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Network Services RFP for IETF Meetings Schedule Modification The RFP response date is hereby changed to provide a greater period for response preparation. The RFP response is changed from 5 PM EST January 5, 2007 to 5 PM EST January 15, 2007. Ray Pelletier IETF Administrative Director Internet Society David Morris wrote: 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 |
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