COWE 2026 C1 SPF

The applicant is seeking three Options for District Self Provision Fiber Service.
Option 1 is fully managed leased lit fiber service where the service provider would provide a fully managed service at the level of the bandwidth stated by the applicant over service provider owned and controlled fiber. The leased lit fiber service should include all equipment, maintenance of equipment and maintenance and operations of fiber infrastructure. Bandwidth requested is 10 Gbps.
Option 2 is leased dark fiber where the third- party owner of the fiber would lease to the applicant 1 fiber pair of fiber infrastructure between the applicant's desired points of service. The applicant will be responsible for procuring the equipment necessary to provision the service for maintenance and operations of the equipment and for maintenance and operations of the leased dark fiber. If the lessor of the leased dark fiber wishes to include maintenance and operations costs in the leased dark fiber bid, the lessor should quote maintenance and operations as separate line item in the bid.
Option 3 is Self-provisioning where a contractor would build fiber optic infrastructure between the desired points of service that the applicant will own. The applicant will be responsible for procuring the equipment necessary to provision the service, for maintenance and operations of the equipment and for maintenance and operations of the leased dark fiber. If the fiber infrastructure construction contractor of the Self-provisioned fiber wishes to include maintenance and operations costs in the Self-provisioning bid, the contractor should quote maintenance and operations as a separate line item in the bid. Coweta ISD is looking for 6 Strand single mode (3 pair) fiber for 10 Gbps Self-provision Solution.
Requested services (28 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Category One Maintenance And Operations - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Services Provided Over Third-Party Networks - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Leased Dark Fiber - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Leased Lit Fiber - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Standalone Internet Access Service - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Self-Provisioned Network (Applicant Owned And Operated Network) - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Category One Network Equipment
State/local procurement requirements: All accepted proposals shall be subject to E-Rate funding and subsequent governing board approval. The Applicant may consider multi-year contracts and/or contracts featuring voluntary extensions. Offerors must comply with Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) rule. Proposals and questions regarding this opportunity must be submitted online: https://kelloggllc.bonfirehub.com/portal/. Proposals received after the proposal deadline, spam, and/or automated responses via email will not be considered valid proposal responses and will be disqualified from consideration. See RFP for further details.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260022517/140174/21328109-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260022517_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260022517/140174/21211694-Sample%20Service%20Provider%20Contract%20FY2026.docx, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260022517/140174/21328092-COWE%20470%20260022517%20C1%20Addendum%201%20QandA.docx, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260022517/140174/21211693-COWE%20OK%20C1%20RFP%202627%20SPF.docx, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260022517/140174/21206932-COWETA%20FY2627%20C1%20Self%20Provision%20Sample%20Pricing%20Sheet.xlsx