VCA 2026 470

Category 1: Victory Christian Academy is located at 2840 S 10th St, Milwaukee WI, 53215. This is one piece of land/one campus with additional buildings/addresses: 2828 S 10th St and 966 W Dakota St. The school is looking for 1+ internet connection for 2840 S 10th St, speeds ranging from 2gbps to 5+ gbps. Please provide quotes for whatever options you can offer within this range.
Please include quotes for whatever contract lengths/options you can offer, including month to month options.
Please include any installation/configuration and/or special construction/build-out costs as well as quotes for any network components that are necessary to deliver your service that will be billed separately.
As per E-Rate rules, all equivalent solutions will be accepted and evaluated.
Vendors Please include your SPIN and the 470 number with your proposal. Please be advised that the numbers above are approximate. Please list all assumptions used in creating your proposals. The preferred mode of contact is email. The applicant takes no responsibility for phone inquiries. Please email all bid responses to this 470 Application to both the applicant contact person listed under Contact Information on the 470 Application and the consultant (khansen@erateadvantage.com). If a separate proposal is not received from the incumbent service provider, bills from the incumbent service providers may be considered bids for this E-Rate year. All proposals must comply with FCC LCP rules as well as state and local laws. By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies that its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs Security Rules Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE Corporation, or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Category 2: Victory Christian Academy would like quotes for the following: 2+ firewalls, enterprise grade or equivalent (+ all related components including any licensing and installation & configuration) **School has approximately 413 students and currently has 2gb fiber internet. Firewall should be able to handle that speed. 5+ switches, enterprise grade or equivalent (+ all related components including any licensing and installation & configuration) **School anticipates needing a mix of 24 port or equivalent and 48 port or equivalent switches and that they should be POE+ or equivalent but they are unsure of how many of each type they will need. 55+ access points, enterprise or equivalent (+ all related components including any licensing and installation & configuration) **School anticipates needing indoor and outdoor access points but is unsure of how many of each they will need. 1+ UPS (+ all related components and installation & configuration) **School is unsure of what specifications they need in a UPS so please provide whatever options you can offer Approximately 5000+ feet cabling, broken up into 50+ runs of approximately 300+ft per run (+ all related components and installation & configuration) Please note, there are drop ceilings, some drilling may be required and some conduit may be required. 10+ license renewals for existing Meraki access points, Enterprise license or equivalent 29+ support/license renewals for existing FortiAP 221E Access Points, FortiCare 24x7 support or equivalent 1+ support/license renewal for existing FortiAP 221E-A Access Point, FortiCare 24x7 support or equivalent 1+ support/license renewal for existing FortiAP 231F-A Access Point, FortiCare 24x7 support or equivalent 2+ support/license renewals for existing FortiSwitch 224E switches, FortiCare 24x7 support or equivalent 2+ support/license renewals for existing FortiSwitch 224E POE switches, FortiCare 24x7 support or equivalent 1+ support/license renewal for existing FortiSwitch FS148F FPOE switch, FortiCare 24x7 support or equivalent 1+ support/license renewal for existing Fortigate 120G firewall, FortiCare 24x7 support plus UTM protection or equivalent 1+ support/license renewal for existing Fortigate 100F firewall, FortiCare 24x7 support plus UTM protection or equivalent
**For license renewals, please provide quotes for 1yr renewals in addition to any other options you can offer.
Please note that BMIC has been included to account for any related software, licenses or support that USAC may deem classified in this category.
If applicable, please provide the SKUs or manufacturer part numbers for the products/services listed in your quote. As per E-Rate rules, all equivalent solutions will be accepted and evaluated. Vendors - Please include your SPIN and the 470 number with your proposal. Please be advised that the numbers above are approximate. Please list all assumptions used in creating your proposals. The preferred mode of contact is email. The applicant takes no responsibility for phone inquiries. Please email all bid responses to this 470 Application to both the applicant contact person listed under Contact Information on the 470 Application and the consultant (khansen@erateadvantage.com). All proposals must comply with FCC LCP rules as well as state and local laws. By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the vendor certifies that its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs Security Rules Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE Corporation, or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Requested services (17 line items): - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Switches - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Switches And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 1 — Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access — Internet Access And Data Transmission Service - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Wireless Access Points And Necessary Software And Licenses - Category 2 — Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections — Firewall Service And Components - Category 2 — Internal Connections — Cabling
Reference documents (Form 470 / RFP): https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/260013733/17006254/21082594-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_260013733_CERTIFIED.pdf