2026_16057313_Gaston Community Action Inc.

Seeking 1 new Firewall- (1) Firewall - Cisco Meraki or equivalent - Need a bandwidth up to 20G Seeking Managed Internal Broadband services for the above firewall and below existing equipment: (2) Meraki L2 24x1Gb PoE (370W) (2) Meraki L2 48xGbE 4xSFP+ 80G stacking 370 W PoE (16) Meraki AP WiFi 6 2x2:2 2.93Gbps (16) APC UPS Towerline interactive-120 V-1000Watt-1440VAUSB-8 NEMA 5-15R --- Please be sure to submit all of your bids to the designated TECHNICAL contact on the Form 470. Please include the school or library name and Form 470# in the subject of your bid submission. The Consultant on the Form 470 is responsible for collecting bids and answering any questions directly related to bid submissions. The consultant will be involved in bid distribution to applicants and general summarization. The consultant is NOT evaluating bids or making decisions about services sought for compliance purposes. ------------ Rankin I Head Start 714 Rankin Ave Gastonia, NC 28052 ------------ Rankin II Head Start 304 N Highland St Gastonia, NC 28052 ------------ Cherryville Head Start 203 N Elm St Cherryville, NC 28021 ------------ Deaton Head Start 101 Deaton St Lincolnton, NC 28092 ------------ Highland Charter Head Start 324 N. Highland St Gastonia, NC 28052 ------------ Lincoln Park Head Start 140 Industrial Park Rd Lincolnton, NC 28092 ------------ Oaklawn Head Start 410 Linden St Lincolnton, NC 28092 ------------ Administrative Office 223 N. Morris Street Gastonia, NC 28053
Requested services (8 line items): - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components - Category 2 — Managed Internal Broadband Services — Leased Equipment - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Cabling - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Managed Internal Broadband Services — Existing Equipment
State/local procurement requirements: Please be sure to submit all of your bids to the designated TECHNICAL contact on the Form 470. Please include the school or library name and Form 470# in the subject of your bid submission. The Consultant on the Form 470 is responsible for collecting bids and answering any questions directly related to bid submissions. The consultant will be involved in bid distribution to applicants and general summarization. The consultant is NOT evaluating bids or making decisions about services sought for compliance purposes. Bids or information requests must reference this Form 470 number and should be emailed to the Technical Contact listed on this form. All bids considered must follow local and state procurement guidelines. The Applicant may consider multi-year and/or contracts with voluntary extensions and is willing to consider a month to month arrangement or contracts with varying terms. Any voluntary contract extensions must be identified within the awarded contract and must be of specified number and duration. Contracts with automatic or evergreen contract extension terms will NOT be considered. The Applicant desires the ability to add, remove, or amend services as business needs require, and therefore may consider contracts with flexible terms. Service Providers submitting proposals in response to this FCC Form 470 must be in compliance with the rules and orders governed by the Federal Communications Commission. Failure to be in compliance and remain in compliance may result in the denial of discount funding, and/or cancellation of funding commitments. As required by Erate rules, all bids in response to this Form 470 must offer the Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP). See USACs site for additional information. Any offering of free services must be clearly identified in service providers bids and must be in full compliance with USACs Free Services Advisory. If you are submitting a Category Two quote/proposal, be sure to include the make and model of all equipment and services included. For any make/model specified on this Form 470, all equivalent make/models will be considered. Please also be sure to include the cost per item breakdown and percent eligibilities for each item.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010026/16057313/21011369-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260010026_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010026/16057313/20998767-2026%20ERate%20Requests%20GCA.docx