Large Mortgage Institute

A baseline of voice, data and Internet services supporting 330 locations was developed.  Services included local lines, long distance, frame relay, private lines services and high capacity Ethernet circuits.   Rates and services were benchmarked and a strategic plan for the network was developed.  Specification/RFP documents were developed and a competitive bid process was managed.  Our role included acting as lead in contract negotiations and contract finalization with all selected vendors.  This project resulted in cost reduction in excess of 20% and a conversion of the data network to MPLS with broadband back-up.  The solution retained the primary incumbent vendors and was supplemented with key niche providers.