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900 2 nd Street NE, Suite 221, Washington, DC 20002 www.centercitypcs.org Telephone 202.589.0202 January 22 nd , 2016 Request for Proposal Network Equipment and Related Services Attention Interested Parties: Center City Public Charter Schools is seeks to replace end-of-life network switches and firewalls in each of its schools and the district central office with new equipment and services that integrate with our existing Meraki wireless network infrastructure. Background on Center City Public Charter Schools Center City Public Charter Schools (CCPCS) empower our students for lifelong success by building strong character, promoting academic excellence, and generating public service throughout Washington D.C. Our school opened its doors in 2008 with a community of nearly 1500 of the District’s youth and over 150 instructional staff. With a focus on the communities we serve, our six schools are named after their neighborhoods: Brightwood, Capitol Hill, Congress Heights, Petworth, Shaw, and Trinidad. Each campus is small, community-based, and serves a population of 230-250 students. Service and Product Description CCPCS seeks to upgrade/replace aging network switches and firewall routers used for Internet connectivity at each of our schools and central office. Proposals should include the following elements. Network Hardware Equipment must integrate with our existing Meraki network management infrastructure Each of our six schools will require replacement of a 48-port switch Our central office will require replacement of one 48-port switch and one 24-port switch Each location will require one firewall/router to connect our internal LANs to our ISP’s CPE

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Page 1: Request for Proposal Network Services · Request for Proposal – Network Equipment and Related ... services that integrate with our existing Meraki wireless network infrastructure

9002ndStreetNE,Suite221,Washington,DC20002www.centercitypcs.orgTelephone202.589.0202

January22nd,2016

RequestforProposal–NetworkEquipmentandRelatedServices

AttentionInterestedParties:

CenterCityPublicCharterSchoolsisseekstoreplaceend-of-lifenetworkswitchesandfirewallsineachofitsschoolsandthedistrictcentralofficewithnewequipmentandservicesthatintegratewithourexistingMerakiwirelessnetworkinfrastructure.

BackgroundonCenterCityPublicCharterSchools

CenterCityPublicCharterSchools(CCPCS)empowerourstudentsforlifelongsuccessbybuildingstrongcharacter,promotingacademicexcellence,andgeneratingpublicservicethroughoutWashingtonD.C.

Ourschoolopeneditsdoorsin2008withacommunityofnearly1500oftheDistrict’syouthandover150instructionalstaff.Withafocusonthecommunitiesweserve,oursixschoolsarenamedaftertheirneighborhoods:Brightwood,CapitolHill,CongressHeights,Petworth,Shaw,andTrinidad.Eachcampusissmall,community-based,andservesapopulationof230-250students.

ServiceandProductDescription

CCPCSseekstoupgrade/replaceagingnetworkswitchesandfirewallroutersusedforInternetconnectivityateachofourschoolsandcentraloffice.Proposalsshouldincludethefollowingelements.

NetworkHardware

• EquipmentmustintegratewithourexistingMerakinetworkmanagementinfrastructure

• Eachofoursixschoolswillrequirereplacementofa48-portswitch• Ourcentralofficewillrequirereplacementofone48-portswitchandone24-port

switch• Eachlocationwillrequireonefirewall/routertoconnectourinternalLANstoour

ISP’sCPE

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Installation

• Firewall/routersandswitcheswilluseexistingin-buildingwiring,withCCPCSresponsibleforprovidedadditionalwiringforareasinbuildingsnotcurrentlyserviced

• InstallationservicesatourlocationsinWashington,DCshouldbeincludedwiththebid

SystemManagement

• Ourcampusesdonothaveserverroomsinthetraditionalsensesoacloud-basedmanagementoffirewall/routersandswitchesviaourexistingMerakimanagementinfrastructureisrequired

• ManagementservicesmustsupportcontentfilteringandmonitoringcapabilitiescompatiblewithrequirementsoftheChildren’sInternetProtectionAct

• Themanagementsystemshouldsupportmultiplesystemadministratorsandallowdelegationofcontrolonasite-by-sitebasis

• Router/firewalldevicesmustsupportestablishmentofVPNsbetweenoursevensites

VendorRequirements

• AServiceProviderIdentificationNumber(SPIN)providedbytheFCC

TermofService

• Equipmentpurchasesandinstallationwillbeperformedandbilledduringthe2016-2017schoolyear,whichstartsonJuly1,2016

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Proposals

AllproposalsshouldmeettherequirementsoutlinedaboveandmustbereceivedbyFebruary26th,2016.PotentialbiddersarewelcomeandencouragedtocontactCenterCityPCSwithquestions.BiddersmaybeaskedtointerviewwithCenterCityandrespondtoclarifyingquestions.

Proposalsshouldbesubmitted(emailispreferred)to:

ScottBurnsDirector,InformationTechnologyCenterCityPublicCharterSchools9002ndStNESte221Washington,[email protected]

ThankyouforconsideringthisRequestforProposal.

Sincerely,

ScottBurnsDirector,InformationTechnologyCenterCityPublicCharterSchools