• Request For Proposals - Technology Infrastructure
     
    The district is pleased to announce the winning bids/proposals which were approved by the OPUSD Governing board at their meeting on April 19, 2016.
     
    The proposals which received the highest score and were thus approved by the Governing board are:
     
    Project 16-03C Network Switches - proposal from All Connected at $381,339.72
     
    Project 16-04C WiFi Expansion - proposal from Digital Synergy at $83,775.00.  
     
    The district wishes to thank all the vendors who submitted bids. 
     
     
    Bidding has closed for Project 16-03C Network Switches and Project 16-04C Wireless Expansion. Four proposals were received for each project: 
     
    Project 16-03C Network Switches (prices reflect both ERATE eligible and ERATE in-eligible portions of the proposals)
       All Connected - $381,339.72
       CDWG - $573,474
       Compuvision - $418,647.20
       NetXperts - $460,726.82
     
    Project 16-04C Wireless Expansion
       CDWG - $90,493.50
       CompuVision - $92,393.78
       Digital Synergy - $83,775.00
       WNG Construction - $110,330.34
     
    The bids received will be evaluated according to the following scoring matrix:
     Total Price/Charges 50%
     Proposal Quality and Thoroughness 15%
     District Experience  15%
     Compatibility w/ existing management tools 10%
     Vendor Location distance to Oak Park 5%
     References (K-12 similar districts) 5%
     
    The winning bid/proposal will be awarded at the April 19th governing board meeting at Oak Park High School (room G-9). Meeting will start at 6 PM. The winning vendor will be publicized on this web page on April 20th.
     
    Thanks to all who responded to the RFP.  
     
     Historical Record:
     
    In accordance with State, local, and Federal ERATE guidelines, Oak Park Unified School District is a giving notice that it is requesting bids for providing certain technology infrastructure equipment and services. Bids responding to the following requests for proposals are due by 10:00am April 5, 2016 in the Business Services office of Oak Park Unified School District. Click the links below to download the bid documents. The official Bid Packet is in PDF format, and the portion of the Bid Forms that vendors must fill out is also available as an MS Word document to facilitate bid submittal. Note that all pages on the Bid Forms must be initialed and dated by the vendor's responsible party in ink, so the final bid documents should be scanned into electronic format if the bid is being submitted electronically via email.
     
    RFP 16-03C Network Switches Bid Packet (PDF)
     

    The Technology Requests for Proposals are hereby posted on-line as of March 3, 2016 with a corresponding submission via ERATE Form 470. Notice of posting will also be published in a local newspaper for two weeks. Bids will be evaluated on or after April 5th, which is well beyond a 30 day window mandated by USAC ERATE rules.

    Newspaper notices will read:
     
    NOTICE TO VENDORS CALLING FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
    Oak Park Unified School District has a large installment of Cisco switches to serve its network communications needs. The portion of network switching hardware serving the districts classroom network data ports has reached the end of its useful life and is in need of refreshing with new equipment. The district currently utilizes Cisco Prime network management tools to monitor and configure the network infrastructure. Proposals received will be evaluated for how well the solutions offered work under the existing network management and monitoring tools used by the district. Notice is hereby given that Oak Park Unified School District in Ventura County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board hereinafter referred as the District, to receive proposals not later than 10:00am on Monday, April 5th, 2016 at 5801 Conifer Street, Oak Park, CA 91377 to provide:
    1. Network Switches (equipment, licensing, installation and configuration)
    2. Basic Maintenance for Internal Connections per ERATE Category 2
    3. Associated network management services including 24/7 monitoring, alerting, configuration, updating, and remediation for 5 years.
     
    A copy of the Request for Proposal is available from the district website at www.opusd.org/techrfp The district will be applying for Federal ERATE discounts under the internal connections provisions (Category 2) of the ERATE program and all submissions need to be in compliance with USAC’s ERATE rules. According to USAC’s ERATE timelines, equipment acquisition and installation cannot occur earlier than July 1, 2016. Some management services may not be ERATE eligible.
     
    The District has the right to reject any or all proposals or to waive any irregularities or informalities on any proposal. Proposals must be received at the Oak Park Unified School District Business Services Office by 10:00 A.M, April 5th, 2016 and winning proposal will be presented to the Governing Board on April 19th for approval. Each proposal must fully signed, scanned into a PDF and emailed to mklauss@opusd.org with the subject line RFP 16-03C Network Switches or delivered in a sealed envelope marked RFP 16-03C Network Switches, and sent to the attention of Martin Klauss, OPUSD Business Services, 5801 Conifer Street, Oak Park, CA 91377. If you need further information, please call Enoch Kwok, Director of Technology, at 818-735-3201 or email him at ekwok@opusd.org.
     
     
    NOTICE TO VENDORS CALLING FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) 
    Oak Park Unified School District has a large installment of Ruckus wireless access points to serve its network communications needs. The district completed phase one of the wireless network deployment in 2015 which covered about two-thirds of the classrooms across the district.  The district is now seeking to finish the build-out of the wireless network to ensure that every classroom and teaching space has a dedicated wireless access point. Proposals received will be evaluated for how well the solutions offered work under the existing wireless network management and monitoring tools used by the district (Ruckus Zone Director, Flex Master, and/or Ruckus SmartCell Insight).  Notice is hereby given that Oak Park Unified School District in Ventura County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board hereinafter referred as the District, to receive proposals not later than 10:00am on Monday, April 5th, 2016 at 5801 Conifer Street, Oak Park, CA 91377 to provide:
    1. Wireless Access Points (equipment, licensing, installation and configuration)
     
    A copy of the Request for Proposal is available from the district website at www.opusd.org/techrfp
    The district will be applying for Federal ERATE discounts under the internal connections provisions (Category 2) of the ERATE program and all submissions need to be in compliance with USAC’s ERATE rules. According to USAC’s ERATE timelines, equipment acquisition and installation cannot occur earlier than July 1, 2016. 
     
    The District has the right to reject any or all proposals or to waive any irregularities or informalities on any proposal. Proposals must be received at the Oak Park Unified School District Business Services Office by 10:00 A.M, April 5th, 2016 and winning proposal will be presented to the Governing Board on April 19th for approval.  Each proposal must fully signed, scanned into a PDF and emailed to mklauss@opusd.org with the subject line RFP 16-04C Wireless Network Expansion or delivered in a sealed envelope marked RFP 16-04C Wireless Network Expansion and sent to the attention of Martin Klauss, OPUSD Business Services, 5801 Conifer Street, Oak Park, CA 91377. If you need further information, please call Enoch Kwok, Director of Technology, at 818-735-3201 or email him at ekwok@opusd.org.