NET Contract - Form 470/RFP for WVDE

Requested services

Category 2 (internal connections): This RFP/Form470 is for a complete rebid of the WV State Master Contract concerning Category 2 networking and other technology equipment, cabling, installation, and services for eligible and ineligible equipment and services. We are also seeking a prime vendor to support our public education entities. The term of the contract will be one (1) base year from July 1, 2027 - June 30, 2028 with seven (7) optional extensions unless otherwise terminated or cancelled. The deadline to submit proposals is November 30, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Any and all automatically generated or robo bids will not be considered during the bid review process. For any questions about the procurement, contact Michelle Childers via email at michelle.childers@k12.wv.us by October 28, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. and NOT the contact person on the Form 470. A response will be provided via an issued written addendum to the RFP/470 within one week. Any cost evaluations will be based on a quanitity of one (1) item which should include all costs associated. There are 18 Categories of Service represented on this procurement with over 31 product lines to offer equipment and services. Categories of Service included in procurement: 1. Wired LAN Equipment (Routers, Switches Copper & Fiber) 2. Wireless LAN Equipment (Access Points, Wireless Controllers) 3. Network Security (Firewalls, UTM, NAC) 4. Antennas, Connectors & Internal Broadband Components 5. Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) / Battery Backup 6. Servers (Rack, Blade, Tower) 7. Storage (On-Premise SAN/NAS, Network Attached Storage) 8. Virtualization Software & Hyperconverged Infrastructure 9. Network Management Software & Licenses 10. Racks, Cabinets & Physical Infrastructure 11. Copper - Structured Cabling (Cat6/Cat6A, Plenum & Non-Plenum) 12. Fiber Optic - Structured Cabling (Single-Mode & Multi-Mode) 13. Extended Warranties & Manufacturer Support Contracts 14. Professional / Installation Services (Block Hours) 15. Security Equipment (such as Access Controls Systems/related hardware, Security Cameras) 16. Communications Equipment (Phone systems) 17. Content Filtering (network/web filtering services) 18. Cyber Security Solutions and Renewals The product lines, or their equivalents, to be included on the 470 are as follows: Aruba Networking Juniper Networking Cisco Cisco Meraki Extreme Networks Fortinet HPE Eaton APC by Schneider Electric Dell Technologies Hewlett Packard Enterprise Lenovo NetApp VMware by Broadcom Eaton Tripp Lite Legrand Panduit Corning Legrand CommScope Genetec AXIS Verkada Mitel Zoom Singlewire Software Audio Enhancement GoGuardian Linewize Lightspeed iboss ManagedMethods CrowdStrike Arctic Wolf