Whitewright Independent School District

WISD has a Fortigate 500e Firewall which manages existing Fortiswitches and Fortiwaps
 

• Do you require POE, POE+ on the switch? Yes
• Do you need Fiber ports and transceivers for this switch? No
• What type of links (Copper, fiber)? And what type of uplink?
  Copper. We will be using copper to uplink to the existing Fortinet Switch above it in the stack
• What Vendor and Model are you replacing? If you are not replacing, do you have enough space in racks to install the new switch?
  We are replacing end-of-life HP Switches. We have enough room in the stack for the switch 
• If you have fiber, what type of fiber is in use (SMF-OS1/OS2, MMF- OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4)? N/A
• If using Fiber: what are the distances of the fiber runs)? N/A
• What is the desired length of the licenses/ Support?  1 year, 3 years, or 5 years? 3 years

• Do you require POE, POE+ on the switch? Yes
• Do you need Fiber ports and transceivers for this switch? No
• What type of links (Copper, fiber)? And what type of uplink?
  Copper. We will be using copper to uplink to the existing Fortinet Switch above it in the stack
• What Vendor and Model are you replacing? If you are not replacing, do you have enough space in racks to install the new switch? We are replacing end-of-life HP Switches. We have enough room in the stack for the switch 
• If you have fiber, what type of fiber is in use (SMF-OS1/OS2, MMF- OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4)? N/A
• If using Fiber: what are the distances of the fiber runs)? N/A
• What is the desired length of the licenses/ Support?  1 year, 3 years, or 5 years? 3 years

• Do you require POE, POE+ on the switch? Yes
• Do you need Fiber ports and transceivers for this switch? No
• What type of links (Copper, fiber)? And what type of uplink?
  Copper. We will be using copper to uplink to the existing Fortinet Switch above it in the stack
• What Vendor and Model are you replacing? If you are not replacing, do you have enough space in racks to install the new switch? We are replacing end-of-life HP Switches. We have enough room in the stack for the switch 
• If you have fiber, what type of fiber is in use (SMF-OS1/OS2, MMF- OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4)? N/A
• If using Fiber: what are the distances of the fiber runs)? N/A
• What is the desired length of the licenses/ Support?  1 year, 3 years, or 5 years? 3 years

• Are the new APs replacing old APs? If so, What model and vendor does the District currently have?
  No. These are new APs connecting to existing Cat5e and Cat6 in most cases. We have cable pulled for the new WAPS with the exception of 2 in the high school, 7 in the middle school, and 1 in the elementary school. Please see the floor plans in the RFP near the end for the locations of the new WAPS as well as where cable pulls are requested.
• What is the area like, high density, outside, halls, etc?
  The areas are high density classrooms for the most part with the exception of the elementary cafeteria, the high school cafeteria, and the middle school gym. 
  Currently we have Fortinet WAPs in every other classroom. After this addition of WAPs, we will have a WAP in every classroom. About 70% of the classrooms have drywall with about 30% having concrete block walls. 
• What type of traffic?
  (data, voice, video) We have data, voice and video throughout the network. Our phone system is VoIP and is connected by data cable. It is segregated on its own virtual network.
• Have you had a site survey? No
• Are you using your FortiGate as physical wireless controller, or the APs are managed from the cloud?
  FortiGate is being used as the physical wireless controller
• BYOD? Yes
• What is the desired length of the licenses?  3 years
• Is it necessary to include any installation accessory (wall mount, Celling mount)?
  With the exception of the middle school gym, all of the WAPS will be installed on the ceiling grid with most of the cables already pulled. In the middle school gym, an installation accessory may be required to attach the six WAPs to the beams near the top of the gym.

• What is the model (SKU)  - FortiSwitch 424E-FPOE
• What is the desired length of the licenses/ Support?  1 year, 3 years, or 5 years? 3 years

• What is the model (SKU)  - FortiSwitch 448E-FPOE
• What is the desired length of the licenses/ Support?  1 year, 3 years, or 5 years? 3 years

• What is the model (SKU) – FortiAP 431F
• What is the desired length of the licenses/ Support?  1 year, 3 years, or 5 years? 3 years

• Page 19 of the RFP references Attachment A (Whitewright ISD Fortigate Specs.xlsx Excel spreadsheet attached to the Form 470 RFP)
• Page 20 of the RFP is Attachment A. I failed to reference it as Attachment A and added it as a .PDF document instead of a Excel Spreadsheet. You can find Attachment A in Excel form on this link.