RFPBaconWAN27, Fiber Optic WAN Service

The Bacon County Schools is requesting proposals from qualified service providers for fully managed, lit fiber Wide Area Network service connecting the District's instructional and administrative facilities in Alma, GA. The District is requesting pricing for a 36-month term.

The Bacon County School District (BCSD or the District) is seeking qualified proposals for fully managed, lit fiber Wide Area Network (WAN) service connecting the District's instructional and administrative facilities. [...] The District is requesting service for a 36-month period beginning July 1, 2027.

Bacon County Schools is a public school district in GA with approximately 9 total facilities. The Board of Education, located in Alma, GA, supports approximately 2,055 students in grades K-12

Only fully managed, lit fiber WAN service proposals will be considered.

The District will consider technical designs and architectures that securely and effectively provide or exceed the minimum bandwidth requested for each location, provided that the proposed solution constitutes managed, lit fiber service and otherwise complies with this RFP.

The proposal must include sufficient technical detail to identify:

• Physical and logical connectivity between facilities;
• Underlying network technology;
• Relevant configuration and routing information;
• Service demarcation and handoff at the MDF of each facility;
• Required terminating equipment;
• Management and monitoring responsibilities; and
• Any material technical dependencies or limitations.

The District has a strong preference for a solution that includes required terminating components compatible with the District’s existing equipment, as well as configuration, ongoing administration and maintenance of such equipment.

Carrier circuits must be managed by the carrier and provide appropriate Quality of Service (QoS).

The service provider must actively monitor the network and notify the District of service disruptions. The District must be notified of identified outages within 30 minutes of discovery.

Support services and network availability must be provided 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, subject to the binding Service Level Agreement included with the proposal.

If the proposed service utilizes oversubscribed connections, this must be clearly disclosed and technically justified in the response.

All required equipment, installation charges and other costs necessary to provide the proposed service must be clearly identified.

The current WAN provides 10 gbps fiber connectivity to six facilities as identified in Attachment A, RFPBACONWAN27A.xlsx

**Submission:** Proposals must be submitted electronically to rfp@fundingtechnology.com with the subject line: RFPBACONWAN27 Proposal

Proposals received after the stated proposal deadline will not be evaluated.

Evaluation

| Factor | Points |
| --- | --- |
| E-Rate Eligible Cost | 40 |
| Technical Requirements | 30 |
| Administrative Requirements | 20 |
| Vendor Qualifications | 5 |
| Proposal Quality | 5 |
| Total | 100 |

The District is requesting pricing for an anticipated 36-month service period beginning July 1, 2027 and ending June 30,2030.

The Required Service Start Date is July 1, 2027. The ability to provide complete, operational service by this date is a material business requirement of this procurement.

The District may require an agreed form of performance assurance as a condition of award when the selected solution presents material construction or implementation risk.