Andalusia City School District has standardized on Cisco equipment within their schools,
therefore, Cisco equipment is the preferred solution. All power cords, patch cords,
interfaces, etc. needed for operation shall be included as well as installation,
configuration, and the equipment should have limited lifetime warranty on proposed
equipment.
Vendor must provide any specializations and/or Certifications and reseller status of your
company and employees that will demonstrate your company’s ability to design, install,
and configure the proposed network equipment and cabling infrastructure product line.
The school district requires that the vendor submit Network Infrastructure certifications
such as CCNP & CCDP (or equivalent).
It is preferred but not required that all cabling personnel be either a BICSI Technician or
Installer or equivalent qualification to demonstrate that personnel are qualified network
cabling installers.
Wiring Standards: All horizontal wiring installed under this contract will meet EIA/TIA568-B (Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard) specifications for
end-to-end link performance. Bidder will adhere to EIA-TIA-569 (Commercial Building
Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces) when routing horizontal or
vertical cabling within buildings. Any inter-building wiring installed will meet the
criteria in EIA/TIA-569 for underground or aerial pathways, including the design of
manholes, handholes, and entrance facilities. All fiber optic cabling will also be installed
to meet or exceed TIA/EIA-568-B performance standards. The category 6, 4-pair UTP
cable shall be UL listed Type CMP (plenum) or CM (non-plenum). The Category 6
cabling shall comply with the link and channel performance requirements of TIA/EIA568-B. If the TIA/EIA standards specified here have been updated vendor should use the
latest commercially accepted standard.
Network Equipment & Cabling Requirements
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Andalusia City School District requires the Network Switch Equipment being
proposed meets the following requirements;
o Must utilize existing multimode fiber that is currently in place at each
school
o The network connections to each IDF & classroom must be 1000MB
connection
o The Switch ports must provide 10/100/1000 MB network connectivity.
o The Switch Equipment in the MDF’s & IDFs must provide POE+
o Each Computer Lab Switch should have a minimum of 48ports
o Each Classroom Switch should have a minimum of 8ports
o All new Network Switches should have lifetime warranty
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Andalusia City School Districts requires the Wireless Network Equipment being
proposed meets the following requirements;
o Manageable and self adjusting
o Controller Based System (Centrally Managed)
o Vendors should proposals for high density 1:1 Coverage
o Each Wireless Access Point should provide a/b/g/n access
o Each Wireless Access Point must be able to sustain 300 Mbps throughput
o Each Wireless Access Point should utilize multiple input multiple output
technology
o Each Wireless Access Point should be powered through a POE Switch
port
o Wireless Access Points should have a lifetime warranty.
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Andalusia City School Districts requires the Uninterruptible Power Supply
(UPS)/Battery Backup
o The system should have sufficient data protection for all network
equipment in the Rack
o The battery backup should be primarily for data protection, and not for a
substantial continued power during an outage.
o The battery backup units should fit inside the provided the Rack/Cabinet.
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Andalusia City School Districts requires the New Network Cabling being
proposed meets the following requirements;
o Vendors are responsible for testing the current network cabling to verify
that BICSI specifications are met.
o Test results will be provided for all the existing cabling in the final project
book.
o The majority of all cabling in the school district should be utilized during
upgrade.
o Vendors will be required to install new Cat6 drops for the Wireless Access
Points.
o The new Cat6 drops should be ran to the nearest MDF / IDF.