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I am interested in receiving purchasing records from University of Connecticut School of Medicine for purchases made from 01/03/24 to present. I work for a company called SciLeads and would like to use the information for commercial purposes.
The information I'm interested in includes:
1. Purchase order number or equivalent
2. Purchase order date
3. Line item details
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor name
7. Delivery Address
I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the most updated long-form employment contracts, appointment letters, contract amendments, and salary information for men's basketball staff members: Jason Butikofer, Kimani Young, Luke Murray, Tom Moore, Paul Wettemann III, Gavin Roberts, James Doran, Mat Johnson, Mamadou Diarra, Samantha Buccheri, and Chris Mastrangelo.
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting copies of the following public records related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training at the University of Connecticut.
Training Material: Copies of materials used in DEI training sessions, and or resources of the company used to perform the DEI training.
FOI #24-332 - Subject - FOIA Request -- Student Planning and Success 000005
Name - Justin Cunningham
Affiliation -
We are looking for your most recent contract documentation (RFP, RFP proposal, contract, and purchase order) with the following student planning software vendors and products. These products were likely purchased by the IT, Academic Affairs, or Student Services departments, so please feel free to ask them for clarification on which products your institution uses.
We are interested in the following vendors (and products):
- Ellucian (DegreeWorks)
- Ellucian (CampusLogic (StudentForms))
- Ellucian (EduNav)
- Civitas Learning (CollegeScheduler)
- EAB (Navigate360)
- PowerFAIDS
Please reply to this message with the following four documents for each vendor you have a contract with
- Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Proposal submitted by the winning vendor (slide deck or document outlining features)
- The contract signed with the vendor outlining prices and features
- The purchase order for the product
We are looking information regarding existing contract documentation (defined below) for faculty management software purchased by your institution. Below, we specify exactly what documents we are seeking and which vendors are relevant to this request.
All contract documentation should include:
1. The request for proposal (RFP) issued by your institution 2. The response to the RFP from the winning vendor 3. The contract or agreement signed with the vendor 4. The purchase order for the product
Please report contract documentation from the following vendors:
1. Interfolio (Elsevier)
2. Faculty Success (Watermark (formerly Digital Measures))
3. Mountain Pass
4. APL NextED
FOI #24-330 (07-8-24, 12:34 pm) - Subject - The University of Connecticut Health Center
Name - Michelle Hobbs
Affiliation - Acme Research
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, we formally request that your office provide us with public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures, for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut Health Center during fiscal year 2024. Specifically, for any payee other than a regular employee or student paid a cumulative total amount of more than $5,000, we seek the payee name, address and the cumulative total
dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period. The $5,000 threshold was established to minimize reporting for respondents. This is the same format information that Kayla Postler was kind enough to provide via email for fiscal year 2023.
The information is to be used for research aimed at identifying patterns of spending by public entities. No part of the data will be used as a mailing list and your supplying the information cannot be construed as an endorsement of either your payees or our work. Of course we are willing to reimburse your office for any reasonable expense incurred in preparing the requested information if an estimate of costs is provided for our approval before
the work is performed. We would prefer to receive the data in CSV, text, PDF document, or Excel spreadsheet attached to an email, via our file sharing website to our secure server, or on PC-formatted media sent by mail.
Should you have questions or need to advise us to redirect this request, we can be reached at 800-810-3846 or via e-mail at HigherEd@acmeresearch.com. Kindly confirm receipt of this letter and contact our office to let us know your time frame for a response. Thank you for your assistance!
am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: the new Employment Agreement/Term Sheet/MOU/LOA/Offer Letter/ReAppointment Letter/Extension Letter/Amendment/Addendum/etc for UConn Head Basketball Coach Dan Hurley.
FOI #24-327 (07-8-24, 10:01 am) - Subject - Athletics -- Dan Hurley contract extension
Name - Daniel Libit
Affiliation - Sportico
I am writing to request the most recent term sheet, contract, or amendment to existing contract since May 1, 2024, regarding the employment of University of Connecticut men's basketball coach Dan Hurley.
FOI #24-326 (07-3-24, 9:39 am) - Subject - CIRCA RFP KK060123 - FOIA Request
Name - Wayne Cobleigh
Affiliation - GZA
We have begun our first project under Contract # UC-23-KK060123 with CIRCA. We would like to review the scoring summaries of GZA and the other selected firms and qualifications (Group 1.4 Project Team Resumes, Org Chart and Project Relevant Experience and Project Approach) of the 5 other firms selected under RFP.