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SOLICITATION OF INTEREST-Telecom Broadband Connectivity Technology: Approval and Expense Reimbursement from FCC Healthcare Connect Fund (HFC)

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (SUNY-DHSU) is soliciting interest from qualified vendors to provide comprehensive telecommunications broadband connectivity technology services related to securing approval and managing expense reimbursement from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF). The vendor selected will represent SUNY-DHSU before the FCC to apply for Rural Health Care (RHC) funding spanning five years from 2023 through 2027, ensuring continued compliance with all FCC regulations, particularly maintaining the required rural-to-urban site ratio. The contract term is five years, and vendor payment is contingent solely upon the successful approval and disbursement of reimbursements to SUNY-DHSU, highlighting an outcome-based compensation model. Vendors must demonstrate at least five years of experience working with hospitals of similar size and complexity, have expertise in managing federal broadband funding programs, and be capable of providing all listed services and items specified in an attached Excel document; partial bids will not be accepted. The solicitation requires vendors to submit a completed Excel grid confirming their ability to provide each required service or item alongside detailed narrative explanations on official company letterhead, illustrating how they will fulfill the full scope of services. Critical obligations include securing and maintaining SUNY-DHSU’s standing as a participating entity in relevant FCC consortiums, ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance over the contract duration, and submitting all necessary funding applications. The place of performance is SUNY-DHSU’s campus in Kings County, New York. There are no subcontracting participation goals tied to minority, women, service-disabled veteran, or disadvantaged business categories. Communication regarding the solicitation is restricted to designated contract officers at SUNY-DHSU, and proposals are accepted continuously with no specified deadline. While the solicitation requires detailed documentation and vendor qualifications for technical acceptability, no pricing data or formal federal contract clauses are included; payments are tied to actual FCC reimbursement outcomes rather than fixed contract prices or costs.

General Info

Five-year contract for vendor managing SUNY-DHSU FCC broadband funding approvals, outcome-based payments.

Agency

State University of New York (SUNY)

NAICS

517919 - All Other Telecommunications

Place of Performance

NY, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

RFP Telecom Broadband Connectivity Technology Services SUNY-DHSU

1 page · rfp

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PhaseSolicitation

PostedApr 3

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyState University of New York (SUNY)

Contacts1 person available

OfficeN/A

Organization / AgencyState University of New York (SUNY)

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Contacts

Shirene MosleyContracts Officer

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+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (“SUNY-DHSU”) hereby seeks a Solicitation of Interest (SOI) from vendor(s) with telecom technology services and expertise who will act on behalf of SUNY-DHSU before the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) to seek approval and expense reimbursement in broad connectivity. The following are services and requirements: Vendor must provide a plan how they will secure and keep, SUNY-DSHU as a participating entity, and continuously guaranteed a slot in the consortiums. Vendor must ensure SUNY-DSHU is compliant with FCC HCF regulations and maintains the FCC required rural to urban site ratio during the entire term of the contract. Vendor is paid only after reimbursement is approved and disbursed to SUNY-DSHU. Vendor must apply for RHC funding for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 and have experience operating reimbursement of FCC-HCF. Minimum Qualifications of Eligible Organization: Vendor is eligible to do business with New York State Vendor has a minimum of five (5) years’ experience working with a similar size hospital such as SUNY-DHSU. All requirements are listed in the Excel document attached to this advertisement. Services and items listed would be provided for a term of Five (5) years. Vendors who are interested and can provide ALL items listed in the attached Excel document must submit, prior to the due date listed in the advertisement, a completed Excel Grid (attached grid) which include a Yes/ No confirmation that service/item can be provided, as well as any necessary description(s). Reminder, potential vendors must be able to provide ALL items as listed. Additionally, interested vendor must submit a Proposal on your company letterhead, signed with the description of your company/firm, as well as an overview of how you will be able to provide the listed items/services. SUNY-DHSU is not interested in partial service or individual items, only vendors who can provide every item/ service listed and can attest to their ability to do so. If you can provide ALL items / services listed, please submit electronically the requested documents to the contacts listed in this advertisement prior to the due date listed. The only permissible contacts regarding this Advertisement for Request for Proposal are Contracts Officer, contact@example.gov or Maureen Crystal, Director of Contracts at Maureen.Crystal @Downstate.edu Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 0% Disadvantaged Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Due date: Applications / proposals continously accepted Contract term: FIVE YEARS County(ies): Kings Location: 450 CLARKSON AVENUE Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: NONE