E-Rate #270004304

Turnkey Tate County School District network upgrade: Aruba-compatible switches and access points, plus UPS equipment

Tate County School District’s Technology Department is seeking a turnkey network upgrade for its schools. - Buyer: Tate County School District, Technology Department, Tate County, Mississippi. - OEMs named: HPE Aruba/Aruba for switches and wireless access points; Tripplite for UPS equipment. Equivalent products may be proposed if compatibility is demonstrated. - Requested equipment: - 75 switches, with HPE Aruba CX 6300L preferred; include necessary software, licenses, uplink modules, transceivers, stacking components, and patching. - 10 Aruba-compatible wireless access points for the District’s existing Aruba Instant environment; include licenses, mounting hardware, and new copper drops where needed. - 48 Tripplite or equivalent UPS/battery backup units, sized for network-closet loads and required runtime, with applicable software, licenses, and network-management capability. - Services: Turnkey equipment supply, installation, configuration, migration, testing, labeling, and documentation; basic maintenance for 75 switches and 10 access points. Work includes migrating existing VLANs, uplinks, and configurations and testing connectivity, PoE, wireless, uplinks, and UPS operation. - Notable requirements: Single-vendor delivery; valid SLD SPIN and an Aruba-certified professional or equivalent; mandatory site visit; new equipment only (no refurbished or gray-market products); five-year minimum access-point warranty and one-year warranty on installed materials and workmanship. Final models, quantities, capacities, and locations may be adjusted after the site visit. Project depends on E-Rate funding approval.

Description

Tate County School District seeks proposals for a turnkey FY 2027–2028 network upgrade, including replacement network switches, supplemental wireless access points, and UPS equipment. Work includes supplying, installing, configuring, testing, labeling, and documenting the equipment, with integration into the District’s existing Aruba network environment. A mandatory vendor site visit is scheduled for December 2, 2026, and the attached RFP provides specifications and submission requirements. The RFP sets the proposal submission deadline as December 16, 2026, at 10:00 AM local time.

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