{"id":6121,"date":"2015-01-20T01:48:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T01:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?page_id=6121"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:18:07","slug":"state-contracts-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?page_id=6121","title":{"rendered":"PA State Master PEPPM Contract E-rate Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For schools that choose to use the PA State Master PEPPM Contract as the procurement option for their E-Rate Category 2 applications, a mini-bid process must be conducted among all manufacturers that can provide that \u201ccategory\u201d of equipment in order to meet the E-Rate requirement that all equivalent product lines must be provided the opportunity to submit proposals.\u00a0 It\u2019s important that you first begin by reviewing the comprehensive, yet simple, step-by-step\u00a0PEPPM E-Rate Bidding Guide 2026<\/strong><\/a>, and then use the attachments below to complete the process.\u00a0 To verify if you have a current LOA to participate in the PEPPM Mini-Bid, go to PEPPM LOA List<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PEPPM E-Rate Bidding Guide 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Step 1<\/em><\/strong>: Create Equipment Bid List\u00a0(<\/em>Attachment A<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) <\/em><\/p>\n

Step 2<\/em><\/strong>: Create E-mail to All Awarded Vendors in Bidding Category\u00a0(<\/em>Attachment B<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Step 3<\/em><\/strong>: Filter PEPPM Product\/Category List for List of Awarded Vendors\u2019 Contact Info (<\/em>Attachment C<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Note:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Always<\/u>\u00a0use the most recent PEPPM Product\/Category List when issuing your mini-bid and download list for record retention!<\/em><\/p>\n

Step 4<\/em><\/strong>: Conduct Bid Evaluation\u00a0(<\/em>Attachment D)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Step 5<\/em><\/strong>: E-mail Winning Vendor\u00a0(<\/em>Attachment E<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Step 6<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0 Create EPC Contract Record\u00a0(<\/em>Attachment F<\/em><\/strong><\/a>).\u00a0 See also\u00a0<\/em>PEPPM Contract Record Guide<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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For schools that choose to use the PA State Master PEPPM Contract as the procurement option for their E-Rate Category 2 applications, a mini-bid process must be conducted among all manufacturers that can provide that \u201ccategory\u201d of equipment in order to meet the E-Rate requirement that all equivalent product lines must be provided the opportunity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}