E-Rate #270001958

Osceola County School District Cisco Network Equipment and Maintenance

The School District of Osceola County is procuring Cisco-based network infrastructure equipment and related maintenance for eligible district locations. - Government buyer: The School District of Osceola County, Florida (The School Board of Osceola County), through Procurement Services; the Media & Instructional Technology Department is also identified. - OEM: Cisco Systems is the named manufacturer. The solicitation allows Cisco-equivalent equipment, subject to compatibility review and approval. - Requested equipment: The broader E-Rate request lists 127 switches, 494 antennas/connectors and related components, 1 rack, and 699 wireless access points. The detailed Cisco price sheet specifies: - 126 Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE+ switches (C9300-48H-EDU), plus 1 Catalyst 9200CX compact 12-port PoE+ switch (C9200CX-12P-2X2G-E). - 651 indoor Catalyst 9166I access points (CW9166I-B) and 48 outdoor Catalyst 9163E access points (CW9163E-B). - 4 tri-band omnidirectional antennas (CW-ANT-O1-NS-00) and 47 tri-band directional antennas (CW-ANT-D1-NS-00), along with switch power supplies, licenses, stack cables, mounting hardware, and 8 1000BASE-T modules. - Network patch cables and other related infrastructure are also referenced, without available quantities or part numbers. - Maintenance: Basic maintenance is requested for switches (127), antennas/connectors/components (494), racks (1), and wireless access points (699). - Notable requirements: Equipment is requested without installation. Proposed equivalents must be tested and approved by the School Board, include product specifications and cut sheets, and work within the district's existing environment. Switches must integrate with the existing Cisco Catalyst Center without requiring an additional management platform or unpriced licenses or hardware. The equipment must meet district requirements for telephony, VLANs, PoE, QoS, switching performance, uplinks, and multicast. - Quantities are estimates and do not commit the District to purchase all listed units. Awarded-item pricing is to remain firm during the 36-month service term; purchases may depend on E-Rate funding approval.

Description

The solicitation seeks Category 2 network infrastructure equipment for the School District of Osceola County, including internal connections, switches, wireless access points, racks, and related components. The Form 470 lists 699 wireless access points for basic maintenance of internal connections, and its attached invitation to bid describes an equipment-only procurement with no installation. The attached bid document identifies the procurement as SDOC-27-018-B-DM, Network Infrastructure Equipment, and states an intended 36-month E-Rate service period from October 1, 2027 through September 30, 2030. The response deadline listed for the Form 470 is November 10, 2026.

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