University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
RFP #1CJR602
Request for Proposal:
Community Data Connectivity Services
Renewal entered into with:
Vendor: McLeod USA Telecommunications Services, 2302 Fox Drive Ste D, Champaign, IL
Amount:
An estimated $70,950
Renewal Period: 2nd of 2, July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007
Pricing Changes: None
Service/Product Changes: None
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:
Vendor: McLeod USA Telecommunications Services, 2302 Fox Drive Ste D, Champaign, IL
Amount:
$32,490
Terms: 2/5/05 to 6/30/05 with 2 one-year renewals
Number of Unsuccessful, Responsive Respondents:
2
Comments:
The vendor continued to provide services through the extension of an existing/previous contract while contractual negotiations were finalized.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
The bid opening has been changed to September 28, 2004.
First published
Friday September 3, 2004
Sealed responses will be accepted at the address below until
2:00 PM,
Tuesday September 28, 2004:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Purchasing Division
Suite 212, MC-364
616 E. Green St.
Champaign,
IL
61820
for community data connectivity services.
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) has a backbone Internet that serves 300 buildings and approximately 45,000 registered hosts. In addition, there are several dozen locations off-campus, where the university owns buildings or leases space that are not contiguous to the campus fiber and copper telecommunications plant. It is not cost-effective for the university to build its own communications infrastructure to these locations. Leased locations change, further complicating the process of obtaining high-speed data connectivity back to campus. CITES seeks a vendor that can provide high-speed data connectivity to locations in the community for the campus in a cost effective manner.
(Submitted by Kathe Shinham, State Purchasing Officer.)
For additional information, contact:
Cathy Reisner
Phone: (217) 333-0019
FAX: (217) 333-7879
