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Flour Bluff ISD WAN circuits, network equipment, and fiber infrastructure

Flour Bluff Independent School District is seeking proposals for high-capacity WAN connectivity and the equipment and fiber infrastructure needed to serve district sites. - Government buyer: Flour Bluff Independent School District (FBISD), Corpus Christi, Texas; Purchasing office. Procurement contact: Arti Bhakta, Purchasing Agent. - Scope: Seven WAN connections between district sites and the Administration Building hub, offered as either managed third-party service or a district-owned, self-provisioned network. Initial bandwidth is 25 Gbps per circuit, with scalability to 100 Gbps. - Equipment and infrastructure: Eight Category 1 network equipment units are requested. The detailed equipment scope includes seven site switches, one core/hub switch, and 25G optics (14 as a starting quantity for simple point-to-point links; bidders must calculate the topology-specific quantity). The self-provisioned option also includes a new 96-strand OS2 single-mode fiber trunk across Waldron Road. - Key technical requirements: Site switches must support a dedicated line-rate 25GbE WAN uplink, redundant hot-swappable power supplies, and a documented upgrade path to 100GbE without replacing the chassis. The core switch must support at least seven concurrent nonblocking 25GbE WAN terminations, spare capacity, and a feasible path to required 100G throughput. The fiber trunk must initially support three district locations with at least 12 dedicated strands per location; 60 strands are reserved for future expansion. - Installation and acceptance: Proposals may include route survey, engineering, permitting, construction, installation, configuration, testing, documentation, and knowledge transfer. Fiber testing includes bidirectional OTDR at 1310 nm and 1550 nm, insertion-loss testing, continuity, polarity, assignment, and labeling checks, with test files and reports provided. Deficiencies must be corrected and retested at no additional cost. - OEMs and vendors: No equipment manufacturer, OEM, or bidder is named or mandated. Bidders must identify manufacturers and exact SKUs for proposed equipment and specify optical-transceiver details, including wavelength, reach, connector, link budget, and DOM support. - Commercial evaluation: Third-party service pricing is requested for 25, 40, and 100 Gbps tiers, with non-recurring and monthly recurring charges. Proposals are compared using a 20-year total cost of ownership.

Description

Flour Bluff Independent School District is seeking proposals for seven self-provisioned WAN circuits and seven WAN circuits delivered over a third-party network. The solicitation also includes Category 1 network equipment necessary to make WAN circuits operational; detailed specifications are in the RFP. The RFP describes sealed proposals, evaluation based on price, service, and overall best value, and a mandatory vendor walkthrough. The RFP states proposals are due January 12, 2027, while the Form 470 record lists a response deadline of November 24, 2026.

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