E-Rate #270003932

Grande Innovation Academy fiber internet, network equipment, and managed services

Grande Innovation Academy seeks E-Rate-eligible fiber internet, internal network equipment, and related services for its Casa Grande, Arizona school. - Government buyer: Grande Innovation Academy; the supplied materials do not identify a parent agency, sub-agency, or purchasing office. - Internet access: Category One fiber service with bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps in 1 Gbps increments, handed off to the owner-supplied LAN. Scope includes installation and construction, testing and acceptance, project management, outage reporting, basic technical support, and an SLA. - Equipment: CAT6A cabling; Ruckus switches and wireless access points; American Power Conversion (APC) or equivalent UPS units; and a Fortinet firewall. See line items for quantities and part numbers. - Services: Managed internal broadband services, basic maintenance for switches and UPS/battery backup equipment, and internet installation and support. Costs should distinguish eligible from ineligible items; applicable E-Rate security and supply-chain requirements apply. - Notable requirements: Proposals should itemize costs. Price is the most heavily weighted evaluation factor. Requested quantities may be adjusted and equipment purchased as needed over the contract term.

Description

Grande Innovation Academy is seeking proposals for fiber-optic Internet access with bandwidth options from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps. The scope includes service hand-off to the school’s supplied local area network, construction and installation, testing and acceptance, project management, SPI invoicing, and outage reporting and technical support under a service-level agreement. The attached RFP also requests eligible internal-connection equipment and related services, including cabling, switches, UPS equipment, and managed internal broadband services. Bids must be emailed to the specified contact by 5:00 p.m. MST on the Allowable Contract Date and include the completed E-Rate Service Provider Bid Response Worksheet.

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