Antennas, managed Wi-Fi and network switches for San Francisco Unif School Dist

Category 2 details: Please Refer to Request for Proposal E-Rate Eligible Core Network Upgrade E-Rate 2027 PROJECT NO. 12632 RFP NO. SFUSD-PD-FY27_#92 Core Network Upgrade E-Rate 2027. The District hereby invites all interested bidders to submit a bid to furnish hardware only, and any other related items required under the RFP. Proposals must be submitted as Portable Document Format (PDF) attachments to an email addressed to [email protected]. The Cost Proposal must be submitted as a separate attachment. Thus, each email submission must have a minimum of two attachments, a narrative proposal, and a cost proposal. The email must be a direct email to the address; it cannot be a reply or part of a thread. The subject line of the email must state: Core Network Upgrade F470 No. 270000910 by Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. (PST). Proposals received other than through email or after the due date and time shall not be accepted and shall be returned unopened. Any questions and/or objections concerning the substance of this RFP, including the Scope of Work, requirements, and evaluation criteria, must be submitted, in writing, via email to [email protected] by 5:00 P.M. (PDT) on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Any questions concerning the RFP process shall be submitted no later than 48 hours prior to the proposal due date to the same email address. The email must be a direct email to this address; it cannot be a reply or part of a thread. The subject line of the email must state: QUESTIONS FOR Core Network Upgrade F470 No. 270000910. Proposers who fail to do so will waive all further rights to protest, based on these specifications and requirements. If necessary, a Questions and Answers document will be developed from all submitted questions and posted on the Districts contracts opportunities portal: Current RFPs, RFQs, RFOs & RFIs | SFUSD. It is the responsibility of the Proposer to check the portal for the Questions and Answers document and any addenda. The District may modify the RFP, prior to the proposal due date, by issuing an addendum, which will be posted on the Districts contracts opportunities portal: Current RFPs, RFQs, RFOs & RFIs | SFUSD. Proposers shall be responsible for ensuring that their proposals reflect any and all RFP addenda issued by the District prior to the proposal due date, regardless of when their proposal is submitted. Therefore, the District recommends that Proposers visit the portal frequently, particularly during the run-up to the proposal due date, to determine if they have downloaded any and all addendum/addenda and documents Due to the way EPC has been created with the service category questions, please consider information drafted into quantities, fields, and units as an educated guess at a minimum for the issuance of this Form 470 and RFP. All quantities are estimates as solutions proposed by vendors to meet the minimum specifications required and outlined in the RFP Attachment may necessitate differing totals/quantities. SFUSD is required to post both this RFP and Form 470 on the USAC EPC Portal site. All addenda will be posted on the districts website as well as the EPC portal site. In the event that there is a discrepancy between in documentation posted in multiple locations, the controlling (master) document will always be located: https://www.sfusd.edu/business-with-sfusd/current-rfps-rfqs-rfos-rfi State or local procurement rules: Applicant may consider multi-year and/or contracts with voluntary extensions. Any voluntary contract extensions must be identified within the awarded contract and must be of a specified number and duration. Contracts with automatic or evergreen contract extension terms will not be considered. Applicant may consider contracts with flexible terms to allow for growth/reduction in services to accommodate an increase/decrease in the number of sites, users, and/or bandwidth. Service Providers submitting proposals in response to this FCC Form 470 must be in compliance with the rules and orders governed by the Federal Communications Commission. Failure to be in compliance and remain in compliance may result in the denial of discount funding, and/or cancellation of funding commitments and/or contracts, and/or could result in civil or criminal prosecution by law enforcement authorities. Service Providers submitting proposals must do so in good faith of compliance with the Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) Rule (see 47 CFR Part 54 Section 54.500(f)). Service Providers submitting proposals must be in full compliance with USACs Free Services Advisory https://www.usac.org/e-rate/applicant-process/competitive-bidding/free-services-advisory/. Any offering of free services must be clearly identified in service providers bids. Service Provider invoicing to USAC must be completed within 120 days from the last day of service. Should the Service Provider fail to invoice USAC timely, Applicant will only be responsible for paying its non-discounted share. The Service Provider acknowledges that all pricing and technology infrastructure information in its contract shall be considered as public and non-confidential pursuant to CFR Part 54 Section 504 (2)(i)(ii). Eligible entities: 133.