Opportunity
E-Rate #270004631
Managed high-reliability WAN service for two Littleton schools
Posted
November 13, 2026
Respond By
December 11, 2026
Identifier
270004631
NAICS
517111
Littleton Elementary School District #65 is seeking a managed, high-reliability Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting Littleton Elementary School and Lakin Prep Academy. - Buyer: Littleton Elementary School District #65, Technology office. - Service requested: One managed, land-based WAN using lit fiber and/or Optical Ethernet, with scalable bandwidth at both locations: - Littleton Elementary School (district hub): 10–100 Gbps in 10 Gbps increments. - Lakin Prep Academy: 10–50 Gbps in 10 Gbps increments. - Performance and support: 99.9% uptime; QoS; commitments of 0.25% packet loss, 25 ms latency, and 10 ms jitter; no rate limiting or throttling; 24/7/365 monitoring and trouble notification; monthly trouble-ticket reports; implementation planning and installation support. - Award and funding requirements: Single-vendor award; partial proposals are not accepted. E-Rate funding is contingent, and pricing must comply with the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule. - OEMs and vendors: No network-service OEM or provider is named. OpenGov is identified as the submission platform.
Description
Littleton Elementary School District requests proposals for a high-reliability wide area network connecting the district hub at Littleton Elementary School with Lakin Prep Academy. The request is for leased lit fiber or land-based Optical Ethernet, with proposals covering connection speeds from 10 to 100 Gbps at the district hub and 10 to 50 Gbps at Lakin Prep Academy, in 10 Gbps increments. Proposals are to be submitted electronically through the OpenGov portal; the RFP states a response deadline of December 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The solicitation also specifies compliance with the FCC Lowest Corresponding Price Rule.