Jay, > On Feb 25, 2020, at 7:15 PM, IETF Executive Director <exec-director@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The IETF Administration LLC is changing the way we manage RFPs. These changes are part of a larger overhaul that will see further changes come in future. The changes being made today are: > > 1. As of next week, we will be using a new RFP Announcement Mailing List [1] rfp-announce@xxxxxxxx for all announcements relating to RFPs and stop using IETF-Announce. This change is intended to help us reach a wider network of potential vendors, both directly through a lower volume, more focused list and indirectly through automated redistribution of issued RFPs. This sounds fine to me, I agree it isn’t reasonable to ask potential bidders to watch the ietf-announce list for RFPs. That said, I think there is value to also cc: the ietf-announce list, doing that would improve transparency. For example, I have no plans to subscribe to an rfp-announce list, but I do read the ietf-announce list. Bob > > 2. We have a new formal process for managing RFPs, published on the RFPs page [2]. > > 3. The RFPs page [2] now includes links to the all of the contracts for RFPs issued by the LLC. These have the financial informaton redacted and where possible, signatures also redacted. > > > Planned changes include: > > * Publishing vendor Conflict of Interest (COI) forms, once reviewed by the LLC Board. > > * Publishing contract templates and non-negotiables (e.g. contract transparency) to allow vendors to study them before bidding. > > * Engaging the community on the principles and processes we use for managing RFPs and what is and isn't appropriate for us to expect in our contracts. > > * We will also investigate implementing some elements of the Open Contracting Data Standard [3] > > > Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or feedback. > > [1] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/rfp-announce > [2] https://www.ietf.org/about/administration/rfps/ > [3] https://www.open-contracting.org/data-standard/ > > -- > Jay Daley > IETF Executive Director > exec-director@xxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > IETF-Announce mailing list > IETF-Announce@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
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