The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) administrates the Universal Service Funds (USF), also known as E-Rate funds, for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) is the branch of the USAC that provides discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the United States to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access.

E-Rate  FY2012  RFPs Posted below are the NPS Requests For Proposal for Universal Service Fund (E-Rate) Funding Year 2012 (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013). All RFPs are posted in Adobe Reader Portable Document Format (PDF). If you have questions concerning these documents - or if you are unable to open them - then please contact Kim Bauer, NPS Purchasing Director (contact info shown below). Click on the links below to see the RFPs for the requested services: Internet Access     Due: 12-19-2011 Digital Transmission Service     Due: 12-19-2011 Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot     Due: 12-19-2011 Mobile Broadband for iPad     Due: 12-19-2011 Local Telephone Service     Due: 12-19-2011     Amendment 1 Cellular Telephone Service     Due: 12-19-2011 Long Distance     Due: 12-19-2011     Amendment 1 Attachments:     List of NPS Campuses     PRI-DID (VoIP) Number Attachment     Local Phone Number List Attachment