# E-Rate #270000040

Homedale Joint School District network equipment and Ruckus managed broadband services

**Posted:** November 05, 2026
**Respond By:** December 03, 2026
**Identifier:** 270000040
**NAICS:** 423690, 423490, 517311, 517111, 541513, 238210

Homedale Joint School District 370 is seeking network equipment for Homedale High School and managed broadband services for two other schools.
- **Buyer:** Homedale Joint School District 370, Homedale, Idaho; no sub-agency or office is identified.
- **OEMs:** **Palo Alto** (firewall and security subscriptions), **Cisco Systems/Cisco** (switches and accessories), and **Ruckus** (district-owned equipment covered by managed services).
- **New equipment:** One Palo Alto PA-3410 firewall with power supplies, three-year support, and security subscription; three Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches with support, power supplies, stacking cables, DNA licenses, and network modules. The request also references six antennas/connectors or related components and three feet of cabling; the attachment does not specify their part numbers.
- **Managed services:** Five-year operation, management, and monitoring of district-owned Ruckus equipment at Homedale Elementary and Homedale Middle School: 42 R750 access points, two ICX 7150-C12P switches, four ICX 7150-24P switches, and one ICX 7150-48PF switch.
- **Optional work and requirements:** Installation is optional; if offered, it includes delivery, rack mounting, stacking, configuration, migration, testing, labeling, and removal of replaced equipment. Shipping may also be priced if applicable. New equipment must not be used, open-box, or refurbished; proposed equivalents require documentation demonstrating functional and technical equivalence.

### Description

Homedale Joint School District 370 seeks bids for a firewall, switches, associated modules, cabling, and licensing. Pricing for installation is requested, but installation services are not required from bidders. The district also seeks pricing for a five-year Managed Internal Broadband Services (MIBS) contract for district-owned equipment at its Elementary and Middle Schools. Bidders are advised to review the associated RFP documents and pricing templates for specifications, instructions, and disqualifying factors.

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