NOI+purchase.docx
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This document is a Notice of Intent to Make a Cooperative Purchase issued by the North Dakota State Procurement Office on September 21, 2022. The notice involves the North Dakota University System (NDUS) and leverages the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative contract with the State of Utah, specifically utilizing Carahsoft's Master Agreement AR2472 for cloud solutions. The cooperative purchasing agreement is being executed pursuant to North Dakota Century Code and involves multiple stakeholders including NASPO ValuePoint, the State of Utah, Carahsoft, and Salesforce.
The cooperative purchase focuses on acquiring Salesforce licenses for implementing a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. The specific license purchases include 55 Service Cloud Unlimited Edition licenses at $45,290.64, 145 Lightning Platform Starter licenses at $7,943.68, and 6,550 Customer Community Logins at $10,060.80, totaling $63,295.12. The contract was competitively bid with 61 contractors awarded across Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) categories on September 2, 2016. Carahsoft was selected as the distributor after Salesforce and NDUS were unable to directly negotiate an agreement. Potential bidders have until September 28, 2022, to raise concerns or propose equivalent products.
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| NOI+Cloud+Cooperative+Purchase.doc | DOC document | |
| Smartronix+-+Master+Agreeement.pdf | ||
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STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
Office of Management and Budget State Procurement Office 4th Floor, Capitol Tower 600 E. Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, North Dakota 58505 www.nd.gov/spo/
NOTICE OF INTENT TO MAKE A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE
110.7-22-083 (088)
September 21, 2022
Approved bidders on the North Dakota State Bidders List are hereby given notice that the State of North Dakota intends to enter into a cooperative purchasing agreement, pursuant to North Dakota Century Code (N.D.C.C.) § 54-44.4-13. The purpose of this notice is to notify all registered bidders.
Requestor: ND State Procurement Office
Purchasing agency: North Dakota University System (NDUS)
Purchase Description: The State of North Dakota acting through its Office of Management and Budget, State Procurement Office, in conjunction with the North Dakota University System intends to participate in the cooperative purchase agreement through NASPO ValuePoint and the State of Utah for Cloud Solutions.
The State of North Dakota only intends to utilize the NASPO Cloud contract with Carahsoft (Master Agreement AR2472) to purchase brand specific Salesforce licenses to implement NDUS’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System with TargetX, which was competitively bid.
The following are the licenses and cost:
Qty. 55 Part No. 121-0093 Service Cloud Unlimited Edition $45,290.64
Qty. 145 Part No. 121-0155 Lightning Platform Starter $7,943.68
Qty. 6550 Part No. 121-0130 Customer Community Logins $10,060.80
Total: $63,295.12
Intended Source: The intended source is through NASPO ValuePoint. A competitive process was completed, and 61 contractors were awarded in one, two or all three categories of IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS with various licenses in cloud on 9/02/2016 via contract number AR2472.
Bidders may obtain contract information directly from the NASPO website. https://www.naspovaluepoint.org/portfolio/cloud-solutions-2016-2026/
Justification: Salesforce and NDUS were not able to negotiate an agreement. Carahsoft is a distributor for Salesforce, and they are willing to negotiate an agreement with NDUS.
Response deadline: September 28, 2022, at 5:00 PM CT
Any potential bidder who has concerns about the State entering the NASPO contract must contact the procurement officer by the response deadline. Your response must be in writing and describe the product you could offer as an equivalent. If you have any questions, please contact the procurement officer before the response deadline.
Angie Scherbenske ND State Procurement Office Phone: 701-328-2779 E-mail: ankscherben@nd.gov
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