2026 Keystone Offices

Keystone AEA 1 is seeking bundled Internet Access service (IA and associated transport) for each location listed below. Decorah Office, 700 Ridgewood Dr, Decorah, IA - Minimum of 50 Mbps and maximum of 250 Mbps; Delhi Office, 210 South St., Delhi IA - Minimum of 50 Mbps and maximum of 250 Mbps; Dubuque Office, 2310 Chaney Rd, Dubuque, IA - Minimum of 200 Mbps and maximum of 500 Mbps; New Hampton Office, 206 West Main Street, New Hampton, IA - Minimum of 50 Mbps and maximum of 250 Mbps; Oelwein Office, 300 12th Avenue SE, Oelwein, IA - Minimum of 50 Mbps and maximum of 250 Mbps; West Union Office, 210 North Vine Street, Suite B, West Union, IA - Minimum of 50 Mbps and maximum of 250 Mbps. For each location the agency requests bid options quoted in 10 Mbps increments for one year, two years, three years, as well as, an option for voluntary extensions for two additional years. For multi-year contracts, Keystone AEA will reserve the right to increase or decrease bandwidth without penalty. Interested vendors should also provide the following information in their bids: (a). Indicate the type of connectivity (e.g. fiber, coaxial, microwave, etc.); (b). Indicate whether E-Rate C1 eligible bundled firewall is provided; (c). Identify any E-Rate ineligible charges (such as DDoS); (d). Indicate the $ amount of any applicable taxes and fees (not just a statement that taxes and fees are separate); (e). Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing and to include this statement in the proposal; (f). Robobids 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. Agency reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals. We make no guarantee that any of the listed sites in this narrative will be in the final contract for delivery of services effective July 1, 2026. At the Agency's discretion, sites may be removed or locations changed at any time during the life of the contract. There are no Services Requested For Category 2.
There are no Services Requested For Category 2
Requested services (1 line item): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service
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 2 (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. 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 Form 470 contact unless otherwise noted.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260024713/132462/21281990-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260024713_CERTIFIED.pdf