Utah Admin. Code R357-40-105 - Grant Amount, Award, and Required Contract

(1) The office reserves the right to award funding for any proposal in full or in part, to request additional information, or to reject any proposals.

(2) The office shall create an application scoring matrix based on the priorities outlined in Section 63N-17-301 and the matrix will be made available on the office's website.

(3) Grant funds are not eligible to fund:

(a) projects in areas receiving support from the Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund; or

(b) any residential, commercial, or institutional user that is not unserved or underserved.

(4) Higher speed broadband access will give priority to gig speed and low latency.

(5) Upon award of a grant, and prior to disbursement of funds, awardee shall enter into a contract with the office governing the use of grant funding.

(6) Unless addressed in the terms and conditions of the contract between awardee and the office the following provisions shall apply:

(a) grant funding may not be used to provide a primary benefit to any state other than Utah; and

(b) for other eligibility requirements, awardees must maintain eligibility status until the collaboration is complete, scope of work requirements have been met, final disbursement of funding has been made, and reporting has been completed.

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Utah Admin. Code R357-40-105

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-19, effective 9/22/2021