Leon County has spearheaded a county-wide effort to procure partners through this RFP to apply for the BEAD program issued through the Texas Broadband Development Office (“BDO”) to address the included list of Unserved and Underserved locations (CSV Excel Sheet) attached. The County is seeking qualified broadband infrastructure and Internet service providers to participate in a partnership to address the accessibility needs and connectivity gaps that have been identified to enhance the availability of broadband within Leon County. Leon County intends to provide a variety of forms of support, which may consist of: 1) Streamlining access to infrastructure, rights-of-way and inspections where possible; 2) Long-term support for the development of high bandwidth applications to drive adoption; 3) Collaborate with local research and educational networks; and 4) Drafting letters of support to be included in the grant application for Texas BDO’s BEAD Program.
