FCDL Comment:
DR1:FCC Rules require applicants to evaluate the cost effectiveness of all bids received and to choose the most cost effective solution. Documentation provided failed to demonstrate that the selected Dark Fiber solution from Zayo Group, LLC is the most cost effective option in comparison to Lit Fiber solution offered by Zayo Group, LLC based on the vendor responses to the FCC Form 470 associated with this FRN. This FRN is denied as the applicant did not select the most cost effective solution. ||MR1:The Special Construction State/Tribal Match Percentage was changed from 42% to 33% based on third party data. As a result, the additional E-rate discount match was recalculated and Special Construction State/Tribal Match Discount Rate for this FRN was modified from 58% to 67%.||MR2:The Total Project Plant Route Feet and Average Cost per Foot of Outside Plant were modified from 251,891 feet and $50 per foot to 1,057 feet and $57.47 per foot to agree with the applicant documentation.||MR3:Based on the review of your member entities the entity Terra Bella Academy 16042682 has closed as a school site. Per program rules, closed entities are not eligible for funding. The entity has been removed as a Recipient of Service.||MR4:Per FCC Order 14-189, to prevent warehousing of excess fiber capacity, applicants may only receive funding for special construction charges for Lit Fiber or Leased Dark Fiber if it is lit within the same funding year. If excess strands are being installed that will not be lit during the current FY and will remain dormant until lit for the applicant’s exclusive future use; the applicant must provide a cost allocation for the cost of the unlit strands. The amount of the funding request was changed from $57,097.95 to $54,112.65 to remove $2,985.30 associated with ineligible excess fiber capacity.