Grant Wood AEA Seeks Bids for Leased Fiber and Transport Circuits

Grant Wood Area Education Agency is seeking bids for leased lit fiber and/or transport circuits only from the hub of the districts network at 4401 6th Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 to the following location: Grant Wood Area Education Agency-Southern Facility, 2852 Coral Court, Coralville, IA 52241 We are seeking bids at the following capacities: Minimum of 500 Mbps and maximum of 1 Gbps.

Bids should be at 100 MBPS intervals. Grant Wood AEA also requests bid options for one-year, two-year, three-year, and five-year contracts. Interested vendors should also provide the following information in their bids: a) Indicate the type of connectivity for each school (e.g.

fiber, coaxial, microwave, etc) b) Indicate the actual dollar amount of any applicable taxes and fees (not just a statement that taxes and fees are separate) c) Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing and to include this statement in the proposal d) District reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals ROBO-BIDS AND BIDS SENT AS SPAM WITHOUT REGARD TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LISTED ON THE FORM 470 AND/OR THE RFP WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND WILL NOT BE EVALUATED.

Technical Contact All bidders may contact the technical contact (Jason Marshall - jmarshall@gwaea.org) with any questions regarding this request. All questions for the technical contact must be submitted by March 4, 2026. Submission Deadline Deadline for vendor proposals is 9:00 am Central time, 29 days after the date this Form 470 is posted. We reserve the right to reject late-submitted proposals.

Proposals must be e-mailed to Jason Marshall (jmarshall@gwaea.org) Agency: Area Ed Agency 10-Grant Wood Status: Certified