FCDL Comment:
DR1:FCC rules require that applicants provide sufficient information with the FCC Form 470 and/or RFP in order for potential vendors to be able to formulate valid service solutions. Further, applicants must conduct a fair and open competitive bidding process that does not indicate a preference for one technology solution over another. Specifically, the applicant must be technology neutral. This could deter non-fiber vendors from submitting bids, therefore violating Competitive Bidding regulations. This FRN is denied because the applicant was not technology neutral for all potential vendors to evaluate its service needs and has not conducted a fair and open competitive bidding process.||MR1:The CAD was changed from 3/22/18 to 3/27/19 to agree with the documentation provided during the review of the FCC Form 471.