NOTICE OF INTENDED PROCUREMENT
This Request for Proposals (the “RFP”) is an invitation by Wilfrid Laurier University to prospective proponents to submit proposals for Network Switches for Brantford Campus as further described in Section A of the RFP Particulars (Appendix D) (the “Deliverables”). This RFP will be awarded through a consecutive, non-binding negotiation process.
The purpose of this RFP is to procure the hardware and installation services required to replace the network switches that currently provide network core services on the Laurier Brantford campus. Wilfrid Laurier University has standardized with Cisco switches based on a previous competitive process to select technology (WLU015-003).
The successful supplier would be responsible for the end-to-end solution deployment: installation of the hardware, configuration of the software according to industry best practices in order to meet the University’s needs, and deploying the solution in production. The Hardware described in this RFP must be delivered by the successful proponent by April 27, 2018 at 2:00 pm local time.
The budget for this project should not exceed $375,000.
Wilfrid Laurier University is a leading Canadian university known for academic excellence and a culture that inspires lives of leadership and purpose. With more than 19,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Laurier has a distinct commitment to teaching, research and scholarship combined with a strong student focus, high levels of student satisfaction and a deep sense of community. The university is a leader in integrated and engaged learning, which connects academic programming to co-curricular activities. Laurier specializes in arts and social sciences, business and economics, music, science, social work, education and theology. The university has campuses in Waterloo and Brantford, as well as locations in Kitchener, Toronto and Chongqing, China. Laurier was established as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada in 1911 and remains the home of the federated Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.
Wilfrid Laurier University's mailing address is:
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo,ON Canada
N2L 3G5
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