PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Captioned Telephone Voice-Carry-Over Service; Request for Proposals [36 Pa.B. 4085]
[Saturday, July 29, 2006]Enclosed is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission), Bureau of Fixed Utility Services (FUS), for captioned telephone voice-carry-over relay service (CTVRS). Through this RFP, the Commission is seeking technology to enable individuals who are hard-of-hearing and speech-enabled to communicate, within and to and from Pennsylvania, by telephone with other individuals and businesses by access to telecommunications service that is functionally equivalent to regular telephone service. The nature of the captioning is up to the prospective contractor so long as the requisite speed, accuracy, and reliability of the captioning requirements are met or exceeded.
Questions concerning the RFP must be submitted via email to Robert A. Rosenthal, Director, FUS, at rrosenthal@state.pa.us. All questions submitted by noon on August 18, 2006, will be responded to in writing at the pre-proposal conference. The pre-proposal conference is scheduled for August 22, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., in Hearing Room 5 in the Commonwealth Keystone Building in Harrisburg, PA. The Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North St., is located on the southwest corner of Forster and Commonwealth Avenues. Attendance at the pre-proposal conference by prospective contractors is optional. Please RSVP by email your intention to attend or not attend the pre-proposal conference. Requests for meeting room accommodations and/or access to a conference bridge should be emailed to Director Rosenthal at least 48 hours prior to the pre-proposal conference.
Responses to this RFP must be complete and consistent with the instructions set forth in the RFP. Responses to this RFP are due in hand at the FUS offices, 3rd Floor West, Commonwealth Keystone Building in Harrisburg, by 1:30 p.m. on September 11, 2006. The mail-box rule is NOT APPLICABLE. Responses will be filed at Folder 13 of the M-00900239 Telephone Relay Service docket.
Thank you for your interest in CTVRS. We look forward to meeting with you to discuss this request.
Sincerely,
Tom Charles
CTVRS Committee Chair
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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1474. Filed for public inspection July 28, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
