The Houston County School District is seeking proposals for approximately (3,500) wireless access points. Specifications, terms and conditions are contained herein. It shall be the intent and purpose of this (RFP) to cover the terms and conditions under which a successful Bidder shall be responsible to supply and deliver all products listed on the Bid Response Form to the Houston County School District. HPE Aruba part numbers are used as a part of the RFP to be descriptive only and are not meant to be restrictive, however they are the preferred make and model. Vendors are asked to propose equipment equal to or greater than the equipment described herein. Vendors must include the brand/make/model of all equipment proposed. The Aruba AP 735 is the preferred access point. Access points must: Support U-NII-4 channels in the 5 Ghz spectrum.; Support Ultra Tri-band filtering.; Support AI-powered energy-saving mode that automatically monitors connected devices, their locations, and connection times, and subsequently adjusts which APs are active and which are inactive.; Support 2.4Ghz, 5Ghz,and 6Ghz bands concurrently; Support two integrated Bluetooth 6 and 802.15.4 radios ; Support Target Wake Time (TWT) to schedule when clients need to communicate with an AP.; Support HPE Aruba Networking Aruba Central IoT Operations Service.; Support WPA2-MPSK; Must include a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for added security; Supports dual 5Gbps Ethernet ports; Supports Intelligent Power Monitoring (IPM) to reflect energy consumption and adjust to available PoE power; Support FTM 802.11az for sub 1 meter accuracy, with a GNSS receiver builtin for high accuracy indoor location measurements and be self-locating; Can be managed with Aruba Central and use existing district owned Aruba Central licenses
