Step 3 Winning the Bid

Electronic Notifications

USAC strongly encourages service providers to sign up to receive electronic notifications. Electronic notifications consist of electronic files of the following:

• Funding commitments (information from the Funding Commitment Report in the Funding Commitment Decision Letter (FCDL));
  • .fsp fields and field descriptions
• Revised funding commitments (information from the Funding Commitment Report in the Revised Funding Commitment Decision Letter issued after a successful appeal);
  • .rfc fields and field descriptions
• Receipt Acknowledgment Letters (information from the FCC Form 471 (Description of Services Ordered and Certification Form) filed by applicants);
  • .rsp fields and field descriptions
• FCC Form 486 Notification Letters (information from the FCC Form 486 (Receipt of Service Confirmation Form) filed by applicants);
  • .486 fields and field descriptions
• FCC Form 500 Notification Letters (information from the FCC Form 500 (Adjustment to Funding Commitment and Modification to Receipt of Service Confirmation Form) filed by applicants; and
  • .500 fields and field descriptions
• Invoice Status Reports (information about a FCC Form 474 (Service Provider Invoice (SPI) Form), filed by you, the service provider.
  • .isr fields and field descriptions

How Do I Sign Up?

Service providers interested in electronic notifications should contact the Client Service Bureau (CSB) at (888) 203-8100 indicating their Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) and email address where they wish to receive electronic notifications.

The email address should be in a generic form, such as: Notification@ABC.com, so that even if your company experiences personnel changes or staff is away on vacation, electronic notifications can continue to be processed in a timely fashion. Service providers should also indicate whether they wish to receive only electronic notifications or both paper letters and electronic notifications.