FY2026 C1 470 IA WAN Lake Station Community Schools

There is no formal RFP for any of the services requested in this 470, but the following should allow a service provider to prepare a more directed bid. YOU MUST REFER TO THE ASSOCIATED RFP document in EPC for complete details.
Lake Station Community Schools seeks both Internet Access with bundled firewall and WAN circuits in this Form 470. Service providers may bid on one, two, or three services. The district prefers the same vendor for Internet Access with bundled firewall, and WAN. Lake Station Community Schools requests that interested service providers include separate pricing for Internet Access, bundled firewall, and WAN circuits. In addition, Lake Station Community School request bundle pricing for Internet access with bundled firewall and WAN circuits. Lake Station Community Schools reserves the right to select a single or multiple vendors for these services to maximize the cost effectiveness for the Lake Station Community Schools.
Lake Station Community Schools seeks Internet access bundled with a transport service. We seek symmetrical bandwidth at 3 +/- Gbps scalable to 8 +/- Gbps (THE DROPDOWN DID NOT ALLOW FOR THIS) with guaranteed throughput to the Lake Station Community Schools head-end located at Administration Center at 2500 Pike Street, Lake Station, IN 46405 beginning July 1, 2026. Please provide laddered pricing in 1 +/- Gbps increments in all bids and contracts. Bidders are advised that this project will be contingent upon the successful obtaining of E-Rate funding, and the contract agreement between the Lake Station Community Schools and the selected vendor must recognize that contingency.
The Lake Station Community Schools seeks a 3-year contract with or without voluntary extensions; other terms will be considered. We will require 60 +/- public IPv4 addresses. Please provide individual or block pricing for additional addresses to account for potential growth during the term of the contract.
Your proposal must include any service provider owned onsite equipment necessary to hand off service to the Lake Station Community Schools head-end equipment, and you should describe your proposed hand-off as part of your response. Lake Station Community Schools requests fiber handoffs. Each respondent must provide a proposed Service Level Agreement (SLA) with their response. The proposed SLA must include a description of the services provided, and where applicable, describe how these services will be measured.
WAN Service Request Lake Station Community Schools seeks a 3-year contract with or without voluntary extensions; (other terms will be considered) for lit fiber service to provide WAN connections between its eligible sites and the Lake Station Community Schools network head-end, located at 2500 Pike Street, Lake Station, IN 46405 beginning July 1, 2026. Bidders are advised that this project will be contingent upon the successful obtaining of E-Rate funding, a Lake Station Community Schools issued Notice to Proceed, and the contract agreement between the Lake Station Community Schools and the selected vendor must recognize that contingency. Sites to be connected to the head-end are listed below:
1. Virgil I. Bailey Elementary School, 2100 Union Street, Lake Station, IN 46405 10 +/- Gbps (3-year) 2. Alexander Hamilton Elementary School, 2900 Lake Street, Lake station, IN 46405 - 10 +/- Gbps (3-year) 3. Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS, 3304 Parkside Avenue, Lake Station, IN 46405 - 10 +/- Gbps (3-year) 4. Polk School, 2460 Vermillion Street, Lake Station IN 46405 - 50 +/- Mbps (Month to Month)
In each building, the selected vendor will demarc the service in an existing network closet to be designated by the Lake Station Community Schools. Refer to building maps for locations of current service entrance points and desired demarcation points. Building maps may be requested via e-mail to the contact listed herein. For security purposes, this is the only way to obtain these maps.
Your proposal should include pricing options for 10 +/- Gbps connections between each endpoint for site numbers 1, 2, and 3 and 10 +/- Gbps at head-end site and should allow for service level changes to be made to any location during the term of the contract. Site 4 requires 50 +/- Mbps on a month-to-month basis for this location only. [NOTE: X and Y should be the lowest and highest per building number multiplied by the number of sites.]
Lake Station Community Schools reserves the right to reject each and every bid, and to waive informalities, irregularities, and errors in the bidding to the extent permitted by law. This includes the right to extend the date and time for receipt of bids. In the event that a responsible bid is not received or if it is determined that the low bid received is too high, the bid received will be rejected and the project will be cancelled or re-bid. Bids should be e-mailed to the office of Ralph Girgenti at contact@example.gov no later than 11:00 am CST on November 3, 2025.
Requested services (3 line items): - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service
State/local procurement requirements: No informational meetings or building visits will be scheduled. Any questions related to the technical aspects of this document should be directed to Ralph Girgenti, Director of Technology at contact@example.gov, no later than 11:00 am CST on 10/02/2025. Answers to any written questions or any additional information, revisions, or clarifications to the RFP will be provided in the form of an addendum to be posted with the FCC Form 470 on the Universal Service (E-Rate) website. It is the sole responsibility of the Service Provider to check for any addenda that may be issued. TIMELINE E-Rate Form 470 Released: 09/17/2025 Question Due: 10/02/2025 at 11:00 am CST Bids Due: 11/03/2025 at 11:00 am CST Timeframe for Review of Proposals: 11/03/2025 to 11/17/2025 Anticipated Selection of Vendor: 11/17/2025
All proposals must reflect the LCP (Lowest Corresponding Price), GSA pricing, and any available governmental unit discounts including existing state purchasing agreements or contracts when applicable. Any proposal referencing an existing state purchasing agreement or contract must include that information in the proposal. Bid prices must be complete for the services proposed and shall include all associated costs, even if the amounts are estimates based upon current applicable taxes, surcharges, or fees. No proposal can be submitted that includes equipment or components for equipment from companies deemed to provide a national security risk as defined by FCC Order 19-121.
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/337423/260001429/Original/USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260001429_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/337423/260001429/FY2026%20C1%20IA%20WAN%20RFP%20470%20Lake%20Station%20Community%20School%20FINAL.pdf