26-032 ERATE NETWORK FIREWALL

The Houston County School District is soliciting bids for Network Firewalls with license and support. The district is looking for a vendor to provide a next-generation firewall that can inspect traffic once while enabling all security services, including application ID, user ID, threat prevention, and URL filtering. The firewall should also have user ID services integrated natively and work with AD/Azure/ADLDAP to enforce security policies based on user and group ID. • The contract term is one year, with the option to extend up to four years. • The district reserves the right to reject any and all bids. • The bid price should include all costs and charges, including purchasing, packing, and transporting the item(s) to the specified location(s). • The vendor should provide a detailed application, user, and threat logs with a minimum of 12 months of searchable on-box log retention. • The district is exempt from State Sales Tax and Federal Excise Tax.