·         Bidder must agree to participate in USF Program (AKA “E-rate”) for the corresponding funding year.

·         Please include the correct Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) on your bid.

·         By submitting a bid, bidder certifies that the bidder does have a valid (non-red light status) SPIN for the E-rate program at the time of submission. Should the Applicant discover that the bidder is on red light status, or if the FCC classifies the bidder as on red-light status before work is performed and invoices are paid, the contract will be null and void and the applicant will have no payment obligations to the bidder.

·         Bidder is expected to provide the lowest corresponding price per E-rate rules.  See http://www.usac.org/sl/service-providers/step02/lowest-corresponding-price.aspx for details.

·         Contracts must not prohibit SPIN changes.

·         Bidder must agree to provide the Applicant the choice of discount methods (SPI or BEAR).

·         Bidder will be automatically disqualified if the District determines that the bidding company has offered any employee of the District any individual gift of more than $20 or gifts totaling more than $50 within a 12 month period.

·         All contracts awarded will be contingent upon E-rate funding and final board approval.  The applicant may choose to do all or part of the project upon funding notification.

·         All contracts awarded under this IFCB bidding process may be voluntarily renewed by the applicant, upon written notice to the provider, for five consecutive one year terms.

·         E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding local phone service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services - DID lines, voice mail, caller ID, inside wire maintenance, 900 call blocking, or other bundled ineligible services.

 

 

 

·         If bidding Category 2: E-rate rules require Category Two budgets to be calculated by each individual school. In order to accurately track those budgets, please break up your bid by each school.

Internet Access – Minimum 45 Mb bandwidth. Applicant is considering up to 200 Mb bandwidth and may consider higher bandwidths. The terminating address is 729 North Perry, Bennington, OK 74723; (580) 847. E-rate rules require applicants to evaluate the cost of eligible goods and services, and to cost-allocate out the amount for ineligible services from their funding request. If your company will be bidding internet access service, please identify the amount to be cost-allocated out for the ineligible services – email service, web hosting, content filtering, or other bundled ineligible services.

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR PROJECT A: Vendors wishing to SUBMIT BIDS FOR CATEGORY TWO must attend a mandatory SITE ON EITHER fEBRUARY 3, 2015 AT 9:00 AM OR FEBRUARY 9, 2015 AT 9:00 AM. Please RSVP for either date to preynolds@benningtonisd.org. This EMAIL ADDRESS is to RSVP only. All questions and bids must still be submitted via the IFCB.

 

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR PROJECT B: Vendors wishing to SUBMIT BIDS FOR CATEGORY TWO must attend a mandatory SITE ON EITHER fEBRUARY 3, 2015 AT 9:00 AM OR FEBRUARY 9, 2015 AT 9:00 AM. Please RSVP for either date to preynolds@benningtonisd.org. This EMAIL ADDRESS is to RSVP only. All questions and bids must still be submitted via the IFCB.

 

DISQUALIFICATION FACTOR BMIC: Because USAC now requires data-entry of every line item on a contract, vendors bidding on the Category Two Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections request are REQUIRED to submit bids using the “Year 18 Required BMIC Template.” Vendors that submit bids that do not use this template will have their bids disqualified. Please be aware that this a new requirement of CRW Consulting. Please see the ATTACHED instructions document for more detail.