FY 26-27 CAT1 WAN REVISED Glenwood CSD

Glenwood Community School District BEN: 132398 is seeking bids for leased lit fiber (LLF) and/or leased dark fiber (LDF) transport circuits only from the hub of the districts network at 400 Sivers Rd, Glenwood, IA 51534 to the following district sites: Central Office 103 Central Ave Glenwood, IA 51534 - 1 GBPS Bus Barn 601 Railroad Ave. Glenwood, IA 51534 - 1 GBPS The District seeks bids at the following capacity: 1 GBPS. The district also requests bid options for one year, three year, and five year contracts.
The applicant is soliciting bids for both leased dark fiber and, as a cost-effectiveness comparison, leased lit fiber, regardless of whether special construction is involved.
Leased Dark Fiber: 2 Pair dedicated fiber strands.
Maintenance & Operations (M&O): to be included in the cost of the lease. Maintenance: Involves both preventive maintenance (scheduled inspections) and corrective maintenance (fixing issues) to ensure the network is operating within required parameters.
Operations: Includes the day-to-day management of fiber assets, such as monitoring, network documentation, and managing connections.
Network Restoration: Rapid identification and repair of fiber cuts, damages, or failures to minimize downtime.
Documentation: Maintaining accurate, up-to-date records of the physical cable routes, splice points, and patch panels.
Performance Monitoring: Using tools to check for signal loss, degradation, and ensuring the quality of data transmission over the fiber.
Service must be ready for use by July 1, 2026.
Evaluation Criteria: Bids must be evaluated based on total cost of ownership (TCO), including, but not limited to, installation, monthly lease costs, and, if applicable, the cost of lighting the fiber.
Interested vendors shall 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; (c). Identify any E-Rate ineligible charges (such as DDoS); (d). 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; (e). Indicate the anticipated dollar amount of all applicable taxes and fees (not just a statement that taxes and fees are separate), (f). Bidders must be willing to provide Service Provider invoicing (SPI) and to include this statement in the proposal. (g). 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. contact@example.gov
Requested services (2 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Leased Lit Fiber - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Leased Dark Fiber
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/Form470/260023273/132398/21235985-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260023273_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260023273/132398/21235919-FY%2026_27%20CAT1%20WAN%20REVISED%20Glenwood%20CSD.pdf