The proposed bidding process for the local number portability administrator...
The proposed bidding process for the local number portability administrator will “fail to resolve neutrality issues in a fair, open and timely fashion,” Telcordia and Ericsson executives told FCC Wireline Bureau officials Thursday, a Telcordia ex parte filing on LNPs…
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said (http://xrl.us/bnscuj). Telcordia urged the commission to “bifurcate the neutrality review from the merits evaluation,” to provide more time for both neutrality and merits evaluations, the company said. The request for proposals should require bidders to provide an “auditable” code of conduct, rather than prescribe the Neustar code of conduct for all number portability administration centers, Telcordia said. It encouraged the commission to require all bidders to submit regional bids in addition to any national bid submitted; prevent single-party negotiations by requiring that a “best and final offer” be solicited from at least two bidders; and make the RFP process for communicating selection recommendations consistent with those in the federal acquisition regulations. The FCC sought comment last month on the procurement documents submitted for the LNP database platforms and services (CD Sept 17 p9). Neustar has been the LNP administrator since portability started in 1997, but its current contract is scheduled to end in 2015.