MHCC 27-012 PORFP - Quest Rapid Recovery Renewal

Quest Rapid Recovery is designed to protect systems, applications, and data across diverse environments. It supports physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud workloads, offering centralized management and automated backup processes. The Maryland Health Care Commission utilizes this product as the backbone to the data protection and recovery system in support of the technology Business Continuity Plan.

FA I – COTS Software

- RAPID RECOVERY BACKUP AND REPLICATION PER PROTECTED PHYSICAL SERVER OR CPU SOCKET 24X7 MAINTENANCE RENEWAL: Backup and recovery software, most recent version and release, quantity of 4 licenses, due **15 days after notice of award**.

**Submission method:** Purchase Order Request for Proposal (PORFP) responses will only be accepted through the State's eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA) e-Procurement system.

Only Master Contractors that are awarded a contract under the Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software (COTS 2012), 060B2490021, are eligible to submit a bid in response to this secondary competition Purchase Order Request for Proposal (PORFP). A current Master Contractor under the named contract may submit an LOA with their bid to be considered for the award.

This is a Small Business Reserve Procurement for which the award will be limited to certified small business vendors.

Pricing provided in response to this PORFP must be valid for at least **90 days** after the set due date. The Master Contractor must be an authorized reseller for the Manufacturer named in Section 1. The Master Contractor must include a screenshot of the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) with the Bid. Bids must be received by the due date and time listed in the solicitation.

Evaluation criteria

1. Authorized Reseller
2. Price
3. Digital Delivery of PDQ Connect Licenses

The agency Point of Contact will recommend the award to a responsive and responsible Master Contractor that provides the most advantageous offer considering the price and evaluation factors above.