The City of Scranton Office of Business Administration is seeking separate sealed Qualification Statements, hereinafter referred to as a "Response," from qualified individuals or firms, hereinafter referred to as a "Respondents," to provide Scranton Broadband RFQ. Responses will be received online by the City of Scranton Controller via the City’s e-Procurement Portal until 10:00 am on Monday, November 6, 2023, at which time such bids will be opened in City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. A video of the bid opening will be available for public viewing at www.youtube.com/user/electriccitytv570 subsequent to the live opening.

CITY OF SCRANTON

Scranton Broadband RFQ

Responses shall be made upon the specifications included in the official Request for Qualifications (RFQ) which may be obtained by visiting the City of Scranton’s e-Procurement Portal, https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/scrantonpa. If you intend to submit a Response, you shall register on the City’s e-Procurement Portal. Once registered, companies may view and click "Follow" to be a prospective Respondent for this solicitation and will appear on the follower’s list. Companies that fail to follow this project will not receive automatic addenda notifications, nor will they be able to draft a response in the City’s e-Procurement Portal, and therefore will be unable to participate or be considered for this RFQ.

All Response documents and supplementary documents must be uploaded and submitted using the City’s e-Procurement Portal prior to 10:00 am on Monday, November 6, 2023, as instructed in this solicitation. Once file(s) have been uploaded and the submission status shows as “Submitted,” the submission is complete. At that point, the Respondent's representative who is registered with the City will receive an email confirmation from the City’s e-Procurement Portal.

All Responses must be accompanied by a certificate of insurance, a signed affirmative action, non-segregated facilities, non-collusion affidavits, and disclosure by current contractor.

All communications regarding technical, scope, and/or project related questions and requests for clarifications, changes, exceptions, and deviations to the terms and conditions set forth in this RFQ shall be submitted via “Q&A” through the City’s e-Procurement Portal, before the deadline of 4:00 pm on Monday, October 30, 2023 and according to these specifications herein.

If a Respondent encounters any technical difficulties utilizing the City's e-Procurement Portal, a representative may contact OpenGov, the Software Administrator, using the real-time chat function on the website (located in lower right-hand corner of the screen), or via email at [email protected]. It is still the Respondent's responsibility to ensure that their response is submitted before the deadline.