In a recent letter to the Federal Communication Commission, it was stated that approximately 3.69 billion is being requested by schools and libraries from the E-rate program. Even though that is up from prior years, unfortunately not every institution receives this money. The most common reason schools, libraries and rural healthcare facilities lose out on these funds is because they do not have adequate knowledge of this complex program, and fail to complete the necessary forms properly and on time. It is not uncommon for a school to loose hundreds of thousands of dollars due to a simple error. Hopefully you have not been one of these unfortunate cases, but with tighter budgets, continuing staff cuts and increasing work demands on your staff, you may soon find E-rate too be overwhelming for your staff. The Jewel Team is here to help. Just as you would not do your business tax return (and possibly even your personal tax return) we encourage you to use our experienced consultants to help with your e-rate filing. We offer personalized, hands on assistance to make your E-rate filing process as smooth as possible year round or just offer advice to those that decide to manage E-rate themselves. In essence, we become your E-rate department and customize our services to fit your individual needs and help keep your district on track towards your technology planning goals. Why should you select Jewel Technology Services, Inc. as your E-rate consulting company? · Our staff is highly trained and has years of experience.
Denise, the head of our e-rate team started as a school business manager. In her role as that business manager she began with E-rate shortly after its inception, and after several years began to assist other school districts requesting assistance. We have several employees all trained at both the state and federal level. Our E-rate consultants have had a 100% success rate, and clients see an average of 20-40% increase in funding when they use our team of consultants. · We offer more then just E-rate services.
We offer technology audit services, assistance with Technology Plans, RFP’s and even assist you with the evaluation of vendor proposals. You would not believe how many businesses get double billed for phone lines or charged for lines they are no longer using. We can identify these, as well as other inefficiencies to save you thousands of dollars beyond E-rate.
Our experience with optimization audits, vendor identification, RFP and contract negotiation helps assure that you will get the best value. In some cases, our process has saved our clients over 50% on monthly expenses and up to 35% off of capital equipment purchases. · We are vendor-independent.
We work for you, so our number one goal is to get you the best possible service at the best possible price. We remain very objective when working with vendor bids, and do not accept any fees or commission from any service provider. We comply with FCC’s competitive bidding rules by keeping your interests close to heart, but we keep your procurement process open and fair to all vendors, and ensure that all parties comply with all SLD rules. · We serve a wide variety of E-rate applicants…..
Many consultants only focus on very large clients to maximize their own earnings. Our goal is to provide high quality service to districts of all sizes, therefore the size and location of our clients vary. However we guarantee to offer you the same friendly and personalized service as we do to any other client. · Finally, our pricing is fair and competitive.
Most E-rate consultants charge between 10-12% of the dollars you are awarded. We at Jewel Technology Services, Inc. find this excessive. The whole purpose of E-rate is to give money back to Districts to enhance technology resources and enhance the education of future generations. Following this principle, Jewel Technology Services, Inc. offers high quality services for only 6% (nearly half of the other consultant firms). We are sure you could find better used for YOUR dollars.
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