. The FCC Lowest Corresponding Price rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering or 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 or consortium that purchase directly from the offeror.
Category 2: Firewall Service & Components (2) Next Generation Firewalls that support minimum 90Gbps throughput with Threat Prevention enabled, equivalent to Palo Alto PA-5540.
District currently has licensing for Palo Alto PA-5260, including Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, DNS Security, and WildFire that expires July 2026. Include equivalent 3-year license for quoted product.
Include 3-year premium support.
Equipment, licenses and support contract only. No labor for installation or configuration.
Separate E-Rate eligible and ineligible costs. ____ Switches (1) 5-slot chassis switch, equivalent to Aruba 6405v2 (ROX26C). Include management module, equivalent to Aruba (R0X31A). Include 12-port QSFP28 fiber module, equivalent to Aruba (R0X45C).
If quoting Aruba, power supplies not required as district has existing R0X35A. If quote non-Aruba product, include dual 1800W power supplies.
(2) 12-port gigabit PoE+ switches with 2 x SFP/SFP+, equivalent to Aruba (JL693A).
Equipment Only. No labor for installation or configuration. _____ WAP (20) WiFi 7 indoor wireless access points with multi-gigabit ethernet, equivalent to Aruba AP-735.
APs will replace existing APs, in place. No cabling required.
Equipment only, no labor for installation or configuration. _____ THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT A FORMAL SEALED BID/RFP PROCESS. There are no state or local restrictions or regulations on how service providers can contact the District's technology or business manager. 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. All original contracts offered that are less than a 60 month term should include specifications that allow for annual one year extensions and/or month to month extensions at the discretion of the applicant; not to exceed a total of 60 months. Please quote all eligible and ineligible products/services separately. Any pricing proposed must comply with the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order, and restated in the FCC E-Rate Modernization Report and Order, adopted July 11, 2014. The FCC Lowest Corresponding Price rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering or 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 or consortium that purchase directly from the offeror.
Requested services (11 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Standalone Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points And Necessary Software And Licenses
State/local procurement requirements: THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT A FORMAL SEALED BID/RFP PROCESS. There are no state or local restrictions or regulations on how service providers can contact the District's technology or business manager. 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. All original contracts offered that are less than a 60 month term should include specifications that allow for annual one year extensions and/or month to month extensions at the discretion of the applicant; not to exceed a total of 60 months. Please quote all eligible and ineligible products/services separately. Any pricing proposed must comply with the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order, and restated in the FCC E-Rate Modernization Report and Order, adopted July 11, 2014. The FCC Lowest Corresponding Price rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering or 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 or consortium that purchase directly from the offeror.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010372/142965/20876813-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260010372_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010372/142965/20737268-GUHSD_RFQ_Wide%20Area%20Network.pdf