2016 - 2017: Forming an innovative public-private partnership
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The Act that created the FirstNet Authority required it to engage in an open, transparent, and competitive RFP process for the deployment of the network. Informed by years of public safety consultation and data collection, the FirstNet Authority issued its objectives-based RFP in January of 2016. Through a first of its kind public-private partnership, the FirstNet Authority awarded an innovative 25-year contract to AT&T in March 2017.