Pamlico County Government is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) for grant funding to support broadband connectivity for Pamlico County residents that do not currently have widely available residential access to broadband internet service.
Donor Name: Pamlico County Government
State: North Carolina
County: Pamlico County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/31/2022
Details:
Pamlico County is seeking responses from qualified companies that are interested in designing, building, owning, operating, managing and maintaining a communications network in Pamlico County that will provide residents, businesses, government offices and community institutions with broadband internet access that meets or exceeds the current Federal Communications broadband benchmark of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speeds (the “Network”).
Respondents can submit a request for a grant that should include the following elements:
- Describe high level description of the proposed network including: 1) technology to be deployed and 2) maximum bandwidth.
- Describe the proposed coverage area including the road names
- Identify the number of premises that will be served
- Identify the project schedule
- State the requested County match
Evaluation Process and Criteria
A team from Pamlico County will evaluate each request for grant funding based on the following criteria:
- Extent to which respondent’s financial resources, strength, stability and outlook provide assurance of ability to execute grant obligations and long-term operation of broadband networks
- Extents to which respondents experience demonstrates successful construction, operation, and maintenance of broadband networks of similar size, scale and characteristics.
- Quality of technical proposal including but not limited to the capacity of the proposed networks to deliver higher broadband speeds initial and over time to meet evolving subscriber needs.
- Outcome of reference checks.
- Level of proposed broadband coverage.
- Amount of grant funding requested
- Timing of proposed project schedule and roll-out of services
For more information, visit Pamlico County Government.
