OFFICE HOURS RECORDING
QUIET PERIOD
In accordance with NTIA’s BEAD NOFO requirements, KOBD has updated internal communication policies to establish a ‘Quiet Period’ until the end of KOBD’s subgrantee selection process to comply with the BEAD NOFO.
Entities eligible to apply for BEAD such as internet service providers, municipalities, etc. with questions about BEAD programmatically including but not limited to verbal or electronic communications such as text, voice calls, emails, etc. will not be responded to unless they are emailed directly to kdc_BEAD@ks.gov or brought up during a public BEAD office hour hosted by KOBD.
When emailing kdc_BEAD@ks.gov, eligible entities can expect a response to appear on KOBD’s website, www.kansascommerce.gov/bead as a new FAQ response under Resources if one does not already exist.
Questions posed during a public BEAD office hour hosted by KOBD can be directly responded to by KOBD staff during the office hour and responses will be posted on KOBD’s website as a new FAQ response if one does not already exist. No communications will be sent out with a direct response to a question either from KOBD staff or the kdc_BEAD@ks.gov email address.
Please refer to the BEAD NOFO (page 35):
7. Subgrantee Selection Process
a. General Principles Governing Subgrantee Selection
i. Protecting the Integrity of the Selection Process
In establishing a fair, open, equitable, and competitive selection process, each Eligible Entity must ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect the integrity of the competition, including safeguards against collusion, bias, conflicts of interest, arbitrary decisions, and other factors that could undermine confidence in the process.
NDA
KOBD is still accepting NDAs. An NDA has been provided from KOBD. Access it here. KOBD is not able to accept redlines.
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