UPS battery backup, firewalls and managed Wi-Fi for Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District

Category 2 details: Interested bidders must review the RFP attached to this Form 470 for the full scope of the project, bid submission requirements and timelines. All communication must be by email to [email protected], with a copy to [email protected], for documentation purposes. No phone calls or text messages. The applicant is not accepting product demonstrations. Clarifying questions are due by 11/18/2026 at 9:00 am applicant time. Answers will be posted to this Form 470 in a Q&A addendum available to all bidders. Bids are due by 12/3/2026 at 9:00 am applicant time to [email protected]. Where a manufacturer or model is listed, equivalent products will be considered. Requests to consider products or services not included on this Form 470 will not be considered legitimate inquiries or proposals. Questions asking for information already in the Form 470 or RFP will not be answered. Spam, robotic, generic and encyclopedic responses will not be considered legitimate bid inquiries or proposals and will be disqualified. Discounted billing: Bidders must be willing to provide E-rate discounted billing (FCC Form 474, SPI invoicing) if the applicant requests it. State or local procurement rules: Please include your SPIN (FCC Form 498 ID) in your bid. The applicant reserves the right to reject late bids. Bid evaluations include points for vendors with a local presence or office within 150 miles of the applicant. For contract services, the successful bidder(s) must be willing to sign and date a contract on or after the Allowable Contract Date of this Form 470 and before the applicant submits the FCC Form 471, for service to begin April 1, 2027 for Category 2 equipment and installation and July 1, 2027 for MIBS. Contracts should be signed as soon as possible after the winning bid is chosen. Contracts must include an E-rate contingency clause if requested by the applicant. All requests are contingent on funding by the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) unless otherwise agreed by the applicant. The applicant will consider multi-year contracts and contracts with voluntary extensions. Proposals must separately itemize the cost of E-rate eligible and ineligible products and services. Bidders acknowledge that their equipment and services comply with the FCCs rules (47 CFR 54.9 and 54.10; FCC 19-121 and FCC 20-99) prohibiting the use of Universal Service Fund support for equipment or services produced or provided by Huawei, ZTE or any other company on the FCCs Covered List. Vendors must be authorized E-rate partners of the manufacturer, or agree that no grey market products will be accepted as part of this procurement. Any pricing proposed must comply with the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price rule (47 CFR 54.511(b)), as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order and restated in the E-rate Modernization Report and Order adopted July 11, 2014. The rule prohibits an E-rate service provider from offering or charging E-rate applicants a price higher than the lowest price it charges to similarly situated non-residential customers that purchase directly from the provider. Eligible entities: 6.