Form 470
Application Tips |
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| Tip 1: Make sure to use the current version of
Form 470. |
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Check the date at the bottom right-hand corner of each page. If filing Form 470
on-line, use of the current version will be automatic.
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| Tip 2: Entity Numbers are required to identify
both billed and non-billed entities. |
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The "Entity Number" in Item (3) used to be called the"Billed Entity Number."
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First time applicants can be assigned Entity Numbers by calling the SLD help
line, 888-203-8100.
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| Tip 3: Give careful consideration to the choice
of the listed contact(s). |
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The contact person listed on page one, Item (6), should be responsible for
responding to questions from the SLD on the application. If someone else is
best equipped to handle inquiries from vendors, that person should be listed as
the optional contact on page three, Item (11).
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To best way to try to manage contact with vendors responding to a Form 470
application is to select "FAX," "E-mail," or even "Mail," rather than
"Telephone," as the "preferred mode of contact." Our experience, however, is
that vendors (and the SLD) don't always honor this preference.
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Tip 4: In Block 2, be as broad and inclusive as possible in summarizing needs or
service requested.
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If, at the time of filing a Form 470, an applicant is not sure whether service
might be received under a tariff or contract, check both options in Item (7).
Many applicants may need to check Items (7a), (7b), and (7c).
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Note that "tariff" has a specific connotation applying only to regulated
telecommunications services. "Month-to-month" services is a new category that
may be narrowly interpreted by the SLD to apply only to certain Internet
access, cellular telephone, and paging services. All other services must be
provided under contract.
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For Items (8) - (10), it is not possible to check both "YES" and "NO" if an RFP
is available for some portion of the service, but not for all. In such a case,
either:
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file two Form 470s, one for RFP services and one for the others (be careful to
reference the proper Form 470 in each Form 471 funding request); or
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check "NO" RFP, list all services needed (including those on the RFP), and
provide additional RFP guidance in Item 12 of the Form 470.
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