Form 470 - St Marys City - Cat 1 and 2 - KMB 26.27

Category 1: The district is requesting bids and proposals on WAN connections with (A) Location of 2250 State Route 66, SAINT MARYS, OH 45885-2523 and (Z) demarcs as follows:
(1) 650 Armstrong Street, SAINT MARYS, OH 45885-2523 (2) 210 S Front Street, SAINT MARYS, OH 45885-2523 (3) 1301 W High Street, SAINT MARYS, OH 45885-2523 (4) 1445 Celina Road, SAINT MARYS, OH 45885-2523
To follow USAC protocols, this is being requested as DARK, LIT and SELF-PROVISIONED solutions. Dar solutions must offer 2+ strands per connection. Lit solutions must offer minimum 10Gbps and maximum 100Gps speeds. Self-provisioned must meet the same capacities. All options will be weighted for cost effectiveness, and all bids must specifically note any and all special construction costs, permits, Operations & Maintenance, lease terms and contract extensions as well as modulating equipment. etc. so that bids can be fairly compared.
Vendors must be eRate eligible with an active SPIN listed on their bid and not on the USAC "red light" list. Contracts must align with eRate funding year and have a service start date of 7/1/2026 and end date of 6/30 of any given year. Contracts should include a clause allowing for speed upgrades within the terms of the contract and without impact to service dates. Contracts should explicitly state any and all voluntary contract extensions and terms. Vendors must include contract wording that allows for penalty-free cancellation or reduction of lines in the event that a school or building is closed during the contract terms. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. All bids submitted prior to the applicants vendor selection will be given equal consideration, with no award made before the close of the 28-day posting period.
Category 2: District seeks bids on up to 15 replacement UPS units to support e-Rate eligible equipment in network closets around the district. District will need 7 or more 3000W units and 6 or more 1500W units, and all units should be rack-mountable. Quotes must include all necessary optics, modules, licenses, software, installation, configuration, setup, etc. or otherwise as needed for functionality. Vendor must break out cost for each item quoted and list manufacturer part numbers, quantity and price for each. Please note that equivalent equipment must show compatibility with existing network structure. All projects are subject to eRate fundability and Board approval. All questions and bids are to be directed to the tech contact listed below. School reserves the right to reduce project(s) after seeing quotes where eRate funding and budgets are impacted. Vendors who would like to do a site visit must schedule with the tech contact; no walk-in site visits will be permitted. Vendor must be an eRate eligible provider with active SPIN listed on their bid and must adhere to all state and local guidelines and restrictions. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. All bids submitted prior to the applicants vendor selection will be given equal consideration, with no award made before the close of the 28-day posting period.
Requested services (4 line items): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Self-Provisioned Network (Applicant Owned And Operated Network) - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Services Provided Over Third-Party Networks
State/local procurement requirements: Effective January 3, 2020, 47 C.F.R. 54.9 states, "No universal service support may be used to purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, modify, or otherwise support any equipment or services produced or provided by any company posing a national security threat to the integrity of communications networks or the communications supply chain." On March 12, 2021, the FCC placed Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou Hikvision, and Dahua on a list of covered equipment or services ("covered list"). The covered list is published by the FCC to designate of specific equipment and services through the covered list process outlined in section 2 of the Secure Networks Act. Accordingly, recipients of universal service support may not use federal subsidies, including universal service funds, for telecommunications equipment or video surveillance equipment produced by Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou Hikvision, and Dahua. Section 54.10(a) became effective May 12, 2021
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260022431/130164/21204499-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260022431_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260022431/130164/21204261-St%20Mary%20City%20Form%20470%20Fiber%20FY26.27.docx