E-Rate #270002399

Managed WAN connections for four Brown County school sites

Brown County School Corporation is seeking managed WAN connections between four school sites and the network head-end at Brown County High School. - Government buyer: Brown County School Corporation, Office of the Director of Technology, Nashville, Indiana. - Service requested: Four individually priced, fully managed, leased-lit WAN connections to the high school network head-end. Requested speeds are 1–5 Gbps for Eagle Park Campus and 10 Gbps for each of Helmsburg Elementary, Sprunica Elementary, and Van Buren Elementary. - Scalability and design: Provide scalable service tiers and the ability to adjust service levels during the contract. The request is technology-neutral and allows suitable transmission media; fiber handoffs are requested. Proposals should explain topology, circuit paths, dedicated capacity, handoff equipment, and any aggregation at the head-end. - Service levels: The district seeks availability efforts toward 99.99%, latency below 25 ms, and no expected contention or oversubscription. Support must be available 24/7/365, with outage diagnosis within two hours and temporary or permanent repair within four hours. The proposed SLA should also address packet/frame loss, jitter, chronic trouble, and service reporting; deficiencies are to be remedied at no cost. - Pricing and term: Provide complete site-specific pricing, including recurring and nonrecurring charges, installation, construction, taxes, surcharges, and fees. The district prefers fixed monthly charges without separate upfront construction or installation costs. The requested term is five years, with up to three optional one-year extensions; service is planned to begin in 2027. The separate FCC Form 470 describes a 1–4-year range, so the term should be confirmed against the final contract documents. - Notable conditions: Contract award depends on E-Rate funding and an applicant-issued notice to proceed. Equipment or components from companies designated as national-security risks under FCC Order 19-121 are prohibited. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs or prospective service-provider vendors are named in the available materials.

Description

Brown County School Corporation seeks proposals to lease lit network capacity for standalone WAN data transmission between four eligible sites and the network head-end at Brown County High School, beginning July 1, 2027. The RFP requests a fully managed solution with scalable bandwidth, with minimum and maximum connection speeds specified for the sites, and requires site-specific pricing and a proposed service-level agreement. Proposals must be emailed to Zach Sprout by January 5, 2027, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern; technical questions are due November 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. The RFP seeks a five-year contract with up to three optional one-year extensions, while other terms will be considered.

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