2026 470 Bronx Charter School for The Arts

Category 1: Bronx Charter School for the Arts is one school with two locations:
Elementary School: 950 Longfellow Ave, Bronx, NY 10474 Middle School: 1440 Story Ave, Bronx, NY 10473.
They would like quotes for 2+ connections for internet access, 1+ connection for each location.
Please provide quotes ranging in speed from 2Gbps to 5+Gbps or equivalent.
Please provide quotes for fiber or equivalent in addition to whatever options you can offer within this range.
Please include quotes for whatever contract lengths/options you can offer. The school is particularly interested in quotes for 1-year and 3-year contracts.
Please include any installation/configuration and/or special construction/build-out costs as well as quotes for any network components that are necessary to deliver your service that will be billed separately.
As per E-Rate rules, all equivalent solutions will be accepted and evaluated.
Vendors Please include your SPIN and the 470 number with your proposal. Please be advised that the numbers above are approximate. Please list all assumptions used in creating your proposals. The preferred mode of contact is email. The applicant takes no responsibility for phone inquiries. Please email all bid responses to this 470 Application to both the applicant contact person listed under Contact Information on the 470 Application, Patricia Rooney at prooney@bronxarts.net, and the consultant (Lindsey@erateadvantage.com). If a separate proposal is not received from the incumbent service provider, bills from the incumbent service providers may be considered bids for this E-Rate year. All proposals must comply with FCC LCP rules as well as state and local laws. By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies that its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs Security Rules Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE Corporation, or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Category 2: Bronx Charter School for the Arts is one school with two locations:
Elementary School: 950 Longfellow Ave, Bronx, NY 10474 Middle School: 1440 Story Ave, Bronx, NY 10473.
The school would like quotes for the following:
LICENSE RENEWALS:
License Renewals: 2+SonicWall Essential Protection Suite (02-SSC-7349) or equivalent. Please provide options for both 1-year and 3-year licenses.
Please note that the school does not need bids for new firewalls. They just want bids for the license renewals for their existing firewalls.
The license renewals were included under the dropdowns for both IC and BMIC to account for where USAC might classify them.
MIBS/BMIC:
Bronx Charter School for the Arts would also like quotes for MIBS and/or Basic Maintenance or equivalent for the potential new equipment listed above as well as for their current equipment at both locations which includes approximately:
46+ WAPS: 12 + Aerohive AP230 AH-AP-230-AC or equivalent, all components 34+ Unifi Long Range or equivalent, all components.
11+ Switches: 1+ Brocade ICX661024P-MDP or equivalent, all components 1+ Foundry Fastiron Stack ICX6430 24HPOE or equivalent, all components 2+ Unifi Pro PoE 24 Port or equivalent, all components 2+ Unifi Pro PoE 48 Port or equivalent, all components 2+ Foundry Fastiron Stack ICX6430 or equivalent, all components 2+ SG300-10MP (10 port gigabyte PoE Swtich) Cisco Small Business Switching or equivalent, all components 1+ Brocade ICx7150-24-poe or equivalent, all components
Firewall: 2+ SonicWall NSA (02-SSC-4326) or equivalent, all components
Please indicate if the services you are proposing will be performed in-person or provided remotely
If applicable, please provide the SKUs or manufacturer part numbers for the products/services listed in your quote. As per E-Rate rules, all equivalent solutions will be accepted and evaluated. Vendors - Please include your SPIN and the 470 number with your proposal. Please be advised that the numbers above are approximate. Please list all assumptions used in creating your proposals. The preferred mode of contact is email. The applicant takes no responsibility for phone inquiries. Please email all bid responses to this 470 Application to both the applicant contact person listed under Contact Information on the 470 Application, Patricia Rooney at prooney@bronxarts.net, and the consultant (Lindsey@erateadvantage.com). All proposals must comply with FCC LCP rules as well as state and local laws. By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies that its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs Security Rules Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE Corporation, or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Requested services (7 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components - Category 2 — Managed Internal Broadband Services — Existing Equipment
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260011792/232950/20862933-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260011792_CERTIFIED.pdf