E-Rate #270004613

Morley-Stanwood Community Schools Category 2 Network Equipment and Installation

Morley-Stanwood Community Schools is seeking E-rate Category 2 network equipment and installation for its Morley, Michigan schools. - Buyer: Morley-Stanwood Community Schools, a public school district in Mecosta County, Michigan. - Named OEMs: HPE Aruba for switches and management licenses; Fortinet for the FortiGate firewall license; and Vertiv for UPS units. Equivalent products are permitted. No reseller is named. - Equipment requested: - Approximately 12 48-port HPE Aruba 6200M switches (or equivalent), with multi-gigabit PoE++, load-balancing power supplies, and 10Gb MMF and SMF fiber uplink optics. - Approximately 12 five-year Aruba Central switch licenses (or equivalent), plus 1-meter DAC switch-to-switch cables; cable quantity is unspecified. - One approximately 12U wall-mounted rack (or equivalent), with backboard, mounting hardware, patch panel, and cable management. - One one-year renewal for the existing Fortinet FortiGate 201F firewall (or equivalent), including Advanced Threat Protection. - Approximately two 2000VA lithium-ion Vertiv UPS units (or equivalent), with network management and rack-mounting hardware. - Approximately 73 Category 6 cable runs, including jacks, termination hardware, patch cables, associated materials, and surface raceway where needed; plus a new fiber connection to the IDF. - Services and notable requirements: Installation and configuration for switches, rack, UPS equipment, cabling, and fiber, plus maintenance for applicable internal connections. Quantities are approximate and may vary; the request is for Category 2 internal connections.

Description

Morley-Stanwood Community Schools is seeking Category 2 internal connections and related services under FCC Form 470. Listed items include switches and necessary software and licenses (12 each), firewall components, uninterruptible power supplies/battery backups, racks, cabling, antennas, and basic maintenance of internal connections. Specifications include HPE Aruba or equivalent and other equivalent equipment; the source says to see the RFP for details and that quantities may vary. Responses are due December 11, 2026.

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