The IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), on behalf of the IETF and the IAB, announces this Request for Proposal to perform the functions of the RFC Production Center. The successful bidder will enter into a contract with the Internet Society. The RFC Production Center performs the following functions, among others, in support of the "Request for Comment" (RFC) document series: 1. Editing inputs from all RFC streams to comply with the RFC Style Manual 2. Creating records of edits performed on documents 3. Identifying where editorial changes might have technical impact and seek necessary clarification. 4 Coordinating with IANA to perform protocol parameter registry actions 5. Establishing publication readiness of each document through communication with the authors, document shepherds, IANA and/or stream dependent contacts, and if needed with the RFC Series Editor. 6. Forwarding ready-to-publish documents to the RFC Publisher The RFP can be found at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/rfced-procurement.html The IAOC desires a long-term relationship commencing on January 1, 2010 of up to six (6) years with a successful contractor. Accordingly, it seeks to structure a six (6) year term with contract review points at the two-year mark and again at the four-year mark to evaluate the success of the contractor within an RFC Series model. The contract will be for a fixed price, except for certain services as noted in the RFP. The closing date for submission of proposals is Monday, June 29, 2009 not later than 5:00 P.M. EDT. It is expected that a contract will be concluded by September 17, 2009. Questions may be directed to rpelletier@isoc.org through June 5th. Questions and answers will be published online at http://iaoc.ietf.org/rfced-procurement.html no later than June 12, 2009. A Bidders Conference will be conducted on June 3, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the conference room of the incumbent RFC Editor, the University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute, in Marina del Rey, California. The incumbent is not pursuing the opportunity. For more information see Bidders Conference at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/rfced-procurement.html Written questions received at rpelletier@isoc.org prior to June 3rd will be answered at the conference without divulging the source of the query. The questions and answers from the Bidders Conference will be published with questions received by June 5. The point of contact regarding this RFP is the IETF Administrative Director, Ray Pelletier. Ray Pelletier IETF Administrative Director _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
