71033 - ST LUKE ACADEMY FCC Form 470 - Funding Year 2026

Category 1: The applicant is requesting bids and proposals for internet access, via fiber or otherwise, for a baseline speed of 750 Megabits up to 1-gigiabit for future growth over the term of the contract (1,2, or 3 years) within a contract that allows for upgrades in-place via a service substitution. The contract must be upgradeable in place via service substitution to published and pre-committed pricing for any higher speed cited herein.
All solutions should include installation and all configuration costs (if needed), a method to report outages, and receive basic technical support without additional service fees, and a service level agreement.
- Bids must include all eligible and any ineligible NRC (Non Recurring Costs) and MRC (Monthly Recurring Costs) costs separately, so applicant can evaluate all bids properly and fairly.
o not forget to include any applicable taxes and fees.
- Bidder must identify all special or construction costs.
- All submitted bids for network services will be assumed to be available as of July 1st of the funding year requested.
- All bids must include contract documentation for acceptance, and the contract must include a speed/bandwidth range in accordance with a baseline and a maximum being requested, in whatever increments are available from the bidder, up to the maximum requested, and upgradeable in-place within the term of the agreement.
- The Applicant prefers Service Provider Invoicing and will score bids in accordance with the bidders agreement to abide by this preference.
Please make special note that all bids and all questions must be submitted via email to Chris Comella, via email, at ccomella@stlukechicago.org.
- There will be no bidders conference or job walks.
- To assure all vendors receive identical information, applicants will not discuss the Form 470 by phone.
All communication will be via email to the addresses listed above.
Bids and questions must be submitted via email to the addresses provided above.
- The Applicant prefers Service Provider Invoicing and will score bids in accordance with the bidders agreement to abide by this preference
- Failure to comply with all requirements uploaded with this Form 470 may result in disqualification of bid.
- Send all questions and bids via email.
Category 2: The applicant is seeking bids and proposals for the following scope of work:
Qty 1 - Firewall Service, Components, and Necessary Software and Licenses - Fortinet or equivalent
Qty 2 - Switch - 48-port Cisco or equivalent
Bid/Quote Requirements:-
- Bids and questions must be submitted via email to Chris Comella via email at ccomella@stlukechicago.org.
- There will be no bidders conference or job walks.
- To assure all vendors receive identical information, applicants will not discuss the Form 470 by phone.
All communication will be via email to the address listed above.
- Bids and questions must be submitted via email to the address provided above.
- The Applicant prefers Service Provider Invoicing and will score bids in accordance with the bidders agreement to abide by this preference.
Requested services (3 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260026041/71033/21349908-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260026041_CERTIFIED.pdf