Bid Notice - Ciena Equipment for Optical Transport.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- BPM054954
- Issued by
- St. Mary's County, Maryland
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This is a Bid Notice and Invitation to Bid (ITB-SMCPS2026-IT-OTRS) issued by the Board of Education of St. Mary's County on behalf of St. Mary's County Public Schools (SMCPS) in Maryland. SMCPS is soliciting sealed bids from qualified vendors to provide optical transport equipment, specifically Ciena 3924 Service Delivery Switches and Ciena 5164 Service Aggregation Switches or equivalent hardware, to terminate fiber connections within the SMCPS network. Each proposed solution must include necessary accessories, perpetual licensing, support, and software management components. Sealed bids must be submitted via the eMaryland Marketplace website (https://procurement.maryland.gov) no later than February 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. The resulting contract will be awarded for an initial term of one year with SMCPS reserving the right to renew for four additional one-year periods. SMCPS reserves the right to award requirements in total or in part, make multiple awards, and reject any or all bids as it determines to be in its best interest.
Bid documents are available from the SMCPS Purchasing Office by emailing pjmccall@smcps.org or downloading from the Maryland procurement portal. Contract awards are subject to the availability of funding. The solicitation encourages Minority Business Enterprises to respond. No specific pricing information, set-aside requirements, incumbent contractor details, or funding amounts are detailed in this notice. All bids will be reviewed and evaluated according to criteria established by SMCPS.
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS - INVITATION TO BID
(ITB-SMCPS‐2026-IT-OTRS)
The Board of Education of St. Mary’s County on behalf of St. Mary’s County Public Schools
(SMCPS) is requesting sealed bids from experienced and qualified Vendors to provide optical transport equipment to terminate various fiber connections in the SMCPS network utilizing Ciena
3924 Service Delivery Switches and Ciena 5164 Service Aggregation Switches, or equivalent hardware. Each solution proposed by the vendor must include any necessary accessories, perpetual licensing, support, and software management components bundled with the overall solution.
The resulting contract shall be awarded for an initial contract term of one year with SMCPS reserving the right to renew for four (4) additional one year periods. SMCPS reserves the right to award the requirements of this bid in total or in part as it determines to be in the best interest of
SMCPS. SMCPS reserves the right to make multiple awards. Contract awards are subject to the availability of funding. Minority Business Enterprises are encouraged to respond to this solicitation notice.
Bid documents can be obtained from the Purchasing Office of the St. Mary’s County Public
Schools by emailing pjmccall@smcps.org; or downloaded at https://procurement.maryland.gov. All bids must be submitted via the eMaryland Marketplace website
(https://procurement.maryland.gov) on or before February 13, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.
St. Mary’s County Public Schools reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive any informality in bidding.
BY ORDER OF:
J. Scott Smith Superintendent St. Mary’s County Public Schools
Bid – ITB-SMCPS-2026-IT-OTRS eMaryland Marketplace Advantage #BPM054954 Posted: January 16, 2026 https://procurement.maryland.gov/
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