Internet Access & Data Transmission Services (technology): Internet Access and Data Transmission Service

Competitive bid for internet access and data transmission services for Safford Unified School District 1 (School District, 6 eligible entities), funding year 2027.
Requested services:
• Data Transmission and/or Internet Access – Internet Access and Data Transmission Service (qty 1 Each; capacity 10240.00 Mbps to 10240.00 Mbps)
Seeking quotes for Internet Access and Data Transmission Service at a speed of 10 Gbps synchronous. +Quotes must include all applicable fees and Arizona Sales Tax, or the quote will be considered non-responsive.+Quotes must include itemization of any ineligible costs by item.+SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid bid responses and will be disqualified from consideration.+Quote Instructions: Your quote must plainly display your SPIN and the Form 470 number to which you are responding. Arizona taxes all equipment. Service provider will be responsible for all actual fees and taxes if they are not included in the quote. If you do not include all applicable taxes and fees your quote will be non-responsive.
Arizona State Procurement Code requires a formal sealed bidding process; or purchasing from an IGA, State Master Contract, other approved cooperative purchasing contract, or compliant consortium procured contract for any procurement in excess of $100,000.00. Any quote/proposal whose total value exceeds $100,000.00 and is not linked to a current State Master Contract, other approved cooperative purchasing contract, or a compliant consortium procured contract will be disqualified by Arizona State Procurement Code. Any quotes must comply with the underlying state master/cooperative purchasing agreement in pricing and terms. Please quote all eligible and ineligible products/services separately. Any pricing proposed must comply with the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule as required by the Universal Service First Report and Order, and restated in the FCC E-Rate Modernization Report and Order, adopted July 11, 2014. 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 that 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.
Bids must be considered through 2026-10-29; the applicant may sign a contract on or after that date.