{"id":34607,"date":"2023-01-26T02:31:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T02:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-ratepaorg.local\/?p=34607"},"modified":"2023-01-28T02:33:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T02:33:53","slug":"what-is-the-cabio-bidding-exemption-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/?p=34607","title":{"rendered":"What is the CABIO Bidding Exemption?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">January 26, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Attached:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CABIO-Bidding-Exemption-Guide-FY-2023.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CABIO Bidding Exemption Guide FY 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A little-known Form 470 bidding exemption exists for schools or libraries that are purchasing a \u201ccommercially-available Internet package.\u201d\u00a0 The option, better known as CABIO (Commercially-Available Business Class Internet Option),\u00a0is mostly geared to small schools and libraries that are using cable modem, FIOS or DSL Internet services.\u00a0 To use the CABIO option, it must meet all of the following conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must cost $3600\/year or less ($300\/month), before E-rate discounts.\u00a0 Cost must be based per building and cannot be averaged across multiple buildings.\u00a0 This cost also includes any taxes, fees, equipment rental or installation charges.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum speed must be at least 100 Mbps downstream and 10 Mbps upstream.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCommercially Available\u201d means that it is publicly available to non-residential customers (such as enterprise, small business, or other government customers) in the same form and at the same rates that it is offered to schools or libraries.\u00a0 In layman\u2019s terms, I believe this means an internet service that is available on a vendor\u2019s website for its business customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the Internet access service you have or that you\u2019re seeking qualifies for the CABIO option, you may skip the Form 470 bidding step and proceed to the Form 471.\u00a0 When the form asks if a Form 470 was posted, select NO, then indicate that 0 bids were received.\u00a0 Applicants may sign contracts for the CABIO option and if a contract is signed, they should first create the Contract Record in EPC prior to starting the Form 471.\u00a0 If no contract is signed and the applicant is simply procuring services on a month-to-month (MTM) basis, they can proceed directly to the Form 471.<\/p>\n<p>Attached is a CABIO Guide that explains the requirements and provides screenshots for how to file the Form 471 if you\u2019re using the CABIO option.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please don\u2019t hesitate to contact me!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Julie<\/p>\n<p>Julie Tritt Schell<br \/>\nPennsylvania E-rate Coordinator<br \/>\n717-730-7133 &#8211; o<br \/>\njtschell@comcast.net<br \/>\nwww.e-ratepa.org<\/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>January 26, 2023<\/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-34607","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\/34607","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=34607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-ratepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}