Grants & E-Rate Information
CUSD E-Rate Information for Year 28 (2025-2026)
CUSD E-Rate Information for Year 28 (2025-2026)
CUSD E-Rate Information for Year 28 (2025-2026)
UPS Equipment
Erate - RFP# 25-106 - PDF
RFP Schedule
Proposal offered December 4th, 2024
RFP/Bid question deadline December 11th, 2024
RFP/Bid question response December 13th, 2024
Proposal closing January 10th, 2025
RFP/Bid opening Date of proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March 2025)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE award and district Funding
22-23
Category 1 Services
***Bidding Opens November 1st, 2021***
Ethernet Services PtP Project
Erate – RFP# 22-100 – PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered November 1st, 2021
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,November 12th, 2021
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,November 17th, 2021
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,December 15th, 2021
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2022)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Category 2, Internal Connections
***Bidding Opens November 1st, 2021***
Network Switch Replacement Project
Erate – RFP# 22-105 – PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered November 1st, 2021
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,November 12th, 2021
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,November 17th, 2021
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,December 15th, 2021
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2022)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
21-22
Category 2, Internal Connections
***Bidding Opens December 17th 2020***
E-Rate Y24 VMWare NSX- RFP# 21-1019 - PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered December 21, 2020
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,January 7, 2021
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,January 8, 2021
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,February 5, 2021
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2021)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
E-Rate Y24 Cabling - RFP# 21-110 - PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered December 17, 2020
Walk through of school sites 4:00 p.m.., January 5, 2021
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,January 7, 2021
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,January 8, 2021
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,February 5, 2021
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2021)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
20-21
Category 1, Internet Service Provider (ISP) & Telecommunications
***Bidding Opens January 10th, 2020***
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered January 10, 2020
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,January 21, 2020
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,January 23, 2020
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,February 10, 2020
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2020)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Category 2, Internal Connections
***Bidding Opens December 20th 2019***
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered December 20, 2019
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,January 7, 2020
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,January 10, 2020
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,January 21, 2020
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2020)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered December 20, 2019
Walk through of school sites 9:00 a.m., January 2, 2020
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,January 9, 2020
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,January 14, 2020
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,January 21, 2020
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2020)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
19-20
Category 1, Internet Service Provider (ISP) & Telecommunication
***Bidding Opens October 24, 2018***
Note: RFP question responses are listed below RFP 2019-107. Both forms must be included and signed in your proposals.
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered October 24, 2018
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m., November 19, 2018
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m., November 21, 2018
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m., December 6, 2018
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2019)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered October 24, 2018
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m., November 19, 2018
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m., November 21, 2018
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m., December 6, 2018
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2019)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Category 2, Internal Connections
***Bidding Opens October 24, 2018***
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered October 24, 2018
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m., November 19, 2018
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m., November 21, 2018
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m., December 6, 2018
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2019)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered October 24, 2018
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m., November 19, 2018
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m., November 21, 2018
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m., December 6, 2018
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2019)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Addendum: RFP 2019-107 Addendum
Questions for all RFP's: General questions for all RFP's
18-19
******Note:
Change email address for questions to: cusderate@chicousd.org
Disregard any references to erate@chicousd.org *******
Category 1, Internet Service Provider (ISP) & Telecommunication
***Bidding Opens December 27, 2017***
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered
RFP/BID question deadline
:00 p.m., January 12, 2018
:00 p.m., January 25, 2018
Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately February, 2018)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered
RFP/BID question deadline
:00 p.m., January 12, 2018
:00 p.m., January 25, 2018
Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately February, 2018)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Addendum
Questions:
Question: Will the District consider a response for all schools vs. the current scope identified in RFP-100 Ethernet.
Answer: No. The scope as defined is for a specific project. The District has no need for a district wide proposal.
Category 2, Internal Connections
***Bidding Opens December 27, 2017***RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered
RFP/BID question deadline
:00 p.m., January 12, 2018
:00 p.m., January 25, 2018
Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately February, 2018)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Addendum
Questions:
Question: We would like to request an
extension to February 8th, or an additional week to offer the best
pricing and product set.
Answer: Due to
USAC deadlines and the need to get school board approval in time we
cannot extend any of the deadlines in the RFP.
Question: Please
provide the number of receptacles that are needed for PD2-002 (Liebert
PD2-002 Power Distribution Unit) and PD2-102 (Liebert PD2-102 Power
Distribution unit).
Answer: Please
provide pricing for the quantities listed in the RFP. CUSD has already
determined the specified quantities are sufficient for the scope of the
project.
***THERE IS NO JOB WALK REQUIRED FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE RFP's***
Please send all questions and comments regarding these RFP's to Patrick Bossetti pbossett@chicousd.org
17-18
Information and RFP’s and RFP schedules for Year 20 and above can be found on the following page:
16-17
E-Rate Y19 Wireless - RFP# 2016-108 - PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered
RFP/BID question deadline
5:00 p.m., February 19, 2016
2:00 p.m., March 8, 2016
Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately April, 2016)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
E-Rate Y19 Network Equipment - Shasta - RFP# 2016-107 - PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Solicit RFP/Bids
RFP/BID question deadline
4:00 p.m., February 19, 2016
RFP/Bid closing
RFP/Bid opening Date of closing
RFP/Bid Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately April 2016)
Purchase Orders Contingent on E-RATE Award and School District Funding
E-Rate Y19 Network Equipment Racks - RFP# 2016-104 - PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Solicit RFP/Bids
Mandatory Site Walk 10:00 a.m. January 20, 2016
RFP/BID question deadline
4:00 p.m., February 1, 2016
RFP/Bid closing
RFP/Bid opening Date of closing
RFP/Bid Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March 2016)
Purchase Orders Contingent on E-RATE Award and School District Funding
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E-Rate Y19 Network Equipment - RFP# 2016-103 - PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Solicit RFP/Bids
RFP/BID question deadline
4:00 p.m., January 27, 2016
RFP/Bid closing
RFP/Bid opening Date of closing
RFP/Bid Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March 2016)
Purchase Orders Contingent on E-RATE Award and School District Funding
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***THERE IS NO JOB WALK REQUIRED FOR THE WIRELESS EQUIPMENT RFP***
Please
Register for the mandatory Cabling Job Walk starting at Parkview
Elementary (1770 E 8th St, Chico, Ca) ,at 8:10 am, on December 17th by
emailing John Sclare at jsclare@chicousd.org with subject "Job Walk". You can also reach me at 530-891-3000 x118.
It is recommended to register at least 24 hours prior to walk. Thank you!
There will be no other job walks scheduled for this RFP.
RFP SCHEDULE - Cabling Infrastructure
Solicit RFP/Bids
RFP Job Walk December 17, 2015 8am at Parkview Elementary, 1770 E 8th St, Chico
RFP/BID question deadline
4:00 p.m., January 8, 2016
RFP/Bid closing
RFP/Bid opening
RFP/Bid Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately 01/22/2016)
Purchase Orders Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Cabling Infrastructure - Cabling Specification 3.2 Updated
Cabling Infrastructure Project I
- Citrus, Chapman, and McManus Elementary Schools
Cabling Infrastructure Project II
- Fair View High, Rosedale and Parkview Elementary Schools
Cabling Infrastructure Project III
- Pleasant Valley and Chico High Schools
Cabling Infrastructure Project IV
- Marigold Elementary
Cabling Infrastructure Project V
- Inspire School of Arts and Science
E-rate Y19 - WIRELESS NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
E-Rate Y19 RFP for Wireless Equipment - PDF
15-16
***Bidding Opens January 7, 2015***
RFP SCHEDULE
Solicit RFP/Bids
RFP/BID question deadline
4:00 p.m., January 23, 2015
RFP/Bid closing
RFP/Bid opening Date of closing
RFP/Bid Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately 03/26/2015)
Purchase Orders Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
E-rate Y18 - WIRELESS AND NETWORK EQUIPMENT
E-Rate Y18 Network Equipment
E-Rate Y18 RFP for Network Equipment - PDF
RFI Network Equipment:
Question: How are each of these 4 campuses connected to the rest of the district? Is an L3 router required at each campus demark or is that already provided and installed?
Answer: Our campuses are connected to the district via Comcast dark fiber provided and managed by our county office of education.Currently we have L3 switches provided by our county office of education. The new switches will be used as both L3 and L2 switches once installed.
Question: At each IDF, will L3 dynamic routing (OSPF) be required, or just static L3 routes?
Answer: Yes. We will be using OSPF with the new switches at the MDF only.
Question: Is Brocade your current preferred standard? Are you open to other vendors?
Brocade is the current District standard. We are open to receiving alternate quotes.
E-Rate Y18 Wireless Equipment
E-Rate Y18 RFP for Wireless Equipment - PDF
RFI Wireless Equipment:
Question: The RFP requests Ruckus HW and licensing. If we do not sell Ruckus wireless equipment, can our Dell Networking solution be considered an equivalent alternative?
Answer: CUSD will welcome bids for (equivalent) alternative solutions.
Question: Can we get floor plans in order to build wireless heat maps? Or is the district just looking for quotes/BOMs?
Answer: The District is just looking for quotes/BOMS.
Contact:
John Sclare
Network Analyst
jsclare@chicousd.org
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John Sclare
Network Analyst
jsclare@chicousd.org
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14-15
Priority 1, Internet Service Provider (ISP) & Telecommunication
***Bidding Opens January 21, 2014***
E-Rate Y17 - Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Addendum 1 (RFP 2014-131) February 6, 2014
1. On page 8, item 2 d under specifications, does the 24 hour support have to be phone support or in-person support? Is it possible to get lead time on support needed or is the request to be able to contact support at any time of day?
The support requested is a contact person for resolving issues affecting service. This may include a contact that can respond to an outage or issue outside of regular business hours (including nights and weekends).
2.On page 8, item 2 h under specifications, what are the specific ISP services that Chico USD would like granted control of?
This may include Internet services such as web or web related services, email services, upgrades or replacement of equipment with customer-premises equipment or customer-provided equipment (CPE) for services or networking. CPE equipment would be maintained and managed by Chico USD and may be part of ISP’s services or may be customer provided outside of any ISP.
3.On page 9, item 3 f under Additional Information Required, can you define what is meant by “Bid Security” and how that should be submitted?
The bid security is intended to deter bidders from withdrawing their bids. It gives the customer some assurance that the selected bidder will sign the contract or otherwise forfeit their bid security.
A bid security guarantee is usually acceptable in one of the following formats: (i) unconditional bank guarantee, (ii) irrevocable letter of credit, (iii) certified check, (iv) bond or (v) School Transfer (if available). The bid security must be surrendered to the client if the bidder: (i) withdraws their bid before the end of the bid validity period, (ii) fails to sign the contract after the notification of award, or (iii) fails to provide a performance security, if required.
4.On page 9, item 4 c under Pricing, can quarterly or yearly recurring cost be submitted instead of monthly?
Annual pricing is acceptable.
5.Can you confirm how Inspire Charter currently connects to the Internet?
Inspire currently connects through Chico High School. Since this is a shared connection, the desired design is to give Inspire dedicated bandwidth to the Internet and not shared with Chico High School.
Addendum 2 (RFP 2014-131) February , 2014
6.We are requesting that Chico USD would extend the due Date for RFP # 14-121 and RFP # 14-131 to Feb 28, 2014
We cannot extend the deadline because we have to take the contracts to the board for approval before we can post to SLD. We only have a board meeting March 5th and 26th. If we wait until the board meeting on the night of March 26th (the deadline to post) we risk missing the deadline if there is any issues with the board approval. So we need to take this to the board meeting on March 5th. The deadline for the agenda and contracts for the board packets is February 26th. Again, we need time for review and selection process and to prepare the board packet with summaries and sign contracts etc..
E-Rate Y17 - Telecommunication- Fiber Optic Ethernet Services
Addendum 1 (RFP 2014-131) February 11, 2014
1. We are requesting that Chico USD would extend the due Date for RFP # 14-121 and RFP # 14-131 to Feb 28, 2014
We cannot extend the deadline because we have to take the contracts to the board for approval before we can post to SLD. We only have a board meeting March 5th and 26th. If we wait until the board meeting on the night of March 26th (the deadline to post) we risk missing the deadline if there is any issues with the board approval. So we need to take this to the board meeting on March 5th. The deadline for the agenda and contracts for the board packets is February 26th. Again, we need time for review and selection process and to prepare the board packet with summaries and sign contracts etc..
Priority 2, Internal Connections for Chapman, Citrus, Fair View, Cal, and McManus
***Bidding Opens January 21, 2014***E-Rate Y17 - Cabling
E-Rate Y17 RFP for Cabling
Appendix B - Scope of work and School diagrams
There is no Walk-through required for the Cabling RFP bid.
E-rate Y17 - ELECTRONICS
Electronics - Switching
E-Rate Y17 RFP for Network Electronics
Network Electronics Excel Spreadsheet
E-rate Y17 - ELECTRONICS
Electronics - Switching
E-Rate Y17 RFP for Network Electronics
Network Electronics Excel Spreadsheet
Addendum 1 (RFP 2013-104) February 2, 2014
See Replacement Product numbers below:

Addendum 2 (RFP 2013-104) - February 2, 2014
Question:
Answer:
Question:
Answer:
There is no Walkthrough required for the Network Electronics RFP bid.
E-Rate Y17- Wireless LAN
E-Rate Y17 RFP for Wireless
Addendum 1 - February 2, 2014
- There is no pre-bid meeing required for the Wireless LAN Project
Addendum 2 - February 2, 2014
Regarding ERATE RFP # 2014-107- Ruckus has informed me that the following parts are incorrect on this RFP and need to be changed as follows:
Site: District Office
Site: District Office
901-5100-US10- change to 901-5100-UN10
841-5500-3000- change to 841-5100-3000
841-5500-3L00- change to 841-5050-3L00
There is no Walkthrough required for the Wireless RFP bid.
Contact:
John Sclare
Network Analyst
jsclare@chicousd.org
530-891-3000 x118
13-14
Priority 2, Internal Connections for Chapman, Citrus, AFC, Fair View, Cal, and McManus
Bidding Opens February 1, 2013E-Rate Y16 - Cabling
E-Rate Y16 RFP for Cabling
Appendix B - Scope of work and School diagrams
CUSD DATA CABLING SPECIFICATIONS
Addendum 1, February 4, 2013 Cabling Walkthrough Schedule
Addendum 2, February 26, 2013 Cabling Scope update
Cabling - Questions and Clarifications February 22, 2013
E-rate Y16 - ELECTRONICS
Electronics - Switching
E-Rate Y16 RFP for Network Electronics
Network Electronics Excel Spreadsheet
RFP Question 1: (2/7/2013) Is there a Walkthrough required on February 8th for the Network Electronics RFP?
RFP Answer 1: (2/7/2013) There is no Walkthrough required for the Network Electronics RFP bid.
Network Electronics Addendum - Updated 2/12/2013 - Please Replace all of the part numbers (J8437A) with the new part number (J8438B) for all school sites.
New replacement part number and description:
Total of 8 Transceiver to substitute in Network Electronics RFP
Electronics - Wireless
E-Rate Y16 RFP for Wireless
RFP Question 1: (2/7/2013) Is there a Walkthrough required on February 8th for the Wireless RFP?
RFP Answer 1: (2/7/2013) There is no Walkthrough required for the Wireless RFP bid.
RFP Question 2: (2/8/2013): How many access points per site are needed?
RFP Answer 2: (2/8/2013) A minimum of 14 Access Points are required at each site. Four of fourteen Access Points will need to support outdoor omni-directional antenna signal up to 100 yards. (please include antennas in the bid). Installation of the antenna cabling will not be required. Wireless Access point specifications must be equal or greater than Hewlett Packard MSM460/MSM466 AP's.
E-rate Y16 - Lync 2013/VoIP
E-Rate Y16 RFP for Lync 2013/VoIP
Questions and Answers - RFP for Lync
RFP Question: February 5th, 2013. I was curious if the district would consider the ShoreTel Unified Communications platform an acceptable substitute for the Microsoft Lync Server 2013 for this RFP?
RFP Answer: February 5th 2013. Yes, CUSD will consider an alternate solution (bid) for the Lync 2013/VOIP RFP.
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Priority 1, District Telecommunications Services
E-Rate Y16 - Telecommunications Services
Bidding Opens February 1st, 2013
E-Rate Y16 RFP for Cellular Services with Wireless Internet Access
E-Rate Y16 - Telecommunications Services
Bidding Opens January 16th, 2013
E-Rate Y16 RFP for Local Telecommunications Services
E-Rate Y16 RFP for Long Distance Telecommunications Services
Contact:
John Sclare
Network Analyst
jsclare@chicousd.org
530-891-3000 x118
23-24
Category 1 Services
***Bidding Opens October 19, 2022***
Ethernet Services Project
Erate – RFP# 23-100 – PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered October 19, 2022
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,November 1, 2022
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,November 4, 2022
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,December 8, 2022
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2023)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
Internet Services Project - ***NOTE*** This RFP has been revised as of 11/7/22
Erate – RFP# 23-101R – PDF
Questions and Answers - RFP#23-101R - PDF
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered November 7, 2022
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,November 14, 2022
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,November 16, 2022
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,December 15, 2022
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2023)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding
24-25
Category 1 Services
***Bidding Opens November 7, 2023***
Data Transport Sercvice
Erate – RFP# 24-100 – PDF
Exhibit D - Bid Pricing worksheet
RFP SCHEDULE
Proposal offered November 7, 2023
RFP/BID question deadline 4:00 p.m.,November 14, 2023
RFP/BID question response 4:00 p.m.,November 16, 2023
Proposal closing 3:00 p.m.,December 15, 2023
Proposal opening Date of Proposal closing
Selection Before 471 filing date (approximately March, 2024)
Award of Proposal Contingent on E-RATE Award and District Funding