North Carolina RFP Requirements for Hosted Telephone and VoIP Services
Modernizing a county, town, or school district telephone system raises an important question about North Carolina RFP requirements for hosted telephone and VoIP services. Many public agencies are moving from aging on-premises PBX systems to cloud-hosted Voice over IP (VoIP) or Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). Before selecting a vendor, leaders want to know whether state law requires a formal Request for Proposals (RFP). The short answer is that North Carolina state law does not force a formal RFP for every telephone or hosted telecom decision. Agencies have flexibility, especially for pure services. Local policies and the optional IT RFP...