Review RFP carefully. Western Wayne Schools (the Applicant) wishes to compare Lit Fiber and Leased Dark Fiber services to provide WAN connections between its eligible sites and the Applicants network head-end, located at Western Wayne Elementary School, 801 Delaware St, Cambridge City, IN 47327 beginning July 1, 2027. Bidders are advised that this project will be contingent upon the successful obtaining of E-Rate funding and an Applicant-issued Notice to Proceed, and the contract agreement between the Applicant and the selected vendor must recognize that contingency. Sites to be connected to the head-end are listed below. 1. Lincoln Middle High School, 205 E Parkway Dr, Cambridge City, IN 47327 In each building, the selected vendor will demarc the service in an existing network closet to be designated by the Applicant. Refer to building maps for locations of current service entrance points and desired demarcation points. Building maps may be requested via e-mail to the contact listed herein. For security purposes, this is the only way to obtain these maps. The Applicant is seeking two options for bids. Respondents may bid either or both options. 1. The first option is a fully managed, leased lit fiber transport service from the hub site/s to the specified eligible applicant sites. Any one-time special construction can be bid separately from the Service Providers proposed monthly recurring cost for the fully-managed leased lit service. 2. The second option is for a leased dark fiber solution that may include special construction, the monthly lease fee, monthly maintenance and operations fees, and can, as an option, also include pricing for the purchase of equipment necessary to light the fiber. Any one-time special construction costs must be bid separately from the monthly lease fee. Monthly recurring maintenance and operations fees should be itemized separately from monthly recurring dark fiber lease fees. Questions/Site Visits A voluntary site visit will be held at Lincoln Middle High School, 215 E Parkway Dr, Cambridge City, IN 47327, in the Multipurpose room (Please enter through Door 29 on the back side of the building, at the east end of the football field off Lincoln Drive) at 10:00AM (EST) on October 30, 2026. This will be the only opportunity to ask questions or to receive answers to questions related to this RFP. Respondents choosing not to attend in so doing acknowledge their understanding that they were offered and voluntarily declined the opportunity. 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 e-mailed to the office of Benjamin Burris, Director of Technology, at erate@wwayne.k12.in.us by 2:00PM (EST) on December 1, 2026.

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