FCDL Comment:
DR1:FCC rules require that applicants provide sufficient information with the FCC Form 470 and/or RFP in order for potential vendors to be able to formulate valid service solutions. Further, applicants must conduct a fair and open competitive bidding process that does not indicate a preference for one technology solution over another. Specifically, you only referred to Self-Provisioned Network as Self-Provisioned Fiber. This could deter non-fiber vendors from submitting bids, therefore violating Competitive Bidding regulations. This FRN is denied because the applicant was not technology neutral in their FCC Form 470 or RFP and therefore, has not conducted a fair and open competitive bidding process.||MR1:The Contract Award Date was changed from 4/10/19 to 4/9/19 to agree with the documentation provided during the review of the FCC Form 471.