Specifications include, but are not limited to: In order to fulfill its mission and operate efficiently, the Port depends heavily on high bandwidth connectivity to the Internet for its internal Administrative and Security networks, as well as to provide WiFi connectivity for the cruise terminal complex at the Texas Cruise Ship Terminals on Galveston Island. Additionally, the Port depends on high quality telephone services provided over VoIP to conduct its business and administer its facilities and operations. The Port’s primary administrative offices are located on the eighth (8th) floor of the Shearn Moody Plaza Building (SMP) located at 123 Rosenberg Avenue (25th Street), Galveston, Texas 77550. Port staff are also located in offices located in the cruise ship terminals at Pier 23-26 (Cruise Ship Terminal 1) and Pier 27-29 (Cruise Ship Terminal 2), the Port Police Department Building located adjacent to the Port’s Cruise Ship Terminal 2 and in the Port’s Construction and Maintenance Department Building located at 40th Street and Old Port Industrial Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77550. Additionally, the Port maintains manned security gates and locations in the Port’s east and west end terminal facilities, including 14th Street and Harborside Drive and 40th Street and Old Port Industrial Boulevard, as well as in Shearn Moody Plaza Parking Garage and the Galveston Transit Terminal, both of which are located in the Historic Downtown Strand district on 25th Street. Port personnel are also working in cruise passenger parking lots along Harborside Drive between 27th Street and 37th Street. The Port of Galveston (POG) is accepting bids for high speed Internet service and VoIP telephone service. The primary goal of this RFP is to secure the most reliable, efficient, and cost effective Internet access and VoIP telephone service for the Port of Galveston and remain in compliance with all rules, regulations, filing and application procedures. Cost will be an important factor but not the only factor in the selection of the contractor.
