FCDL Comment:
DR1:Applicants are required to conduct a fair and open competitive bid process. Applicants are also prohibited from including the manufacturer’s name or brand on their FCC Form 470 or in the requests for proposals (RFPs) without including the words “or equivalent” to describe the requested service or product. During the review, it was determined that the applicant included the manufacturer’s or brand name for the requested products or services without including “or equivalent.” Specifically, the applicant included Juniper, Aruba and Cisco on the cited FCC Form 470 with no indication that equivalents would be accepted. Therefore, this FRN is denied.||MR1:The Product Type for FRN Line Item .007 was modified from Connectors to Cabling to agree with the applicant documentation.||MR2:The funding request amount was reduced from $495,124.63 to $489,288.02 to remove the amount that exceeded the Category Two budget set for the following entity(ies): 16049673 - PINELLAS SECONDARY SCHOOL.