| Who Does it... |
What Happens... |
| Collocator or Collocator
Installation Company |
- Completes and submits Verizon West Collocation
Application form (colocapp.doc) to Verizon West
Wholesale Markets.
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| Verizon West Wholesale Markets
Account Manager |
- Reviews Verizon West Collocation Application
form for completeness.
- Checks form to see who has been identified
to perform equipment installation; Collocator
or other equipment installation company.
- Verifies if Collocator or their equipment
installation company is on Verizon WestApproved
Contractors list or Collocator Qualified Installation
Company list.
- If not listed, sends Collocator Application
and other required documents for Collocator
Installation Services to HQ Network Services-COEI
Support.
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| Collocator or Collocator Installation
Company |
- Completes Application for Collocator Installation
Services if they will be performing equipment
installation or forwards to company who will
be performing the installation work for them.
- Applicant will provide their past two years
financial reports, prior OSHA 200 safety history,
credit references, and a list of officers, directors,
and/or partners. The information packet will
also include an insurance certificate.
- Returns Application for Collocator Installation
Services with all requested documents in information
packet to GTE Wholesale Markets Technical Support.
NOTE: It is the Collocator's responsibility
to obtain the application with the other requested
documents from their collocator installation
company.
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| Verizon West Wholesale Markets
Account Manager |
- Reviews the Application for Collocator Installation
Services to ensure it is complete and all requested
documents are provided.
- Notifies Collocator or Collocator's Installation
Company of any problems found with documents
provided in information packet.
- Sends Application for Collocator Installation
Services with other requested documents to Headquarters
Network Services-COEI Support.
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| Headquarters (HQ) Network Services |
- Reviews Applicant's Application for Collocator
Services Request form to ensure that it is complete
with all requested documents.
- Performs a preliminary review of any limitations
and/or restrictions noted on the Collocator
Information Request form.
- If preliminary review meets the established
requirements, Headquarters Network Services
forwards copies of the Collocator Information
Request form to Verizon West Safety, Security,
and HQ CO/OSP Support Departments to begin investigation
of Prospective Collocator
Installation Company.
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| SECURITY |
- Investigates the Collocator's financial stability
and integrity by:
- Reviewing the Dun & Bradstreet Report.
- Requesting a Business Credit Report if
a Dun & Bradstreet Report is not available.
- Requesting their telephone credit history,
if a GTE customer.
- Performing five credit reference checks.
- Performing a Security Department indices
check of the Collocator's officers, directors,
and partners.
- Completes Collocator's installation employee's
background investigation checks.
- Returns the findings of the investigation
to Headquarters Network Services within 2 weeks.
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| Security |
- Reviews the Safety Information provided as
part of the Collocator Information Request form
identifying any Occupational Safety and Health
(OSHA)issues.
- Returns findings of the review identifying
the Collocator as a High-Risk or Low-Risk company
to Headquarters Network Services within 2 weeks.
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| HQ CO/OSP Support |
- Evaluates the Collocator's financial statements
for the past 2 years.
- Sends Financial, Safety, and Security findings
to HQ Network Services-COEI Support Manager
within 2 weeks requesting approval or disapproval(provide
explanation of disapproval)as an authorized
COE Installation Collocator.
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| HQ Network Services-COEI Support
Manager |
- Examines the information completed by the
HQ CO/OSP Support, Security, and Safety Departments.
- Authorizes or disapproves adding Collocator
to the GTE Authorized Collocators list.
- Send approval or disapproval e-mail to HQ
COE/OSP Support.
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| HQ Network Services |
- An e-mail notification is sent to Wholesale
Markets Account Manager informing them of whether
the Collocator has been authorized (approved)
or not authorized approved to perform installations
of their equipment in Verizon West central
offices.
- If Collocator or Collocator Installation
Company is approved, they will be added to Verizon
West Authorized Collocator Installation Companies
list.
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| Verizon West Wholesale Markets
Account Manager |
- Provided notification to Collocator Installation
Company via letter or e-mail that they have
been authorized or disapproved to perform installations
of Collocator's equipment in Verizon Westcentral
offices.
- Maintains file on all correspondence sent
to and received from Collocator or Collocator
Installation Company.
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