East Maine New WAN and Internet replaces 470 #260007058 canceled on 1/23/2026

East Maine School District 63 presently has a Comcast cloud-based 5-Gbps port and 1-Gbps Fiber Optic Wide Area Network, with services terminated at the headend, District Office/Apollo Elementary School, 10150/10100 Dee Rd. Des Plaines, IL 60016. The district is seeking proposals for a renewed or a new managed Fiber Optic WAN service to connect its school buildings together at speed options of 1-Gbps, 5-Gbps and 10-Gbps as per RFP specifications. Please provide pricing tables for 3- and 5-year contracts for both Cloud-based and Hub and Spoke proposals. The District also currently has a 4-Gbps fiber optic Internet connection terminated at the District Office/Apollo Elementary School,10150/10100 Dee Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60016 and is looking for a new or renewed Internet connection at 4-Gbps and 5-Gbps and 2-and 3-year terms are requested. Proposals are due Wednesday, February 25, 2026 by 12:00 noon CST. E-rate questions must be directed to Jerry Steinberg, Senior Consultant, Telesolutions Consultants LLC at jerry@telesolutionsconsultants.com. Please indicate the Form 470 number and the school district name in the subject line of all responses. For Technical Questions and/or access to the schools, please contact Becky Lim, Director of Technology, blim@emsd63.org and Abe Koshy, Network & Technology Support Manager at akoshy@emsd63.org. Proposals must be emailed to Jerry Steinberg, Senior Consultant, Telesolutions Consultants LLC, at jerry@telesolutionsconsultants.com, Karen Applehoff, Consultant, Telesolutions Consultants LLC, at karen@telesolutionsconsultants.com and Becky Lim, Director of Technology, blim@emsd63.org and Abe Koshy, Network & Technology Support Manager at akoshy@emsd63.org. Please indicate the Form 470 number and the school district name in the subject line of all responses.
DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses not received by the due date cited in the RFP may be disqualified. DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR: Responses that do not address the requirements in the RFP or Form 470 will be disqualified. 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 redlighted. 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 (2 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260016375/135227/20976375-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260016375_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260016375/135227/20974111-East%20Maine%203%20and%205%20Year%20WAN%20RFP%202026.docx