The Puerto Rico Broadband Program (“PRPB”), of the Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget (“PR-OMB”), as defined hereunder in Section 1.3 and Section 1.1, 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 (“GPR”; together with PR-OMB, the “Government Parties”) the services defined in Section 2.2 of this RFP (the “Grant Administrator Services”). This RFP seeks responses from duly competent firms (“Respondents”) capable of providing the Grant Administrator Services and completing the related tasks described hereunder, while developing a productive relationship with the Government Parties and 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 reservation of rights by the Government Parties (jointly, the “Disclaimers”).

Respondent(s) selected under this RFP (“Selected Respondent”) 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 GPR 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 GPR, including those levied by the Puerto Rico General Services Administration (“ASG”, for its Spanish acronym) pursuant to Act No. 73-2019, as amended, including but not limited those specified in Section 4.5 of this RFP. 

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