2026 Form 470 Highland Firewall upgrade

See RFP for Equivalencies, disqualification and purchase information Highland Community School District, 1715 Vine Ave. Riverside, Iowa 52327 will accept bid proposals from qualified vendors with E-Rate SPIN numbers for a firewall upgrade as described below:
All work pursuant to this contract shall be contingent upon approved E-Rate funding.
Highland Community School District currently has a wireless network powered by Meraki access points and switches. The District is seeking a firewall upgrade to replace its FortiGate 501E firewall. Equipment bid as a result of this RFP must be fully compatible with our existing network.
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 Highland Community School District, 1715 Vine Ave. Riverside, Iowa 52327 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:
Bids should include:
1. Bids should itemize: a) cost of equipment b) cost of installation, if applicable c) cost of taxes/fees/shipping, if applicable. d) Bids should also include specific make and model of equipment, as well as the SKU of each piece of equipment. e) Bids should specify terms of the manufacturers warranty and what the license term is (if applicable). 2. Not all equipment is E-Rate eligible. Any E-Rate ineligible costs should be clearly identified and itemized on the bid. When bidding Firewall equipment or licenses vendors should consult with the product manufacturer for specifics regarding the portion of the product or license that is eligible. 3. If submitting a bid for equipment that is or equivalent to equipment listed on this form 470, the vendor shall submit evidence of equivalency. The applicant will make a final determination of equivalence and interoperability with existing equipment. 4. The make/model bid(s) should be for new equipment that is the most current model(s) available. 5. If the bid includes installation of new equipment, the bid should specify the installers city and state. 6. Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing (form 474/SPI invoicing) and to include this statement in the proposal. 7. The District reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals. 8. 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 equipment Itemized Equipment and Necessary Licenses Quantity (1) - FortiGate 201G Firewall or equivalent* Quantity (1) - FortiGate 201G UTM License and Support (5 Year)
*Equivalent Firewall Hardware must meet the following specifications (FortiGate 201G): Content Filtering Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) SSL inspection and decryption Application Control with Botnet blocking Must be able to handle up to 11 Million Concurrent TCP Sessions Must Include a Minimum of Eight 5/2.5/GE RJ45 Interfaces Must include Eight 10GB SFP interfaces Anti-Malware Inspection, Intrusion Prevention (IPS) IPsec VPN SSL Inspection Throughput - 5000 users 7Gbps Must maintain at minimum a 6Gbps throughput with all services active (IPS, Application Control, Threat Protection and Logging) Must include ability to enable MFA
NOTE: ALL EQUIPMENT MUST BE NEW, NO REFURBISHED HARDWARE
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 March 22, 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 emailed to the school business officer, Autumn Moyer (contact@example.gov).
Requested services (1 line item): - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, 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/Form470/260025910/132570/21323375-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260025910_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260025910/132570/21323279-2026%20Highland%20Firewall%20RFP.pdf