SIP Services

The Lone Star College System is seeking proposals to establish a contract for companies that can provide Session Initiation Protocol ("SIP") Trunking and Transport Services, Analog telephone services, and network on demand services. The contract will be for an initial three-year term with two one-year renewals at the System's discretion. The services will be provided for all Lone Star College locations, with a minimum of 600 channels and 100 Mbps transport. The proposal should include pricing, reputation, quality of services, and extent to which the services meet the needs of the System. The evaluation criteria will consider purchase price, reputation, quality, extent to which the services meet the needs of the System, and other relevant factors. Some key points to consider: * The System has approximately 6500 telephones in over 27 locations to support staff operations, meeting rooms, and conference rooms. * The current service is through multiple providers with SIP services. * Long distance codes are used for calls outside of the local area. * The System has developed a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone system to include all users. * The VoIP system has capacity for basic telephony features such as inbound and outbound dialing, voicemail, call forwarding/transfer, caller identification (ID), and caller hold and conferencing capabilities. * The elevators, fire alarms, and other safety phones will remain on traditional Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) lines service at this time. * Respondents should address how these services would be covered by a SIP implementation. * Pricing should be broken down so that unit price and construction build-out are separate line items. * The proposal should include a detailed timeline for completion of a typical project of a new installation of the SIP implementation for LSC. * The proposal should include any additional information that will assist the LSC in evaluating the ability to provide the product and services specified in this RFP.