26-AUHS-RFP

Internet Access and Data Transmission Service Internet/ISP services with transport for district and school. Please quote (1) circuit with minimum 200Mbps and maximum 10Gbps service with 100Mbps increments to 1Gbps and 1gbps increments to 10gbps. Hub is located at: 9168 South Ave 36 East Wellton 85356
See posted Request for Proposals for details and submission requirements. _____ REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS for materials & services specified in this Form 470 & associated documents. Contacting the District's staff is restricted to instructions in Terms & Conditions of posted RFP & any Addenda. In accordance with School District Procurement Rules in AZ Administrative Code (A.C.C.) promulgated by State Board of Education pursuant to A.R.S. 15-213, competitive sealed proposals for the materials/services specified will be received by the applicant, at the specified location, until time & date cited. Proposals received by correct time & date will be opened & the name of each offeror shall be publicly read. Late proposals shall not be considered by statute. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed container w/ the RFP number & the Offeror's name & address clearly indicated on the envelope. Instructions for preparing the proposal are provided within the Terms & Conditions of the posted RFP & any Addendums. Proposals that don't conform to these instructions, or any proposal that is generic in nature/otherwise does not meet the requirements of this Form 470 & associated specifications, may be considered non-responsive & may be disqualified. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. All original contracts offered for less than a 60-month term should allow for annual 1 year extensions and/or month to month extensions at the discretion of the applicant; not to exceed a total of 60 months. OFFERORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE ENTIRE RFP. Any pricing proposed must comply w/ the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order, & restated in the FCC E-Rate Modernization Report & Order, adopted 7/11/14. The FCC LCP rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering/charging E-rate applicants a price higher than the lowest price that the offeror charges to non-residential customers who are similarly situated to a particular school, library, rural health care provider/consortium that purchase directly from offeror.
Requested services (2 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service
State/local procurement requirements: REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS for materials & services specified in this Form 470 & associated documents. Contacting the District's staff is restricted to instructions in Terms & Conditions of posted RFP & any Addenda. In accordance with School District Procurement Rules in AZ Administrative Code (A.C.C.) promulgated by State Board of Education pursuant to A.R.S. 15-213, competitive sealed proposals for the materials/services specified will be received by the applicant, at the specified location, until time & date cited. Proposals received by correct time & date will be opened & the name of each offeror shall be publicly read. Late proposals shall not be considered by statute. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed container w/ the RFP number & the Offeror's name & address clearly indicated on the envelope. Instructions for preparing the proposal are provided within the Terms & Conditions of the posted RFP & any Addendums. Proposals that don't conform to these instructions, or any proposal that is generic in nature/otherwise does not meet the requirements of this Form 470 & associated specifications, may be considered non-responsive & may be disqualified. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. All original contracts offered for less than a 60-month term should allow for annual 1 year extensions and/or month to month extensions at the discretion of the applicant; not to exceed a total of 60 months. OFFERORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE ENTIRE RFP. Any pricing proposed must comply w/ the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order, & restated in the FCC E-Rate Modernization Report & Order, adopted 7/11/14. The FCC LCP rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering/charging E-rate applicants a price higher than the lowest price that the offeror charges to non-residential customers who are similarly situated to a particular school, library, rural health care provider/consortium that purchase directly from offeror.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260014468/97950/21132694-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260014468_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260014468/97950/21132686-AUHS_RFP%2026_000_001_addendum%201.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260014468/97950/20890080-AUHS_RFP%2026_000_001_Internet.pdf