The Grant Wood Area Education Agency in seeking bids for long distance telephone calling cards. We are an intermediate education agency employing approximately 450 professional staff, about 240 of whom are assigned to outlying school districts. These staff are given telephone calling cards in order to access parents and teachers outside the local calling area. These staff members are assigned to a variety of programs and services. These staff members, on average, use a total of 2500 to 3000 minutes per month. We are seeking a bid for a 3-year contract for telephone calling cards. We would prefer a flat long distance per minute rate for intralata, intrastate, and interstate calls.
There shall be no compensation made to companies that submit bids and are not awarded this order.
The successful vendor must be prepared to split the billing process. The vendor will be required to invoice the Schools and Libraries Corporation for the discount portion of each bill, and to invoice Grant Wood Area Education Agency for the non-discount portion of each bill.
1) What will you offer as a per minute rate:
| Flat rate (any time, anywhere) for all calls ______________ |
OR |
For each:
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2) Do you require a charge for card initiation? If so, what is the amount of that charge per card?
3) Do you require a charge for initiating a call with a calling card? If so, what is the amount of that charge?
4) Do you charge a different rate depending upon where the call originates? If so, please describe.
5) Are there any other charges associated with your calling cards? If so, please describe in detail.
Dr. Cliff Ehlinger, Director of Operations
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
4401 Sixth Street, SW.
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404-4499
Telephone: 319-399-6730
FAX: 319-399-6457
E-Mail: cehlinger@aea10.k12.ia.us
The following Board policies apply to the bidding process for Grant Wood AEA, and will be taken into consideration when determining award of contract:
The Agency shall purchase goods or services from vendors located in Area 10 unless the interests of the Agency are better served by purchasing from vendors located outside of the Area.
The Agency will attempt each year to purchase at least 10% of its goods and services, including construction, but not including utilities, from certified targeted small businesses located within Area 10.
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