The IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), on behalf of the
IETF and the IAB, announces this Request for Proposal to perform the
functions of the RFC Production Center. The successful bidder will
enter into a contract with the Internet Society.
The RFC Production Center performs the following functions, among
others, in support of the "Request for Comment" (RFC) document series:
1. Editing inputs from all RFC streams to comply with the RFC
Style Manual
2. Creating records of edits performed on documents
3. Identifying where editorial changes might have technical
impact and seek necessary clarification.
4 Coordinating with IANA to perform protocol parameter registry
actions
5. Establishing publication readiness of each document through
communication with the authors, document shepherds, IANA and/or stream
dependent contacts, and if needed with the RFC Series Editor.
6. Forwarding ready-to-publish documents to the RFC Publisher
The RFP can be found at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/rfced-procurement.html
The IAOC desires a long-term relationship commencing on January 1,
2010 of up to six (6) years with a successful contractor.
Accordingly, it seeks to structure a six (6) year term with contract
review points at the two-year mark and again at the four-year mark to
evaluate the success of the contractor within an RFC Series model.
The contract will be for a fixed price, except for certain services as
noted in the RFP.
The closing date for submission of proposals is Monday, June 29, 2009
not later than 5:00 P.M. EDT. It is expected that a contract will be
concluded by September 17, 2009.
Questions may be directed to rpelletier(_at_)isoc(_dot_)org through June 5th.
Questions and answers will be published online at http://iaoc.ietf.org/rfced-procurement.html
no later than June 12, 2009.
A Bidders Conference will be conducted on June 3, 2009 from 10:00 AM
to 1:00 PM in the conference room of the incumbent RFC Editor, the
University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute, in
Marina del Rey, California. The incumbent is not pursuing the
opportunity. For more information see Bidders Conference at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/rfced-procurement.html
Written questions received at rpelletier(_at_)isoc(_dot_)org prior to June 3rd
will be answered at the conference without divulging the source of the
query. The questions and answers from the Bidders Conference will be
published with questions received by June 5.
The point of contact regarding this RFP is the IETF Administrative
Director, Ray Pelletier.
Ray Pelletier
IETF Administrative Director
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