FCAHS Wireless RFP 2025

Location:	Mississippi
Posted:	Nov 25, 2025
Due:	Jan 5, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Mississippi
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	D - Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication Services
Solicitation No:	1476-20251121112347 FCAHSD
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Forrest County

Agricultural High

School District

Request for Proposals

Wireless Network Infrastructure

Upgrade

Created November 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION 2: PROJECT DESCRIPTION

SECTION 3: SCOPE OF SERVICES

SECTION 4: SCHEDULE

SECTION 5: ELEMENTS OF PROPOSAL

SECTION 6: EVALUATION CRITERIA

Appendix A: Pricing Form

Appendix B: Reference Form

Appendix C: Vendor Acknowledgements

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SECTION 1: INSTRUCTIONS

1.1 Purpose

Forrest County Agricultural High School District is accepting proposals for a new wireless

access network solution. The requirements noted in this RFP are designed to assist in the

selection of a vendor which best meets the District’s needs. It is assumed that all

participating vendors have carefully read and understand the included RFP documentation,

have a valid SPIN # and are otherwise eligible to bid on this project.

1.2 Terminology

A. The “District” and “Board” and "FCAHS" shall refer to Forrest County Agricultural High

School District and/or its Board of Education.

B. The “Vendor” shall refer to the company or organization responding to this request

for proposals.

C. “RFP” refers to the included Request for Proposals.

1.3 Questions

All questions shall be submitted electronically to Chuck McGee via email at

CLMcgee@forrestcountyahs.com no later than December 12th, 2025. Any addenda as

well as answers to any questions will be provided to all interested vendors via the district’s

website via the following link;

FCAHS Wireless Upgrade Q&A Webpage

1.4 General Proposal Instructions

The District reserves the right to terminate the selection process at any time and to reject any

or all proposals. A contract will be awarded to the vendor whose overall proposal best meets

the needs and requirements of the District. Overall price of the project will be the primary

deciding factor in vendor\solution selection.

The District shall not be liable for any pre-contract costs incurred by interested vendors

participating in the selection process.

The contents of each vendor's proposal to the District, including technical specifications for

hardware and fees, shall remain valid for a minimum of 180 calendar days from the Proposal

due date.

The selected vendor must include the contents of this RFP and all representations, warranties,

and commitments in their Proposal including related correspondence such as contractual

obligations when developing a final written contract for the proposed equipment and software.

The District may award a contract to a single or multiple vendors.

1.5 Final Proposal Submission (Please read this carefully)

All proposals must include the completed pricing form on Appendix A along with any other

requirements noted in this RFP document. This response shall be received by regular mail

at the District mailing address listed below no later than 3:00 p.m. CST, January 5, 2026.

Important!!! FCAHS will be out of school for Christmas break from Dec. 22nd 2025 thru

Jan. 4th 2026. To ensure timely receipt of your proposal during the Christmas break please

mail it to the alternate address listed below. Bids\proposals received after 3 p.m. CST

January 5th 2026 will not be opened or considered. If you have questions or concerns

please do not hesitate to email me at clmcgee@forrestcountyahs.com or you can call me

directly on my cell at 601-795-5580.

District mailing address is;

Attn: FCAHS Technology Dept.

C/O Chuck McGee

Forrest County Agricultural High School

215 Old Hwy 49 E.

Brooklyn, MS. 39425

Alternate Mailing Address is:

Attn: Chuck McGee – FCAHS Technology Director

62A Lawson O’neal Rd.

Perkinston, MS. 39573

SECTION 2: PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 Owner Information

FCAHS is a public high school serving approximately 550 students in the ninth (9) through

twelfth (12) grades as well as a population of approx. 100 staff members. The District also

has separate Maintenance and District Office facilities. The District currently provides

connectivity to all offices, classrooms, athletic field houses and the gymnasium. On a daily

average the District connects approximately 650-700 personal and District provided devices

to its wireless network. Buildings range in size from 2,000 to approximately 25,000 square

feet.

2.2 Project Description

FCAHS is seeking to upgrade and extend secure wireless coverage to all areas within the

Districts buildings and common areas.

Currently, the District is using Aerohive (Extreme Networks) wireless access points which

provide medium density coverage in all school interior locations as well as specific

exterior areas for staff and student devices. The current solution (ExtremeCloud IQ) is a

controller-less (Cloud managed) solution.

IMPORTANT! The District is interested in receiving pricing for both on premise

controller-based and off premise cloud-based wireless management solutions.

The District currently maintains a self-provisioned fiber WAN between buildings. The campus

LAN utilizes Layer 2 & 3 (inter-vlan routing) Extreme 5000 series switches. The minimum

inter-building connection speed is 1 Gbps. The District has the capability to run at 10G between

buildings if required. There are no known network bottlenecks at this time.

There are currently only two (2) wireless SSID's deployed to all AP's. One is for staff devices

and the other for student devices. We would like to add a "Guest" network portal with the

updated wireless system once installed.

Directory services for Windows devices are provided by on-prem Microsoft Active Directory

servers. The existing wireless system authenticates users by accessing the on premise

domain controllers. The staff wireless SSID has access to those controllers but the student

wireless SSID does not.

Below is a list of all currently installed Access Points and models:

A. Internal APs (Aerohive AP230, AP305C, AP4000): Qty 75

B. External AP (Aerohive AP460): Qty 5

This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

Smart Number	1476-20251121112347 FCAHSD	Advertised Date	11/24/2025 12:00 PM
RFx #	3170034477	Submission Date	01/05/2026 3:00 PM
RFx Status	Open	Major Procurement Category	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)
RFx Opening Date	N/A	Sub Procurement Category	EQUIPMENT - TECHNOLOGY
RFx Type	MDA - RFx
Agency	MPTAP
RFx Description	Forrest County Agricultural High School District is accepting proposals for a new wireless access network solution. The requirements noted in this RFP are designed to assist in the selection of a vendor which best meets the Districts needs. It is assumed

PRODUCT CATEGORY	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
92037	Serv CompNetwork