Billed Entity:
130282
FRN:
2648605
Funding Year:
2014
470#:
613050001219202
471#:
942753
SPIN:
143028480
Category of Service:
INTERNET ACCESS
Status:
NOT FUNDED
FCDL Date:
2015-07-29
Wave:
62
FCDL Comment:
Based on documentation provided, FRN 2648605 is denied because you did not select the most cost-effective bid proposal. FCC rules state that in selecting a provider of eligible services, applicants must carefully consider all bids submitted and must select the most cost-effective service offering. In determining which service offering is the most cost-effective, entities may consider relevant factors other than the pre-discount prices submitted by providers, but price should be the primary factor considered. The FCC further codified in the Ysleta Order that In evaluating bids from prospective service providers, applicants must select the most cost-effective offering from the bids received. The selected bid must itself be cost-effective compared to prices available commercially. You posted a request for "hosted email service" "for approximately 5,000 accounts" on FCC Form 470 #613050001219202. You received a bid from SharpSchool for email service for 5,000 accounts at $7,608.48 and a bid from Gaggle for email service for 5,000 accounts at $16,450. You selected a bid from Achieve3000 for an "Achieve3000 Differentiated Literacy Solution" for an E-rate eligible amount of $59,535.53. This violates the FCC requirement that applicants select the most cost-effective offering from the bids received absent extenuating circumstances. During review you presented an extenuating circumstance in stating that "the email service the district needed had to integrate with the other tools the district already had." There is no requirement in your Form 470 that the hosted email service requested had to integrate with tools the district already had in place, nor is it detailed what those tools are. Thus, this extenuating circumstance cannot be accepted since you did not make bidders aware of the minimum requirements needed for their bid to be properly considered.
Service Start Date (471):
2014-07-01
Service Start Date (486):
 
Committed Amount:
$0.00
Last Date of Service:
2015-06-30
Disbursed Amount:
$0.00
Payment Mode:
NOT SET
Remaining:
$0.00
Last Date to Invoice:
2017-01-28

Original
Committed
Monthly Cost:
$0.00
 
Ineligible Monthly Cost:
$0.00
 
Months of Service:
12
 
Annual Recurring Charges:
$0.00
 
One Time Cost:
$59,536.53
 
One Time Ineligible Cost:
$0.00
 
Total Cost:
$59,536.53
 
Discount Percent:
77
 
Requested Amount:
$45,843.13