Price Evaluation Workbook Summary

This is a Price Evaluation Workbook for MyFloridaNet-3 (MFN-3), a statewide telecommunications network contract issued by the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS). The workbook establishes the pricing methodology for evaluating respondent proposals across 15 eligible pricing categories encompassing customer premises equipment (CPE), access services, wide-area network (WAN), metropolitan-area network (MAN), ancillary network services, direct internet access (DIA), cable internet, low-earth orbit (LEO) internet connectivity, and managed services. The pricing evaluation allocates a total of 1,500 possible points, with original term and renewal term (5% reduction) pricing weighted equally. Each service category has been assigned specific point values based on eligible charges submitted by respondents, with benchmarking against the lowest responsive bid price for scoring purposes. The workbook is structured to evaluate pricing for both initial and renewal contract periods, with automatic renewal pricing calculated at 95% of initial term costs. The document was posted on October 20, 2026, and reflects the anticipated pricing evaluation framework for the procurement.

The pricing evaluation methodology bases point awards on a benchmark comparison, where the lowest E-rate-eligible charges submitted by responsive respondents establish the baseline (100 points), with all other respondents' charges evaluated proportionally against this benchmark. All dollar values are extracted directly from vendor price sheet submissions, and E-rate eligibility determinations drive the scoring calculations. The workbook currently displays numerous formula errors (ERROR:#DIV/0!) for respondent columns, indicating the pricing data has not yet been populated or calculated. This evaluation workbook serves as the template for scoring the price component of MFN-3 proposals, which represents 40% of the overall evaluation weighting (pricing at 1,500 points out of approximately 3,750 total evaluation points available). The contract is anticipated to be awarded as a single contract to one respondent or no award, with negotiations scheduled March 1-June 25, 2027, and contract execution targeted for October 1, 2027.