BarstowUSD470FY2026C1-WAN

Due to the way USAC's EPC portal has been created with the service category questions, please consider the information drafted into quantities, fields, and units as educated estimates only for the issuance of this Form 470. District is seeking pricing for Wide Area Network/Digital Transmission Services. For a complete description of the Wide Area Network/Digital Transmission services refer to District issued RFP #26-002. The district is seeking a 10 Gbps connection. Bidders are to provide pricing accordingly at 10 Gbps and provide an explanation of their service offering(s) and provide rates on one, three and five-year terms with options to extend (not to exceed 5 years).
Requested services (1 line item): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Standalone Data Transmission Service
State/local procurement requirements: Please refer to Barstow USDs issued Category 1 Wide Area Network (WAN), E-rate Funding Year 2026, RFP #26-002. For BID information and questions, contact the Director of Technology and Information Services, Neale Aulakh at Neale_Aulakh@busdk12.com and cc: Jose_Cruz@busdk12.com via email only. Questions emailed should reference Questions to BID #2 6-002 Cat 1 WAN. The district will not respond to phone inquiries. Last day for all questions is December 9, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. PST. Addendum and answers to questions regarding the bid will be posted on the district website under Notice to Bidders: https://www.busdk12.com/departments/business-services/purchasing-warehouse-printshop/projects Sealed bids must be submitted no later than 2:00 p.m. PST on January 6, 2026, and properly labeled: RFP #26-002 E-rate Cat 1 WAN addressed to to Barstow Unified School District, 551 South Avenue H, Barstow, CA 92311, ATTN: Jose Cruz, Director, Purchasing and Warehouse. Addendums will be posted and available on the USAC EPC website and the District website. **Please follow this Form 470 in EPC to receive updates pertaining to the Form 470. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. Applicant may consider multi-year and/or contracts with voluntary extensions. Any voluntary contract extensions must be identified within the awarded contract and must be of a specified number and duration. Contracts with automatic or evergreen contract extension terms will not be considered. Applicant may consider contracts with flexible terms to allow for growth/reduction in services to accommodate an increase/decrease in the number of sites, users, and/or bandwidth. Service Providers submitting proposals in response to this FCC Form 470 must be in compliance with the rules and orders governed by the Federal Communications Commission. Failure to be in compliance and remain in compliance may result in the denial of discount funding, and/or cancellation of funding commitments and/or contracts, and/or could result in civil or criminal prosecution by law enforcement authorities. Service Providers submitting proposals must do so in good faith of compliance with the Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) Rule (see 47 CFR Part 54 Section 54.500(f)). Service Providers submitting proposals must be in full compliance with USACs Free Services Advisory https://www.usac.org/e-rate/applicant-process/competitive-bidding/free-services-advisory/. Any offering of free services must be clearly identified in service providers bids. Service Provider invoicing to USAC must be completed within 120 days from the last day of service. Should the Service Provider fail to invoice USAC timely, Applicant will only be responsible for paying its non-discounted share. The Service Provider acknowledges that all pricing and technology infrastructure information in its contract shall be considered as public and non-confidential pursuant to CFR Part 54 Section 504 (2)(i)(ii).
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260006141/143714/20632486-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260006141_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260006141/143714/20612897-BarstowUSD_Bid%2026_002Erate%20Cat%201%20WAN_Final.pdf