The Puerto Rico Broadband Program (“PRPB”), of the Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), as defined hereunder in Section 1.5 and Section 1.1 of this RFP, respectively, issues this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to obtain proposals from duly competent firms that can provide PRPB and/or the Government of Puerto Rico (“Commonwealth”; together with OMB, the “Government Parties”) the professional services defined in Section 2.2 of this RFP (“Grant Administrator Services”). This RFP seeks responses from respondents capable of providing the Services and completing the related tasks required hereunder, while developing a productive relationship with the Government Parties and other relevant stakeholders.  

This RFP does not commit nor obligate the Government Parties to award a contract nor to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of a response and/or proposal in connection to this RFP. The Government Parties reserves the right to award contracts to more than one qualified firm(s), to accept or reject any or all proposals received as a result of this RFP, to negotiate with any eligible respondent or to modify or cancel this RFP in part or in its entirety. See Section 6 of this RFP for further disclaimers and reservation of rights by the Government Parties.  

The proponent(s) selected under this RFP (“Selected Proponent”) will be required to be free of any real or perceived conflict of interest as defined herein and/or under the applicable laws and regulations of the Commonwealth and/or those issued by the United States Federal Government, its agencies, instrumentalities and/or component units (“US Government”), to the extent applicable.

By submitting a proposal each respondent certifies that it fully understands, acknowledges, and accepts all the terms and conditions of this RFP, and any amendments thereto, without any restriction whatsoever.  

All respondents must comply with the procurement requirements set forth by the Puerto Rico General Services Administration (“ASG”, for its Spanish acronym) pursuant to Act No. 73-2019, as amended, including but not limited to the ‘Regulation on the Sole Registry of Bidders for the Government of Puerto Rico’, Regulation No. 9301E, issued on August 26, 2021.  

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