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Copy of a listing of all University of Connecticut’s employees’ first and last names, e-mail addresses, title/position, and primary campus/department location.
FOI #19-227 - Subject - Hazardous Waste Transportation and Disposal Services
Name - Maddie Gantt
Affiliation - Marketing Intern
Stericycle Environmental Solutions, Inc. is requesting copies of the contract and associated proposal tabulations and the submitted pricing sheets related to the current Hazardous Waste Transportation and Disposal Services contract. This information is important for Stericycle to properly assess our service offerings and prepare the best value proposal for our clients and will enable us to better prepare a competitive offering the next time the contract is up for bid.
Hope Redding
Foundation for Fair Contracting Of Connecticut, Inc.
FOI #19-226 - Subject - UCONN Gant Building Renovation – STEM Phase 1 (Internal Case #17-28)
Name - Hope Redding
Affiliation - Foundation for Fair Contracting Of Connecticut, Inc.
Certified payroll records for the companies listed below for work being performed on the UCONN Gant Building Renovation STEM Phase 1 project reference above.
• A Quick Pick Crane (Sub of Ferguson Mechanical) - From Wk ending 3.30.19 through present
• Barall & Konover Flooring
• CT Carpentry - From Wk ending 4.27.19 through present
• DePaoli Mosaic - From Wk ending 5.1.19 through present
• Ferguson Electric - From Wk ending 4.27.19 through present
• Ferguson Mechanical - From Wk ending 4.27.19 through present
• Manganaro Northeast - From Wk ending 4.28.19 through present
• Any and all subcontractors to Massey Plate Glass & Aluminum
• New Britain Fence (Sub of CT Carpentry) - From Wk ending 4.30.19 through present
• P&D Mechanical - From Wk ending 4.28.19 through present
• PeopleReady (Sub of Ferguson Electric) - From Wk ending 4.28.19 through present
• Pro Cut of CT (Sub of Ferguson Mechanical) - From Wk ending 4.24.19 through present
• Scholar Painting - From Wk ending 4.27.19 through present
• Sign Pro
• Southern New England Electrical Testing (Sub of Ferguson Electric) - From Wk ending 4.28.19 through present
• Tradesmen Int’l (Sub of Ferguson Electric) - From Wk ending 4.27.19 through present
• Tradesmen Int’l (Sub of Ferguson Mechanical) - From Wk ending 4.27.19 through present
• Tradesource, Inc (Sub of Ferguson Electric) - From Wk ending 4.27.19 through present
• Witch Enterprises (Sub of Ferguson Electric) - From Wk ending 4.28.19 through present
• Witch Enterprises (Sub of Ferguson Mechanical) - From Wk ending 4.28.19 through present
In an effort to better understand our submittal, we are requesting the following information from the evaluation of the proposals and subsequent award from the above-referenced RFP:
1. Could you tell us the primary factor why the RFP was awarded to NuPark (PassPort)
2. Did NuPark (PassPort) propose any exceptions to the bid specifications?
3. Please provide RFP submissions from all vendors except T2, (including correspondence submitted subsequent to the initial RFP response and best and final offers (if applicable).
4. Electronic copies of the evaluation & all scoring sheets.
5. Electronic copy of the final contract.
Your help and information is very important to us and we appreciate your time in responding. We are willing to pay all fees required to obtain the above electronic documents. Please email me at khartley@t2systems.com with the full amount owed for electronic copies. We will promptly return a check to expedite the process.
Student Student
UConn Graduate Employee Union (GEU-UAW Local 6950)
FOI #19-224 (07-23-19, 10:12 am) - Subject - GA Parking Permit Purchases for the 2018-2019 Academic Year
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - UConn Graduate Employee Union (GEU-UAW Local 6950)
We kindly request any documentation that will provide complete counts of, or allow us to count, the number of parking permits of any category and/or type that were purchased by Graduate Employees (GA/TA) for the 2018-2019 academic year. This data should include Full Year, Spring Semester, and Summer Only permit purchases.
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information for the University of Connecticut:
• Who currently holds the contract(s) for the universities managed print services program?
• When does/do the contract(s) expire?
• Approximately how many devices are covered under the contract(s)?
Copier (A3 Devices)-
Printers (A4 Devices)-
• What is the cost of contract to cover total devices
• Name, title and contact info for the person responsible for the contract at the school?
If there is no contract in place for managed print services then please provide the name of the company(s) who currently hold(s) the contract related to the purchase and maintenance of your copiers?
• When does/do the contract(s) expire?
• Approximately how many devices are covered under the contract(s)?
Copier (A3 Devices)-
Printers (A4 Devices)-
• What is the cost of contract to cover total devices
• Name, title and contact info for the person responsible for the contract at the school?
FOI #19-222 - Subject - Randy Edsall - Connecticut HFC Contract 2019
Name - Zachary Behnke
Affiliation -
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: all employment contracts and all subsequent amendments/addendums for Connecticut Head Football Coach Randy Edsall.
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me of the cost. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest. 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.
The Union is submitting a formal Freedom of Information Request regarding two recent searches:
• Senior Business Analyst/Program Manager (Computer Technical Support Consultant 4), UCP 10 -
Job ID/Search # 2019423
• Computer Programmer/Analyst 1, 2 or Senior Computer Programmer/Analyst, PeopleSoft/Oracle Developer-
Job ID/Search # 2019327
Please include the following:
• The original job posting.
• The names of those who served on the search committee, and the dates of their most recent search committee training.
• Any and all recruitment qualification reports.
• Any and all applicant selection reports.
• Any and all applicant summary reports.
• Any and all candidate selection reports.
• Any and all additional materials or reports produced in relation to this search.