E-rate Opportunity

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Category 1: YOU MUST REVIEW THE ATTACHED RFP DOCUMENT/S FOR DETAILS of the services requested on this 470. Please reference Form 470 #260001792 on all correspondence.----------Blackford County Schools (the Applicant) seeks to lease lit network capacity to provide an eligible Standalone Data Transmission (WAN) Service between its eligible sites and its network head-end, located at Blackford Jr-Sr High School, 2392 N State Road 3, Hartford City, IN 47348, beginning 07-01-2026. Bidders are advised that this project will be contingent upon the successful obtaining of E-Rate funding and an Applicant-issued Notice to Proceed, and the contract agreement between the Applicant and the selected vendor must recognize that contingency. Sites to be connected to the head-end are listed below:----------Blackford County Schools Central Office 668 W 200 S, Hartford City, IN 47348Blackford Intermediate School 820 W. Van Cleve Street, Hartford City, IN 47348Blackford Primary School 400 E McDonald St, Hartford City, IN 47348----------Questions/Site VisitsNo informational meetings or building visits will be scheduled. Any questions related to the technical aspects of this document should be directed to Chris Painter, Instructional Technology Coach at cpainter@blackfordschools.org, no later than 12:00 pm (EST) on 10-10-2025. Please copy E-Rate Consultant Steve Renzino at steve.renzino@adtecerate.com on all questions, proposals, and communications.Answers to any written questions or any additional information, revisions, or clarifications to the RFP will be provided in the form of an addendum to be posted with the FCC Form 470 on the Universal Service (E-Rate) website. It is the sole responsibility of the Service Provider to check for any addenda that may be issued.----------Proposal DeliveryThe Applicant reserves the right to reject each and every bid, and to waive informalities, irregularities, and errors in the bidding to the extent permitted by law. This includes the right to extend the date and time for receipt of bids. In the event that a responsible bid is not received or if it is determined that the low bid received is too high, the bid received will be rejected and the project will be cancelled or rebid. Bids should be emailed to the office of Chris Painter, Instructional Technology Coach at cpainter@blackfordschools.org by 11-10-2025 at 12:00 pm (EST).Please copy E-Rate Consultant Steve Renzino at steve.renzino@adtecerate.com on all questions, proposals, and communications.; Service Type: Data Transmission and/or Internet Access

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Contact Information

• Name: Steve Renzino
• Email: steve.renzino@adtecerate.com
• Phone: 765-855-1612
• Contact Information: Using provided email from USAC database

  School & District Contacts 1

  Direct contacts extracted from the bid document (school staff highlighted):

  • steve.renzino@adtecerate.com Primary Contact Consultant
    USAC Database

• Bid Tracking & Management

  Status 🔍 Needs Review ✅ Reviewed ⭐ Project Accepted (Like) ❌ No Bid (Rejected) 📝 Processing Bid 📤 Bid Submitted 🏆 Won 😞 Lost

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  Current Status:

  🔍 Needs Review

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  Medium

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