UCA - Request for Fiber Garfield County to Cedar PSAP

The Utah Communications Authority (UCA) has issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) seeking vendors capable of providing a fiber connection from the Garfield County Sheriff's Office to the Cedar Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). This telecommunications procurement, identified as Courtesy Posting CP23-67, focuses on network connectivity infrastructure with specific commodity codes 83110 and 43200 for telecommunications media services and information technology components. Vendors were required to submit comprehensive proposals through U3P/SciQuest, including their company name, address, phone number, and email. The solicitation was open from October 11, 2022, at 4:00 PM MDT and closed on October 20, 2022, at 5:00 PM MDT, with a strict submission process that allowed only specific file types (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PDF, PPT, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, and ZIP) and a 50 MB file upload limit. The primary contact for this procurement was Cody Peterson, and vendors were explicitly instructed to thoroughly review the entire solicitation document before submission.

While the document does not specify explicit set-aside designations or restrictions on responding organizations, it provides clear guidelines for vendor participation. The procurement appears to be open to telecommunications and network infrastructure providers capable of establishing a fiber connection between the specified locations. No incumbent vendors or specific budget ranges were disclosed in the available documentation. The solicitation is specifically targeted at vendors with capabilities in telecommunications media services and technology infrastructure components, suggesting a technical competency requirement for potential respondents. The procurement is being conducted by the Utah Communications Authority, with Carbon County listed as the associated jurisdiction, indicating a localized but technically sophisticated networking project. The Division of Purchasing explicitly noted they are not the issuing procurement unit, directing potential vendors to interact directly with the Utah Communications Authority for detailed inquiries and proposal submissions.