FOI #26-216

UConn South Campus Infrastructure - Package 2

Name: Mark Zurada

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Please send the final and compiled bid tabulation (bid tally), including all quantities and unit pricing for each bidder, for 'UConn South Campus Infrastructure - Package 2' that was submitted on 07/20/2023. I believe the project number is '300241', but I could be mistaken. If so, please use the project name and date to lookup the responsive documents. We specifically request the line-item bid tabulation showing each material, quantity, unit, and unit price for every bidder. If no such line-item tally was created, please provide the full bid submissions from each contractor. A grand total sheet alone is not sufficient to satisfy this request unless it was a lump sum bid.
Below is an example of the format we are looking for that the engineer usually creates at the completion of the bid:
BIDDER 1 BIDDER 2
Item # Material Quantity Unit UNIT PRICE TOTAL UNIT PRICE TOTAL
1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
GRAND TOTAL GRAND TOTAL

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FOI #26-198 (03-24-26, 6:54 pm)

Correspondence with Immigration & Customs Enforcement

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Request for correspondence on activity of Immigration & Customs Enforcement, “ICE,” DHS, UConn involvement, student and staff safety, immigration, undocumented, international, immigrants, migrants.

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FOI #26-199 (03-24-26, 6:54 pm)

Graduate Educator's Union Contract Negotiations

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2025

Request Date End: 03/24/2026

Details: Correspondence between the university administration and representatives and contract negotiators of the GEU-UAW regarding any of the following terms or terms derived from the following: "international students", "migrant students", "ICE", "Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "DHS", "Department of Homeland Security", "CBP", "Customs and Border Patrol", protections for graduate students, "Trump", "federal government". "Kristi Noem", "visa", "student visa", "green card"

emails to search would those of President Radenka Maric, Interim Provost Pamir Alpay, Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment Nathan Fuerst, Director of Government Relations Gail Garber, Senior Director of Governmental Relations Joann Lombardo, Interim Vice President of Human Resources Renee Boggis, Interim Vice President for Finance Reka Wrynn, University Ombus Jim Wohl, Leslie Shor Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean, The Graduate School

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FOI #26-200 (03-24-26, 6:54 pm)

Procurement and Contracts with Macdougall / Walker, MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 08/26/2025

Request Date End: 03/24/2026

Details: Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records since 8/26/2025 to 03/24/2026 including procurement records, contracts, delivery records, and communications with Macdougall / Walker, or the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution. Procurement requests or contracts may include but are not exclusive to furniture procurement and repairs for UConn Storrs dining hall facilities. Parties to procurement requests or contracts may include but are not exclusive to "Stephen Sharkis". Procurement records may include but are not exclusive to UConn Dining Services. Please provide all relevant records, not exclusive to the examples I have provided to aid in discovery.

The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request.

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FOI #26-201 (03-24-26, 6:54 pm)

Immigration

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 04/08/2025

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: The requested documents should include any and all email correspondences, facsimile transmissions, and letters exchanged between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Department of Justice; and university departments including but not limited to the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Student Life and Enrollment, the Center for International Students and Scholars, the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, UConn Graduate School, the Dean of Students, UConn Police Department, Facilities Operations, and the UConn Office of the General Counsel.

The requested documents should include terms including but not limited to:
1. Immigration, immigrant, and other variants of these terms;
2. F-1, Visa, student visa, work visa, J-1, O-1, H-1B;
3. Undocumented, documentation, illegal, alien, non-citizen, and variations of these terms;
4. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol, and their abbreviations and variations of these terms;
6. Arrest, detention, raid, investigate, prosecute, and variations of these terms;
7. And Unamerican, anti-american, subversive, terrorism, sedition, and their variations.

Requested documents should include standard operating procedures, policies, and agreements between the above government agencies and university departments.

It is respectfully requested that these forms be produced piecemeal according to which medium is available first, e.g. emails before faxed documents before scanned mail.

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FOI #26-202 (03-24-26, 7:59 pm)

UConn - NIUVT Emails

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Student

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2026

Request Date End: 03/24/2026

Details: Emails of the University of Connecticut Office of the Vice President for Research, University Provost, University President, College of Engineering with the University of Rhode Island and the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT) regarding the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology. This should include funding allocated to the NIUVT, contracts between the afformentioned parties and the Department of War/Defense regarding the NIUVT, and research programs conducted with the NIUVT.

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FOI #26-203 (03-24-26, 7:59 pm)

UConn-Israeli relations

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 08/25/2025

Request Date End: 03/24/2026

Details: Any documents from 08/25/2025 to 03/24/2026 detailing contracts and contributions between the University of Connecticut, UConn departments, and companies based in Israel, private or federal, as well as government agencies and universities in Israel. Including but not exclusive to the Israeli Defense Forces, the Technion, etc. Documents should include the dollar amounts of contracts and contributions between UConn and Israeli companies, government agencies, academic institutions.

The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request.

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FOI #26-215 (03-24-26, 6:54 pm)

Board of Trustees meeting on February 25, 2026

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: 02/04/2026

Details: Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records about information regarding the Board of Trustees meeting that was held on Feb. 25, 2026. Specifically, I would like records of anything pertaining to email discussions between members of the Board of Trustees, UConn Office of the Provost, and UConn Office of the President leading up to and following the event. Such information could include the listed affiliates discussing UConn student organizations pushing for student protections from U.S. Immigrant Customs Enforcement (ICE), including UndocuHuskies, Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP), Alcanzando el Mismo Sueño (AEMS), UNCHAIN, and Communitea.

The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request.

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FOI #26-214 (03-24-26, 7:59 pm)

Withheld.

Name:

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: Full copy of FOI #26-101 upon its completion.

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FOI #26-212 (03-24-26, 7:59 pm)

Correspondence Concerning Iran

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2026

Request Date End: 03/24/2026

Details: Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records that include correspondence between President Radenka Maric, the Office of the Provost, Pratt & Whitney/Raytheon, UConn Hillel House, and the Persian Student Association (PSA) concerning the ongoing US-Israeli War with Iran. I am especially interested in documents/correspondence with the Iranian Government. I am requesting documents with terms including "Iran", "Israel/Isreal", "Israeli/Isreali", "Iranian government", "Palestine/West Bank/Gaza", "Lebanon", "Lebanese", "Muslim/Moslem", "Palestinian", "Iranian", "Jewish/Judaism/Judaic", "Arab/Arabic", "Middle East", and "Abrahamic".

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