The purpose of this IFB is to select a supplier (hereinafter “Bidder”), secure firm prices and establish a contract for the furnishing and delivery of wireless access point hardware units, as well as the applicable licenses, in strict accordance with the requirements of this IFB. Bidder’s response shall include all specified products, delivery, technical expertise, and other services as required for the proper execution and performance of contract. Due to the increase in use of mobile devices requiring high speed wireless network services, the District has identified the need enhance and expand our existing wireless network. Ideally, this project will outfit every permanent classroom with a state-of-the-art wireless access point that can be fully managed and monitored with our current Extreme Cloud IQ (XIQ) cloud server platform. The licenses will play a crucial role in our support of the Teachers and Students moving forward. A required feature of the software specified is the ability to connect existing wired Ethernet devices, such as a Teacher workstation and a network printer, directly to the access point. This feature will allow our staff to deploy these units into the classroom utilizing existing network infrastructure and cabling. There are over 2000 units in operation in our current environment.
