# E-Rate #270003932

Grande Innovation Academy fiber internet, network equipment, and managed services

**Posted:** November 10, 2026
**Respond By:** December 08, 2026
**Identifier:** 270003932
**NAICS:** 517311, 238210, 541519, 517919, 541513, 811210

Grande Innovation Academy seeks E-Rate-eligible fiber internet, internal network equipment, and related services for its Casa Grande, Arizona school.
- **Government buyer:** Grande Innovation Academy; the supplied materials do not identify a parent agency, sub-agency, or purchasing office.
- **Internet access:** Category One fiber service with bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps in 1 Gbps increments, handed off to the owner-supplied LAN. Scope includes installation and construction, testing and acceptance, project management, outage reporting, basic technical support, and an SLA.
- **Equipment:** CAT6A cabling; **Ruckus** switches and wireless access points; **American Power Conversion (APC)** or equivalent UPS units; and a **Fortinet** firewall. See line items for quantities and part numbers.
- **Services:** Managed internal broadband services, basic maintenance for switches and UPS/battery backup equipment, and internet installation and support. Costs should distinguish eligible from ineligible items; applicable E-Rate security and supply-chain requirements apply.
- **Notable requirements:** Proposals should itemize costs. Price is the most heavily weighted evaluation factor. Requested quantities may be adjusted and equipment purchased as needed over the contract term.

### Description

Grande Innovation Academy is seeking proposals for fiber-optic Internet access with bandwidth options from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps. The scope includes service hand-off to the school’s supplied local area network, construction and installation, testing and acceptance, project management, SPI invoicing, and outage reporting and technical support under a service-level agreement. The attached RFP also requests eligible internal-connection equipment and related services, including cabling, switches, UPS equipment, and managed internal broadband services. Bids must be emailed to the specified contact by 5:00 p.m. MST on the Allowable Contract Date and include the completed E-Rate Service Provider Bid Response Worksheet.

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