Description
The Spring Independent School District (Spring ISD) is seeking a vendor to provide a network switch refresh to support the district's needs. The proposed solution must include Juniper EX4400 switches or equivalent models, and provide a turnkey solution including setup, installation, and configuration. The vendor will be responsible for supplying all necessary hardware, software licensing, warranty coverage, and professional services for a successful deployment. The contract term will be for five years, with the option to extend or re-bid the contract. Key objectives include upgrading access and distribution switches, increasing network performance and bandwidth capacity, enhancing manageability, and ensuring long-term supportability, security, and compliance.
• The proposed solution must meet specific technical requirements, including form factor, access ports, stacking, throughput, and features such as L2/L3 support, EVPN-VXLAN readiness, and PoE/PoE+.
• The vendor must provide a centralized cloud-based system for management and monitoring of the network switches.
• The solution must include automated switchport configuration, AI-driven capabilities for continuous monitoring, proactive alerting, and intelligent automation.
• The vendor must provide training and knowledge transfer for district network staff.
• The vendor must supply a spreadsheet containing location label information and Spring ISD asset tags for each installed network switch.