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Springfield Public Schools FCC E-Rate Category One - Fiber-Optic Product and Services- E-Rate Program Year 26 Springfield Public Schools ("SPS") is accepting proposals for FCC E-Rate Category 1 Data Transmission Services to connect approximately 55 SPS sites. The City of Springfield ("City") is accepting separate and ineligible proposals to connect approximately 61 City sites. Qualified and experienced E-Rate Service Providers are invited to submit proposals to provide engineering, and installation of a single-mode fiber-optic cable infrastructure (underground and aerial). Only Proposers that use the SPI (Service Provider Invoice) Form 474 method form of billing may submit a proposal on this project. Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR) Form 472 method of billing will not be accepted. All proposals must indicate if any part thereof would be considered 'ineligible' under the FCC E-Rate Program by USAC and the associated costs the SPS would be responsible for. All City buildings are ineligible and must be priced separately. Proposer must not be in "red light" status with the FCC as listed here and must include documentation thereof electroniaclly. All questions regarding bid or its specifications must be made in writing and received by the Office of Procurement no later than January 10, 2023 in order to be considered. Answers to questions will be made through numbered addenda issued by the City. The City of Springfield supports the goal of twenty percent minority and women participation in all contracts. The Chief Procurement Officer reserves the right to waive any informality in and to reject any or all bids if it is in the public interest to do so.