{"id":25381,"date":"2018-04-03T02:07:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T02:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=25381"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:08:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T02:08:19","slug":"service-providers-file-your-fy-2018-form-473-spac-form-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=25381","title":{"rendered":"Service Providers: File your FY 2018 Form 473 SPAC Form Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 3, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: This information is for service providers, but applicants\u2019 FY 2018 BEARs cannot be submitted to USAC unless their vendors\u2019 SPACs (Form 473) have been filed with USAC for the 2018 funding year.\u00a0 Therefore, applicants may wish to forward this message to their service providers (particularly local vendors that may not follow E-rate closely).\u00a0 Applicants cannot file the Form 473 SPAC &#8212;\u00a0 this is just a form for vendors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Service Provider Annual Certification Form (SPAC), Form 473,<\/strong>must be filed each\u00a0year by service providers that participate in the E-rate program and the FY 2018 SPAC functionality just became available.\u00a0 This form must be certified USAC before USAC can pay any invoices associated with that service provider \u2013 both Form 472 BEARs or Form 474 SPIs.<\/p>\n<p>The SPAC must be filed online using the vendor e-File System (paper forms will not be accepted). \u00a0Service providers with multiple Service Provider Identification Numbers (SPINs) must file a SPAC Form for each SPIN.\u00a0 A very good Form 473 Users Guide is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usac.org\/_res\/documents\/sl\/pdf\/forms\/FCC-Form-473-UserGuide.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\">http:\/\/www.usac.org\/_res\/documents\/sl\/pdf\/forms\/FCC-Form-473-UserGuide.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To certify a SPAC Form, vendors must first log in to the e-File System (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usac.org\/about\/tools\/e-file.aspx\">http:\/\/www.usac.org\/about\/tools\/e-file.aspx<\/a>).\u00a0 (If a vendor doesn\u2019t have a username and password or are having trouble logging in, they should call USAC at (888) 641-8722 and choose option 3 (Schools and Libraries), then option 2 for assistance.\u00a0 The e-File System main page also contains instructions on how to reset your password.)<\/li>\n<li>Set your SPIN.\u00a0 If you have multiple SPINs, you must choose\u00a0one of them from the list of your SPINs.<\/li>\n<li>After you set your SPIN, you will see <strong>SPAC Form<\/strong> as an option in the left-hand menu.<\/li>\n<li>The form will pre-populate much of the information required based on your identity as a user. If you notice that the contact information in your E-File System profile (not your EPC profile) does not populate correctly, you can exit the FCC Form 473, correct your E-File profile information, and then re-enter your form.<\/li>\n<li>The dropdown in the form that lists funding years will only show funding years for which a SPAC Form has not yet been filed, making your choice easier.<\/li>\n<li>Immediately after the SPAC Form is certified for any funding year \u2013 including FY 2018 \u2013 the appropriate funding year will appear in the Search for SPIN Tool (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sl.universalservice.org\/Forms\/SPIN_Contact_Search.asp\">http:\/\/www.sl.universalservice.org\/Forms\/SPIN_Contact_Search.asp<\/a>) on the USAC website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<br \/>\nPA E-rate Coordinator<br \/>\n717-730-7133 &#8211; o<br \/>\n717-730-9060 &#8211; f<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jtschell@comcast.net\">jtschell@comcast.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\">www.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Penn*link<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=eratepenn\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 3, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listserve_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=25381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}