Huh, 14 days to respond where those 14 days include the traditional end of year holliday interval? One has to assume this a proforma RFP where you already know who you want to get the project. Any other possiblity only allows for absurdly priced bids. Getting a quote prior to a site survey requires a lot of padding for risk or prior knowledge of the prior site. On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, IETF Administrative Director wrote: > Network Services RFP for IETF Meetings > > The Internet Society and the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee > (IAOC) are considering outsourcing the network communications > infrastructure for Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings in 2007 > and beyond, and to that end seek a partner to perform the appropriate > services. Outsourced services would include: performing a pre-meeting > site survey; developing a detailed network design; installing all > equipment; conducting tests; and providing operations, systems management > and user support functions during the meeting. > > The RFP can be found at this location: http://iaoc.ietf.org/ > > The IETF conducts three, one-week meetings a year throughout the world. > Attendance is in the range of 1,200 to 1,500 per meeting. These meetings > are in furtherance of the IETF's mission of standards development for the > Internet. Attendees include engineers, computer scientists, and > academicians who are always connected with one or more devices. The > meetings are typically conducted in March, July and November. > > Changes to the IETF meeting hosting models and a need for greater > consistency with the network services have motivated this approach to > providing network infrastructure services. > > Should a decision be taken to outsource the network communications > infrastructure for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings, it > may include: > > a. IETF 68 at the Hilton Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, March 18 - 23, > 2007 > > b. IETF 69 at the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, USA, July 22 - 27, > 2007 > > c. IETF 70, at a location TBD, North America, December 2 - 7, 2007. > > Future meetings could be added to this Master Agreement from time to time > by a mutually signed Supplemental Agreement. > > Specific quotes are requested for IETF 68 and IETF 69. > > The following timeline may lead to contract award: > > a. RFP Issued by email: December 22, 2006 > b. RFP Response by email due no later than 5 PM EDT on January 5, 2007 > c. Response Review Period: January 8 through January 12, 2007 > d. Notification of selection: January 15, 2007 > e. Contract Negotiation and Agreement: January 15 through January 19, > 2007 > f. Contract Signed and Accepted: January 22, 2007 > > Ray Pelletier > IETF Administrative Director > Internet Society > > _______________________________________________ > IETF-Announce mailing list > IETF-Announce@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf