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Final Few Days to Post Form 470!
Message Posted January 8, 2008

~ Districts listed below that HAVE NOT filed 470s ~

There are still 66 districts that have not yet filed their Year 11 Form 470. If your district's name is listed below, please file the Form 470 as soon as possible. If your district's name is not on the list, but you know someone who works in one of the listed districts, please call and encourage them to submit their form. To post a Form 470, go to: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/menu.asp and click on 'Create Form 470.'

The final deadline to post a Year 10 Form 470 is Thursday, January 10. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THIS DATE TO FILE YOUR FORM 470! It will leave you with one day to review your bids, select your providers, sign contracts, complete your 471 and hit submit.

There is still a chance that a district's name is listed but need not be, because a district may have existing contracts for all E-rate eligible services from previous years (and 470's was posted in previous years before those contracts were signed). If this the case with your district, please contact me so I can take you off this list.

To post a Form 470, go to: http://www.sl.universalservice.org/menu.asp and click on 'Create Form 470.'   At the bottom of this message are some helpful reminders and answers to the most common questions I've been receiving.

As always, if you have any E-rate questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at jtschell@comcast.net.

District Name                   IU
Antietam SD     14     
Apollo-Ridge SD 28     
Beaver Area SD  27     
Belle Vernon Area SD    7      
Bellwood-Antis SD       8      
Berlin Brothersvalley SD        8      
Blue Ridge SD   19     
Brockway Area SD        6      
Carlynton SD    3      
Center Area SD  27     
Chestnut Ridge SD       8      
Clarion Area SD 6      
Commodore Perry SD      4      
Coudersport Area SD     9      
Derry Township SD       15     
Ferndale Area SD        8      
Girard SD       5      
Greenwood SD    15     
Hampton Township SD     3      
Harmony Area SD 10     
Hatboro-Horsham SD      23     
Jamestown Area SD       4      
Lakeland SD     19     
Lampeter-Strasburg SD   13     
Littlestown Area SD     12     
Monaca SD       27     
Montgomery Area SD      17     
Moon Area SD    3      
Morrisville Borough SD  22     
Nazareth Area SD        20     
New Hope-Solebury SD    22     
North Schuylkill SD     29     
Northern Bedford County SD      8      
Northern Lehigh SD      21     
Northern Potter SD      9      
Owen J Roberts SD       24     
Oxford Area SD  24     
Pen Argyl Area SD       20     
Penn Hills SD   3      
Phoenixville Area SD    24     
Pleasant Valley SD      20     
Plum Borough SD 3      
Port Allegany SD        9      
Pottstown SD    23     
Quakertown Community SD 22     
Richland SD     8      
Ridley SD       25     
Riverview SD    3      
Shanksville-Stonycreek SD       8      
Shenandoah Valley SD    29     
Shikellamy SD   16     
South Butler County SD  4      
South Williamsport Area SD      17     
Steelton-Highspire SD   15     
Tredyffrin-Easttown SD  24     
Tulpehocken Area SD     14     
Tunkhannock Area SD     18     
Union Area SD   4      
Upper Dublin SD 23     
Wattsburg Area SD       5      
West Perry SD   15     
West York Area SD       12     
Western Beaver County SD        27     
Whitehall-Coplay SD     21     
Wilson Area SD  20     
York Suburban SD        12     

Below are some helpful reminders and answers to the most common questions I've been receiving:
1) Check Item 7a and b. There is no harm in checking 7 a and b and all of the boxes under 7b (that you are seeking MTM services and/or contracted services and/or multi-year contracts and/or multi-year contracts with voluntary extensions). In fact, if you intend to sign a multi-year contract or a contract with voluntary extensions, you MUST check 7b and its associated boxes.

2) File in both the Telecom and Internet categories. If you are at all unsure which category of service you should choose on the 470, put the services in both. It never hurts to have your service description listed in too many places and provides you the maximum flexibility when selecting the correct category of service on your Form 471. If you are filing for Blackberry/Treo Internet/e-mail services, you MUST file in both categories.

3) Rebidding contracts and MTM services. If you have a contract expiring on or before June 30, 2009, you must post a Form 470 to rebid that service. OR if you are receiving service under a month-to-month agreement and don't have a contract, you also must post a Form 470 to rebid that service.

4) Form 470's for multi-year contracts: If you posted a Form 470 in a previous year, and then signed a multi-year contract that expires on or after June 30, 2009, you are not required to file a Form 470 for the remaining years of that contract. If you wish to exercise a voluntary extension of a contract without posting a 470, you may only do so if BOTH of these conditions are met: a) You notified bidders on the 470 or RFP that you were seeking a contract that contained voluntary extensions, and b) Your contract contains the terms of the voluntary extensions (meaning the exact number of years or dates that the extensions can be exercised and it's not just open-ended). Otherwise, you must post a Form 470 to extend the contract.

5) File online, even if you don't have a PIN. If you haven't received a PIN, file online, and then mail in your signature/certification page after you hit submit. The SLD will then mail you a PIN in a few weeks. There is no way to request a PIN unless you have first signed a paper certification.

6) Include all of your services on a single 470. There is no maximum number of 470's that you may submit, although it is a good idea to place all of your services on a single Form 470 because then you only have a single 470 number to keep track of and list on your 471. However, there is no harm in filing two or more 470's. Also, there is no way to amend a 470 after it's been submitted. If you need to change your services, you need to file a new Form 470 (in which case your 28-day clock restarts).

7) Price must be the most heavily weighted factor. Don't forget... you may have as many criteria as you like, but price (alone) must be the heaviest weighted factor. For example, if you have 4 criteria that you are using to judge proposals, price must be at least 26% of the weight, will all others being 25% or less. You also must keep track of the evaluation process you used to select the winning proposal.

8) Instead of using the print preview feature, after you've submitted your 470, go back to the "apply online" page and choose the "search posted" option. Then type-in your 470 number and print off a complete, clean copy of your application. At the top of the completed form it also will show you your allowable contract date (ACD), which is the first date you can sign contracts and file your 471.