Where & When to Submit your CIS RFP, and Quilt Contact

Items 3, 4, and 5 along with any materials requested in these documents must be completed and returned to the Quilt by January 24, 2008 by 11:59 pm EST. This set of materials will comprise a vendor’s response to this RFP.  All RFP submissions are to be uploaded by the Vendor to an individual and secure Vendor Page maintained by The Quilt through its Basecamp hub.  Access information and submission hub use instructions will be forwarded under separate cover to individual respondents upon receipt of a non-binding Letter of Intent to Respond.  If you did not receive the hub instructions or your password information, please contact Jen Leasure at jen@thequilt.net 

RFP Documents must be in a .pdf or Microsoft Office software format.  This is the only format in which RFP documents will be accepted. 

If you have any questions regarding the documents or RFP process, please contact Steve Petko at petko@psc.edu or 412-268-4960.

2008 RFP Updates and Clarifications

1)   1/07/08:  RFP and RFI due dates have been extended from January 17, 2008 until January 24, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time. 

2)  Proprietary Treatment of Vendor RFP Response Contents

• Based on the nature of its membership structure, The Quilt does not have the authority to sign a non-disclosure agreement on behalf of its members and authorized buyers with regards to information contained within a vendor's RFP response.

• In addition, getting all Quilt members and authorized Quilt buyer organizations (approximately 150) to agree to and sign-off on a single non-disclosure agreement for all RFP respondents in a timely manner is deemed impractical.

• All materials submitted as confidential by the vendor will be treated as proprietary information and will be kept confidential within The Quilt.

3)  In its RFP Essay document, The Quilt requests a copy of FCC form 445 that was filed with the FCC in compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) be submitted with RFP responses. 

• On August 5, 2005, the Federal Communications Commission, in response to a request by law enforcement,
  extended CALEA compliance to include facilities-based internet service providers. 

• Facilities-based ISP's determined how CALEA applied to their network and then submitted Form 445, to the FCC in which the provider disclosed whether it planned to be in compliance with CALEA by the announced 2007 deadline, and how it planned to comply (e.g., TTP, industry standards, or a custom solution).

• If a vendor completed Form 445 in 2007, The Quilt requests a copy of the filing.  This information is intended to be made available to Authorized Quilt Buyers so that they may assess their own network's CALEA compliance requirements. 

4)  Additional floor and suite Information for addresses listed under Item C in the RFP Essay Document can be found in a clarifications document here. 

5)  A summary of both the RFP Question and Answers Sessions held on Jan-08-2008 and Jan-11-2008 can be found here.