Most Recent Completed Procurement
Wavelength-based Optical Network Services: This 2020 procurement enables MARIA Members to acquire high-speed network connectivity services to support the needs of their researchers.
Agreements were executed with Cox, Shentel, Segra, Lumen (now CenturyLink), Citizens, and Windstream.
All agreements were renewed in 2025 for a term ending June 30, 2030. For copies of the agreements or renewal documents, please inquire with info@marialliance.net
Main RFP document download (pdf), RFP Attachment 5 Worksheet 1 document download (pdf)
Entire RFP (Word with embedded Excel format) document download
Update 3 pm on June 5, 2020: Please download and review this notice of errors in the Special Notes column of Attachment 5 Worksheet 1, Pricing Table.
Update June 11, 2020: Preproposal Conference Questions and Answers published
Update June 23, 2020: Updated Pricing Workbook Attachment 5 Workbook 1 published
Update June 25, 2020: Additional Questions and Answers
Update June 26, 2020: Fiber Path Supplement
Update August 17, 2020: the RFP Selection Committee continues to analyze proposals and expects to start contacting some firms within the next couple of weeks.
Update September 16, 2021: the RFP Selection Committee is pleased to announce the awards resulting from this Request for Proposals.
| Procurement Process Event (see RFP for original schedule) |
Date |
|---|---|
| RFP Issue Date | May 27, 2020 |
| Pre-proposal Conference Call
The pre-proposal conference call will be held starting at 10:00 am eastern time on Wednesday June 10, 2020 and will complete when all questions are answered. Please download the Zoom Meeting Connection Information to join the session. |
June 10, 2020 |
| Proposal Due Date | Friday July 10, 2020 @ 1:00 pm Eastern Time |
| RFP Evaluation Weights Published | July 10, 2020 |
| Oral Presentations and Negotiations | August 1, 2020 through September 15, 2021 |
| Awards: Citizens Telephone Cooperative, Floyd, VA; Cox Virginia Telecom, Chesapeake, VA; Lumen Technologies Group, Denver, CO; Segra, Richmond, VA; Shentel, Edinburg, VA; and Windstream Services, Charlotte, NC. | through September 15, 2021 |
| Notifications | September 16, 2021 |
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Earlier Completed Procurements
- Wavelength-based Optical Network Services: In 2013 MARIA conducted an RFP resulting in a set of agreements that enabled MARIA Members to acquire high-speed network connectivity services to support the needs of their researchers.