E-Rate #270002814

Desert Star Academy fiber internet, backbone cabling, and network equipment

Desert Star Academy is seeking E-Rate-funded fiber internet service and network infrastructure for its Fort Mohave, Arizona school. - Buyer: Desert Star Academy Inc., a K–12 school in Mohave County, Arizona. - Internet service: Four Internet Access and Data Transmission Service units; fiber bandwidth must start at 1 Gbps and be priced in 1 Gbps increments up to 10 Gbps. Include a handoff to the school’s LAN, outage reporting, basic technical support without extra service fees, and an SLA. - Fiber construction and installation: Include trenching, boring, plowing, conduit, handholes, vaults, poles, fiber cable, splicing, termination, labeling, testing, acceptance, and project management. - Internal fiber backbone: Furnish and install two estimated 500-foot pulls of 6-strand multimode OM3 fiber connecting first-floor IDFs; include pulling, termination, and testing. Equivalent, cost-effective solutions may be proposed. - Category 2 equipment and cabling: The listed request includes cabling in lengths of 36,000, 15,000, 5, and 1,000 feet; two racks; four switches; two UPS/battery-backup units; and 30 wireless access points, with required software/licenses where applicable. - OEMs: Ubiquiti (or equivalent) is identified for switches and wireless access points; American Power Conversion (or equivalent) is identified for UPS/battery backup. No preferred manufacturer is specified for cabling or racks; the newer backbone specification does not name an OEM. - Maintenance: Basic maintenance is requested for cabling, four switches, two UPS units, and 30 wireless access points. - Contract options: One-, three-, and five-year options are requested for internet service; the RFP prefers a one-year contract. Three- and five-year options should permit bandwidth upgrades. The contract is contingent on E-Rate funding, and listed quantities are estimates.

Description

Desert Star Academy is seeking proposals for FY2027–2028 services, including fiber-optic Internet access with bandwidth options from at least 1 Gbps up to 10 Gbps and Category Two internal connections. Internet service proposals must include construction and installation, testing, project management, and SPI invoicing, and provide an outage-reporting method, basic technical support, and a service level agreement. The RFP also describes an internal fiber backbone project and requests eligible equipment and related services. Bids must be submitted by email by the Allowable Contract Date, include the completed E-Rate Service Provider Bid Response Worksheet, and meet the stated E-Rate and solicitation requirements.

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