As per the tables:
• the 8, 12 and 24 port switches and SFPs must all be of the same brand;
• the indoor and outdoor APs and controller must all be of the same brand.

Yes

Yes, everything will be ordered at once and delivery costs to be included in the quote.
Refer to section 1 in the RFQ.
1.1 Quotations are hereby invited for the supply of equipment for the South African Broadband and Education Networks (SABEN) TVET Campus Connection Programme (TCCP). This equipment is to be provided on the basis that a third party, still to be contracted through a separate RFQ process, will install, configure, test and commission the Wi-Fi networks at college campuses.

3.4.2 Delivery lead time from placement of order to delivery to SABEN must be indicated in the quotation schedule.

Yes this will be a bulk order and delivered to site.

All campuses on the list in this RFQ have Fortigate devices already installed with firewalls. Refer to: Annexure 2 – SABEN TCCP RFQ Equipment and Delivery Costing 24 October 2022

It can be a mix of vendors for different items (one vendor per item). As stipulated in the RFQ the switch can be a different brand from the APs and Controller (but APs and Controller must be same brand). Multiple quotations can be provided for more than one full suite of alternative brands.

No.

As stated in the RFQ: 1.1 Quotations are hereby invited for the supply of equipment for the South African Broadband and Education Networks (SABEN) TVET Campus Connection Programme (TCCP). This equipment is to be provided on the basis that a third party, still to be contracted through a separate RFQ process, will install, configure, test and commission the Wi-Fi networks at college campuses. 3.6.2 Quotations must be made on the basis that once the equipment is paid for, installed, and commissioned at a site, the equipment will be donated to the TVET college, and the warranty will be ceded to the college for the balance of the warranty period.

The hardware support is required for the offered warranty period of the equipment item. As per the RFQ, the minimum warranty period required is “3.6.1 Warranties shall be for a minimum period of one (1) year from the date of delivery of each device.” Service providers can also quote on longer periods of warranty if appropriate for particular items.

The correct specification for the switches is layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet switch with dual 10G sfp slots. The SFPs to be supplied with switches should also be 10GBps.

As soon as reasonably possible.

Conform to original requirement – 6U Steel cabinet swing frame 600m wide by 600mm deep with tempered glass door – black; 1×7 way PDU populated with 7 dedicated sockets connected with 2m power cable ending in surge dedicated protection plug.

Both indoor and outdoor units are required; the 5GHz could be in either the indoor or outdoor unit, depending on the brand supplied

ptp microwave – cable coax cable between indoor unit and outdoor unit; 10m weatherproof low loss coaxial cable with small connectors – supplier must include appropriate low loss RF cable with connectors to suit the microwave equipment supplied for example weatherproof SMA 3 A – The vendor must supply appropriate low loss coaxial cable to meet the manufacturers specifications of the microwave solution proposed by the vendor. The coaxial cable requirement is for the RF connection between the indoor unit and outdoor unit or external antenna and must match the specifications of the equipment.

Unfortunately an extension will not be granted.

Site inspections are not provided for prior to submission of quotations. It is expected that interested parties will use their experience, RFQ data and other sources such as google to prepare pricing etc. across all sites.

Please see the below example: (I`m not seeing installation details for UPSs, security gates, switches, different labour rates for both indoor and outdoor AP`s, masts, and where it says we need to terminate the cat6 cables onto patch panels, would these be existing patch panels or is this something we need to include, if so what is the current infrastructure preferred product? If we chip and change cabling and terminate onto a Molex panel with Krone cable you could lose your cabling warranty. The same goes for the fibre, do we include panels or do we splice onto existing LC midcouplers on the panels? We can give one price for trenching and 300mm bosal installs but what if no trenching is required and only bosal work is required? Please may I have some clarity as the waters are very clouded at the moment. Alternatively, may we please have an extension and be given the opportunity to survey these sites in order to provide accurate pricing?

All quantities of equipment needed for installation, for each individual college, is on the last page (12.3) of the RFQ. These quantities are based on the projects site visits and are being procured under SABEN RFQ 0021/2022 and will be provided to the installation company (as per the description in the RFQ – section 1.1 and 1.2 of the RFQ). The Google screen shots in the RFQ provide preliminary indication of locations to be optimised on the on-site design with the college once contracted (as per the RFQ – section 10). We require a per metre price, not a complete distance price – as this will be confirmed during the site survey design process. The preferred infrastructure product will be determined by the Wi-Fi equipment RFQ. All equipment items will be provided as per RFQ 0021/2022, except for cabling, racking, trunking, etc which must be quoted on, on a per metre basis as per the RFQ. The basis is a PER METRE basis price. The number of metres will be determined by the on-site design. No extension is being considered.