26-LvESD

Category 1: Internet Access and Data Transmission Service Internet/ISP services with fiber transport for district and schools. Please quote (1) circuit with minimum of 5 Gbps, maximum of 50 Gbps with of 10 Gbps increments.
If your solution includes Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection or mitigation services, please provide a detailed description of the capabilities offered. Additionally, identify any associated costs, if applicable.
If your solution includes direct connectivity to cloud service providers (e.g., Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services), please describe the nature of these connections and specify any related costs, if applicable.
Please note: Any costs associated with these additional services that can be separately identified will be considered ineligible for E-Rate support.
Contract should allow to upgrades to quoted bandwidths. Hub is located at: 5001 W Dobbins Rd, Laveen, Az 85339. ____ Category One Network Equipment (10) Layer 3 switches for existing dark fiber network. Cisco C9500-24Y4C-A or equivalent high-performance switches with 24 x 1/10/25 Gigabit Ethernet + 4 x 40/100 gigabit ethernet uplink ports. DNA licensing needed for the new layer 3 switches.
Support Licensing needed (Hardware and Phone Support). Include labor for Installation and Configuration.
Transceivers for each site including the District Office.
(30) Cisco SFP-10G-LR-S, or equivalent. (16) Cisco SFP-10G-ER-S, or equivalent.
**Also included as Category 2 request for Internal Connections.
____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 Transceivers for each site including the District Office.
(30) Cisco SFP-10G-LR-S, or equivalent. (16) Cisco SFP-10G-ER-S, or equivalent.
**Also included as a Category 1 request for Modulating Electronics ______ Switches (10) Layer 3 switches for existing dark fiber network. Cisco C9500-24Y4C-A or equivalent high-performance switches with 24 x 1/10/25 Gigabit Ethernet + 4 x 40/100 gigabit ethernet uplink ports. DNA licensing needed for the new layer 3 switches.
Support Licensing needed (Hardware and Phone Support). Include labor for Installation and Configuration.
**Also included as Category 1 request for Modulating Electronics ____ Switches (19) 48-port PoE+ switch with multi-gigabit ports and 2 x 1/10/25G uplink. Equivalent to Cisco C9300L-48UXG-4X-E Include 3-year license and support Include stacking modules and cables. ____ UPS/Battery Backup (1) 6kVA Rack mounted UPS, equivalent to APC SURTD6000RMXLP3U, with installation. ____ WAP (77) Indoor WiFi 6 wireless access points with multi-gigabit ethernet interface, equivalent to Ruckus R850 Include 3-year license with Ruckus Analytics or equivalent. Quote installation for physical installation of access points but district will configure them. ____ Wireless Controller Wireless Controller and/or Licensing for Wireless Access Points requested on this Form 470. Please quote only equipment. Include pricing for 3-year licensing. _____ 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 (12 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Category One Network Equipment - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Controllers And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Controllers - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points
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/Form470/260009489/142995/20714702-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260009489_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260009489/142995/20714622-LvESD_2026_RFQ_WLAN_Network%20Infrastructure.pdf