# E-Rate #270001114

Scalable Internet Access and Data Transmission for North Chicago Public Library

**Posted:** October 12, 2026
**Respond By:** November 09, 2026
**Identifier:** 270001114
**NAICS:** 517111

North Chicago Public Library is seeking scalable, business-grade internet connectivity for its main library and bookmobile.
- **Government buyer:** North Chicago Public Library, Library / Office of the Director of Library, North Chicago, Illinois.
- **Service requested:** Category 1 internet access and data transmission to the library head-end, with symmetrical guaranteed throughput starting at approximately 500 Mbps and scalable to approximately 1 Gbps. Bidders should provide laddered pricing in approximately 250 Mbps increments.
- **Addressing and connection:** Include one public IPv4 address, pricing for additional IPv4 addresses, and optional pricing for the technical equivalent in IPv6. Provide a copper RJ-45 handoff and identify required provider-owned onsite equipment and the service route, including any third-party leased lines.
- **Installation and optional features:** Installation and initial configuration are required. Describe available resiliency, basic firewall, and DDoS protection services, including associated pricing where applicable.
- **Service-level requirements:** Address a 99.99% availability target, packet/frame loss, latency, jitter, 24/7/365 support, outage diagnosis and repair, chronic-trouble provisions, and monthly and annual service reporting. Minimum stated commitments are two-hour diagnosis and four-hour temporary or permanent repair.
- **Contract and funding:** The notice describes a three-year base term with up to two optional one-year extensions; another application summary indicates that terms of 1–4 years may be considered. Monthly pricing is requested, and E-Rate funding is a condition of the contract.
- **OEMs and named vendors:** No service-provider vendors or equipment manufacturers are identified. This is a connectivity service procurement rather than a specified branded-product purchase.
- **Potential competing providers:** AT&T, Comcast, Lumen Technologies, Verizon, and Zayo could potentially offer comparable business internet or data transmission services in the market; the solicitation does not identify them as bidders.

### Description

North Chicago Public Library is seeking Internet Access and Data Transmission Services beginning July 1, 2027. The requested service is symmetrical bandwidth of approximately 500 Mbps, scalable to approximately 1 Gbps, with guaranteed throughput to the library head-end; bidders should provide laddered pricing in approximately 250 Mbps increments. Proposals must include complete pricing and a service-level agreement, among other requirements, and be emailed to the specified contact by December 7, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Central. The RFP also requests details such as public IPv4 address pricing, service handoff, pathway, and any necessary installation or construction costs.

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