2026 Form 470 Center Point Urbana Category 2 License Renewals

Center Point - Urbana Community School District, 145 Iowa Street, Center Point, IA 52213 will accept bid proposals from qualified vendors with E-Rate SPIN numbers for a switch and wireless license renewal as described below:
All work pursuant to this contract shall be contingent upon approved E-Rate funding.
Center Point - Urbana Community School District currently has a Meraki network powered by Meraki switches and access points. We are seeking to purchase renewal licenses for our access points and switches. The district only seeks bids on software license renewal for existing equipment.
Successful bidders will issue a bid that contains the following information.
Required Information All bidders must include documentation in their bids of the following: SPIN Number Distance from Center Point - Urbana Community School District, 145 Iowa Street, Center Point, IA 52213 to vendors home office in miles Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing (form 474/SPI invoicing) and to include this statement in the proposal.
Robo-bids and bids sent as SPAM without regard to products and services listed on the Form 470 and /or the RFP will be disqualified and will not be evaluated.
Bids should include: 1. Bids should itemize: a) cost of license b) cost of installation, if applicable c) cost of taxes/fees/shipping, if applicable. d) Bids should also include specific make and model of license, as well as the SKU of each license. e) Bids should specify terms of the manufacturers warranty and what the license term is (if applicable). 2. Not all license is E-Rate eligible. Any E-Rate ineligible costs should be clearly identified and itemized on the bid. 3. Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing (form 474/SPI invoicing) and to include this statement in the proposal. 4. The District reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals. 5. Prices need to be held firm through the duration of the 2026 E-Rate Category 2 installation period (from date of bid to September 30, 2027). Price for the following licenses: Itemized cost for the following 160 Meraki Wireless Access Point Licenses and 27 Meraki Switch Licenses. Please provide pricing for BOTH 5 YR and 1 YR licenses:
Quantity (160) - Meraki MR46 Enterprise License and Support (5 Year AND 1 Year - Renewal) Quantity (3) - Meraki MS 120 Enterprise License and Support (5 Year AND 1 Year - Renewal) Quantity (3) Meraki MS 225-24P Enterprise License and Support (5 Year AND 1 Year - Renewal) Quantity (9) Meraki MS 225-48FP Enterprise License and Support (5 Year AND 1 Year - Renewal) Quantity (8) Meraki MS 225-24LP Enterprise License and Support (5 Year AND 1 Year - Renewal) Quantity (4) Meraki MS 350-48FP Enterprise License and Support (5 Year AND 1 Year - Renewal)
Technical Contact All bidders may contact the technical contact (Gina Rogers - contact@example.gov) with any questions regarding the network infrastructure upgrade.
All questions for the technical contact must be submitted by February 18, 2026.
Submission Deadline Deadline for vendor proposals is 9:00 am Central time, 29 days after the date this Form 470 is posted. We reserve the right to reject late-submitted proposals. Proposals must be e-mailed to the school business manager Calli Boeckmann (contact@example.gov). Disqualifications Vendors will be disqualified if... Vendor is on Red Light Status with the FCC or is delinquent on a debt to a state or federal governmental agency or entity. Vendor provides a proposal after the district has completed its review process. Robo-bids and bids sent as SPAM without regard to products and services listed on the Form 470 and /or the RFP will be disqualified and will not be evaluated. The District may Amend, modify, cancel this RFP or not award any contract. The district reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals Increase or decrease the quantities of equipment at the same price listed in the successful contract; or entirely omit an item or group of items to be purchased to reflect actual District needs at the time that orders are placed. Such additional quantities will be purchased at the price indicated on the contract. Such modifications are expressly anticipated and included within the scope of this RFP. Purchase the most cost-effective proposal(s) and not necessarily the lowest-priced proposal(s) in accordance with E-Rate rules where price of E-rate eligible services is the factor given the most points in the evaluation among all of the various factors considered in the evaluation.
Purchase The purchase of licenses will be contingent upon E-rate approval and a Notice to Proceed or Purchase Order by the District after E-rate approval has been received.
Requested services (2 line items): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses
State/local procurement requirements: By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies: its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs recent Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou, Dahua, Pacific Network Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260017228/132522/21022344-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260017228_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260017228/132522/21007165-2026%20Center%20Point%20Urbana%20License%20Renewal%20RFP.pdf