Requests for Qualifications for BEAD Non-Deployment Response Support
Solicitation No. 2026-MBI-08
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, on behalf of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (“MBI”) is issuing this Request for Qualifications for BEAD Non-Deployment Response Support (RFQ No.2026-MBI-08) (the “RFQ”) to solicit responses from qualified contractors (“Respondents”) to pre-qualify vendors to provide strategic, technical, and project management support related to forthcoming federal guidance governing Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (“BEAD”) Non-Deployment funding. MBI may select one or more vendors to support this effort.
MBI seeks one or more consultants or consulting teams capable of providing rapid-response policy analysis, project management, subject matter expertise, and technical writing support to assist MBI in preparing materials required in response to NTIA’s forthcoming BEAD Non-Deployment guidance.
Work under this procurement will be time-sensitive and may require quick turnaround of deliverables, coordination with local, state and federal stakeholders, and iterative drafting of strategy and application materials. Respondents to this RFQ should expect that MBI may be required to submit initial responses to NTIA for Non-Deployment funds in 2 – 3 months after the policy notice release and be prepared to deliver on the following scope of work in an accelerated timeframe.
Read the full RFQ document below.
| Procurement Leader: | Joshua Eichen, proposals (at) masstech.org |
| RFQ Issued: | April 8, 2026 |
| Questions Due: | April 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST |
| Answers to Questions Posted: | April 24, 2026 |
| Responses Due: | April 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST |
| Interviews (as deemed necessary by MBI): | May 4 - May 15, 2026 |