INTERNAL CONNECTIONS

DR1:This FRN will be denied because the FCC Form 470 that you have cited contains contact information associated with service provider Next Generation Technologies. This is a competitive bidding violation because it deters other service providers from submitting a bid for services which may be more cost effective and interferes with the fair and open competitive bidding process required by FCC Rules.||DR2:No contract or legally binding agreement was in place when the FCC Form 471 Certification was filed. FCC Rules require that a contract be signed and dated by the applicant or a legally binding agreement is entered into prior to the filing of the FCC Form 471 Certification for the products and services requested. Since this requirement was not met, the FRN is denied.||DR3:The vendor evaluation sheet/bid evaluation documentation was not provided during selective review. Without the vendor evaluation sheet/bid evaluation documentation , USAC is unable to determine that price of the eligible products and services was the primary evaluation factor in the selection of the vendor. Further it is not apparent that the selection of your vendor was in accordance with the evaluation criteria stated in your selective review responses. Therefore, this FRN is denied.