NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Salida Union School District, Salida, CA, here after referred to as "OWNER", acting by and through its governing board and representatives, in accordance with Public Contract Code 20118.2, is requesting bids, for the furnishing of Category One E-Rate Wide Area Network Connection under a Request for Proposal (RFP) #065 26A4 HSD at 1GB for Salida Union School District. All bids shall be delivered to Infinity Communications & Consulting, Inc. located at 4909 Calloway Drive, Suite 102, Bakersfield, CA 93312 or submitted through the project's website at https://projects.infinitycomm.com by 3/18/2026 up to, but no later than 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). 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 website: http://www.infinitycomm.com/projects. The services requested depend on partial funding from the School and Libraries Division's E-rate Program and California Public Utility Commission's California Teleconnect Fund (CTF). 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 CTF 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 and CTF. 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. OWNER is requesting a three (3) year contract with two one (1) year voluntary contract extensions. The District 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 60 days after the date set for the opening of bids. For information or questions regarding bidding, please email Stannisha Johnson at p1bids@infinitycomm.com Board of Education of the Salida Union School District Project # 065 26A4 HSD at 1GB Dates of Advertisement: Weeks of 2/18/2026 & 2/25/2026 IPL0314227 Feb 18,25 2026