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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
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
Proposals
AllproposalsshouldmeettherequirementsoutlinedaboveandmustbereceivedbyFebruary26th,2016.PotentialbiddersarewelcomeandencouragedtocontactCenterCityPCSwithquestions.BiddersmaybeaskedtointerviewwithCenterCityandrespondtoclarifyingquestions.
Proposalsshouldbesubmitted(emailispreferred)to:
ScottBurnsDirector,InformationTechnologyCenterCityPublicCharterSchools9002ndStNESte221Washington,[email protected]
ThankyouforconsideringthisRequestforProposal.
Sincerely,
ScottBurnsDirector,InformationTechnologyCenterCityPublicCharterSchools