USAC RFQ: Enterprise Firewall Replacement

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
IT-26-085
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Washington, District of Columbia 20005, United States
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Federal Communications Commission seeks an enterprise firewall replacement for the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), with quotes due June 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation under FAR Part 13 with no set-aside, issued as RFQ solicitation number IT-26-085.

Place of performance is Washington, DC. USAC, a not-for-profit Delaware corporation appointed by the FCC as administrator of the Universal Service Fund, requires the firewall to support its administrative functions including billing and collection activities across the Universal Service Fund's support mechanisms—High Cost, Lifeline, Rural Health Care, and Schools & Libraries programs. The NAICS code is 423430, Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers. The PSC code is 7B20, IT and Telecom—High Performance Compute (Hardware and Perpetual License Software). Quotes must be submitted electronically through USAC's procurement website at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement, and all communications shall be directed to USAC's Contracting Office. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; no separate written solicitation will be issued.

Notice text

At the request of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Managing Director (OMD), and to ensure wide exposure of the Universal Service Administrative Company's (USAC) solicitations, the FCC is alerting the public that USAC has posted this solicitation on its website. The purpose of this Request for Quotes (“RFQ”) is to purchase/renew Enterprise Firewall Replacement. This Request for Quotes (RFQ) describes the products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Quotes are due no later than June 30, 2026, at 11:00 AM ET.

This Request for Quotes (RFQ) describes the products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Further details provided herein. Quotes shall be submitted no later than June 30, 2026, at 11:00 AM ET. The RFQ is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/tools/procurement.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation issued in accordance with Part 13 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (known as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)). This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; no separate written solicitation will be issued. The solicitation number is IT-26-085. Quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. No additional notification will be issued by the FCC. ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE THROUGH USAC'S Contracting Office. The RFQ describes the services requested and provides instructions on how to respond. BACKGROUND: USAC is a not-for-profit Delaware corporation. The FCC has appointed USAC as the permanent administrator of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the universal service support mechanisms (Support Mechanisms): High Cost (HC), Lifeline (LI), Rural Health Care (RHC) and Schools & Libraries (SL) as set forth in Title 47, Part 54, Section 701 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As part of its administrative function, USAC performs, subject to FCC oversight, the billing, collection, and disbursement functions associated with the USF and the Support Mechanisms. Additional information concerning USAC and its administration of the USF and Support Mechanisms can be obtained from USAC's website located at: www.usac.org.

The purpose of this Request for Quotes (“RFQ”) is to purchase/renew Enterprise Firewall Replacement 

and Support. This Request for Quotes (RFQ) describes the products/services being requested and provides instructions on how to respond. Quotes are due no later than June 30, 2026, at 11:00 PM ET.  The RFQ is available electronically at http://www.usac.org/about/procurement.

THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL AGENCY, GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CORPORATION OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE CONTRACT AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS RFQ WILL NOT BE A SUBCONTRACT UNDER A FEDERAL PRIME CONTRACT TO USAC.

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