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

Competitive bid for internet access and data transmission services for Lammersville Unified School Dist (School District, 13 eligible entities), funding year 2027.
Requested services:
• Data Transmission and/or Internet Access – Standalone Internet Access Service (capacity 1024.00 Mbps to 10240.00 Mbps)
Important Information: Due to the way EPC has been created with the service category questions, please consider information drafted into quantities, fields, and units as an educated guess at a minimum for the issuance of this Form 470. All quantities are estimates as solutions proposed by service providers to meet the minimum specifications required may necessitate differing quantities. Please refer to the RFP for full specifications and requirements. Lammersville USD wishes to receive proposals for Internet Access Services for ERate Funding Year 2027-28. For a complete description of what Lammersville USD is seeking, please refer to the attached "Request for Proposal #2027/28-LUSD-IA". Proposals due date: November 2, 2026 by 2:00pm. SPAM and/or robotic responses will not be considered valid Proposals and will be disqualified from consideration.
Applicant may consider multi-year and/or contracts with voluntary extensions. Any voluntary contract extensions must be identified within the awarded contract and must be of a specified number and duration. Contracts with automatic or evergreen contract extension terms will not be considered. Applicant may consider contracts with flexible terms to allow for growth/reduction in services to accommodate an increase/decrease in the number of sites, users, and/or bandwidth. Failure to be in compliance and remain in compliance may result in the denial of discount funding, and/or cancellation of funding commitments and/or contracts, and/or could result in civil or criminal prosecution by law enforcement authorities. Any offering of free services must be clearly identified in service providers bids. Service Provider invoicing to the program administrator must be completed within 120 days from the last day of service. Should the Service Provider fail to invoice the program administrator timely, Applicant will only be responsible for paying its non-discounted share. The Service Provider acknowledges that all pricing and technology infrastructure information in its contract shall be considered as public and non-confidential pursuant to CFR Part 54 Section 504 (2)(i)(ii).
Bids must be considered through 2026-10-30; the applicant may sign a contract on or after that date.