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FY 26-27-CAT1 Northwest AEA
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Northwest Area Education Agency is soliciting bids for bundled Direct Internet Access and associated transport services for eight locations across Iowa, including its headquarters, various service centers, and juvenile detention annexes. Bandwidth requirements range from 50Mbps to 100Mbps for most sites, with a higher capacity of 500Mbps to 1Gbps requested for the headquarters. The agency is seeking bid options for one, three, and five year contract terms, with overall capacity requirements spanning from a minimum of 50Mbps to a maximum of 2Gbps. Vendors must provide detailed specifications regarding connectivity types, E-Rate eligibility for firewalls, public IP address availability, and a full breakdown of taxes and fees. Bidders are required to perform turn-up testing at least ten business days before service begins and must comply with FCC Lowest Corresponding Price requirements and national security restrictions regarding prohibited equipment manufacturers. Proposals must be submitted via email by 9:00 am Central time on February 2, 2026.
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Sioux City, IA, 51111, USASet-Aside
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BEN: 16060827 - NORTHWEST AREA EDUCATION AGENCY/SIOUX CENTER SIOUX 1382 4TH AVE NE SIOUX CITY, IA 51250 Bandwidth requested: 50Mbps - 100M
BEN: 16060831 - LE MARS SERVICE CENTER 940 LINCOLN ST SQ STE 300 LE MARS IA 51031 Bandwidth requested: 50Mbps-100M
BEN: 17030463 - Northwest Area Education Agency Headquarters 5800 Discovery Blvd Sioux City IA 51111 Bandwidth requested: 500Mbps - 1G
BEN: 16060829 DENISON SERVICE CENTER 2008 HIGHWAY 59S DENISON IA 51442 Bandwidth requested: 50Mbps-100M
BEN: 16060832 ONAWA SERVICE CENTER 801 10TH ST STE A ONAWA IA 51040 Bandwidth requested: 50Mbps-100M
BEN: 16060830 CHEROKEE SERVICE CENTER 200 Victory Drive CHEROKEE IA 51012 Bandwidth requested: 50Mbps-100Mbps
Annex: Yes Center - Juvenile Detention Center 1231 W Cedar Loop Cherokee IA Bandwidth requested: 50Mbps-100Mbps
Annex: Juvenile Detention Center 822 Douglas St Sioux City IA Bandwidth requested: 50Mbps-100Mbps
The agency seeks bids for Internet at the following capacities: Minimum of 50 Mbps and maximum of 2 Gbps. The agency requests bid options for one-year, three-year, and five-year contract terms.
Interested vendors should include 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; (c). Identify any E-Rate ineligible charges (such as DDoS); (d). Indicate if IPv4 Public IP address can be provided*, and if there is a fee, indicate the $ amount separately; (e). Bidders must be willing to provide turn-up testing and initial connection no less than ten (10) business days prior to the start of service; (f). Indicate the anticipated dollar amount of all applicable taxes and fees (not just a statement that taxes and fees are separate), (g). Bidders must be willing to provide Service Provider invoicing (SPI) and to include this statement in the proposal. (h). Robo-bids and bids sent as SPAM without regard to products and services listed on the Form 470 and/or the RFP will be disqualified and will not be evaluated.
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 shall 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/Form470/260012266/17000331/20824348-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260012266_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260012266/17000331/20824334-FY%2026_27_CAT1%20Northwest%20AEA.pdf
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