# E-Rate #270002481

FY27 E-Rate fiber internet, Ubiquiti network equipment, and managed network services

**Posted:** November 04, 2026
**Respond By:** November 19, 2026
**Identifier:** 270002481
**NAICS:** 517919, 517311, 517810, 517911

Western School of Science and Technology is seeking FY27 E-Rate internet connectivity, network equipment, and managed internal broadband services for its Phoenix, Arizona school.
- **Buyer:** Western School of Science and Technology; no sub-agency or specific purchasing office is identified.
- **OEM:** **Ubiquiti** equipment is specified, including one UDM-Pro firewall, three USW-Pro-48-PoE switches, one USW-Enterprise-48-PoE switch, 35 U6-Pro wireless access points, and two UAP-AC-M-Pro access points.
- **Category One internet:** Fiber-optic internet access with bandwidth options from 1 Gbps to 5 Gbps in 1 Gbps increments. Include handoff to the owner-supplied LAN, as-needed construction and installation, testing and acceptance, project management, outage reporting, no-additional-fee basic technical support, and a service-level agreement. Construction may include trenching, boring, plowing, conduit, handholes, vaults, poles, fiber cable, splicing, termination, and labeling.
- **Category Two managed services:** Management, monitoring, maintenance, and support for eligible existing wired and wireless network equipment. Requirements include performance monitoring and issue resolution, configuration maintenance and optimization, remote and on-site support, software updates, security patches, performance reports, service documentation, incident records, and stated SLAs, response times, and escalation procedures.
- **Contract options:** Proposals should offer 1-, 3-, or 5-year options; 3- and 5-year Category One contracts should allow bandwidth upgrades during the term. Participation is contingent on E-Rate funding.

### Description

Western School of Science and Technology is requesting proposals for fiber-optic internet access with bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 5 Gbps and contract options of 1, 3, or 5 years. The scope includes service handoff to the school's local area network, construction and installation, testing, project management, and SPI invoicing; longer contracts should allow bandwidth upgrades. The source also describes a Category Two request for managed internal broadband services covering management, monitoring, maintenance, and technical support for eligible existing network equipment. Contracts are valid only if E-Rate funding is awarded, and bids must include the completed E-Rate Service Provider Bid Response Worksheet.

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