NARBHA
Telemedicine Network
Open Telecommunications Requests For Proposal
NOTE:
Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority
(NARBHA) is a member of the Arizona State Procurement Office
Cooperative. This entitles NARBHA to full participation
in State contracts, including pricing and service level
agreements, for any RFP where NARBHA is the Customer/Billed
Party.
Please check this site
regularly and refer to the contract expiration spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel document) to see if new RFPs are posted. Thank you.
RFP#10022-08:
Little Colorado Behavioral Health Center, St. Johns to Springerville
Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority
(“NARBHA”) is acting as the agent for Little Colorado Behavioral Health Center (“Customer”) to obtain this
service. NARBHA is not responsible for any costs or expenses
associated with this service.
RFP
Contact: Nancy Rowe, Telemedicine Program Manager,
NARBHA, 1300 S. Yale St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, nancy.rowe@narbha.org,
928-214-2163
Customer/Billed Party: Little Colorado Behavioral Health Center, PO Box 579, St. Johns, AZ 85936
Circuit Type: point-to-point T1 (1.544
MBPS)
End Locations:
CKL1: 470 W. Cleveland, St. Johns, AZ 85936 (928-337-xxxx)
CKL2: 50 North Hopi, Springerville, AZ 85938 (928-333-xxxx)
Date of RFP posting: May 27, 2008
Bid deadline: This circuit is under a month-to-month contract. Bids are welcome anytime until a rate lower than the current one is offered.
Bid
Requirements:
"Bidder" is the person or company responding
to this RFP. Bidders may provide bids from more than one
carrier. For each bid answer the following questions in
order, numbered. If a question does not apply to your bid,
write "does not apply." (Sample
RFP response)
- Provide
name, address, and telephone number of bidding company,
i.e., the party responding to this RFP.
- Provide pricing for 24-month and 36-month terms.
- State monthly recurring cost.
- State non-recurring cost.
- If there is an installation charge, describe exactly what
services the charge covers.
- Provide name(s) of carrier(s).
- State whether the bid is for meet-point service and, if
so, with what carrier(s).
- Provide name(s) of billing party/parties.
- Provide
documentation that the billing party/parties is/are in
good standing with the Arizona Corporation Commission.
(See sample RFP response for acceptable documentation.)
- Provide Universal Service SPIN number(s) of billing party/parties.
- Provide the date the bid expires.
- Unless the bidder is already providing T1s or Metro Ethernet
circuits on the NARBHA Telemedicine Network, provide the
names and phone numbers of at least three references (preferably
from other telemedicine networks and preferably in Arizona)
for the bidder.
- Unless the carrier is already providing T1s or Metro Ethernet
circuits on the NARBHA Telemedicine Network, provide the
names and phone numbers of at least three references (preferably
from other telemedicine networks and preferably in Arizona)
for the carrier. Carriers currently providing service
on the NARBHA Telemedicine Network are: TeleQuality, Qwest, Frontier/Citizens, and ACC Business/AT&T.
- Describe the route the circuit will take.
- If quoting Qwest service for the circuit or a portion
of the circuit, provide documentation according to the
FCC Tariff that this pricing is correct.
- If
quoting Frontier service for the circuit or a portion
of the circuit, provide written confirmation from Frontier,
on Frontier letterhead, that the quoted prices for both
NRC and MRC will be honored through the bid's expiration
date.
- State that bidder will provide to NARBHA a copy of the
contract countersigned by the carrier within 30 days of
Customer’s providing the signed contract to bidder.
State bidder's understanding that failure to provide the
countersigned contract within 30 days will result in NARBHA’s
and Customer’s option to decline future bids from
this bidder.
- Acknowledge the following: The deadline for installation
of this circuit after receipt of the signed contract from
Customer is 60 days. State bidder's understanding that
failure to install the circuit within this time frame
will result in NARBHA’s and Customer’s option
to decline future bids from bidding party and/or carrier.
Failure to install the circuit within 90 days after receipt
of the signed contract from Customer will constitute a
breach of agreement and will result in termination of
the contract without incurring contract termination fees.
Submit
bids via email to Nancy Rowe, NARBHA Telemedicine Program
Manager, nancy.rowe@narbha.org.
Requests
from NARBHA for clarification on your bid must be answered
within three (3) business days. Failure to respond within
three business days will result in your bid being declined.
All
bids and contracts will be disclosed to NARBHA and to the
Universal Service Administrative Company.
Winning
bid will be selected based on recurring monthly cost; non-recurring
cost; prior satisfactory experience on the part of both
bidder and carrier working with the NARBHA Telemedicine
Network or satisfactory references (preferably with telemedicine
networks in Arizona); documenatation that billing party
is in good standing with the Arizona Corporation Commission;
and clear, satisfactory responses to all bid requirements.
If Customer
fails to sign a contract before the winning bid expires
and this results in a change in price by the winning bidder,
NARBHA and Customer reserve the right to reopen the RFP
for bids.
NARBHA
and Customer make no warranty that this RFP will result
in Customer changing its existing circuit.
NARBHA
will notify bidders of their bid status within fifteen (15)
business days of the bid deadline.
The
terms of this RFP will be included in any contract to obtain
the T1 line. Bidders will include as part of their proposal
a signed acknowledgement that they understand and agree
to the terms outlined in this Request for Proposal.
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