Ethernet for K12 Schools

2026-11-03

A . The telecommunications services must support the transport of the existing applications and related data currently being utilized . B . The handoff for all proposed services must be symmetrical , business - grade Ethernet services with a Committed Information Rate ( CIR ) equal to 100 percent of the provisioned bandwidth . Residential , consumer , or best - effort broadband services are not permitted , regardless of labeling or marketing . 1 . The State ’ s network monitoring tools , including interface utilization and QoS performance metrics collected at the State - facing demarcation point , shall constitute acceptable evidence for identifying potential CIR and SLA violations . The Contractor shall cooperate in joint testing and remediation when such evidence indicates sustained underperformance . C . The solution ( s ) must allow the existing applications to function normally and perform properly , including but not limited to : 1 . Internet access 2 . High Volume Database transmission 3 . Network Monitoring 4 . Security Monitoring 5 . Content Filtering 6 . Education applications 7 . Agency Services hosted by OST , the agencies in State Data centers , or in the cloud D . The equipment must support virtual private network traffic between the school sites , and the State aggregation sites for some of the above applications as determined by OST . E . The Contractor shall be able to provide up to three ( 3 ) VLANs on a single Ethernet hand - off at school sites .

Arkansas

2026-03-27