Belvidere Internet 2026

Proposals are due by Thursday, November 6, 2025, by 12:00 noon. Please provide pricing for a 1-year contract. Belvidere SD100 is seeking proposals for direct Internet connection and service at speed options of 3- and 5-Gbps to be terminated at the Belvidere South Middle School server or MDF room. Please provide pricing tables for 1-, 2- and 3-year contracts. For access to the schools, please contact Tyler Bell, Director of Information Technology, at tbell@district100.com, 815-544-0301. Technical and/or E-rate questions must be emailed to Jerry Steinberg at jerry@telesolutionsconsultants.com. Please indicate the Form 470 number and the school district name in the subject line. Proposals must be emailed to Tyler Bell, Director of Information Technology, at tbell@district100.com, Jerry Steinberg, Senior Consultant of Telesolutions Consultants LLC, at jerry@telesolutionsconsultants.com and Karen Applehoff, Consultant of Telesolutions Consultants LLC, at karen@telesolutionsconsultants.com. Please indicate the Form 470 number and the school district name in the subject line of all responses. The service provider must give the applicant the choice to pay the discounted price or to pay the full price and then receive reimbursement through the FCC Form 472 BEAR process. All responses must include pricing detail by line item including, quantity, description of item, manufacturer, model number, part number/SKU, unit price, extended price and % eligible for each location. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses not received by the due date may be disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses that do not address the requirements in the Form 470 will be disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses that do not provide the Lowest Corresponding Price will be disqualified. Service providers submitting proposals in response to this FCC Form 470 must be in compliance with rules and orders governed by the Federal Communications Commission. The vendor must agree to comply with rules and regulations of USAC. Vendors must be familiar with billing methods and timelines associated with USAC. Vendor must be in good standing with the USAC and not red lighted. The vendor must include their SPIN number on the bid/proposal. Service providers responding to this Form 470 should clearly identify E-rate Eligible and Ineligible equipment and pricing. Any ineligible products, services or components bundled with eligible products or services must be listed separately from the eligible products or services. Prices for these ineligible products or services must be allocated out of the price for the eligible services; failure to do so can lead to rejection of the bid. Allocations must comply with USAC rules which specify that the allocation methodology must be based on tangible criteria and reach a realistic result. It is the Service Providers responsibility to access the Portal (EPC) to determine if there are any addenda or changes for this request.
Requested services (1 line item): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/342814/260002037/Original/USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260002037_CERTIFIED.pdf