Request for Proposals for the State of Hawaii Inter-island Submarine Fiber Cable System (RCUH RFP #103543*)
*In order to maximize visibility of the opportunity, the original RFP #103119 was cancelled, and was re-released as of August 8th. Proposals submitted for the original RFP have been sealed and will not be evaluated.
This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH), on behalf of the University of Hawai’i, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology/CIO to solicit proposals from Offerors who wish to be considered. The contract will be issued and administered as an Agreement for Services with the RCUH.
Following the Desktop Study (DTS) for an Inter-island submarine cable network in 2022 awarded to Ocean Networks, the University is now requesting responses from qualified Offerors to propose a cost model for a public-private partnership to permit, construct, operate and maintain the northern Inter-island submarine cable path as designed in the DTS. The University has determined the expected costs to build both the submarine cable network and Cable Landing Stations and has outlined those costs in this RFP. The State is NOT requesting costs to build the system – rather the State will select the offeror that provides the best qualifications and experience for permitting, construction and operation, as well as offering best value to the State of Hawaii across the estimated 25 year lifetime of the Inter-island submarine cable network.
SCHEDULE OF KEY DATES (updated August 8, 2023)
Date of Notice (RFP Issued): August 8, 2023
Closing Date for Receipt of Offeror Questions: August 17, 2023 5:00 p.m. HST
Closing Date for Posting Responses to Questions: August 23, 2023 5:00 p.m. HST
Closing Date for Receipt of Proposals: August 31, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. HST
Proposal Review Period: September 1 – September 7, 2023
Date of Contractor Selection and Award: September 8, 2023
Services Start Date (Tentative): September 18, 2023
To view the request, click here.
The formal announcement is available on SuperQUOTE (https://www.commercepoint.com/).
Request for Proposals for the Cable Landing Station (CLS) Site Surveys (SQ#98846)
OCEAN NETWORKS AWARDED RFP of CABLE LANDING STATION SITE SURVEYS – May 23, 2022
This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH), on behalf of the University of Hawai’i, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology/CIO to solicit proposals from Offerors who wish to be considered. The contract will be issued and administered as an Agreement for Services with the RCUH.
The University issued this RFP to initiate a desktop study to identify potential cable routes between all the major Hawaiian Islands. The RFP was open to qualified bidders and asks to identify routing, and both beach manhole locations as well as possible cable landing station locations. The industry standard desktop surveys include cable types, routing, risks, and other details that can be determined by reports, charts and other data that is available. The desktop study is a required step in building a new submarine cable network to determine the scope of the overall build.
To view the request, click here.
To view the Response to Questions, click here.