Solicitation No. 2025-MBI-07
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative on behalf of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (“MBI”), is issuing this Request for Information (RFI No. 2025-MBI-07) (the “RFI”) to solicit responses from interested parties (“Respondents”) who represent service providers and vendors that are currently able to provide digital equity services (see Section 2.1) or are planning to provide such services in Massachusetts at the time of RFI response.
Respondents to this RFI must respond to Questions 1-11 in Section 2.3 of this RFI. This RFI does not obligate MassTech to issue or amend a solicitation or to include any of the RFI provisions or responses in any solicitation. An RFI response is entirely voluntary, and it will not affect MassTech’s consideration of any proposal submitted in response to a subsequent solicitation, nor will it serve as an advantage or disadvantage to the Respondent in the course of any solicitation that may be subsequently issued or amended.
MBI is committed to enhancing digital equity across Massachusetts and increasing visibility of the ecosystem, including vendors and suppliers who may support and advance our mission to close the digital divide. As part of our efforts, we are issuing this RFI to identify vendors and suppliers who provide services aimed at promoting digital equity and inclusion, specifically Digital Literacy; Device Refurbishment and/or Distribution; Education, Outreach, and Adoption; Public Spaces Internet Modernization; and Wi-Fi Access. Interested vendors and suppliers may currently operate in Massachusetts or elsewhere within the United States.
The results of this RFI will be made publicly available with the intent of encouraging more visibility into digital equity vendors and suppliers, in Massachusetts and nationally, and to create a publically-available resource list of those vendors and suppliers. This RFI is not a mechanism to pre-qualify vendors or suppliers for future funding from MassTech/ MBI. Furthermore, the results published from this RFI do not serve as an endorsement on behalf of MassTech/ MBI.
Full details included in the solicitation linked below.
| Team Lead: | Kathryn Downes, proposals@masstech.org |
| Date Issued: | January 31, 2025 |
| Informational Webinar: | February 12, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. Recording | Slides |
| Questions Due: | February 14, 2025 |
| Answers to Questions Posted: | February 21, 2025 |
| RFI Responses Due: | March 28, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. EST (amended 3/12/25) Submit Responses Here |
Download Application Documents:
- Download Solicitation No. 2025-MBI-07 (PDF)
- Download Amendment 1 (PDF)
- Download Attachment A Signature and Acceptance Form (PDF)
- Download Attachment B Covered Populations and Disadvantaged Populations (PDF)
- Download Attachment C Example Cost Categories (PDF)
- Download Attachment D Metrics (PDF)
- Download Questions & Answers Document (PDF)