FCDL Comment:
MR1: The Contract Award Date was changed from 03/14/2013 to 06/25/2013 to agree with the documentation provided during the review of the FCC Form 471. <><><><><> DR1: Based on the documentation that you have provided, FRN 2538636 will be denied because the contract that you provided was signed after the FCC Form 471, Certification Postmark Date of March 14, 2013. During review, you provided a contract which was signed by the service provider on June 25, 2013 and by the applicant on July 29, 2013. The rules of this program require that a signed contract with the service provider that covers the Funding Year of the FRN must be in place at the time of the submission of the FCC Form 471 certification. You did not meet this rule requirement and the FRN is denied. <><><><><> DR2: Based on the documentation provided, FRN 2538636 is denied because price was not your primary factor in your vendor selection. The evaluation documentation provided lists "Cost per student" as the most heavily weighted vendor evaluation criteria, however, no actual numerical score was given in this category or any of the evaluation criteria listed. You have indicated the chosen service provider "was selected based on customer relationships." Since numerical scores were not included in the evaluation documentation and since you indicated the service provider chosen for the FRN was based on customer relationships, it was determined that you failed to demonstrate that price was the primary evaluation criteria considered. Applicants must select the most cost-effective provider of the desired products or services eligible for support, with price as the primary factor. You did not meet this rule requirement and the FRN is denied.