{"id":32871,"date":"2020-12-08T21:19:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=32871"},"modified":"2020-12-13T21:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:22:47","slug":"e-rate-rfp-form-470-narrative-guide-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=32871","title":{"rendered":"E-rate RFP &#038; Form 470 Narrative Guide Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">December 8, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Attached:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RFP-Form-470-Narrative-Guide.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\">RFP &amp; Form 470 Narrative Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To assist applicants with preparing their E-rate Request for Proposals (RFP), I\u2019ve created the attached RFP &amp; Form 470 Narrative Guide that contains the following information related to both Category 1 and Category 2 service\/equipment requests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RFP Basics<\/li>\n<li>RFP Outlines of what information should be included in an RFP and also what information should be requested from vendors in their bid responses.<\/li>\n<li>Sample Vendor Response Templates<\/li>\n<li>Reminders of additional bidding requirements when seeking various fiber services<\/li>\n<li>Sample Form 470 Narrative Language for applicants that are not issuing RFPs with their Form 470\u2019s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope it\u2019s helpful to you during this E-rate bidding season!<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about RFPs or the contents of the Guide, please let me know.\u00a0 I will soon post it under the Helpful Documents section of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607961447326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI4Jq1Mv2sEcEIX5U8-rU6EjBJbg\">www.e-ratepa.org<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<p>Stay warm and healthy, E-raters!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<\/p>\n<p>PA E-rate Coordinator<\/p>\n<p>717-730-7133<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jtschell@comcast.net\">jtschell@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.e-ratepaorg.local\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1607961447326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQCJvLCXWPTtKOtHp_U9BOBvoQcw\">www.e-ratepa.org<\/a><\/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>December 8, 2020<\/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-32871","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\/32871","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=32871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}