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Ave Maria Catholic School seeks network equipment, patch cabling, installation, and managed services

Ave Maria Catholic School is seeking bids for Category 2 network upgrades, replacement patch cabling, installation, and managed network services. - Buyer: Ave Maria Catholic School, Parker, Colorado; contact named in the materials: Kari Farrell. - OEMs named: RUCKUS, Eaton, StarTech, Palo Alto Networks, and Vertiv. Equivalent products are acceptable; bidders are asked to provide valid manufacturer SKUs and confirm authorized-reseller status. - New equipment and cabling: - RUCKUS ICX 8200-48 switches, part ICX8200-48NP2-E2-G: 3; ICX 8200-24 switches, part ICX8200-24XP2-E2-G: 2; and ICX 8100 Compact switch, part ICX8100-C08PF: 1. Three-year licensing and installation are requested; cloud management licensing is identified as CLD-PROF-APSW-REC3, with remote support part 801-8100A-R-3 also listed for the compact switch. - RUCKUS DAC stacking cables: 3-meter part E25G-SFP28-TWX-P-0301 (1) and 1-meter part E25G-SFP28-TWX-P-0101 (2); NEMA 5-15/C13 power cords, part PCUSA2 (11); and 1000BASE-SX SFP optics, part E1MG-SX-OM (2). - Eaton 5P 1500 Tower UPS units, part 5P1500 (2), and Network-M3 management cards, part NETWORK-M3 (2). - StarTech CAT6A shielded LSZH patch cords: 1-foot part NLBK-1F-CAT6A-PATCH (72) and 2-foot part NLBK-2F-CAT6A-PATCH (72). These replace existing patch cords at the MDF and IDFs; no new cable drops are requested. - Generic antenna, connector, or related components: 20; no manufacturer preference or part number is specified. - Managed-services scope includes new and existing switches, wireless access points, firewall, and UPS equipment. Existing listed devices include one Palo Alto Networks PA-520 firewall (PAN-PA-520), one Vertiv Liebert PSI5-3000RT120 UPS (PSI5-3000RT120), one RUCKUS ICX 8100-24P switch (ICX8100-24P-POE-X), and 18 RUCKUS R650 access points (901-R650-US00). - Requested services include equipment installation/configuration; network monitoring and alerting, health reports, remote outage assistance, firmware and security patching, switch configuration changes, firewall management and OS updates, and UPS monitoring and battery-health reporting. Advanced firewall security subscriptions are excluded from the managed-services scope. - Managed services are requested to begin in mid-2027, with the end of the service term to be specified by the bidder. The notice identifies a later equipment-quote expiration requirement; no fixed service duration is provided.

Description

Ave Maria Catholic School seeks bids for Category 2 Wi-Fi equipment, cabling, and managed internal broadband services for funding year 2027. Equipment requests include network switches, accessories, UPS units, and related licenses, with installation requested for listed items. The cabling request is for replacement patch cords at the MDF and IDFs, with no new drops. Managed services cover monitoring, alerting, maintenance, updates, and support for specified existing and new network equipment; bidders are directed to review the RFP and bidding instructions.

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