The Request for Proposal (RFP) has been created under the Governor’s Broadband for Education (BB4E) Initiative Program because Internet Access Service affordability is currently the largest obstacle that New Mexico public schools face when seeking high-speed Internet access for their students. This 470 application is intended to options to schools, libraries,charter schools, and tribal grant schools within the state of New Mexico.The State of New Mexico's E-rate eligible Educational Institutions, which include K-12 public schools, libraries, and charter schools statewide, in coordination with the State of New Mexico Public Education Department (PED), with support from the New Mexico Department of Information Technology (DoIT), are seeking proposals from qualified Internet service providers to bring affordable high-speed Internet Access Services into the classrooms and libraries of the Educational Institutions. It is required for any qualified provider to deliver the Internet Access Services to at least one of the listed physical locations, (see Appendix C for separate listing). The Internet Access Services must include the tools and capabilities from the qualified providers to support the necessary level of service for the Educational Institutions, based on the educational needs and E-Rate Program requirements. The desired value added options the state is seeking from the qualified Internet service providers include fiber construction services, professional services, and related training services. The E-rate Program, also known as the Universal Service Schools and Libraries Program, helps ensure that schools and libraries can obtain high-speed Internet access and telecommunications at affordable rates. E-rate is a federal program of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and is administered by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). In New Mexico, on average, E-rate currently provides eligible K-12 public schools with an estimated 82% discount on approved Internet access, telecommunications, and internal upgrade costs. The FCC has made tremendous progress in recent years to modernize the E-rate program so that it focuses on closing critical high-speed connectivity gaps for schools. E-rate discounts are based on the number of students eligible for the federal National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The program has specific guidelines for eligibility as well as critical due dates for public schools and libraries every year for form 470 and form 471 submissions.The RFP, in conjunction with E-rate funding, is intended to facilitate affordable Internet Access Services for E-rate eligible Educational Institutions statewide. This procurement should result in multiple Statewide Agreement awards across the districts. All Offerors are required to comply with the E-Rate federal requirements as it applies to any services and/or products proposed and awarded as part of this RFP, see http://www.usac.org/sl/ .The RFP also provides interested suppliers with sufficient information to prepare and submit proposals for consideration with the intent of contracting with one or more companies to provide high-speed Internet access connectivity. In addition, this procurement will provide a procuring method for procuring Internet service from multiple providers for the Educational Institutions at locations within the State of New Mexico.Applicant will accept bids for all requested services: (Internet Access and Transport Bundled, ISP, Transport Only) up to 100 Gbps.

1. Category 1 · Internet Access and/or Telecommunications · Internet Access and Transport Bundled — quantity 1000 Circuits for 1000 entities; capacity 100.00 Mbps to 25600.00 Mbps; installation and initial configuration; maintenance and technical support 2. Category 1 · Internet Access and/or Telecommunications · Internet Access: ISP Service Only — 1000 entities; capacity 100.00 Mbps to 25600.00 Mbps; installation and initial configuration; maintenance and technical support 3. Category 1 · Internet Access and/or Telecommunications · Transport Only - No ISP Service Included — quantity 1000 Circuits for 1000 entities; capacity 100.00 Mbps to 25600.00 Mbps; installation and initial configuration; maintenance and technical support

An RFP was issued for the services requested: Yes RFP documents: https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013--Acknowledge%20receipt%20of%20amended%20RFP.doc (uploaded 2016-09-15) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013--QandAGroup3.pdf (uploaded 2016-09-23) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-2_Amendment#001_UnderReview.pdf (uploaded 2016-09-14) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-Amendment001.doc (uploaded 2016-09-15) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-Appendix%20C3%20Part%203%20Amendment#001.xls (uploaded 2016-09-15) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-Appendix-A-Amendment004.doc (uploaded 2016-09-27) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-Appendix-C3-Amendment004.xls (uploaded 2016-09-27) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-Appendix-C3-Part3-Amendment004.xls (uploaded 2016-09-27) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-AppendixC-Amendment-3.xls (uploaded 2016-09-23) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-AppendixC-Part3--Amendment-3.xls (uploaded 2016-09-23) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-QandAGroup2.pdf (uploaded 2016-09-22) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-QandAGroup4.pdf (uploaded 2016-09-27) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-amendment2.doc (uploaded 2016-09-22) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013-preproposal%20signin.pdf (uploaded 2016-09-15) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013Appendix%20C.xls (uploaded 2016-09-15) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/70-000-16-00013AppendixAAmendment2.doc (uploaded 2016-09-23) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/AppendixC.xlsx (uploaded 2016-09-02) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/Do%20NOT%20use%2070-000-16-00013-2_Amendment#001_UnderReview.txt (uploaded 2016-09-15) https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/RFP_ISAccessServices_BroadbandProject_Final_SendToSPD-08-30-16_V2.pdf (uploaded 2016-09-02)

State of New Mexico procurement rules do apply. Vendors MUST contact the Procurement Manager, Anna Sandoval-Vigil. Vendors who seek to contact anyone other the Procurement Manager may be disqualified from the procurement process.

Billed entity: NM PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Billed Entity Number (BEN): 143271 FCC Registration Number: 0015346661 Applicant type: Consortium Number of eligible entities: 1000 Funding year: 2017 Statewide form for: NM Covers all public schools and school districts of the state Covers all libraries of the state

Contact: John Chadwick · 505-827-6491 · [email protected] Technical contact: Anna Sandoval-Vigil · Procurement Manager · 505-841-4744 · [email protected]

E-Rate Central · CRN 16060891 · 516-801-7800 · [email protected]

Status: Certified Form version: Current Certified form (PDF): https://publicdata.usac.org/SL/Prd/Form470/350079/170046897/Current/USAC_FCC_FORM_470_APPLICATION_170046897_CERTIFIED.pdf