INTERNAL CONNECTIONS MIBS

DR1:The FRN is denied because the applicant failed to respond to the Administrator's Special Compliance follow up request sent on 1/20/2022, requesting an updated Letter of Agreement and clarification on the number of bids received. You did not provide any documentation to determine if the entity met Program rules for competitive bidding and the FCC Form 471 Certifications.||DR2:FCC Rules require applicants to carefully consider all bids submitted by service providers and to choose the most cost effective solution. Documentation provided demonstrates that the applicant did not consider all of the bids that were submitted. Specifically, bids were provided by Promethius and Cost Cutters but were not evaluated. Therefore, the applicant has violated the competitive bidding program rules.||DR3:The vendor evaluation sheet/bid evaluation was not provided during selective review. Without the vendor evaluation sheet/bid evaluation, 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 special compliance review responses. Therefore, this FRN is denied.