FY 26-27-CAT2-Firewall Cedar Rapids CSD

Cedar Rapids CSD BEN: 132601 is seeking bids for two firewall units to be deployed at two separate Internet Service DMARCs.
2 Units - Fortinet FortiGate 3201F with Unified Threat Protection (UTP) firewall appliance and licensing. (or equivalent)
General Specification: Dual hot-swappable AC Power supplies 4x400G QSFP interfaces 12x50G SFP56 interfaces 4x25G SFP28 interfaces 70 million concurrent sessions 800,000 new sessions per second 29 GB/s SSL Inspection Throughput Intrusion Prevention System Antivirus URL Filtering DNS Filtering Video Filtering SSL Decryption 24x7 support
Please include options for hardware / software (license) bundles and ala carte pricing for hardware / software (license) separate.
Please include options for 1, 3, 5 (and other available terms) for software licensing.
1). Bids should itemize (a). cost of equipment (b). cost of installation, if applicable; and (c). cost of taxes/fees/shipping, if applicable. Bids should also include specific make and model of equipment, as well as the SKU of each piece of equipment. Bids should specify terms of the manufacturers warranty and what the license term is (if applicable). 2). Any E-Rate ineligible costs should be clearly identified and itemized on the bid. 3). If submitting a bid for equipment that is or equivalent to equipment listed on this form 470, the vendor shall submit evidence of equivalency. The applicant will make a final determination of equivalence and interoperability with existing equipment. 4). The make/model bid(s) should be for new equipment that is the most current model(s)available. 5). If the bid includes software licenses, the bid shall designate whether the licenses are internal connections (IC) or if the software licenses are basic maintenance of internal connections (BMIC). 6). If the bid includes installation for new equipment, the bid should specify the installers city and state. 7). Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing (form 474/SPI invoicing) and to include this statement in the proposal. 8). Robo-bids and bids sent as SPAM without regard to products and services listed on the Form 470 and/or the RFP will be disqualified and will not be evaluated. 9). The District reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals. 10). Prices need to be held firm through the duration of the 2025 E-Rate Category 2 installation period (from date of bid to September 30, 2026). 11). This project is dependent upon receiving an E-Rate funding commitment decision letter.
The deadline for vendor proposals is 9:00 am Central time, 29 days after the date this Form 470 is posted. We reserve the right to reject late-submitted proposals. Proposals shall be e-mailed to the Form 470 contact.
Requested services (2 line items): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components
State/local procurement requirements: By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs recent Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou, Dahua, Pacific Network Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260009042/132601/20702808-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260009042_CERTIFIED.pdf