FCDL Comment:
DR1:Applicants are required to carefully consider all bids received and select the most cost-effective service offering using price of the eligible goods and services as the primary factor. During the review, it was determined that the applicant failed to consider all bids received in its vendor evaluation process. Specifically, vendor Zayo was disqualified for not providing a signed copy of their proposal. However, vendor Wave also did not submit a signed copy of their proposal yet, they were not disqualified. In addition, if both vendors were treated equally, the vendor selection document provided did not list price as the primary factor and the price factor included ineligible good and services (district borne expenses). All competitive bidding processes must be open and fair. "Fair" means that all bidders are treated the same. Since both responding vendors were not treated equally, this FRN is denied.||MR1:The FRN was modified from Month to Month to Contractual and the Contract Award Date was changed from blank to 05/16/2017 to agree with the documentation provided during the review of the FCC Form 471.