; and (ii) a consortium formed for the purpose of providing, extending, expanding, or improving high-speed broadband service between one or more eligible recipients, as defined in section 3, and one or more for-profit organizations. (B) Interest in real or personal property For any broadband project of a public-private partnership or consortium, the Secretary shall require that title to any real or personal property acquired or improved with grant funds, or if the recipient will not acquire title another possessory interest acceptable to the Secretary, be vested in a public partner or eligible nonprofit organization or association for the useful life of the project, after which title may be transferred to any member of the public-private partnership or consortium in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. (3) Procurement Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person or entity shall be disqualified from competing to provide goods or services related to a broadband project on the basis that the person or entity participated in the development of the broadband project or in the drafting of specifications, requirements, statements of work, or similar documents related to the goods or services to be provided. (4) Broadband project property The Secretary may permit a recipient of a grant for a broadband project to grant an option to acquire real or personal property (including contractual rights and intangible property) related to that project to a third party on such terms as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, provided that such option may only be exercised after the Secretary releases the Federal interest in the property. The grant or exercise of any such option shall not constitute a redistribution of grant funds within the meaning of section 217 of this title. (c) Sources of assistance A grant provided under this section may be provided from amounts made available to carry out this title in combination with amounts made available under any other Federal program. (d) Non-Federal