
Revised May 15, 2006
Some Tips for Successful Bids
1) Please use the tools that we have provided. By simply using the school
system or paging system questionnaires, the system design tool and the most
current version of this document you minimize the possibility of missing required,
and inadvertently including unnecessary, equipment. The system design tool will
automatically include necessary cabinets, cables and attenuators.
2) Time permitting, allow us to review your proposals prior to bid submission.
3) When providing the telephone system as part of a school system bid, unless
otherwise requested, inexpensive standard telephones should be used in
classrooms. Using proprietary system telephones in classrooms will increase
your bid price significantly.
In order to support inexpensive standard telephones, you will need to use either
a PABX or a hybrid telephone system. Hybrid systems are more commonly used
in schools due to the fact that they support both POTS (plain old telephone sets)
phones for the classrooms and the more feature rich proprietary digital sets (for
administrative areas). Some of the phone systems that have been successfully
bid with Valcom MultiPath Systems are those manufactured by:
Vodavi
Panasonic
Mitel
Nortel
Nitsuko
Some of these systems are available through Graybar Electric; others will require
that you work through a local dealer.
4) Speakers in common areas, such as hallways and outside locations are
typically served by a small number of zones. It is not
necessary to add a zone
(zone) for each speaker in the common zones. Doing so will increase your bid
price significantly.
5) Typically, you will only need a single 2 to 4 pair cable into each talkback area
for both the speaker and the call switch
. It is not necessary to pull separate
cables for each.
6) Using intermediate distribution zones (IDFs) in your design will save labor
dollars and time. Refer to the “Using Main and Intermediate Distribution Frames”
section of this document for additional information.
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