2026_6020_Whitney Hall School

Category 1: Entity Location- Whitney Hall School 1400 Whitney Avenue Hamden CT, 06517
Seeking 2Gbps dedicated internet
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.
Category 2: Seeking the following to replace old equipment: Cabling Cat6e replacing 25 drops Racks/ Patch Panels quantity 10 Firewall- Fortinet or equivalent quantity 1 Installation services
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.
Requested services (6 line items): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Cabling - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Racks - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses
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/Form470/260001410/6020/21218080-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260001410_CERTIFIED.pdf