Digital Opportunity Planning Services

The vendor required to provide digital opportunity planning initiative, and all work must comply with applicable state, federal, and institutional procurement guidelines.
- Requirement:
1. Coalition coordination
•    Facilitate communication among coalition partners across three counties
•    Support coalition meetings and documentation
•    Assist in establishing a formal coalition structure and governance model
2. Needs assessment
•    Conduct a regional digital opportunity needs assessment using demographic, socioeconomic, and broadband access data
•    Identify barriers to digital access, affordability, and digital literacy
•    Incorporate stakeholder perspectives through interviews and roundtables
3. Asset mapping
•    Develop an inventory of existing digital inclusion resources, including:
o    Broadband infrastructure initiatives
o    Public internet access points
o    Digital skills programs
o    Device distribution efforts
o    Workforce development initiatives
4. Stakeholder engagement
•    Facilitate structured stakeholder interviews and community round tables
•    Ensure inclusion of covered populations identified in state digital equity plan and alignment with current md state digital equity plan
•    Document community input and recommendations
5. Digital opportunity plan development
•    Draft a comprehensive regional digital opportunity plan with county-specific sections
•    Identify at least three implementation-ready priority objectives for each county
•    Provide sustainability and funding strategy recommendations.