Portland Community College Bidlocker #P&CC26-082-RFP

District Wide WAN Design

The award involves Portland Community College (PCC), specifically the Office of Planning and Construction in Portland, Oregon, contracting with Comcast Business Communications, LLC (Part A - Sylvania) and Lumen Technologies, Inc (Part B - Cascade) for a district-wide Wide Area Network (WAN) design and implementation project. The contract, valued at approximately $4.2 million, covers the design, installation, and management of vendor-diverse, path-diverse WAN services across multiple campuses and centers, including major campuses such as Cascade, Rock Creek, Sylvania, and Southeast, as well as other locations like Hillsboro Center, Columbia County Center, and Downtown Center. The project aims to improve network redundancy, scalability (supporting bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps and beyond), multicast traffic, jumbo frames, and future SD-WAN/SASE capabilities. The initial contract period is three years with options for two additional one-year extensions. The procurement process included a multi-stage solicitation, with a two-step proposal submission, evaluation, and a final award contingent upon approval. The selected vendors scored 116 and 106 points respectively, with the award pending contract signing and approval. The procurement was conducted under Oregon's public contracting rules, with contacts including Juanita Lognion and Gina Dowd, and locations primarily in Portland, Oregon.

Description

Multistage solicitation for College Wide Area Network Design by Portland Community College.

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