# E-Rate #270003288

Five-year lit private WAN service for 91 Douglas County School District sites

**Posted:** November 02, 2026
**Respond By:** November 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 270003288
**NAICS:** 517311, 517810, 517111

Douglas County School District RE-1 is seeking a five-year lit private WAN connecting district facilities.
- **Buyer:** Douglas County School District RE-1, Strategic Sourcing & Contract Management.
- **Scope:** Design, construction, and service for a WAN serving 91 schools and facilities plus the data center across approximately 900 square miles.
- **Capacity and handoff:** Minimum 1 Gbps per site with an SC fiber handoff.
- **Performance requirements:** Less than 20 ms latency, less than 0.1% packet loss and jitter, and 99.99% availability.
- **Related services:** WAN monitoring, troubleshooting, outage repair and escalation support, plus dedicated project management.
- **Eligibility and exclusions:** Service must be E-Rate eligible; suppliers must hold a USAC SPIN. Dark fiber leases and self-provisioned options are excluded.
- **Delivery planning:** Supplier must support parallel run and testing 60 days before service cutover.
- **OEMs and named vendors:** No network OEMs or service providers are identified in the materials.

### Description

Douglas County School District seeks proposals for the design and construction of a resilient, cost-efficient lit private Wide Area Network serving 91 schools and facilities across approximately 900 square miles. The network requires a minimum 1 Gbps connection per site and a subscriber connector (SC) fiber handoff; the sites are listed in Attachment A. Service is expected to begin July 1, 2028, when the current leased WAN service expires. Proposals and questions must be submitted electronically through BidNet in the format and by the deadline specified in the RFP.

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