REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR APPLICATION SERVICES & DESKTOP HOSTING
Anoka Technical College will be looking for a fully outsourced application and desktop hosting solution for approximately 250 college employees. The desktop must be a windows (or windows compatible) solution that supports standard windows applications. The applications that will be supported are standard third party applications that run in a typical office environment. These include basic office applications for word processing, spreadsheets, messaging, and customer relationship data. Anoka Technical College will also be changing their current Novell GroupWise messaging system to Microsoft Exchange. Therefore, as part of the response the vendor will provide project requirements for migrating the messaging system users and data. At a high level this will include all services and associated software or hardware that would be need to support a successful migration. Email hosting and migration needs to be outlined as an option that can be selected with or without any other hosting options. Finally, Anoka Technical College would like the ability to have a Microsoft SharePoint environment available as a hosting option. The awarded vendor will provide costs for Microsoft SharePoint Services and Server. The vendor will also provide a rate structure for services to assist the college management with customization of this environment. There is an interest in the overall ability for SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite, and Exchange to function in a unified messaging environment that is capable of adding voice messaging later. Further details of the environment will be provided throughout this RFP.
