Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Western Joint Purchasing Initiative, P.O. Drawer P, Boulder, CO 80301-9752

70 -- CODECS AND ROUTERS Due 060595. Contact Becky Duning, 303/541-0255. Contact Becky Duning, JPI Program Administrator, Western Joint Purchasing Initiative, a project of the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (partially funded by the US Department of Education) at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE); mailing address: 1540 30th Street, Room 375; post office box: P.O. Drawer P; city/state/zip: Boulder, Colorado 80303; e-mail duning@colorado.edu; phone: (303) 541-0255; fax: (303) 541-0291. The Western Joint Purchasing Initiative (JPI) of WICHE plansto issue Request for Proposals (RFP) to seek competitive sealed bid proposals separately for 1.) Codecs and Related Interactive Video Equipment and Services, and 2.) Routers and Related Switching Equipment and Services. Interested vendors should request a copy of the respective RFP by May 1, 1995. The JPI began efforts for the planning, implementation, and management of a cooperative purchasing infrastructure among the WICHE/JPI states (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Washington) which culminated in these RFPs. The Program was initiated to help reduce costs and enhance the telecommunications systems of the postsecondary institutions in JPI states by obtaining master pricing agreements (``Master Agreement'') with preferred providers through which these institutions can acquire certain goods and services. Other states within the western region may join JPI and be eligible to participation in this program. Each of the RFPs will be issued on or May 1, 1995, and responses are due by June 5, 1995. Vendors are encouraged to submit questions in writing by May 12, 1995 to the above listed address. Submitted questions with answers will be distributed in writing May 22, 1995. Intent to award will be announced on June 22, 1995. This acquisition is full and open competition. Contracts may be awarded to multiple vendors. Vendors must agree to abide by the provisions of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC 2000e), which prohibit discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment, or any applicant or recipient of services, on the basis of race, religion, color, or national origin; and further agree to abide by Executive Order No. 11246, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex; 45 CFR 90 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities; and applicable state statutes and regulations. (095)

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