*Reminder: The FY2015 filing window for the Form 471 closes at 11:59 PM EDT
on March 26, 2015.*

This applies to anyone requesting E-Rate funding for products or services
not arranged by Networkmaine.

Remember that you must file the form online. No paper forms will be
accepted.

If you filed a new Form 470 this year:

    - you must wait 28 days before choosing a vendor or service provider

    - you cannot file the Form 471 before the Allowable Vendor
Selection/Contract Date identified in your Form 470 Receipt Notification
Letter

    - the Contract Award Date that you report on the Form 471 must be on or
after the Allowable Vendor Selection/Contract Date but before the date you
certify the Form 471

If you are still in your 28 day waiting period, you can start your Form 471
now and work up to the point where you need to provide information about
the specific funding requests.

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*Anne Perloff*
Maine State E-Rate Coordinator for Schools
Networkmaine ... a division of the University of Maine System

Web: www.networkmaine.net/erate/

Email: [log in to unmask]

Phone: 207-561-3584

Fax: 207-561-3531

Mail:
Networkmaine
5752 Neville Hall Rm 244
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469