26-TolESD

Category 1: Internet Access and Data Transmission Service Internet/ISP services for district and schools. The District Office Hub location at 9401 W Garfield Street, Tolleson, Az 85353.
The proposal must include as a minimum 2Gbps bandwidth, and provide optional pricing for incremental 1gbps to 10gbps, 10Gbps bandwidth points up to and including a maximum of 50Gbps. Please quote 60 month contract or one year with (4) one year extensions. Contract should allow for upgrades to quoted bandwidth during the term of the contract. _____ Standalone Data Transmission Service Optical Ethernet/Fiber/Wireless or equivalent circuits for district administrative sites and school sites. Please quote minimum of 10Gbps, maximum of 50Gbps with increments of 10Gbps. Multi year contract should allow for upgrades/downgrades to quoted bandwidths during term. Please quote 60 month contract or one year with (4) one year extensions.
See posted scope for locations/bandwidths. _____ 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 (1) Next Generation Firewall with full threat protection (Firewall, IPS, Application Control and Malware Protection). Equivalent to Meraki MX450
Include 3-year enterprise license and subscriptions. Ineligible services should be quoted separately _____ Switches (15) Meraki MS350 or equivalent 48-port switches with dual power.
Please quote equipment only. No labor/installation needed. Quote 3-year enterprise licensing. ___ Switches 3-year Enterprise license for existing Meraki switches.
(4) MS225-48P, equivalent to LIC-MS225-24P-3Y. (21) MS350-24P, equivalent to LIC-MS350-24P-3YR. (30) MS350-48FP, equivalent to LIC-MS350-48FP-3YR. (16) MS355-48X, equivalent to LIC-MS355-48X-3YR. ____ WAP (15) Wifi 6 indoor WAP with multi-gigabit interface, equivalent to Meraki MR46-HW with 3-year enterprise licensing
These WAPs are to replace existing WAPs in place, no cabling is required.
Include cost to survey and assess each school prior to installation to determine the required quantity of WAPs per school.
Include the cost to provide as-built documentation, including a Heat Map, at the conclusion of the installation.
All equipment will be labeled by the vendor using durable labels. Labels will identify E-Rate year and E-Rate Funding Request Number. _____ WAP (248) 3-year Enterprise license for existing Meraki MR46 access points. Equivalent to Meraki LIC-ENT-3YR. ____ Wireless Controller Wireless controller and/or licenses for new wireless access points requested on this Form 470.
Include 3-year enterprise license. ___ 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 (14 line items): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Controllers And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Controllers - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - 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 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Standalone Data Transmission Service
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/Form470/260018047/143011/21035833-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260018047_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260018047/143011/21035283-TolESD_2026_RFQ_Wide%20Area%20Network.pdf