New Zealand Telecommunications Relay Service
Tender Overview
About this advance notice
Overview This is a Future Procurement Opportunity (FPO) for telecommunications relay services, issued by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (NZ). Purpose The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is looking to procure a range of effective telecommunications relay services that will help New Zealanders who are deaf, deafblind, hard-of-hearing, experiencing hearing loss, or have speech impediments achieve communication parity with hearing users. Instructions to Tenderers This FPO is not a tender process; it is a notification to the supply market that a procurement opportunity may be forthcoming. Suppliers interested in hearing more about this procurement opportunity should subscribe to this FPO on GETS. When further details about the procurement opportunity are released to GETS, such as a Request for Proposal, subscribers will be automatically notified. Aside from subscribing to this GETS listing, no further action is required at this stage.
How to prepare for this planned opportunity
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