26-HigUSD

Category 1: Internet Access and Data Transmission Service Internet/ISP services for district and schools. The District Office Hub location at 2935 S Recker Rd, Gilbert, Az 85295.
The proposal must include as a minimum 10Gbps bandwidth, and provide optional pricing for incremental 10Gbps bandwidth points up to and including a maximum of 100 Gbps.
Quote 5-year or 1-year with optional extensions, not to exceed 60 months total. Bandwidth may be upgraded during the term of the contract. _________ 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: Antennas, Connectors, Related (52) 10G Single mode SFP, equivalent to Cisco SFP-10G-LR
See posted scope of work for details. ________ Switches (4) Core fiber switch with 24x 1/10/25G + 4 x 40/100G uplink ports. Equivalent to Cisco C9500-24Y4C. Include 3-year license, equivalent to Cisco DNA Advantage.
(87) 48-port multigigabit access switches with 4x 10G uplink ports. Equivalent to Cisco C9300L-48UXG-4X. Include 3-year license, equivalent to Cisco DNA Essentials. Include stacking module and cable, equivalent to Cisco C9300L-STACK-KIT2 and STACK-T3A-50CM.
See posted scope of work for details. ______
WAP (72) Indoor WiFi 6 wireless access point with multigigabit ethernet. Equivalent to Ruckus R750. Include 5-year license, equivalent to Ruckus One Essentials.
New access points will replace existing access points in place. No new cabling required.
See posted scope of work for details. _________ Wireless Controller Licensing and/or wireless controller for wireless access points requested on this Form 470. Equivalent to Ruckus One Essentials.
See posted scope of work for details. _________ 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 (8 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Controllers And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Controllers - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches 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/Form470/260020497/142940/21135532-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260020497_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260020497/142940/21135417-HigUSD_2026_RFQ_WLAN_Equipment.pdf