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House Study Bill 54

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  1  1               HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2         BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY RESOLUTION
  1  3                   BY CHAIRPERSON BRUNKHORST)
  1  4 A Concurrent Resolution relating to the request for
  1  5 proposals for Part III of the Iowa communications network
  1  6 and requesting the Iowa telecommunications and technology
  1  7 commission to issue a notice of intent to award and
  1  8 begin negotiations with the qualifying vendors.
  1  9    WHEREAS, the Iowa telecommunications and technology
  1 10 commission has delivered to the General Assembly a written
  1 11 report and all proposals submitted in response to the request
  1 12 for proposals for Part III of the Iowa communications network
  1 13 as required under section 8D.3, subsection 3, paragraph "e",
  1 14 subparagraph (3); and
  1 15    WHEREAS, the commission has identified the low bids
  1 16 submitted on a site-by-site basis and on a merged area basis;
  1 17 and
  1 18    WHEREAS, the General Assembly has determined that further
  1 19 discussions with vendors submitting the low bids are necessary
  1 20 to determine what action should be taken with respect to the
  1 21 connection of additional authorized users identified in the
  1 22 request for proposals; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the General Assembly has determined that the these
  1 24 discussions cannot occur under the bidding process implemented
  1 25 by the commission without further direction from the General
  1 26 Assembly; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 27    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE
  1 28 CONCURRING, That the Iowa telecommunications and technology
  1 29 commission is requested to issue a notice of intent to award
  1 30 to the low site-by-site bidders and low merged area bidders as
  1 31 determined by the bids submitted in response to the request
  1 32 for proposals for Part III of the Iowa communications network,
  1 33 and begin evaluations and negotiations for establishing final
  1 34 terms of a proposed agreement or agreements with such bidders
  1 35 consistent with chapter 8D, state bidding procedures, and the
  2  1 terms of the request for proposals; and
  2  2    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the evaluations and
  2  3 negotiations authorized by this resolution and any proposed
  2  4 agreement resulting from the evaluations and negotiations are
  2  5 in no way binding on the commission or the state until such
  2  6 time as the provisions of section 8D.3, subsection 3,
  2  7 paragraph "e", subparagraph (3), have been completely
  2  8 satisfied and authorization by a constitutional majority of
  2  9 each house of the General Assembly and approval by the
  2 10 Governor has been given to enter into an agreement with a
  2 11 selected bidder or bidders; and
  2 12    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Resolution is not
  2 13 intended to modify the state's reservation of the right to
  2 14 reject any or all bids after completion by the commission of
  2 15 the evaluations and negotiations authorized by this
  2 16 Resolution; and
  2 17    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be
  2 18 included in each notice of intent to award issued by the
  2 19 commission.  
  2 20 LSB 1889HC 76
  2 21 mj/cf/24
     

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