2026 470 Southern Nevada Trades High School

Category 1: Southern Nevada Trades High School would like quotes for 1+ connection for internet access at 1580 Bledsoe Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89110.
Please provide quotes ranging in speed from 1Gbps to 2+Gbps or equivalent.
Please provide quotes for Fiber or equivalent in addition to whatever other options you can offer within this range.
Please provide quotes for SD-WAN/Managed SD-WAN or equivalent (preferably VMware SDWAN Edge 3400 or equivalent) that supports the internet speeds requested.
Please include quotes for whatever contract lengths/options you can offer.
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.
Please note that the SD-WAN devices/service has been included under both Category 1 and Category 2. The school would like quotes both as a Category 1 product/service and as a Category 2 product or service. They would like to evaluate all options and then they plan to choose what they will move forward with. Please provide quotes for whatever options you can offer. They have also listed this under both categories of service to account for where USAC classifies the option they choose.
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 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: Southern Nevada Trades High School is located at 1580 Bledsoe Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89110. The school currently has 262 students. They plan to continue adding students over time, with a maximum capacity of 600 students. The school would like quotes for the following:
MANAGED FIREWALL SERVICE: 1 managed firewall/managed firewall service/cloud firewall or equivalent. They would prefer the following specs or equivalent: - Cloud Firewall - Fortigate VM-01 UTM Bundle or equivalent - Fully Managed or equivalent - 1CPU-4GB RAM Virt FW or equivalent - 24x7 FortiCare with updates or equivalent - 5K Policies or equivalent - Unlimited Users or equivalent - Client-to-Site IPSec and SSL VPN or equivalent - Site-to-Site IPSec VPN or equivalent - UTM (Web Filter-SSO-AVAM-IPS-App Cnt-DNS Sec or equivalent - supports the requested internet speeds of (1Gbps -2+Gbps).
SD-WAN OR EQUIVALENT: SD-WAN/Managed SD-WAN service or equivalent (preferably VMware SDWAN Edge 3400 or equivalent) that supports the internet speeds requested (1Gbps -2+Gbps).
Please note that the SD-WAN devices/service has been included under both Category 1 and Category 2. The school would like quotes both as a Category 1 product/service and as a Category 2 product or service. They would like to evaluate all options and then they plan to choose what they will move forward with. Please provide quotes for whatever options you can offer. They have also listed this under both categories of service to account for where USAC classifies the option they choose.
Please include quotes for whatever contract lengths/options you can offer.
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 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 (4 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Standalone Data Transmission Service - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Managed Internal Broadband Services — Leased Equipment
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260006344/17033468/20686526-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260006344_CERTIFIED.pdf