Posted Date : January 16,2020
Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : NET-2524
Government Authority located in Little Rock, Arkansas; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for high bandwidth transport and internet.
[A] Budget: Looking for proposal
[B] Scope of Service:
(1) Vendor needs to provide high bandwidth transport and internet to the government authority located in Little Rock, AR.
- Initially SETDA/FCC recommended bandwidth requirements of 100Kbps per student for each school district. The State opted for bandwidth per user to provide additional bandwidth to each district.
- The K12 network was bid in the spring of 2015 and required the Contractors to bid a range of bandwidths to the district hubs that provided bandwidths up to 1Mbps per user for future growth. The Contractor provided network was to have the capacity to provide concurrent access to world-class educational content for all students and staff with the ability to grow and adapt to meet future demands.
- The IFB provided the infrastructure to allow the State to purchase broadband access while keeping ahead of future demand. The recommendations called for schools to provide a minimum circuit capacity of 1Mbps per user in the 2017-2018 school year.
- The Official Price Sheets list the speeds required for 200Kbps per user (or more if the district is purchasing additional bandwidth), the SETDA 2020-2021 Targets per user, and all common speeds in between.
- DIS intends to design the services that are bid and awarded into the most cost-effective configuration.
- Given the extended term of this contract and the economic development and business opportunities created through the build-out of fiber optic facilities, DIS prefers that special construction charges be waived.
- To allow time for transition to the new contracts and awards, the State will need to extend the 2015 awards for 12 months. The existing State contracts for the K12 network were awarded in the spring of 2015 with an effective date of 7-1-2015 and an initial term of 60 months with two 12-month extensions possible.
- Agency will utilize up to eleven state aggregation sites, geographically dispersed throughout Arkansas, and encourages Contractors to bid service to as many of those State aggregation sites as possible.
- Contractors bidding on this service must bid Ethernet or other comparable technology for connectivity from the school district hub to a Contractor’s aggregation location, then from the Contractor’s aggregation location to a State aggregation site.
- To overcome these challenges, DIS will accept bids for alternate technologies, including:
- Switched Ethernet,
- Dark fiber point-to-point,
- Fixed wireless
- Ethernet point-to-point.
- MANs should be established and bid in the most cost-effective manner possible.
(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than January 22, 2020
(3) The contract period will be for three year.
[C] Eligibility:
Onshore (USA Only)
[D] Work Performance:
Not Applicable
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: February 12,2020
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$
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Product (RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Etc.) ID : NET-2524
Government Authority located in Little Rock, Arkansas; USA based organization looking for expert vendor for high bandwidth transport and internet.
[A] Budget: Looking for proposal
[B] Scope of Service:
(1) Vendor needs to provide high bandwidth transport and internet to the government authority located in Little Rock, AR.
- Initially SETDA/FCC recommended bandwidth requirements of 100Kbps per student for each school district. The State opted for bandwidth per user to provide additional bandwidth to each district.
- The K12 network was bid in the spring of 2015 and required the Contractors to bid a range of bandwidths to the district hubs that provided bandwidths up to 1Mbps per user for future growth. The Contractor provided network was to have the capacity to provide concurrent access to world-class educational content for all students and staff with the ability to grow and adapt to meet future demands.
- The IFB provided the infrastructure to allow the State to purchase broadband access while keeping ahead of future demand. The recommendations called for schools to provide a minimum circuit capacity of 1Mbps per user in the 2017-2018 school year.
- The Official Price Sheets list the speeds required for 200Kbps per user (or more if the district is purchasing additional bandwidth), the SETDA 2020-2021 Targets per user, and all common speeds in between.
- DIS intends to design the services that are bid and awarded into the most cost-effective configuration.
- Given the extended term of this contract and the economic development and business opportunities created through the build-out of fiber optic facilities, DIS prefers that special construction charges be waived.
- To allow time for transition to the new contracts and awards, the State will need to extend the 2015 awards for 12 months. The existing State contracts for the K12 network were awarded in the spring of 2015 with an effective date of 7-1-2015 and an initial term of 60 months with two 12-month extensions possible.
- Agency will utilize up to eleven state aggregation sites, geographically dispersed throughout Arkansas, and encourages Contractors to bid service to as many of those State aggregation sites as possible.
- Contractors bidding on this service must bid Ethernet or other comparable technology for connectivity from the school district hub to a Contractor’s aggregation location, then from the Contractor’s aggregation location to a State aggregation site.
- To overcome these challenges, DIS will accept bids for alternate technologies, including:
- Switched Ethernet,
- Dark fiber point-to-point,
- Fixed wireless
- Ethernet point-to-point.
- MANs should be established and bid in the most cost-effective manner possible.
(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than January 22, 2020
(3) The contract period will be for three year.
[C] Eligibility:
Onshore (USA Only)
[D] Work Performance:
Not Applicable
Budget :
Deadline to Submit Proposals: February 12,2020
Cost to Download This RFP/RFQ/RFI/Solicitation/Tender/Bid Document : 5 US$