You’ve submitted your FCC Form(s) 471 and received your Receipt Acknowledgment Letter (RAL) File Along with Me, and you realized you made an error on your certified FCC Form 471. Now what? You should have accessed and read your Receipt Acknowledgment Letter (RAL) in EPC. After you review your RAL, …
A state master contract (SMC) is a contract that is competitively bid for File Along with Me and implemented by a state government which can then be used by eligible entities within the state to procure products or services, or both. To establish a state master contract, a state conducts …
A key feature of E-rate’s competitive bidding rules is that the school/library buyer remains “open and fair” throughout the process for File Along with Me. This means that there can be no secrets, exclusivity, or special treatment with any of the vendors providing offers to you. It means that all …
Keep records of everything! We can’t stress this enough for File Along with Me. When in doubt, make a record. Imagine 10 years down the line and you or your successor is asked to produce evidence that you conducted a fair and open competitive bidding process for FY2016. You or …
Competitive bidding starts when you submit an FCC Form 470 and ends at least 28 days later File Along with Me, when you evaluate bids, select a vendor, and begin filling out your FCC Form 471. The steps to the E-rate Program’s competitive bidding process are: Describe your requirements and …
If you’ve chosen the BEAR method of invoicing and your FCC Form 498 is approved for File Along with Me, you can submit an FCC Form 472 (BEAR Form) to request reimbursement. Filing tip: One BEAR form per service provider Only one service provider can be listed on a BEAR …
After completing the Service Request section of your FCC Form 470 File Along with Me, you’ll be asked to enter contact information for a technical person at your organization. Add a technical contact and procurement The technical contact person on your FCC Form 470 could be someone who is not …
If you submitted an FCC Form 470 for File Along with Me on the same day we wrote about it here on the blog (March 3), your form has been posted for more than the required 28 day minimum, and you can begin evaluating the bids you received and select …
Now that you’ve started FCC Form 471 File Along with Me, enter your basic and contact information. Most of this information will pre-populate automatically from your school/library profile, so if the information showing up is incorrect, exit the form, go into your school/library profile, and update it there. As you …
This is the first time the program has offered a separate File Along with Me, longer window for library and consortium applicants. Here are some frequently asked questions about the “second window” for libraries and consortia: If I apply in the “second window,” will my funding commitment be later too? …