E-Rate #270001858

Ripple Academy Category 2 network equipment, cabling, installation, and bundled support

Ripple Academy in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is seeking E-Rate Category 2 proposals for network equipment and related installation and support for a new-construction school. - Buyer: Ripple Academy, a charter/public school in Utah County; no sub-agency or purchasing office is identified. - Named OEMs and manufacturers: Berk-Tek and ICC for cabling; Sophos for firewall equipment; Ubiquiti for switches and wireless access points. Panduit, Tripp Lite, MikroTik, and CyberPower are also named as manufacturers in the application. Equivalent products are permitted where specified. - Requested products include 56,000 feet of Berk-Tek cabling; ICC cabling in quantities of 300, 100, and 7 feet; other/equivalent cabling in a quantity of 4 feet; and no-preference cabling in quantities of 300 and 1 foot. The request also includes 1 firewall, 2 racks, switches in quantities of 6, 1, and 20, 1 router, 4 UPS/battery-backup units, 31 wireless access points, 779 antennas/connectors/related components, and transceivers and modules with no quantity stated. - Proposals should include necessary software and licenses, components, installation and configuration, shipping, travel, per diem, and other applicable charges. Include equipment warranties and manufacturer maintenance support as a bundle; standalone maintenance or managed internal broadband services are not sought. Managed internal broadband services may be included when needed for remote management of a complete solution. - Pricing should identify E-Rate eligibility and separately account for the estimated tariff on networking equipment manufactured abroad. Purchases are subject to E-Rate funding and school-board approval; Ripple Academy may purchase some, all, or none of the items.

Description

Ripple Academy is requesting proposals for Category 2 equipment and services, including building connections and network cabling, wireless access points, switches, firewall, router, UPS units, network racks, transceivers, and modules. Offerors are asked to include necessary cabling, licenses, components, installation, configuration, travel, per diem, shipping, and other applicable fees. The applicant seeks bundled warranties and licenses, including manufacturer maintenance support services; standalone BMIC or MIBS solutions are not sought. Proposals and questions must be submitted online through the Bonfire portal by November 9, 2026, and accepted proposals are subject to E-Rate funding and governing board approval.

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