PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited by the Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS) for the supply and provision of significant state-wide telecommunications, Internet and network services for all South Australian Government schools and pre-schools. A New Era in Telecommunications for South Australian Schools. This is a valuable opportunity for you to provide information about the following support services within the scope of the project and be recognised for the development of innovation and change within South Australian schools and pre-schools. · Telecommunication Carriage Services · Managed Router Services · Hosting Services · Application Services · Videoconferencing and multimedia infrastructure · Internet Service Provider (ISP) Gateway Services · Teleconferencing Services Industry Briefing An Industry Briefing will be held to give further information on the services required and EOI process: Date: Thursday 13 February. Venue: Hilton Adelaide 233 Victoria Square Adelaide Registration: 9.15am for a 10.00am start Registration forms are available online from http://www.nexus.edu.au/IBRegForm/ and must be submitted by COB Monday 10 February. EOI documents can be downloaded from www.tenders.sa.gov.au after 10:00am (Adelaide time) on Monday 3 February 2003. Responses must be submitted by 5:00pm CST Monday 10 March 2003. This Invitation to lodge an EOI is not an offer to enter into a contract for the provision of services nor will the submission of an EOI necessarily result in a party being invited to submit a tender for the provision of services to DECS.