yr 29 C2 470 WAP & Switch Licenses

PROPOSALS are due by Wednesday, February 11, 2026 ay 12:00 noon CST. The district is seeking proposals for Switch and WAP licenses, ONLY eligible products are shown above, however, there are ineligible items where pricing is needed and should be shown separately. See attached spreadsheet for WAP & Switches licenses. ELIGIBLE Meraki WAP Licenses or equivalent - provide twenty-nine (29) licenses for MR53 WAPs, provide three hundred thirty six (366) licenses for a MR56 WAPs, provide three hundred thirty one (331) for MR57 WAPs, provide two (2) licenses for MR84. Provide pricing for 1 year, 2-year and 5-years. INELIGIBLE Meraki WAP Licenses or equivalent, show separate pricing - provide one (1) license for MR53 WAP, provide nine (9) licenses for MR56 WAPs, provide forty-eight (48) licenses for a MR57 WAP, provide thirty-six (36) licenses for MR76 WAPs, provide twenty-two (22) licenses for MR84. Provide pricing for 1 year, 2-year and 5-years. ELIGIBLE Meraki Switch Licenses or equivalent - provide licenses for nineteen (19) MS225-48FP switches, provide twenty-four (24) licenses for MS355-48X switches, provide twenty-one (21) licenses for a MS355-48x2 switches, provide one (1) license for MS355-24X switch, provide eight (8) licenses for MS350-24X switches, provide one (1) license for MS225-48 switch. Provide pricing for 1 year, 3-year and 5-years. INELIGIBLE Meraki Switch licenses or equivalent, show separate pricing, provide one (1) license for a MS350-24X switch, provide one (1) license for MS225-48FP switch. Provide pricing for 1 year, 3--year and 5-years. INELIGIBLE - provide two (2) Cisco C9300X-48HX switches or equivalent. Module to be included for uplinks, C9300-NM-84, extra power supply, PWR-C1-1100WAC-P. Switch module must be POE++ capable, multilayer switch (layer 3) & must support dynamic routing protocols (OSPF) 802.1Q tagging. This will drive cameras that are PoE+ (802.3 at Class 4 at the maximum), VOIP phones that draw around 7Wof PoE, & a few WAPs. Support license is required, the license to load into Meraki dashboard needed only if necessary. INELIGIBLE - provide five (5) Cisco C9200L-48P-4X switches or equivalent. This model should have 4X 1/10G fixed uplinks so no separate module needs to be purchased. It should already have one PWR-C5-1KWRC power supply, must be PoE+ capable, Layer 2 switch (access only), must support 802.1Q tagging. This will drive cameras that are PoE+ & VOIP phones primarily. Support license is required, the license to load into Meraki Dashboard needed only if necessary For technical questions, please contact Jimmy Giannos at giannosd@district65.net. E-rate questions must be emailed to Jerry Steinberg at jerry@telesolutionsconsultants.com. Please indicate the Form 470 number and the school district name in the subject line. Proposals should be emailed to Jimmy Giannos at giannosd@district65.net, Elena Caceres at cacerese@district65.net, Donna Manners at donna@telesolutionsconsultants.com and Jerry Steinberg at jerry@telesolutionsconsultants.com. Please indicate the form 470 number and the school district name in the subject line of all responses. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses not received by the due date cited in the RFP and/or Form 470 may be disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFY INELIGIBLE EQUIPMENT AND PRICING MAY BE DISQUALIFIED. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses that do not address the requirements in the RFP and/or Form 470 will be disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses that do not provide the Lowest Corresponding Price will be disqualified. Service providers submitting proposals in response to this FCC Form 470 must be in compliance with rules and orders governed by the Federal Communications Commission. The vendor must agree to comply with rules and regulations of USAC. Vendors must be familiar with billing methods and timelines associated with USAC. Vendor must be in good standing with the USAC and not red-lighted. The vendor must include their SPIN number on the bid/proposal. Service providers responding to this Form 470 should CLEARLY IDENTIFY E-RATE ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EQUIPMENT AND PRICING. Any INELIGIBLE products, services or components BUNDLED with ELIGIBLE products or services MUST be listed SEPARATELY from the eligible products or services. Prices for these INELIGIBLE products or services MUST BE ALLOCATED OUT of the price for the eligible services; failure to do so can lead to rejection of the bid. Allocations must comply with USAC rules which specify that the allocation methodology must be based on tangible criteria and reach a realistic result. It is the Service Providers responsibility to access the Portal (EPC) to determine if there are any addenda or changes for this request.
Requested services (10 line items): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260013367/135479/20863497-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260013367_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260013367/135479/20862671-yr%2029%20Cisco%20Meraki%20Licensing%20revised%201.8.26.xlsx