SRAA RFP 2022-12 Business Phone Systems Questions

Description

The following questions have been received on the Business Phone RFP. The responses are provided in blue directly below the questions. Please note the submission date has been moved to November 7, 2022 due to recent operational changes. A site survey has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 1:00 pm. 1. Does the SRAA intend to reuse all 176 analog devices/telephones? SRAA would reuse existing devices/telephones only to the extent they are fully functional with the new system proposed. 2. Is it SRAA’s intent to deploy 71 VoIP Telephones replacing the current digital phones? SRAA has not identified a specific configuration for the replacement. We will rely on the recommendation of the applicant for the best in practice replacement option of the entire system. 3. Do you want 10 spare VoIP Telephones? If so, are licenses required for future deployment or are these for service spares? SRAA would request 10 spare devices. Licenses are not required at the present time and would be added at the time deployment is required. Whether the device is IP or digital will be based on the solution proposed. 4. What is the current Paging System (i.e., Bogen, Valcom, etc.) and the Telephone Paging Interface (i.e., zone paging controller) in use? The Airport paging system is an Ateis IDA8C system. Paging system functions must be an airport industry standard, including terminal wide and zone paging. Should the applicant wish to partner with another organization to provide this functionality, that would be acceptable. 5. Does SRAA’s VMWare ESXi 6.5 Update 3 have the vSphere ESXi product suite? Yes 6. Are the Ethernet network switches in place to support such features as QoS, VLANs and PoE as well as 10/100/1000Mbps? SRAA is upgrading the switches are being upgraded as part of this project. 7. Will there be an opportunity to perform a site survey? Yes – Site Survey will be scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 1:00 pm. 8. Is the new system or hardware intended to be installed in the same location as the existing system? The new system would be installed in the same location as the existing system. 9. Is there or will there be network connectivity from that location? There is network capability from that location. 10. Is the system or hardware intended to be installed in a rack or wall mounted? Is there space and will we need to provide this? The system can be either installed on a wall mount or a rack. 11.