E-Rate #270002040

Lindale ISD district-wide WAN fiber services and network support

Lindale Independent School District’s Technology Services department is seeking proposals for district-wide WAN connectivity linking Lindale High School with four other district sites. - Buyer: Lindale Independent School District, Technology Services. - Services requested: - Leased dark fiber: four fiber strands, with installation and initial configuration; the RFP also compares a dark-fiber IRU with maintenance and managed support. - Leased lit fiber: four 10 Gbps connections, with installation and initial configuration; the RFP also requests a fully managed lit-fiber alternative with guaranteed, scalable 10 Gbps throughput. - WAN implementation, dark-fiber maintenance and operations, managed technical support, monitoring, and equipment installation and configuration. - Network requirements include dedicated fiber and routing equipment, high availability, QoS, 99.99% uptime, under 20 ms round-trip latency, under 5 ms jitter, bit-error rate under 0.25%, and mean time to repair under 4 hours for lit service. Proposals must include service levels and implementation details, including route and network diagrams. - Equipment: modulating equipment and switches are requested for dark-fiber IRU circuits at each location; specific models and quantities are not provided. The district’s existing network is primarily Ruckus. - Term information differs across the provided materials: one summary states a four-year service term, while the RFP attachment describes an intended five-year initial term and requests 60 months of lit-service pricing and at least five years of dark-fiber maintenance. - No service provider or equipment supplier is named. Respondents are required to be registered E-Rate vendors with a SPIN.

Description

Lindale Independent School District is seeking proposals for dedicated wide area network service. The service requests include leased dark fiber and leased lit fiber; the RFP describes a topology with Lindale High School as the hub and other entities as spokes. The RFP requires vendors to be registered ERate vendors with a SPIN and lists a proposal due date of January 7, 2027, at 4:00 p.m. The FCC Form 470 lists a response deadline of November 11, 2026.

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