Dear all, As mentioned previously, and with very helpful support from our colleagues in ICANN’s Procurement Department, staff has launched the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Sunrise and Trademark Claims survey, which is the data collection request that was approved by the GNSO Council in September 2017: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-01-29-en. The proposed timeline (as highlighted to the Working Group), details about the project scope and other relevant information can be found in the RFP documents linked from the announcement. Thank you also to those Working Group members who had submitted names of potential vendors. Cheers Mary, Julie, Ariel and Berry On 1/9/18, 15:48, "gnso-rpm-wg on behalf of Ariel Liang" <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org on behalf of ariel.liang@icann.org> wrote: Hello George, Thanks for your question and comment. The RFP is indeed going to be open to anyone to respond. By gathering vendors suggestions, we aim to facilitate responses to the RFP and not to delay the process due to any potential lack of response. This is also to ensure that the community as an opportunity to provide input to the RFP, as mentioned previously. Gathering vendor suggestions is permissible and encouraged under the standard RFP process, as advised by the ICANN Procurement Team. Best Regards, Mary, Berry, Julie, and Ariel On 1/9/18, 6:32 PM, "gnso-rpm-wg on behalf of George Kirikos" <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org on behalf of icann@leap.com> wrote: Isn't this going to be an open RFP open to any vendor, and advertised widely by ICANN itself? Or will it be limited to only those that are invited? If it's an open one (which I think it should be), I don't understand why certain vendors should be advantaged by being given preferential notice/outreach/invitations compared with other competing vendors. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.leap.com_&d=DwIGaQ&c... On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 6:25 PM, Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org> wrote: > Dear All, > > > > Staff preparation for the RPMs Survey RFP is close to completion and we are > in position to launch the RFP slightly earlier than anticipated. In > preparation for the launch, we will appreciate WG members’ input on > potential vendors to reach out to for the RFP. > > > > If you have suggestions on potential vendors, by Monday, 15 January, please > provide: 1) legal entity name of the potential vendor, 2) name of the > contact person, and 3) email address of contact person. Due to privacy > concerns, please send suggestions directly to ariel.liang@icann.org. The > contact information will be pre-loaded into the ICANN RFP system, which will > generate an auto message when the RFP is launched, inviting suggested > vendors to submit proposals. > > > > Thank you for your time and input! > > > > Best Regards, > > Mary, Berry, Julie, and Ariel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnso-rpm-wg mailing list > gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg