The RFP seeks proposals for WAN, leased lit fiber ethernet, and internet services for various state entities. Vendors must submit a written narrative and a cost proposal addressing all RFP sections. The proposal due date is October 27, 2026. Oral presentations may be required. WAN contracts are for a five-year term plus one optional year extension, while internet services are for three years plus two optional one-year extensions. All pricing must be firm and all-inclusive.
Proposals must be submitted electronically through bidnet direct by the proposal due date and time listed in section 2. 02. proposals due date october 27th, 2026, 2: 00 pm current mountain time
The evaluation criteria are distributed across 8 categories, totaling 100 points, including SLA, connectivity, technical configurations, experience, and cost. a total of 100 points are available and distributed to the 8 categories from section 4 proposal requirements.
Vendors must meet all mandatory requirements, and for internet access, must be ranked in the top fifteen U. S. IPv4 autonomous systems. vendors must meet all mandatory requirements without qualification.
If a vendor fails to complete work orders in the specified time, the university reserves the right to cancel the contract without early termination liability or penalty. if any work orders are issued pursuant to contracts awarded from this rfp, and the vendor fails to complete work in the specified time as agreed to under the contract, the university reserves the right to cancel the contract without early termination liability or penalty.
An optional pre-proposal conference will be held on September 24th, 2026, at 1:00 pm MST. optional preproposal conference: a prebid conference will be held on september 24th, 2026 at 1: 00 pm mst
RFP questions are due on October 6th, 2026. rfp questions due october 6th, 2026, current mountain timer
Proposals deemed nonresponsive or those with significant deviations may be eliminated from further consideration. nonresponsive proposals those not conforming to minimum rfp requirements shall be eliminated from further consideration.