Additional Bandwidth E-Rate Service

Overview

IT Support, Hardware & Networking

Ridgely, Maryland, United States; Denton, Maryland, United States; Federalsburg, Maryland, United States; Greensboro, Maryland, United States; Preston, Maryland, United StatesPosted about 2 months agoDeadline: April 1st, 2026

Fit Score

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SUMMARY

RFP for scalable, enterprise-class internet access with monitoring and rapid outage response for a Maryland government agency.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

BUDGET

Estimate

$250,000 – $750,000

CONTRACT DURATION

60 months

TIMELINE

RFP Issued: March 3rd, 2026

Question Deadline: April 1st, 2026

Proposal Due Date: April 1st, 2026

Contract Start Date: July 1st, 2026

Contract End Date: June 30th, 2031

QUESTION DEADLINE

April 1st, 2026

Issuing Agency

Caroline County Board of Education

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DESCRIPTION

The government authority in Denton, Maryland is seeking a vendor to provide additional bandwidth E-Rate service. The required services include business and enterprise-class internet access with a symmetrical bandwidth capacity of 1 Gbps, at least 30 static, publicly accessible IP addresses for WAN use, and the ability to scale to a minimum of 2 Gbps.

The selected vendor must guarantee a two-hour, 24/7 response to outages and a maximum downtime of 24 hours. The service must include monitoring and notification capabilities for Technology staff to assess the status of each internet access link. Email and cell phone notifications are required for any performance lags or complete outages. The contract period will be for five years.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.