Plain YR28 FY2025-2026 C2 Form 470 MB

The District is requesting bids for Firewall Licenses, UPSs, Batteries, Switches/Accessories, and BMICS for new and existing equipment. See RFP for details.
Requested services (11 line items): - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Cabling - Category 2 — Managed Internal Broadband Services — Existing Equipment - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components
State/local procurement requirements: 1. All responses and inquiries must be sent to plain.2026@naa.com unless specified otherwise in an RFP.
2. The Applicant may consider multi-year and/or contracts with voluntary extensions and is willing to consider a month-to-month arrangement or contracts with varying terms. Any voluntary contract extensions must be identified within the final contract and should be of specified number and duration.
3. Price quotes should be provided in an Excel format and include an itemization of all services, equipment and, at minimum, an estimate of taxes, fees and other charges, actual or anticipated.
4. All proposals must identify eligible and ineligible E-rate products and services and their associated costs. Failure to disclose ineligible costs may result in disqualification of a bid or provide grounds for a service provider change after award.
5. The Applicant may desire the ability to add, remove, or amend services as business needs require, and encourages vendors to provide contracts with flexible terms.
6. Applicant will not accept grey market products; a Service Provider bidding Category Two products shall provide documentation that it is an authorized E-rate partner of the manufacturer.
7. Bidders are expected to provide Lowest Corresponding Price.
8. Service Providers who are bidding Leased Lit Fiber, Leased Dark Fiber, including Indefeasible Rights of Use (IRU), or Self Provisioned Network, must comply on an ongoing basis, with the terms and conditions shown at http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/beforeyoubegin/fiber.aspx , http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/step01/requirements-for-fiber.aspx, and all other relevant USAC guidance (including FAQs).
9. Selected Service Providers must agree to provide all detailed information requested by USAC during its review processes.
10. If necessary, an additional RFP document will be posted to this Form 470 to satisfy E-rate requirements.
11. Applicant reserves the right to cancel its competitive bidding process at any time.
12. Applicant will not accept any equipment or services produced, provided by or containing parts, from any company, including parents, affiliates, or subsidiaries thereof, that the FCC has designated as a national security threat to the integrity of communications networks or the communications supply chain pursuant to 47 CFR 54.9(a). A list of covered communications equipment and services can be found on the FCCs website at https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist. The list will be updated as necessary, and proposers have the responsibility to check for updates before issuing a quote.
13. Proposals that include generic or encyclopedic price lists will be considered nonresponsive bids and will not be included in the evaluation.
14. Unless fully responsive and complete, applicant reserves the option to consider proposals generated by Artificial Intelligence to be non-responsive and exclude them from evaluation
15. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration.
16. Only proposals submitted by financially solvent service providers will be considered. Applicant may request bidders to provide proof of financial stability.
17. Failure to comply with any of the above requirements, or others stated in the narratives of this 470 or RFP(s) uploaded to this 470, may be cause for disqualification.
18. Local Procurement Regulations: https://go.boarddocs.com/oh/plainoh/Board.nsf/Public (at Sections po6320 - po6460)
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260016094/129706/21172713-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260016094_CERTIFIED.pdf, https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260016094/129706/20962809-Plain%20C2%20RFP.xlsx