Renovation of a mixed-use development in Farmington, Michigan. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

It is the intent of Farmington Public Schools (hereafter referred to as the "District") to solicit proposals from qualified vendors for a network electronics replacement solution. This solution will consist of the following components: A. Replacement of existing network electronics equipment o District core and data center aggregation equipment o Building MDF and IDF equipment B. System will include: o Warranty services o Installation services o Integration services The District reserves the right to proceed with the provider(s) deemed most suitable. This project will involve replacing the existing network electronics in the District's 22 buildings, including the central data center, covering core, MDF, and IDF switches, along with all required components such as optical transceivers, stacking cables, and fiber patch cables. The work will occur at the buildings identified in Appendix A. Question Deadline 12/19/2025 Requests for clarification shall be submitted by email only to: Dan Queck, Plante Moran PLLC Dan.Queck@plantemoran.com Every bid shall be accompanied by either a cashier's check on a solvent bank or by a bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Michigan. A 5% bid bond or cashier's check shall be required. Such check or bond shall name the District as the recipient. The amount of such bid bond or cashier's check shall be forfeited as liquidated damages, costs, and expenses incurred by the District if the vendor, after given an award as a successful vendor, shall fail within 30 days after the notice of such award to enter into an appropriate contract with the District. The District MAY require the selected vendor(s) to provide a performance bond upon award of the contract. The associated cost of the performance bond is to be shown as a separate line item -- do NOT include this cost in your base bid. This bond shall be equal in amount to the total price to the District of purchased cabling, components, and services. The surety of the bond shall remain in effect for one year after all acceptance of the entire project has been executed by the District. In the event that the vendor(s) fails to perform its obligations under any contract between the vendor(s) and the District, the bond shall be paid to the District. The vendor(s) further agree to save and hold harmless the District and agents from all liability and damages of every description in connection with any subsequent contracts. Payment bonds shall be required under the following conditions: project award exceeds $50,000 and project involves construction, alteration, or repair to the buildings. Vendors must include a letter from their bonding company within the proposal that states that they are bondable. The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, in whole or in part, at its sole discretion. This includes the ability to evaluate and consider vendor suggestions or exceptions, waive any irregularities, and select specific equipment or components from different proposals if deemed in the best interests of the District. The District reserves the right to award specific buildings or sections to one or more vendors. Bid date notes: All proposals must be in a sealed package and contain the wording "Farmington Public Schools Network Electronics Replacement RFP" on the package. The wording "ORIGINAL" is to appear on the outside of the binder containing the original signed proposal. If a bid bond or cashier's check is used, an original copy of the bid bond must be submitted in the binder marked Original. Proposals may not be delivered via facsimile or email. Pre bid meeting notes: Microsoft Teams (link) Meeting ID: 237 280 670 156 0 Passcode: UV3AB7kk Dial-in by phone 989-272-9774 Phone conference ID: 131 557 39# The purpose of this RFP is to acquire the services of an experienced and qualified network system vendor(s) to provide, install, configure, and warranty a new wired network infrastructure for the District. The turnkey solution will replace existing equipment at the core, aggregation/distribution, and access layers and will include: o District core and data center aggregation equipment o Building MDF and IDF equipment o Installation/integration services o Warranty and support services Some buildings/sites are not E-rate eligible. Vendors must clearly separate E-rate eligible and ineligible products, services, and sites in all pricing and submissions. E-rate eligibility is noted in the summary tab of Appendix C, which also summarizes the existing switch counts and port utilization by building. Vendors must validate quantities and site conditions via a pre-installation site survey. A brief description for each component of the requested base bid is provided below: District core and data center aggregation equipment The District is seeking proposals for an enterprise-class core solution to replace the existing Cisco 9500 switches. The new design will include three switches configured as a single stack to provide high availability and performance. Two of these switches will provide fiber connectivity for all district buildings and will each be equipped with 48 SFP28 1/10/25GbE (or better) ports, along with all required transceivers and fiber patch cables, to support backbone fiber connections. The third switch in the stack will be dedicated to copper connectivity, offering 48 10GBase-T ports for on-premises servers and future appliances that require high-speed copper interfaces. All three switches must support a stackable architecture rather than a chassis-based design and include dedicated stacking ports capable of 100GbE or better, arranged in a redundant ring topology to ensure lowlatency interconnects and stack resiliency. All physical ports must be active and fully licensed for use at the time of installation, and each unit should feature field-replaceable power supplies and fans, with the ability to add a second power supply for redundancy. 2.2.2 Building MDF and IDF equipment The District is seeking a stackable, enterprise-class switch solution for use in both Main Distribution Frames (MDFs) and Intermediate Distribution Frames (IDFs). These switches must be rack-mountable and support a stackable architecture (no chassis-based design), with dedicated stacking ports arranged in a redundant ring topology to ensure high availability and simplified management. Each switch should provide a minimum of 48 copper 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports with full PoE++ (802.3bt) capability across all ports, while remaining backward compatible with 802.3af & 802.3at standards. For backbone connectivity, the solution must support four SFP+ ports capable of 1/10/25GbE speeds. All physical ports must be active and fully licensed for use at the time of installation, and all units must include field-replaceable power supplies and fans, with support for adding a second power supply for redundancy. 2.2.3 Installation/integration services The successful vendor will be responsible for installing and configuring all network switches and required management solutions. This includes implementing VLANs, routing, and District-directed policies such as access control lists (ACLs) and QoS settings. The District does not require or accept Network Access Control (NAC) or Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solutions; the design must follow traditional network architecture as outlined in this RFP. All equipment must be labeled, and switch configurations must include descriptive labels provided by the District. The vendor must supply complete documentation of the implemented solution, including configuration files, warranties, software, firmware, and licenses. A final, editable, network topology diagram (provided in Microsoft Visio format) showing the District's switching environment must be provided upon project completion. The vendor will also provide a sample diagram with the proposal illustrating connectivity from the core to a single building, including all closets, equipment, link types, and speeds.