Telecom RFP

Request for Proposals: Telecommunications Services

Deadline for response: 4:30 pm, February 8, 2008
Deliver 3 copies to:
Desiree Lake
Assistant Director, Administration and Facilities/Grounds
Community Services for Children
1520 Hanover Ave
Allentown, PA 18109

For information, call 610-437-6000, ext 3421

Background:
Community Services for Children, Inc. is a 501-c-3 not-for-profit, which provides early education and family-involvement services. Its programs include Head Start of the Lehigh Valley, CSC PreK Counts, Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Key, and Child Care Information Services of Lehigh County.

Community Services for Children, Inc. seeks proposals to provide the following:

• satellite dish network
• T1, one full inbound and one full outbound
• “plain old telephone services”, including 3 fax lines and one voice line per classroom (21 classrooms plus main administrative switchboard)
• cellular/wireless service (13 wireless/walkie-talkie service)
• local phone service (48 phone numbers)
• long distance service without limitation for 48 lines
• directory assistance service without limitation

Proposals may address any number of the needs above.

In the proposal, please provide the following:

1. Provide name, address, telephone and fax number, email, and other contact information.
2. Describe service proposed.
3. Describe capacity and limitations of proposal.
4. Provide proof of ability to provide proposed service.
5. Provide all terms proposed including pricing and length of commitment.
6. Provide references.