# E-Rate #270002040

Lindale ISD district-wide WAN fiber services and network support

**Posted:** October 14, 2026
**Respond By:** November 11, 2026
**Identifier:** 270002040
**NAICS:** 517111, 237130

Lindale Independent School District’s Technology Services department is seeking proposals for district-wide WAN connectivity linking Lindale High School with four other district sites.
- Buyer: Lindale Independent School District, Technology Services.
- Services requested:
  - Leased dark fiber: four fiber strands, with installation and initial configuration; the RFP also compares a dark-fiber IRU with maintenance and managed support.
  - Leased lit fiber: four 10 Gbps connections, with installation and initial configuration; the RFP also requests a fully managed lit-fiber alternative with guaranteed, scalable 10 Gbps throughput.
  - WAN implementation, dark-fiber maintenance and operations, managed technical support, monitoring, and equipment installation and configuration.
- Network requirements include dedicated fiber and routing equipment, high availability, QoS, 99.99% uptime, under 20 ms round-trip latency, under 5 ms jitter, bit-error rate under 0.25%, and mean time to repair under 4 hours for lit service. Proposals must include service levels and implementation details, including route and network diagrams.
- Equipment: modulating equipment and switches are requested for dark-fiber IRU circuits at each location; specific models and quantities are not provided. The district’s existing network is primarily Ruckus.
- Term information differs across the provided materials: one summary states a four-year service term, while the RFP attachment describes an intended five-year initial term and requests 60 months of lit-service pricing and at least five years of dark-fiber maintenance.
- No service provider or equipment supplier is named. Respondents are required to be registered E-Rate vendors with a SPIN.

### Description

Lindale Independent School District is seeking proposals for dedicated wide area network service. The service requests include leased dark fiber and leased lit fiber; the RFP describes a topology with Lindale High School as the hub and other entities as spokes. The RFP requires vendors to be registered ERate vendors with a SPIN and lists a proposal due date of January 7, 2027, at 4:00 p.m. The FCC Form 470 lists a response deadline of November 11, 2026.

[View original listing](https://publicdata.usac.org/EPC/Prd/Form470/270002040/140734/22750911-USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_270002040_CERTIFIED.pdf)