You must review the attached RFP document(s) for details of the services requested on this 470. Please reference 470# 270000560 on all correspondence. Please copy E-Rate Consultant Steve Renzino at steve.renzino@adtecerate.com on all communications. St John the Baptist Catholic School - Whiting (the Applicant) seeks Internet Access and Data Transmission Services. We seek symmetrical bandwidth at 1+/- Gbps scalable to 5+/- Gbps with guaranteed throughput to the Applicants head-end located at located at St John the Baptist Catholic School, 1844 Lincoln Avenue, Whiting, IN 46394, beginning 07-01-2027. Please provide laddered pricing in 1+/- Gbps increments in all bids and contracts. We will require 3+/- public IPv4 addresses. Please provide individual or block pricing for additional addresses to account for potential growth during the term of the contract. You may also provide optional pricing for the technical equivalent number of IPv6 addresses. The Applicant seeks a 3 or 5-year contract with or without voluntary extensions; other terms will be considered; other terms will be considered. Extension terms and pricing must be spelled out in the proposal. Open-ended, automatically renewing, or "evergreen" terms are not acceptable and will not be considered responsive. Questions/Site Visits: No informational meetings or building visits will be scheduled. Any questions related to the technical aspects of this document should be directed to Michelle Ondas, Principal at mondas@stjohnbap.org, no later than 12:00 pm (CST) on Thursday, 9-17-2026. Answers to any written questions or any additional information, revisions, or clarifications to the RFP will be provided in the form of an addendum to be posted with the FCC Form 470 on the Universal Service (E-Rate) website. It is the sole responsibility of the Service Provider to check for any addenda that may be issued. Proposal Delivery: The Applicant reserves the right to reject each and every bid, and to waive informalities, irregularities, and errors in the bidding to the extent permitted by law. This includes the right to extend the date and time for receipt of bids. In the event that a responsible bid is not received or if it is determined that the low bid received is too high, the bid received will be rejected and the project will be cancelled or rebid. Bids should be emailed to the office of Michelle, Ondas, Principal, at mondas@stjohnbap.org, by Monday, 10-19-2026 at 12:00 pm (CST). Please copy the schools E-Rate Consultant, Steve Renzino, at steve.renzino@adtecerate.com on all questions, proposals, and general communications.

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