WAN Cost Proposal Form

This is a WAN Cost Proposal Form for the Jones County School System, which is soliciting proposals from E-rate vendors to provide Wide Area Network (WAN) services across all district sites. The project encompasses eight school sites (CRMS, DFES, GES, GSMS, JCHS, TWES, MWES, JCBOE) plus a data center. Proposals are being requested for two service contract options: a three-year WAN as Service agreement and a five-year WAN as Service agreement. Sealed bids were due on March 30, 2023. Offerors are required to complete all questions in the spreadsheet, with failure to do so resulting in proposal disqualification.

The cost proposal form requires vendors to provide pricing structured as one-time fees and monthly fees for each site under both the three-year and five-year service options, with a total per-site cost calculation for each contract term. The form does not specify pricing caps, set-asides, or funding sources within the document itself, though proposals must address the complete district infrastructure including all eight sites and the data center. The E-rate program, a federal initiative that subsidizes telecommunications services for schools and libraries, likely represents the primary funding mechanism for this procurement.