The Invitation to Negotiate (“ItN”) is being released by Elbert County (the “County”) to invite one provider or more than one provider (“Provider” hereinafter means provider or providers) of broadband services to negotiate terms and conditions for a mutually beneficial Public-Private Partnership for Broadband services. The County sees the need, more than ever, for advanced broadband services, especially in areas that are underserved (less than 100/20 Mbps) and unserved (less than 25/3 Mbps). Thus, the County is planning to submit grant applications for grant funding for advanced broadband deployment to the Capital Projects Fund and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (“BEAD”) program both administered through the Colorado Broadband Office (the “CBO”).This ItN seeks responses from providers to specify how they may partner with the County in defining aspects of the partnership that are needed to complete successful proposals, encompassing all project areas defined by the County for possible bidding. Ideally, the County would select one Provider per project area; however, more than one Provider may be selected through this effort to cover as many project areas as possible.
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