Please review RFP carefully. Community School Corporation of Eastern Hancock County (the Applicant) seeks Internet Access and Data Transmission Services. We seek symmetrical bandwidth at 500+/- Mbps scalable to 1+/- Gbps with guaranteed throughput to the Applicants head-end located at located at Eastern Hancock Elem School, 10450 E 250 N, Charlottesville, IN 46117, beginning 07-01-2027. Please provide laddered pricing in 100+/- Mbps increments in all bids and contracts. Cost proposals must reflect the LCP (Lowest Corresponding Price), GSA pricing, and any available governmental unit discounts including existing state purchasing agreements or contracts. Any proposal referencing an existing state purchasing agreement or contract must include that information in the proposal. Bid prices must be complete for the services proposed and shall include all associated costs, even if the amounts are estimates based upon current applicable taxes, surcharges, or fees. The Applicant prefers that the selected vendor be willing to utilize the E-Rate SPI form of invoicing (discounted invoices). We will require 5+/- 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. Questions/Site Visits No informational meetings or building visits will be scheduled. Contract Requirements The Applicant seeks a 3-5+/- -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. The contract shall be subject to the laws of the state in which services are provided, and any provision to the contrary is void. The Applicant will not accept terms requiring it to indemnify the Service Provider against the Service Provider's own negligence or misconduct. Bidders are advised that this procurement will be contingent upon the successful obtaining of E-Rate funding, and the contract agreement between the Applicant and the selected vendor must recognize that contingency. 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 re-bid. Bids should be emailed to the office of Mike Spangler, Director of Technology, at mspangler@easternhancock.org, by 10-19-2026 at 2:00PM (EST).

Comm Sch Corp Of Eastern Hancock Cnty.