Status:
Awarded
Solicitation Number:
2017-04-001
Opportunity Opens On:
2017-04-10
Opportunity Closes On:
2017-05-10
Department:
Office of Institutional Crisis Management
Categories:
Software/Hardware
Description:
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit proposals from qualified sources to establish a contract through competitive negotiations to provide an Emergency Notification System for Rice University. The system will be used to ensure that students, faculty and staff are rapidly notified and enabled to respond quickly and safely to any emergency incidents affecting the campus community. The system must support notification via SMS, email, and voice messages at a minimum. Additionally, it will provide a means for campus security to quickly identify and respond to personal safety incidents. This system will be a key component of our campus safety and emergency communication strategy.
AA/EEO
Rice University is an AA/EEO employer and encourages the submittal of responses from Texas based businesses including women, minority-owned and emerging small business enterprises.
IMPORTANT NOTICE - Responsibility of Each Vendor Participating in the Bidding Process:
It will be the responsibility of each participating Vendor to refer daily to the Rice Solicitation Opportunities website to check for any available opportunities, addendum to current opportunities, cancellations, or intents to award posted there. It is not Rice University's responsibility to notify participating Vendors by email or by any other means of any of the above. Rice University has adopted policies applicable to all Vendors/Contractors that prohibit sexual harassment and that the Vendor's/Contractor's company and employees are required to adhere to institutional policies prohibiting sexual harassment in their interactions with members of the institutional community.