Questions and answers as an addendum to the RFP for all participating vendors to download/review.

Does the District have a FortiGate as Firewall that manage (on prem) switches and Access Points? If so, what model of FortiGate do you have?  / If no, what Firewall do you have in place?

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

The 24-port switch requested for Whitewright Elementary School:

 
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

The 24-port switch requested for Whitewright High School

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

The 48-port switch requested for Whitewright High School

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

The 41 units of Wireless Access Points:  

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.

•    Fortinet 24-port switches serving three entities: 
 
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

•    Fortinet 48-port switches serving three entities:
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 

•    Fortinet wireless access points serving three entities:

 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

I couldn’t find the spreadsheet (.xls)  for the pricing. It is supposed to be in Attachment A, but I just see a table.

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.