THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY

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1 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY --- PROCUREMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT Joe Marody, Procurement Coordinator ADDENDUM TO CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ADDENDUM NO.: 1 PROJECT NAME: RFP No. R157215JM - E-Rate Network Infrastructure Equipment DATE OF ISSUE: November 23, 2015 The following information shall be included in the contract documents and is hereby made part of the project Request for Proposals documents in the form of clarification, addition, deletion or revision to the contract specifications. The following are questions received via presented with the response in italics: Q1. Approximate number of classrooms requiring wireless? A1. +/-5000 Q2. Approximate number of students per classroom? A2. +/- 30 Q3. Types of applications being used on the network basic internet access, streaming video, etc. A3. All. Heavy emphasis will be placed on wireless network and Internet access for laptops and Chromebooks using Google Apps, Google Drive, YouTube, etc. Q4. Any BYOD or 1:1 initiative? A4. Both. BYOD in all facilities now; 1:1 phased rollout underway with estimated completion within next 3-5 years. Q5. What type of management platform do you prefer? Physical Controller? Virtual Controller? Cloud? A5. Cloud and/or virtual. Q6. Will your students have online testing? A6. Yes Q7. Can you provide floorplans and / or building diagrams so that we may complete a predictive survey? A7. No. The District does not require a predictive survey at this time. Q8. Do you require an ac solution? A8. Yes 2855 Colonial Blvd FORT MYERS, FLORIDA PHONE (239) FAX (239) AlberetJM@leeschools.net

2 Q9. Are there any technical requirements for the access points you have requested? A9. WAPs must support WPA/WPA2/WPA2 Enterprise, 802.1x, i, WEP, and PSK security protocols; be wall or ceiling mountable and 802.3af PoE compliant n WAP must be dual radio and compatible with a/b/g/and n devices ac WAP must be dual radio, support two MIMO streams, and compatible with a/b/g/n and ac devices. All WAPs must support concurrent 2.4G and 5 G client connections with no degradation in performance or connection quality. Must be fully functional when connection to controller/manager is lost. Must support at least three SSIDs. Q10. Do they need to have additional Ethernet ports? A10. Not required but units with additional ports will be considered. Q11. Can they run on either 802.3af or 802.3at PoE? A af only. Q12. Are there a certain number of streams they need to support? If so, can you give us insight on specific use cases that would require your requested number of streams? A12. Yes, AP must be able to support two MIMO streams with a MINIMUM of 100 client connections per AP. Q13. Is this project to expand upon the existing wireless infrastructure or to replace it? A13. Potentially both. Classrooms with n WAPs will be upgraded to ac. Wireless network at locations with ac WAPs may be expanded. Q14. Have you scheduled a mandatory or voluntary walk-through of your school facilities? A14. No pre-bid walk-through will be scheduled. Q15. Is there an interest to trade in old/existing equipment ex. networking and/or Access Points? A15. No Q16. Has the existing fiber been tested to support 10 Gig? A16. No. The District will address any plant that doesn t support 10G. Q17. Is there a need for cabling runs for this project? A17. Any required structured cabling installation will be managed under District s existing wiring/maintenance contract. Q18. Will Lee School employees be removing the existing equipment located at each location/school? A18. Equipment/infrastructure varies by campus/facility. District staff will determine needs and manage logistics per site on a case by case basis. Q19. Is there an interest for the equipment to come pre-configured with Lee School standard configurations? A19. No. District staff will configure data switches and wireless network equipment as required.

3 Q20. For the Cisco 4500 s, some sites are shown only requiring parts, vs complete chassis, for these sites, will the District accept an equivalent product to fulfill the need for this bid, as well as the full replacement of the 4500 s where applicable? If so, we would need to know the required number of ports, type and quantity for each site. A20. The District will consider equivalent products assuming total project cost, including replacement cost of existing chassis and associated equipment, is favorable and performance characteristics are comparable to costs required to upgrade existing infrastructure components. Assume an average of one chassis, two power supplies, two 48 port switch models, one controller/processor module, and one multiport line module (to interconnect other IDF/TR data switches via MM fiber - include options for 1 and 10 GB interfaces for these line modules) per location that does not have a core switch specified. Q21. Will the District accept a virtual chassis solution for the core, which meets or exceeds the Cisco 4500 s specifications? A21. No. Q22. Cisco 2960Xs are equipped with SFP+ ports, but only SFP optics are used. For a switch to be considered equivalent, will you require SFP+ or is SFP acceptable. A22. SFP and SFP+ are required. The District will pursue upgrading to SFP+ at some point. Q23. Will this RFP implementation require professional services? A23. No. Q24. Will access switches need to be POE? A24. Stand-alone 24 and 48 port switches require PoE. Q25. Does this infrastructure solution require a network management platform? A25. No, the District has a management platform. Q26. In regards to wireless; do you want this hosted? A26. No. Q27. In regards to wireless; will you want it to be managed? A27. No. Q28. In regards to wireless; what type of devices will be connecting to wireless? A28. Laptops, Chromebooks, Tablets (including most ipad variants), other Mobile devices including smart phones, etc. Q29. In regards to wireless; what applications will be supported? A29. All. Heavy emphasis will be placed on wireless network and Internet access for laptops and Chromebooks using Google Apps, Google Drive, YouTube, etc. Q30. In regards to wireless; what throughput are you planning for each device? A30. At least 10Mb.

4 Q31. In regards to wireless; what WiFi technology do you want in your new solution? A a/b/g/n/ac There are no other changes at this time. Please acknowledge receipt of this addendum upon receipt and in your response. Thank you for your interest in the School District of Lee County. Joe Marody Procurement Coordinator

5 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY --- PROCUREMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT Joe Marody, Procurement Coordinator ADDENDUM TO CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ADDENDUM NO.: 1 PROJECT NAME: RFP No. R157215JM - E-Rate Network Infrastructure Equipment DATE OF ISSUE: November 23, 2015 The following information shall be included in the contract documents and is hereby made part of the project Request for Proposals documents in the form of clarification, addition, deletion or revision to the contract specifications. The following are questions received via presented with the response in italics: Q1. Approximate number of classrooms requiring wireless? A1. +/-5000 Q2. Approximate number of students per classroom? A2. +/- 30 Q3. Types of applications being used on the network basic internet access, streaming video, etc. A3. All. Heavy emphasis will be placed on wireless network and Internet access for laptops and Chromebooks using Google Apps, Google Drive, YouTube, etc. Q4. Any BYOD or 1:1 initiative? A4. Both. BYOD in all facilities now; 1:1 phased rollout underway with estimated completion within next 3-5 years. Q5. What type of management platform do you prefer? Physical Controller? Virtual Controller? Cloud? A5. Cloud and/or virtual. Q6. Will your students have online testing? A6. Yes Q7. Can you provide floorplans and / or building diagrams so that we may complete a predictive survey? A7. No. The District does not require a predictive survey at this time. Q8. Do you require an ac solution? A8. Yes 2855 Colonial Blvd FORT MYERS, FLORIDA PHONE (239) FAX (239) AlberetJM@leeschools.net

6 Q9. Are there any technical requirements for the access points you have requested? A9. WAPs must support WPA/WPA2/WPA2 Enterprise, 802.1x, i, WEP, and PSK security protocols; be wall or ceiling mountable and 802.3af PoE compliant n WAP must be dual radio and compatible with a/b/g/and n devices ac WAP must be dual radio, support two MIMO streams, and compatible with a/b/g/n and ac devices. All WAPs must support concurrent 2.4G and 5 G client connections with no degradation in performance or connection quality. Must be fully functional when connection to controller/manager is lost. Must support at least three SSIDs. Q10. Do they need to have additional Ethernet ports? A10. Not required but units with additional ports will be considered. Q11. Can they run on either 802.3af or 802.3at PoE? A af only. Q12. Are there a certain number of streams they need to support? If so, can you give us insight on specific use cases that would require your requested number of streams? A12. Yes, AP must be able to support two MIMO streams with a MINIMUM of 100 client connections per AP. Q13. Is this project to expand upon the existing wireless infrastructure or to replace it? A13. Potentially both. Classrooms with n WAPs will be upgraded to ac. Wireless network at locations with ac WAPs may be expanded. Q14. Have you scheduled a mandatory or voluntary walk-through of your school facilities? A14. No pre-bid walk-through will be scheduled. Q15. Is there an interest to trade in old/existing equipment ex. networking and/or Access Points? A15. No Q16. Has the existing fiber been tested to support 10 Gig? A16. No. The District will address any plant that doesn t support 10G. Q17. Is there a need for cabling runs for this project? A17. Any required structured cabling installation will be managed under District s existing wiring/maintenance contract. Q18. Will Lee School employees be removing the existing equipment located at each location/school? A18. Equipment/infrastructure varies by campus/facility. District staff will determine needs and manage logistics per site on a case by case basis. Q19. Is there an interest for the equipment to come pre-configured with Lee School standard configurations? A19. No. District staff will configure data switches and wireless network equipment as required.

7 Q20. For the Cisco 4500 s, some sites are shown only requiring parts, vs complete chassis, for these sites, will the District accept an equivalent product to fulfill the need for this bid, as well as the full replacement of the 4500 s where applicable? If so, we would need to know the required number of ports, type and quantity for each site. A20. The District will consider equivalent products assuming total project cost, including replacement cost of existing chassis and associated equipment, is favorable and performance characteristics are comparable to costs required to upgrade existing infrastructure components. Assume an average of one chassis, two power supplies, two 48 port switch models, one controller/processor module, and one multiport line module (to interconnect other IDF/TR data switches via MM fiber - include options for 1 and 10 GB interfaces for these line modules) per location that does not have a core switch specified. Q21. Will the District accept a virtual chassis solution for the core, which meets or exceeds the Cisco 4500 s specifications? A21. No. Q22. Cisco 2960Xs are equipped with SFP+ ports, but only SFP optics are used. For a switch to be considered equivalent, will you require SFP+ or is SFP acceptable. A22. SFP and SFP+ are required. The District will pursue upgrading to SFP+ at some point. Q23. Will this RFP implementation require professional services? A23. No. Q24. Will access switches need to be POE? A24. Stand-alone 24 and 48 port switches require PoE. Q25. Does this infrastructure solution require a network management platform? A25. No, the District has a management platform. Q26. In regards to wireless; do you want this hosted? A26. No. Q27. In regards to wireless; will you want it to be managed? A27. No. Q28. In regards to wireless; what type of devices will be connecting to wireless? A28. Laptops, Chromebooks, Tablets (including most ipad variants), other Mobile devices including smart phones, etc. Q29. In regards to wireless; what applications will be supported? A29. All. Heavy emphasis will be placed on wireless network and Internet access for laptops and Chromebooks using Google Apps, Google Drive, YouTube, etc. Q30. In regards to wireless; what throughput are you planning for each device? A30. At least 10Mb.

8 Q31. In regards to wireless; what WiFi technology do you want in your new solution? A a/b/g/n/ac There are no other changes at this time. Please acknowledge receipt of this addendum upon receipt and in your response. Thank you for your interest in the School District of Lee County. Joe Marody Procurement Coordinator