E-Rate #270004286

Ethos Academy network cabling and infrastructure equipment for a new school facility

Ethos Academy is seeking network cabling and infrastructure for a new-construction school facility in Columbia, South Carolina. - Buyer and location - Buyer: Ethos Academy, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina; agency, sub-agency, and office details are not provided. - OEMs and named vendors - Cisco / Cisco Meraki: switches, firewall, wireless access points, SFP modules, and stacking cables; equivalent products are permitted for the specified equipment. - American Power Conversion (APC): rack-mount UPS devices; equivalent products are permitted. - Requested products and quantities - 6 24-port CAT6 patch panels; 5 Cisco C9300L-48T-4X-M PoE switches; 1 Cisco Meraki MS130-24-FP PoE switch; 1 Meraki MX105 firewall; 65 Meraki MR36 wireless access points. - 10 10-Gb multimode SFP modules; 5 three-foot multimode fiber patch cables; 130 one-foot CAT6 patch cables (63 blue, 67 yellow); 4 Meraki MA-CBL-40G-1M stacking cables. - 5 APC SMC1500-2UC 1500 VA rack-mount Smart-UPS devices; 1 three-foot wall-mounted data cabinet; 1 seven-foot four-post rack; 1 seven-foot two-post rack; 3 12-strand fiber enclosures. - 1,500 feet of six-strand OM3 multimode fiber between the main building and gym data closets, and 200 feet between first- and second-floor data closets; both runs require LC-to-LC termination. - CAT6 cabling: 63 runs to wall outlets and 67 runs to wireless access point locations, estimated at about 250 feet per run. The bid schedule also gives an approximate aggregate quantity of 32,000 feet. - Services and notable requirements - Quote installation separately as a line item or option. Include installation labor for the CAT6 runs, switches, and wireless access points; other installation needed to complete the work should also be included. - Include five-year licensing for the specified switches, firewall, and wireless access points. Configuration is generally not required; the firewall specifically requires no installation or configuration. - Wall-outlet runs require female RJ45 terminations at both ends; wireless-access-point runs require a male RJ45 termination at the device and female RJ45 at the patch panel. - Identify items that are not E-Rate eligible. Master-contract references and SPI billing are preferred.

Description

Ethos Academy is seeking Category 2 internal connections and related equipment for a new-construction facility. The scope includes approximately 32,000 feet of cabling, network switches, firewall, wireless access points, UPS devices, and associated licenses and accessories, as detailed in the attached needs list. Installation should be quoted separately, and cable runs should be assumed to average 250 feet for quoting purposes. Bids must be application-specific and submitted by email in PDF, Word, or Excel format by December 9, 2026.

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