Long distance telephone service for residence hall students Vendors were encouraged to include additional services and options. These may have consisted of cable television, paging services, cell phone services, one-card systems, affinity programs to resell telephone services and Internet access, educational opportunities, or the extension of network services to local school districts, community colleges and government agencies. A Letter of Intent to Participate to be submitted to Clarion University from interested vendors. This registers all interested parties with the University and ensures that they receive all notices and addenda. An RFQC Statement of Interest to be submitted by the prime contractor of each partnership.
Clarion deals with one prime contractor per partnership.
A short list of qualified prime contractors is developed based upon the Statements of Interest. An RFQC Addendum to be released to the qualified primes identified in the previous step. This addendum contains detailed specifications and requirements for the requested services. An Initial RFQC response to be submitted to the University. Negotiations to fine-tune these initial responses take place for approximately one month.