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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.
FOI #24-325 (07-2-24, 11:42 am) - Subject - SmartProcure Public Records Request to University of Connecticut For PO/Vendor Information
Name - Misty Ruhlman
Affiliation - Smart Procure
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut for any and all purchasing records from 10/6/2023 to current. The request is limited to readily available records without physically copying, scanning, or printing paper documents. Any editable electronic document is acceptable.
The specific information requested from your record-keeping system is:
1. Purchase order number. If purchase orders are not used a comparable substitute is acceptable, i.e., invoice, encumbrance, or check number
2. Purchase date
3. Line item details (Detailed description of the purchase)
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor ID number, name, address, contact person and their email address
FOI #24-324 (07-1-24, 11:38 am) - Subject - UConn Athletics: Contracts + Ticket Data
Name - Matt Brown
Affiliation - Extra Points
I would like to file an Open Records Request for the following documentation:
1) The number of scanned tickets for home men's basketball games AND football games at your sponsoring institution for the 2022 and 2023 football seasons and 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 basketball seasons. This is not the number that is officially reported to the NCAA for attendance, but the number of tickets scanned at the event.
2) Copies of the most current athletic department vendor agreements for all vendors in the following categories:
* Athletic department travel (including but not limited to: travel agencies, hotels, charter bus companies, etc)
* Software used for NCAA compliance
* Concession management
* Official athletics website design and management
* Graphic Design
* Social media account management
* Event ticketing and ticket management
* Advanced stats (i.e shot tracking, pitch velocity tracking, football play tracking, etc)
* NIL education and compliance services
* Pouring rights
* Video editing, clipping and distribution services
* Search firms
3) Finally, the most current contract for all full-time assistant coaches of UConn NCAA sponsored sports: Contracts for staffers who are not employed full-time in an on-field coaching role (i.e, operations, player personnel, etc) should be considered not responsive to this request.
The purpose of these requests is to compile a contract database to assist researchers who are studying finances in college athletics and need more granular data beyond what is collected in FRS reports. Any personal identifying information can be redacted.
I understand that this is a broad request. Should your office require fees or additional clarification, we would be happy to pay/assist in that clarification.
This request is being made on behalf of a media outlet (Extra Points / One Catch Zero Yards LLC).
Thank you all, and have a wonderful rest of your week.
FOI #24-323 - Subject - University of Connecticut Athletics Public Records Request
Name - Anthony Valentino
Affiliation -
Pursuant to Connecticut's Public Records laws, I’d like to request electronic copies of all non-conference game contracts and related addendums for the 2024-2025 season for the UConn men's basketball program. I was told to submit the request on or after July 1st. Thank you for your time, it is appreciated.