Form 470 - Washington Co - Cat 2 - KMB 26.27

School district requests proposals on the following items:
One (1) Next-Gen Firewall, Palo Alto PAN-PA-3440 or equivalent, with 20G minimum throughput with all features enabled. Associated with this firewall, district also needs 3-year licensing- Palo Alto PAN-PA-3440-BND-CORESEC-3YR or equivalent, Support - Palo Alto PAN-SVC-PREM-3440-3YR or equivalent, Transceivers (2) - Palo Alto PAN-SFP28-25GBASE-LR or equivalent, and labor/install to migrate from existing Palo Alto 5220. For non-Palo Alto solutions, please include sufficient hours of labor for migration and configuration of network on a whole new system as well as training.
Up to one hundred and sixty-five (165) switches. Please price the following models or equivalent: Up to 15: 24-Port SFP+ switches, Aruba 6300 SKU# JL658A. Up to 130 48-Port Gigabit PoE+ switches, Aruba 6100 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ switches, SKU# R9Y04A#ABA. Up to 20 12-Port Gigabit PoE switches, Aruba 6100 12G Class4 switches, SKU# JL679A#ABA. Please include all necessary modules, power supplies, etc. - listed as "connectors" above - and all necessary power supplies and/or stack cables - listed as cabling above. Please also include licensing, support SKUS, and installation.
Up to five hundred and ninety two (592) Wireless Access Points. Please price the following models or equivalent: Up to 5 outdoor WiFi 6 access points, Aruba AP-575 SKU#R4H18A, up to 12 Outdoor WiFi 6 access points, Aruba AP-577 SKU# R4H23A, and up to 575 enterprise-grade Wifi 6E access points, Aruba AP-635 SKU#R7J28A. Please quote associated mounting hardware (listed as connectors) and licensing.
Structured cabling to include the installation of 12-strand single-mode fiber from Neff Cosmetology Rack to Tech Building MDF and another run from Annex second floor to Annex first floor - both with Corning 012E88-33131-A3 armored Os2 cable or equivalent. Termination with SC Connectors. Cabling amount listed above is a placeholder. School estimates distances to be 450' and 150' approximately, but actual footage to be determined by vendor. Cabling quotes must delineate materials, including SKU, quantity, and cost per item, as well as labor to show how quoted price was arrived at. Bids that do not include line items in this manner will be deemed incomplete and subject to request or revision or rejection.

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 (15 line items): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Cabling - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Cabling - Category 2 — Managed Internal Broadband Services — Existing Equipment - 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 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - 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 — Firewall Service And Components - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points
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/Form470/260003845/126595/20514256-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260003845_CERTIFIED.pdf