FCDL Comment:
DR1:In response to the Special Compliance Information Request for this FRN, you requested to cancel the FRN. While we acknowledge the cancellation request, the FRN is being denied since we could not determine a fair and open competitive bidding process was conducted with price of the eligible goods and services as the primary factor in the vendor selection process.||MR1:Applicants that seek E-rate support for special construction of broadband connections may be eligible for an additional discount to match state, Tribal government, or other federal agency funding for special construction charges. If the special construction of the broadband connections meets the FCC's long-term connectivity goals (scalable 10Gbps per 1000 students), the applicants may be eligible for up to an additional 10% discount to match state funding on a one-to-one dollar basis (not to exceed 100%). During the Fiber Review, the "Special Construction State/Tribal Match Percentage" was modified from $910,928.80 to $238,800.00 based on the review of third-party data. As a result, the "Special Construction State/Tribal Match Discount Rate" for this FRN was modified from 90% to 82.62%.||MR2:The dollars requested were reduced from $9109288.00 to $9085206.08 to remove costs associated with Pre-K students and services for the following entities 25091 MAYMONT PRE-K CENTER;16084917 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. EARLY LEARNING CENTER. The application was modified to remove Pre-K students from those entities. Consistent with Federal Communications Commission guidance, state law definitions that apply only for the purposes of receiving E-rate rate discounts are not acceptable. Therefore, Pre-K remains ineligible in the state of VA.||MR3:In consultation with the applicant, 16084868 RICHMOND JUVENILE DETENTION HOME has been removed from FRN 2099069764 Line Item Number (s) 2099069764.001.||MR4:In consultation with the applicant, 17024133 - Blackwell Pre-K Center has been removed from FRN 2099069764 Line Item Number (s) 2099069764.001.