Request for Proposals 
Evangeline Parish School District 

INTERNET ACCESS
E-Rate RFP #2023-2024
EVENT CALENDAR

Description	Date and Time	Event
Posting of RFP and 470	Friday, December 16, 2022	EPC and http://centralauctionhouse.com
Questions and Answers Open	January 6, 2023	[email protected]
Questions and Answers Close	January 27, 2023	[email protected]
Deadline for submitting bids	January 27, 2023	See page 2
Public Bid Opening	January 27, 2023	See page 2

EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT reserves the right to reject all proposals and waive any defects or clerical errors in any Bid Proposal Package, as in the interest of the EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 
E-Rate Request for Proposals
EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Internet Access Services
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
 
EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT, aka "DISTRICT," seeks proposals for two 10 GIGS of Internet Access with a bundled firewall at each data center.  The district is seeking separate pricing for each location and reserves the right to select a solution that is in the best interest of the DISTRICT.
 
The DISTRICT has a secondary data center to load balance traffic and improve the network’s overall resiliency. Special Construction is not being requested for this project. The district has two data centers, and traffic is separated at each center to load-balance the data. The data centers are located at the Evangeline Parish School Board Office and  2835 2nd St, Basile, LA 70515 (Basile High School).
 
Sealed proposals must be sent by certified mail, UPS, Fed Ex, or hand-delivered to EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT, or proposals may be uploaded to https://www.centralauctionhouse.com/ (Please check the Central Auction House http://centralauctionhouse.com website in ADVANCE for rules and fees for uploading to the bidding site). The DISTRICT is not responsible for upload delays, and proposals received after the deadline will be disqualified.
EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT
E-Rate RFP #2023-2024
INTERNET ACCESS
ATTENTION: Connie Guillory
EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
1123 Te Mamou Road, Ville Platte, La. 70586-5935
 THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION IS 2:00 PM (CST)
January 27, 2023