E-Rate #270001384

Pioneer Preparatory School Internet Access and Managed Broadband Services

Pioneer Preparatory School is seeking E-Rate-funded internet connectivity and managed broadband services for its Phoenix, Arizona campus. - Buyer: Pioneer Preparatory School, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. - Requested services: - Category One internet access and data transmission, with bandwidth options from 1 Gbps to 5 Gbps, priced in increments. Scope includes direct handoff to the school-provided LAN and construction, installation, testing, acceptance, project management, and a service-level agreement. - Category Two managed broadband services for the school’s internal network, including management, monitoring, maintenance, configuration optimization, software updates, security patches, troubleshooting, performance reporting, and incident documentation. - Construction and support requirements: Potential work includes trenching, boring, conduit, handholes, vaults, poles, fiber, splicing, termination, and labeling. The original scope also identifies outage reporting and basic technical support without additional fees. - OEMs and restricted entities: Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou Hikvision, and Dahua are named among manufacturers or equipment sources subject to applicable FCC E-Rate supply-chain restrictions; they are not identified as proposed suppliers. Other named entities in that restricted context are Pacific Network Corp., ComNet (USA) LLC, and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited. No specific eligible service provider, proposed OEM, product model, or part number is identified. - Term and funding: The solicitation offers 1-, 3-, or 5-year contract options; the 3- and 5-year options must allow bandwidth upgrades. The service period is tied to an E-Rate funding year, and any resulting contract is contingent on E-Rate funding.

Description

Pioneer Preparatory School is seeking proposals for Category 1 internet access and data transmission service, with bandwidth options from 1 Gbps to 5 Gbps, and Category 2 services. Bids should include 1-, 3-, and 5-year contract options; three- and five-year options should allow bandwidth upgrades during the term. The scope includes internet bandwidth, service handoff to the Owner-supplied LAN, construction and installation, testing, acceptance, and project management; vendors must also provide a service-level agreement and complete the E-Rate Service Provider Bid Response Worksheet. Bids and questions must be submitted by email, and contracts are valid only if E-Rate funding is awarded.

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