SEALED PROPOSALS are being accepted by the Washington County Board of Commissioners, Washington, Pennsylvania for a new project to provide access to Broadband Services for certain unserved or underserved areas within Washington County. For the sake of convenience only, the project covered by this Request for Proposal (the “RFP”) is sometimes referred to herein as relating to the Phase IV Polygons or similar designations and this Request for Proposal is sometimes referred to as Phase IV RFP, Phase IV Broadband RFP or similar designations.

Proposals will be accepted by the Washington County Office of the Controller, 100 West Beau Street, Suite 403, Washington, PA 15301 (a) beginning on the later of (i) February 1, 2024, or (ii)  the end of the Polygon Map Challenge Period, as hereinafter defined, and issuance or release of final modified maps and RFP documents, if any, and (b) ending at 11:00 a.m. prevailing time on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.Late proposals will not be accepted. Names only will be read at this time.

The RFP and related documents, including, without limitation, amendments hereto, may be obtained from the Washington County website at www.co.washington.pa.us/purchasing . Vendors receiving proposals are responsible for checking the Washington County website for additional available information relating to this RFP.

RFPs shall be submitted as ONE ORIGINAL + THREE (UNBOUND) COPIES according to the specifications and upon a uniform proposal blank form, together with submission of an electronic copy directed to Dalton Thompson at dalton.thompson@co.washington.pa.us .

Proposers may email written requests for clarifications and challenges to the Polygon Map(s) to the  Washington County Purchasing Office to Dalton Thompson at dalton.thompson@co.washington.pa.us or to Randy Vankirk at vankirkr@co.washington.pa.us . Any requests for clarifications are due to be received no later than March 1, 2024, and will be responded to in the form of an addendum posted to the County website.

Inquiries will not be accepted orally or via phone. Pre-Proposal Conference Calls will be held for all interested vendors before and after the challenge process, taking place on December 5, 2023 and  February 6, 2024 respectively.

December 5th 2023 Pre-Proposal Conference Call - Teams Meeting Link

SEALED ENVELOPE MUST BE MARKED:
RFP: BROADBAND SERVICES
Contract # 031224-Broadband-RFP IV

The Washington County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or to  cancel or withdraw any portions of any or all areas or locations to be serviced hereunder (“Polygon(s)”) as set forth in Article IX (Award Procedure) of this Request.

WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

COMMISSIONER DIANA IREY VAUGHAN, CHAIR
COMMISSIONER LARRY MAGGI, VICE CHAIR
COMMISSIONER NICK SHERMAN

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