FCDL Comment:
MR1: The FRN was modified from $743,559.81 to $662,895.33 to agree with the applicant documentation. <><><><><> MR2: The shared discount percentage was reduced from 88% to 86% as a result of removing entities who are not receiving services for this FRN from Block Four of your FCC Form 471 application. <><><><><> DR1: Given Program demand, the funding cap will not provide for Internal Connections and/or Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections at your approved discount level to be funded. Please see http://www.universalservice.org/sl/ for further details. <><><><><> DR2: The Request for Proposal (RFP) cited in this FRN was issued on October 19, 2010 and had a bid closing date of November 23, 2010. This RFP requested bids, in part, on specific make and models of equipment. On November 8, 2010, you issued an addendum broadening the scope of those services to include additional products. However, the closing date for the RFP was not changed and remained November 23, 2010. When you amended the scope of the RFP, the 28 day clock should have been restarted because the change in requested services is not considered a minor modification. Since the RFP addendum was not available for at least 28 days you have not met the 28 day bidding requirement and the FRN is denied. Since this is a multi-year contract, FRNs which rely on this contract/CB process in subsequent funding years will also be subject to denial.