NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of the Ferndale School District, Ferndale, WA, here after referred to as "OWNER", acting by and through its governing board and representatives, is requesting sealed bids, for the furnishing of technology equipment for Request for Proposal (RFP) 0841-26C.1 MIBS for Ferndale School District. All bids shall be submitted to the project website at https://projects.infinitycomm.com by February 17, 2026 up to, but no later than, 12:00pm PST. Proposals will not be received after the specified due date, time. Bids received in any other format or method will not be accepted. Each bid must conform to the RFP and bid documents. Copies of the RFP and bid documents are available and must be obtained from the following websites: https://projects.infinitycomm.com & www.usac.org. The services requested depend on partial funding from the School and Libraries Division's E-Rate Program. All contracts entered into as a result of this advertisement shall be contingent upon the approval of discounts from the Universal Services Administrative Company (USAC) and the OWNER's acceptance of the discounts. The Contractor shall be responsible to invoice and collect payment of the discounted contract amount from USAC unless otherwise specified or directed by the Owner. The undiscounted contract amount will be the maximum amount that the OWNER is liable. On the day of the bid the Contractor shall supply their Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) and must certify that their SPIN is "current", to have their proposal considered. This project is anticipated to start after July 1, 2026, and will have an estimated duration of one hundred twenty 120 days. All work shall be completed per the agreed upon project schedule, but no later than September 30, 2027. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of 30 days after the date set for the opening of bids. All questions pertaining to this RFP must be submitted through the project website at https://projects.infinitycomm.com. Board of Education of the Ferndale School District Project #0841-26C.1 Dates of Advertisement: January 22, 2026, and January 29, 2026 IPL0306954 Jan 22,29 2026