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Instructions

Notice is hereby given that Tornillo Independent School District, will accept proposals from qualified vendors with E-Rate SPIN numbers for Internal Connections - Network Equipment. Internal Connection equipment, not delivered under non-contracted or month-to-month arrangement, requiring a binding contract, shall be contingent upon E- Rate funding approval by the SLD. All contracts shall expire on June 30, 20XX of the funding year regardless of the Start of Service Date. Tornillo ISD reserves the right to cancel and/or change service provider after the end of the funding year and will not be liable for early termination fees associated with a conflict on the contract's expiration date and the funding year's last date of service. 

Download all documents below. 

1. 01 RFP Letter.pdf - start here for full instructions.
2. 02 RFP Akn Form.pdf - fill out and include with proposal submission.
3. 03 TISDFY25-IC01 Network Equipment.pdf - fill out request for Quote/Proposal form and include with submission.
4. Cisco Estimate Services.pdf - itemized list of equipment sought. 

FAQ

01. How many switch racks do you have in the High School MDF Data Room?

• Response: 2 racks, 1 for cisco switches, the other for PBX and servers.

02. Do you have horizontal and vertical wire managers installed in the existing racks?

• Response: Vertical

03. Do you require any changes to the switch configurations during implementation?

• Response: No

04. Do you require any fiber cables, SFPs, or copper patch cables for connectivity?

• Response: No fiber or patch cables needed. For SEP's we need 10.

05. Are your existing copper patch cables color coded to show different VLANs?

• Response: Yes

06. Would you please provide pictures of the existing racks?

• Response:  Yes, see attached.

07. Do you plan to implement multiple switch stacks in the MDF?

• How do you envision these being split up? 

• Response: The max is 8 for cisco to stack so we would have one stack of 8 and one switch by itself.

08. You did not request Stack Cables in the provided hardware list.

• Would you like us to include these in our response?

• Response: Yes

09. You did not request SFPs in the provided hardware list.

• Will you utilize your existing SFPs for connectivity.

• Response: If they are compatible yes.

10. What type of racks do you have in the MDF?

• Response: 2-post standard racks

11. Are all of your network racks mounted next to each other in a single row?

• Two racks are standing side by side.

12. You mentioned you need fiber cables, SFPs, and copper patch cables.

• Would you please specify the type and number of each that you would like us to include in our response?

• Response: 

13. Do you need SFPs to support 1G, 10G, or 25G?

• Response: 10GB

14. Do you need the SFPs to support multi-mode or single-mode fiber?

• Response: Multi-Mode

15. How many network closets connect to the MDF?

• Response: 9

16. What type of fiber do you have between each network closet. 

• (Example:  Multi-Mode OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, or Single-Mode OS1, OS2) 

• Response: OM3, OM4