School City of Hammond FY2027 IA West

Updated Oct 21, 2026

An E-Rate Form 470 from School City of Hammond in Hammond, IN. Providers can bid until Oct 21, 2026.

Internet access (Category 1)

Please reference Form 470 # 270000903 on all correspondence. You must refer to the attached RFP document for full details. School City of Hammond seeks Internet Access and Data Transmission Services. We seek symmetrical bandwidth at 5 Gbps scalable to 10 Gbps with guaranteed throughput to the Applicants head-end located at 5926 Calumet Ave, Hammond, IN 46320 beginning July 1, 2027. Please provide laddered pricing in 1 Gbps increments in all bids and contracts. School City of Hammond will require a /26 (64 addresses) of IPv4 address for our use. Any requirements for justification or allocation must be pre-authorized for the bid to be accepted. Questions/Site Visits A site walkthrough will be scheduled for October 9, 2026, at 10:00 AM Central Time at Hammond Central High School - 5926 Calumet Ave, Hammond, IN 46320 and any questions related to the technical aspects of this document should be directed to Brian Tucker, Network Engineer, at [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] no later than October 16, 2026, at Noon. Email [email protected] with your intent to attend the walkthrough for rescheduling communications, if needed. 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. Proposal DeliveryThe 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. If 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 [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] by 10:00 AM Central time on November 13, 2026.

What they are asking for

Their E-Rate history

In funding year 2026, School City of Hammond had $486,162 of E-Rate services before discount, with a 85% E-Rate discount, from Logicalis Inc, Surf Internet Telecom LLC, Tri-Electronics, Inc., RCN Telecom Sevices of Illinois, LLC and others.

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

Read the full Form 470 on USAC (PDF)

All open E-Rate requests

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.