Network Infrastructure Equipment ; E - rate

2026-11-03

The Okaloosa County School Board ( hereafter referred to as the “ District ”) intends to contract for Network Infrastructure Equipment for its schools and other Okaloosa County School District locations . The District requests bids for these products , as described in the specifications , from interested Vendors . The District is currently standardized on Extreme Network equipment . Any equipment bid for this project shall be fully compatible with Extreme Networks Management Center , Version 8 . 4 . 4 . 26 . The District has made a significant investment in Extreme Networks switching and wireless products . We currently leverage EMC and NAC from Extreme Networks for our " single management system " for switching and wireless ; and NAC for device registration and identity management on both wireless and wired devices . The intent of this ITB will be to add capacity to our existing deployment of Wireless Access Points , including but not limited to , 1 : 1 initiative , computer - based testing , etc . Preference will be given to solutions that work seamlessly with our existing wireless onsite and cloud controllers , EMC and NAC solution provided by Extreme Networks . All aspects of this solicitation and the products purchased must comply with the FCC ’ s competitive bidding requirements for Universal Service Fund ( USF ) support . The vendor must participate in the E - Rate program administered by the Schools and Libraries Division ( SLD ) of the Universal Service Administrative Company ( USAC ). The purchase of any equipment from a resulting contract is contingent on being awarded funding from E - Rate Category 2 funds . See more

Florida

2026-05-01