# E-Rate #270004179

Fort Frye School District Wi-Fi 7 Access Point Refresh

**Posted:** November 10, 2026
**Respond By:** December 08, 2026
**Identifier:** 270004179
**NAICS:** 423690, 238210, 541519

Fort Frye Local School District is refreshing district-wide wireless access across five facilities.
- **Buyer:** Fort Frye Local School District, Beverly, Washington County, Ohio.
- **OEMs:** **Cisco Systems** and **Cisco Meraki** are named; functionally equivalent products are allowed. Cisco/Meraki examples include CW9166 or MR46 (or higher) indoor access points and CW9163E or MR86 outdoor access points.
- **Products:** 77 indoor and 3 outdoor Wi-Fi 7 access points, plus required software and cloud-management licensing for three years.
  - Combined high school and middle school: 31 indoor, 2 outdoor.
  - Beverly-Center Elementary: 20 indoor.
  - Lowell Elementary: 13 indoor, 1 outdoor.
  - Salem-Liberty Elementary: 11 indoor.
  - Bus garage: 2 indoor.
- **Services:** Turnkey installation for 80 access points, including approved ceiling or wall mounting, connection to existing network drops, labeling, basic configuration, and cloud onboarding.
- **Requirements:** Enterprise Wi-Fi 7, multi-gigabit performance, high-density support, seamless roaming, centralized cloud management, zero-touch provisioning, RF optimization, telemetry, security patching, and remote diagnostics. Equipment must work with existing Cisco PoE++ infrastructure and mounting environments.
- **Pricing and scope:** Itemized unit pricing is needed to support building-level awards or phased implementation. The stated E-Rate discount rate is 80%; eligible existing transferable, supported Meraki licenses may be priced at no additional cost.

### Description

Fort Frye Local School District is soliciting proposals for 80 wireless access points and necessary software and licenses. The attached RFP describes purchase, physical installation, and basic configuration of enterprise-grade access points across district facilities, with Cisco Meraki or equivalent solutions permitted. Proposals must include hardware, required software, and cloud management licensing for a three-year term, and provide itemized pricing that allows building scopes to be awarded independently. Mandatory site walkthroughs are by appointment November 18–19; written inquiries are due December 1, with consolidated answers scheduled for December 4.

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