FY2027 C1 WAN Canton City School District

Updated Oct 21, 2026

An E-Rate Form 470 from Canton City School District in Canton, OH. Providers can bid until Nov 11, 2026.

Internet access (Category 1)

YOU MUST REFER TO THE ASSOCIATED RFP Document in EPC for compete details. This is not a formal "RFP," but provides details which should allow service providers to prepare more directed bids. It is important that service providers read the attached document to fully understand this project and prepare a more directed bid. Service Providers are responsible for monitoring the USAC EPC site for any updates to this posting.-----Canton City Schools (the Applicant) seeks to lease lit network capacity to provide an eligible Standalone Data Transmission (WAN) Service between its eligible sites and its network head-end, located at the Administrative Center And McKinley Downtown And Tech Annex, 305 McKinley NW, Canton, OH 44702 beginning 07-01-2027. The site to be connected to the head-end are listed below. 1. Lincoln Elementary, 2800 13th St SW, Canton OH 44710 (formerly Souers Middle School)The selected vendor will demarc the service in an existing network closet to be designated by the Applicant. Refer to the building map 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 reasons, this is the only way to obtain these maps.Your proposal should include pricing options for 1, 2, and 5 Gbps connections between each endpoint site and the head-end site and should allow for service level changes to be made to any location during the term of the contract.-----Contract RequirementsThe Applicant seeks a one-year contract to be coterminous with an existing WAN contract; 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 term for this contract shall begin on July 1, 2027, and end June 30, 2028, to be co-terminus with an existing WAN contract. If the service acceptance date is after July 1, 2027, the contract term may be adjusted to expire at the end of the E-Rate funding year at the discretion of the Applicant.-----Questions/Site VisitsNo informational meetings or building visits will be scheduled. Any questions related to the technical aspects of this document should be directed to Heather Heater, Executive Director of Technology and Public Information at [email protected], no later than 2:00 pm (EST) on 10-30-2026. All emails must include reference to FCC Form 470 270001931in the subject line of the email. 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.Please copy the Consultant, Sarah West at [email protected] on all communications and questions.-----Proposal DeliveryNotice is hereby given that the Board of Education of the Canton City School District will receive sealed bids at the Nadine McIlwain Administrative Center (Building Hours Monday-Friday 8am-4pm), 305 McKinley Ave. NW Canton, Ohio 44702, until 2:00 PM January 28, 2027 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Envelopes containing bids shall be plainly marked WAN - Lincoln Elementary , and sent to the attention of Andria Michael, Operations Support Manager. Bids received after the designated time will be returned unopened. Bidders must submit a hard copy of their bid and any required forms, AND an electronic version of the bid response (including any required forms) on a USB flash drive in a sealed envelope, with their firms name and address clearly indicated on the envelope. Note that EMAILED OR FAXED bids are not acceptable and will be rejected as non-responsive. Canton City School District Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids, 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 may not be withdrawn during the sixty (60) day period immediately following the date of receipt of the bids without the consent of Canton City School District.

What they are asking for

Their E-Rate history

In funding year 2026, Canton City School District had $660,491 of E-Rate services before discount, with a 85% E-Rate discount, from Laketec Communications, Inc., Charter Communications Operating, LLC, OARnet.

From USAC funding request data (FCC Form 471). Costs are the amounts requested before the E-Rate discount.

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Source: E-Rate FCC Form 470 data published by USAC (Universal Service Administrative Company) on opendata.usac.org, read once a day and shown as published, without warranty. Always read the full Form 470 and any RFP before you respond, and follow the competitive bidding rules of the E-Rate program.