Overview
Snapshot
Eligibility
- Corporations, local governments, regional planning boards, local development corporations, nonprofits, new entities created for the purposes of participating in the Program, or a consortium of multiple organizations with a single lead entity.
Funding Amount
- No funding is being provided through this Prequalification process. Successfully prequalified Applicants will be eligible to apply for the ConnectALL Deployment Program.
The ConnectALL Deployment Program Prequalification Application establishes the threshold qualifications of prospective Eligible Applicants to the ConnectALL Deployment Program Request for Applications. This Prequalification will assess prospective grantees’ financial, managerial, and technical qualifications, as well as past experience and capacity to deploy last-mile broadband.
All Applicants must complete the ConnectALL Deployment Program Prequalification Application to be considered for an award. Successful prequalification is a condition of eligibility for an award, but not a guarantee of award. Applicants who did not complete the Prequalification Application earlier this year, or who were notified that they did not successfully prequalify, will have an additional opportunity to submit Prequalification materials along with their RFA response.
Program Dates
June 6, 2024: Prequalification Applications issued
June 25, 2024: Opening of Consolidated Funding Application Portal
June 26, 2024: Prequalification Application Information Session
September 10, 2024: Second Prequalification Application Information Session
September 30, 2024: First Prequalification Application deadline
December 13, 2024: Prequalification Application Reopened; ConnectALL Deployment Program Request for Applications issued.
December 17, 2024: ConnectALL Deployment Program Request for Application Information Session. Watch the recording and view the presentation here.
February 7, 2025: Second Prequalification Application deadline, 11:59PM ET, submitted through the New York State Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) Portal
Eligible Applicants
Eligible Applicants to this Prequalification Application may be individual organizations or a consortium of multiple organizations with a single lead entity. Applications from multi-entity collaborations must be led by an entity that is authorized and capable of accepting all responsibility and risk for a Program grant if awarded. The lead Applicant may be a corporation; a local unit of government, including counties, cities, towns, and villages; a regional planning board formed under the provisions of New York State General Municipal Law; a local development corporation or a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation; or a new entity created by the collaborators. The lead entity must be authorized to bind and act on behalf of the other entities in executing grant agreements and satisfying all of the requirements described in this Prequalification Application.
All entities (or the lead entity, for any partnership or consortium) who plan to respond to the Program RFA must complete this Prequalification process prior to submitting an RFA response.
Application Information
Prequalification Applications must be submitted via the Consolidated Funding Application Portal
ConnectALL Deployment Program Prequalification Application (updated 12/20/2024)
Questions and Answers on the Prequalification Application (updated 9/26/2024)
Prequalification Application Appendices (Updated 8/13/2024)
Prequalification Application Templates
Service Operations (Updated 12/13/24)
Project Organization (Added 12/13/24)
Business and Technical Certifications/Licenses (Added 8/13/24)
Labor Surplus Area (Updated 9/26/24)
Low-Cost Service Option Waiver Request (Added 9/9/24)
Prequalification Application Instructions and Checklist (Updated 12/20/24)
Applications must be submitted in New York State’s Consolidated Funding Application Portal
View the recording and the presentation from the ConnectALL Deployment Program Prequalification Information Session from June 26, 2024.
View the presentation and the recording from the ConnectALL Deployment Program Prequalification Information Session from September 10, 2024.
Contact Us
Please send your questions regarding the ConnectALL Deployment Program Prequalification Application to: [email protected]. Answers will be consolidated and posted publicly for both the Prequalification Application and Request for Applications.
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