E-Rate #270002379

San Juan Unified School District seeks district-wide connectivity, Aruba switches, and Palo Alto Networks firewalls

San Juan Unified School District is seeking network connectivity and network equipment for district-wide service and school sites. - Government buyer: San Juan Unified School District, Business Support Services, Purchasing Department; Carmichael, Sacramento County, California. - OEMs named: HPE Aruba Networking for switches and copper cables; Palo Alto Networks for PA-5540 firewalls, subscriptions, support, and related components. Aruba and Palo Alto products may be offered as specified equivalents where allowed. - Switch equipment: 618 HPE Aruba Networking CX 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4AFP+ 370W switches (JL7278)—542 eligible for E-Rate and 76 for ineligible sites—and 86 HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 1m direct-attach copper cables (J9283D). - Firewall equipment and services: Three Palo Alto Networks PA-5540 appliances with redundant AC power supplies (PAN-PA-5540-AC), allocated as one for San Juan High School and two for the District Office. The request includes three five-year Precision AI Network Security Subscription Bundles (PAN-PA-5540-BND-PRECISIONAI-5YR), three five-year premium support items (PAN-SVC-PREM-5540-5YR), and two 10-meter 400GBase-AOC cables (PAN-QSFPDD-400GBASE-AOC-10M) for the District Office. The appliances are to be installed at two locations as active clusters for district-wide traffic load balancing. - Connectivity services: District-wide internet access at requested bandwidths from 5 to 20 Gbps, and data transport from 500 Mbps to 100 Gbps. Pricing alternatives are a three-year term with two one-year extensions or a five-year term. - Notable requirements: Switch proposals should distinguish E-Rate-eligible equipment from equipment for ineligible sites. Firewall subscriptions include threat prevention, URL filtering, WildFire, DNS security, SD-WAN, and device security.

Description

San Juan Unified School District is seeking Internet service and data transport service for its eligible entities, with pricing requested for specified bandwidth tiers and contract terms. The Form 470 also covers switch equipment and related components, plus firewall appliances, components, support, and licensing. For the firewall procurement, the District requests three PA5540 appliances for installation at two locations and configuration as active clusters for district-wide traffic load balancing. The attached RFP identifies the firewall procurement as RFP 27-109, Firewall Appliance and Support, with responses due December 8, 2026.

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