Fiber - Based Wide - Area - Network ( WAN ) Ethernet Services for Rural Health Care

2026-11-03

The purpose of this Request for Proposals ( RFP ) is to solicit proposals to enter into a contract with a qualified vendor to obtain WAN Ethernet Services for the University of Utah , on behalf of the Utah Education and Telehealth Network ( UETN ), and its public and higher education , libraries , healthcare and state government constituents , hereafter referred to as the " University ." Companies submitting proposals in response to this RFP will hereafter be referred to as “ Vendor ” or “ Service Provider ” of the University of Utah , hereafter referred to as the " University ." The companies submitting proposals in response to this RFP will hereafter be referred to as “ Vendor .” The University is examining several alternatives of providing this WAN Ethernet Services ( for both RHC eligible and non RHC eligible sites ) and may decide , after reviewing proposals submitted , not to enter into any agreement . Cancellation of solicitation must be approved by the Director of Purchasing or designee . UETN has received requests for WAN services from stakeholders and seeks affordable network connections for Rural Healthcare sites included in this RFP . Also included are upgrade requests and future need options . These requests will be marked as “ New Service ” in the Additional Information column in Attachment A . UETN seeks affordable network WAN connections for healthcare facilities included in this RFP . See Section 3 . 02 or Attachment A for a complete list of sites with addresses . Request for network services for current and new UETN healthcare facilities include options from current UETN customers for connection into both the UETN network and Utah Telehealth Network ’ s ( UTN ) legacy network . The goal of this RFP is to acquire bandwidth for the identified sites while leveraging current UETN network resources . UETN reserves the right to award to one or more vendors for single or multiple locations . See more

Salt Lake City

2026-04-08