The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit proposals to enter into a contract with a qualified vendor to obtain WAN Ethernet Services for the University of Utah, on behalf of the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN), and its public and higher education, libraries, healthcare and state government constituents, hereafter referred to as the "University." Companies submitting proposals in response to this RFP will hereafter be referred to as “Vendor” or “Service Provider” of the University of Utah, hereafter referred to as the "University." The companies submitting proposals in response to this RFP will hereafter be referred to as “Vendor.” The University is examining several alternatives of providing this WAN Ethernet Services (for both RHC eligible and non RHC eligible sites) and may decide, after reviewing proposals submitted, not to enter into any agreement. Cancellation of solicitation must be approved by the Director of Purchasing or designee.
UETN has received requests for WAN services from stakeholders and seeks affordable network connections for Rural Healthcare sites included in this RFP. Also included are upgrade requests and future need options. These requests will be marked as “New Service” in the Additional Information column in Attachment A.
UETN seeks affordable network WAN connections for healthcare facilities included in this RFP. See Section 3.02 or Attachment A for a complete list of sites with addresses. Request for network services for current and new UETN healthcare facilities include options from current UETN customers for connection into both the UETN network and Utah Telehealth Network’s (UTN) legacy network. The goal of this RFP is to acquire bandwidth for the identified sites while leveraging current UETN network resources. UETN reserves the right to award to one or more vendors for single or multiple locations.
