FCDL Comment:
DR1:Documentation provided demonstrates that the price of the eligible products and services was not the primary factor in bid evaluation and the vendor selection. FCC Rules require that applicants consider all bids submitted and select the most cost-effective bid for services or equipment, with price of the eligible products and services being the primary factor considered. Specifically, your vendor selection documentation you provided did not contain price as the primary factor. Two criteria (Total price and cost effectiveness of solution, and support) were scored the same maximum amount of points (30 out of 30). Additionally, your response indicated that more than one consideration other than price was used to calculate the score for total price and cost effectiveness of solution. Since you did not meet the requirements outlined above, this FRN is denied. ||MR1:This FRN contains products and services for Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections and Internal Connections. The Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections was not requested on the FCC Form 470 that established the competitive bidding process for the FRN. Therefore, the FRN was split in order to conduct an independent review of these respective services. The new FRN for Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections is 2199064094 and the service provider is 143005378-Presidio Networked Solutions Group LLC. The product(s) and service(s) remaining in the original FRN are Internal Connections.||MR2:The amount of the funding request was changed from $445,516.67 to $422,491.13 to remove the ineligible product(s) or service(s): PWR-C6-600WAC/2 & PWR-C1-715WAC/2.||MR3:The Product Type for FRN Line Item 019 was modified from UPS/ Battery Backup to Module to agree with the applicant documentation.||MR4:The Product Type for FRN Line Item 020 was modified from UPS/ Battery Backup to Module to agree with the applicant documentation.||MR5:The Model of Equipment for FRN Line Item 003 was modified from 9120AX to EDU-DNA-E-5Y to agree with the applicant documentation.||MR6:The funding request amount was reduced from $422,491.13 to $399,414.00 to remove the amount that exceeded the Category Two budget set for the following entity(ies): #136329 - CHARLESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 1.