Objective
Obtain proposal(s) to provide local telephone service to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired:
Local telephone service should be provided to Cisco PBX and Cisco IP phones via a SIP Trunk and two 23-channel PRI T-1 connections. Vendor should also be able to provide copper analog phone lines for up to 50 analog fax machines.
Performance Considerations
Each company offering a proposal must be prepared to provide the following information:
- Provide number of resident technicians in the Austin area and the average per-call response time
- Number of existing circuits supported and list of contact references
- Document performance expectations for disaster response and recovery time
- Amount of local inventory maintained
- Number of employees available for implementation support
- Number of locally available design consultants
- Document company solvency and provide samples of billing presentation
- Number of years experience as service provider in Texas
- Certification of good standing
- Location of company headquarters
- Number of employees in Texas
- Percent of service resources company-owned versus leased
- Provide information on the availability and reliability of proposed telecommunication services
Current Service Provider
AT&T
Contact Information
Please refer any questions concerning the proposal to Craig Abbe, E-Rate Coordinator, (512) 206-9211 or e-mail
Due Date
Proposals must be submitted either electronically or by document by 01/15/16.