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Internet access for St. John School

270003291 · St John School · E-Rate (USAC)

! Responses due Nov 30, 2026, 1:00 AM ET · 23 days left

Agency
St John School
Responses due
Nov 30, 2026, 1:00 AM ET
Posted
Nov 2, 2026
NAICS code
Not listed
Set-aside
None
Place of performance
Ia
Notice type
Solicitation
Solicitation number
270003291

What the agency is buying

E-Rate competitive bidding notice (FCC Form 470 #270003291, funding year 2027). St. John School, a school in IA, asks service providers for bids. Send your bid by November 29, 2026: the applicant may sign a contract from the allowable contract date, November 30, 2026. To be paid through E-Rate, a provider needs a SPIN (FCC Form 498). Services requested: • Category 1, Data Transmission And/Or Internet Access: Internet Access And Data Transmission Service (quantity 1 Each, capacity 1024.00 Mbps to 2048.00 Mbps, 1 entities) Category 1 details: E-Rate Category 1 Form 470 Direct Internet Service Narrative: St. John Catholic BEN 17029028 (the applicant) is seeking a bundled Internet Service (IA and associated transport). This service is to be delivered to the hub of the applicant's network at 314 3rd St NE Independence, IA 50644. The applicant seeks bids for Internet Service at the following capacities: 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps. The applicant requests bid options for one-year, three-year, and five-year contract terms. Interested service providers 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).
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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 applicant reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals. The deadline for service provider proposals is 9:00 am Central time, 29 days after the date this Form 470 is posted. Bid evaluation may take place anytime after the deadline for proposals up to the last day of the E-Rate funding window. The applicant reserves the right to reject late-submitted proposals. No phone calls or texts. For documentation purposes all communication is required to be via email. Proposals shall be e-mailed to the Form 470 contact. State or local procurement rules: Please include SPIN in the bid. No phone calls or texts. Applicant reserves the right to reject late submitted bids. Inquiries asking the applicant to consider purchasing other services that are not included on the Form 470 will not be considered legitimate inquiries or proposals. Questions that seek information readily available on the Form 470 will not be answered. The FCC Lowest Corresponding Price rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering or charging E-rate applicants a price higher than the lowest price the offeror charges to non-residential customers who are similarly situated to a particular school, library, rural health care provider or consortium that purchase directly from the offeror. By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the service provider 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. Service providers are reminded of the E-Rate gift restrictions in 47 CFR 54.503(d). Eligible entities: 1.

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