[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-09-09-en ________________________________ Request for Proposal for Performance of Secretariat Function for the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 9 September 2014 The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) is issuing today a Request for Proposals (RFP) to select a suitable contractor through ICANN process to perform its secretariat function. Established in response to the announcement by the U.S. National Telecommunication and Information Administration Department (NTIA) of its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community, the ICG is comprised of representatives from different stakeholder groups to coordinate and deliver a single transition proposal. Proposal must be submitted to SecretariatForICG-rfp@icann.org<mailto:SecretariatForICG-rfp@icann.org> no later than Monday, 23 September 2014 - 23:59 UTC. The ICG encourages all interested parties from across the globe to submit proposals. Full information is given in the RFP, which can be found at: http://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-icg-secretariat-09sep14-en.zip<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-icg-secretariat-09sep14-en.zip> [ZIP, 607 KB]. RFP Activities Schedule: Activity Dates RFP published 9 September 2014 Participants to indicate Expression of Interest (EoI) 12 September 2014 by 23:59 UTC [This date has been revised from an earlier announced date of 7 September 2014] Participants submit any questions to ICG (use Respondent Q&A Excel template in RFP packet) 13 September 2014 by 23:59 UTC ICG responds to participant questions 20 September 2014 Participant RFP proposals due by 23 September 2014 by 23:59 UTC Preliminary evaluation of responses 24 thru 27 September 2014 Final participant presentations and reference calls 27 September thru 4 October 2014 Contracting and award to contractor 6 thru 10 October 2014 Target start date in the role 15 October 2014 at ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles