FY 26-27-CAT1 Hamburg Charter HS

Important Note: Hamburg Charter High School is not seeking a standalone lit fiber circuit nor are they seeking a standalone Internet access only service. (with no transport).
Hamburg Charter High School is seeking a bundled Internet Access service (IA and associated transport). This service is to be delivered to three Hamburg Charter High School Annex: Hamburg Charter HS Hospitality & Print Shop 810 Main St Hamburg IA 51640
The District seeks bids for Internet at the following capacities: 25 Mbps, 50 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps. The District requests bid options for one year, three year, and five year contracts. Interested vendors should also provide the following information in their bids: (a). Indicate the type of connectivity (e.g. fiber, coaxial, microwave, etc.); (b). Indicate whether E-Rate C1 eligible bundled firewall is provided; (NOT REQUESTED OR REQUIRED IN THIS SERVICE REQUEST) (c). Identify any E-Rate ineligible charges (such as DDoS); (d). Indicate the dollar amount of any applicable taxes and fees; (not just a statement that taxes and fees are separate) (e). Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate Service Provider Invoicing (SPI) billing and to include this statement in the proposal.
The District reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals. The deadline for vendor proposals is 9:00 am Central time, 29 days after the date this Form 470 is posted. We reserve the right to reject late-submitted proposals. Proposals must be e-mailed to the Form 470 contact.
Requested services (1 line item): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service
State/local procurement requirements: By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs recent Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou, Dahua, Pacific Network Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260010867/17033413/20748231-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260010867_CERTIFIED.pdf