This RFP is for new Wireless Access Points IWAPS) and warranty service to be delivered between fuly 1,, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Talbot County Public Schools is requesting proposals for a funiper Mist or equivalent wireless solution. TCPS will entertain proposed solutions from other manufacturers, however it is the vendor's responsibility and obligation to provide documentation and other evidence that a nonWireless Access Points RFP Number 25-0L26 RFP Contact Information Stephen Wilson, IT Manager swilson@talbotschools.org RFP Release Date |anuary 24,2025 RFP Documents Maryland e-Market place https : //emaryland.buyspeed.com/bso/ Talbot County Public Schools http : / / wvwv. tcp s. k 1 2. m d. us/ d e p a rtm e nts /T ech no I o g v February L8,2025 Email questions to Steve Wilson swilson@talbotschools.org Subject Line Q&A RFP 25- 0126 Last date to email questions Final question response February 19,2025 RFP closing Date - Time and Opening February 24,2025 2:00 PM Submission Requirements All submissions be will be e-filed to TCPSfinance@talbotschools.org or the eMaryland Marketplace (Emma) dropbox RFP Selection Prior to USAC form 47L filing date Award of contract Contingent upon Talbot County Board of Education approval and funding and on E-Rate funding approval Contract Start date July 1,2025 Contract End Date |une 30, 2026 Juniper Mist product is functionally equivalent or better. Equipment that is shown to be equivalent in function and warranty is acceptable. In the instance that the solution is non-Juniper Mist, proof of equal functionality must be shown. Failure to show equal functionality may result in the disqualification of the bid. To be considered a functional equivalent, the competing product must include the following: Access Points must be 4x4:4 triradio WiFi 6E capable, able to operate in the 2.4, 5, and 6GHz bands, equivalent to the funiper Mist AP45. Equivalents for Juniper Mist AP45E, in addition to the above features, must be capable of supporting external antennae and include a compatible 10 element external antenna equivalent to the Acceltex ATS-02855 with TdBi gain, horizontal beamwidth of 120" /105'/105', and vertical beamwidth of 75'/60'/60", respective to the 2.4,5, and 6GHz bands. Management platform must be cloud-based, microservices architecture. Configured wireless networks must continue to function in the event of a loss of connectivity to the cloud management platform. Access Points must contain a dedicated third radio for dual-band WIDS/WlPS, spectrum analysis, synthetic client and location analytics. Ability to configure, monitor and enforce service level expectations for individual sites and/or the entire network. Management platform must include simple root cause analysis and remediation' Management platform must include automated dynamic packet capture, stored and accessible from the cloud. Management platform must include comprehensive network performance and service level reporting. Management platform must include a natural language processing engine to process queries for troubleshooting Must have the ability to profile both manually and automatically client devices based on device type, device OS, application, location, and user role. Must be able to automatically process RMA IReturn Materials AuthorizationJ in the event of hardware failure. Must be able to automatically update firmware. Must have advanced policy implementation features comparable with f uniper Mist's WxLAN feature. This project is subject to the approval of funds by the Talbot County Public Schools Board of Education, it's funding agenry, the Talbot County Council, and approval by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), Schools and Libraries Division (SLDJ. Anyvendorto be considered forthe award must be an authorized partner/reseller or equivalent status for the proposed products and services and meet all the criteria as required by USAC/SLD. In the event of partial funding of this proiect, TCPS reserves the right to prioritize and purchase a partial amount of bid prices.
