Request for Proposals: Mini-Bid for Residential Retrofit Field Inspection Services

Mini-Bid No. 2026-MBI-07 

The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (“MBI”), a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (“Mass Tech”), under the direction of the Executive Office of Economic Development (“EOED”) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched the Residential Retrofit Program in May of 2022 with the goal of improving broadband quality of service within public and affordable housing developments across the state. To date, the Retrofit Program has awarded over $75M to qualified Internet Service Providers/Managed Service Providers (the “Awardees”) to support the installation of new fiber or CAT6 cabling in over 35,000 units of public and affordable housing. 

As the Awardees complete projects and seek reimbursement of funds from MBI, MBI seeks to contract with a qualified vendor for field inspection services of outside plant and inside plant wiring/cabling upgrades of projects funded by the Residential Retrofit Program. These field inspection services will be used to validate the completeness and quality of work done by the awarded providers to ensure the long-term efficacy and utility of the federally funded projects.  

MBI may select to work with one or more vendors under this procurement. Selected vendors will conduct site visits, produce site survey reports, and submit recommendations to MBI as to whether additional remedial work is required by the Retrofit awardees.

Applicants can find a detailed listing of Retrofit funded locations via this link and a map of locations via MBI’s Broadband Infrastructure Dashboard. 

Full details included in the solicitation linked below.

Download Documents:

• Download Mini-Bid No. 2026-MBI-07 (PDF)