Specifications include, but are not limited to: DeSoto ISD is inviting proposals to provide broadband internet access; The successful bidder(s) will work with DISD to coordinate service delivery and resolve scheduling conflicts. Access will be coordinated with the technology department and construction management team of the school district. All areas must be kept clean and no materials are to be stored on site other than those which are currently in the process of being installed. The awarded vendor(s) may not use District sites as a storage facility without prior consent. Any and all materials stored on District property is the responsibility of the vendor until a Change of Custody form is signed by a District authorized personnel. Any changes to installation or implementation activities once a contract is completed must be preceded by an approved change order. DeSoto ISD currently operates two data centers providing connectivity to 16 campus sites. The district has one 10 Gbps Internet connection to the data center located at 616 Eagle Drive, DeSoto, TX 75115 and one 10 Gbps Internet connection to the data center at Katherine Johnson Technology Magnet Academy (KJTMA), 1200 Academy Way, DeSoto, TX 75115. All District WAN connectivity is currently provided as 10 Gbps lit leased fiber service and terminates in two 10 Gbps interfaces at the core. All campus fiber plant within the district which serves as vertical backbone cabling from the MDFs to the IDFs is older multi-mode and limited single mode. The High School and Freshman campus both aggregate campus bandwidth at the core on the 9400s as the core is physically situated between the 2 campuses. The District has no plan at this time to upgrade the vertical backbone cable plant, therefore all optics must continue to support data on the existing plant. The core network is comprised of dual Cisco 9400s with single Sup-1 supervisor, a Cisco 3850 XS 12port, and 2 Cisco FPR 2100 in Active-Active operation. The District utilizes a separate Internet web content filter as well. The District also utilizes Cisco ISE.
