Technology Hardware, Software, and Services - ESC Region 19 Allied States Cooperative

It is the intent of Region 19 Education Service Center – Allied States Cooperative (ASC) to establish a contract with vendor(s) for Technology Hardware, Software, and Services for those procurements made with federal, state, or local funds. Awarded vendor(s) shall perform covered services under the terms of this agreement. Offers shall provide pricing based on a discount from a price list or catalog or fixed price, or a combination of both with indefinite quantities. Electronic catalog and/or price lists must accompany the proposal.

Successful vendor(s) shall have the ability to maintain its quality standards at all times during the contract period. Potential vendors will have the ability to provide one or more services identified in the lines portion of this solicitation including any value-added services as it pertains to Technology Hardware, Software, and Services. [...]

This solicitation is for technology related products and/or services. Vendors do not need to provide both to be considered for award. Technology items may include but are not limited to software, hardware, and licensing. Technology services may include but are not limited to backup and disaster recovery, cloud services, data storage management, hardware support/repairs/installation, IT consulting, and software development.

This solicitation is NOT for:

• Fire alarm/detection systems, locking systems, security systems, and/or surveillance systems or related;
• High speed duplicator (risograph or copy machine) purchases or rentals;
• Medicaid SHARS (School Health and Related Services) services.

If successful, as part of this RFP, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary permits, fees, and licenses as may be required by local authorities having jurisdiction. The contractor is responsible for verifying compliance with local authorities having jurisdiction prior to commencing work.

All products submitted for evaluation and possible award must be accompanied by the manufacturers’ most current specification sheets. Failure to include necessary information relevant to this solicitation may result in disqualification of the Vendor’s response to this RFP.

Vendors, if a website is provided as your company’s pricelist/catalog, only items/services that fall within the scope of work may be sold/provided under this contract. Any other items/services found in your website that do not fall within the scope of work may not be sold/provided under this contract.