2024-1600-0249 --1624-020 RFP - Amendment #2.pdf

STATE OF ALASKA

Department of Health Division of Finance and Management Services

State of Alaska National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System (NBS) Interface, Application, and Development Support

RFP 2024-1600-0249/1624-020

Amendment No. Two

November 5, 2024

This amendment is being issued to revise two sections of the RFP.

Important Note to Offerors: You must sign and return this page of the amendment document with your proposal.

Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your proposal. Only the RFP terms and conditions referenced in this amendment are being changed. All other terms and conditions of the RFP remain the same.

Anneliese Zlitni, Procurement Officer

COMPANY SUBMITTING PROPOSAL

Email: anneliese.zlitni@alaska.gov

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

DATE

Changes to the IRFP:

Change 1: The following section is revised:

SEC. 3.05 INTENT TO PROPOSE AND NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

In place of RFP Section 3.05 – Intent to Propose and Non-disclosure Agreement reading, “To obtain the DOH HIPAA Security Assessment Controls, the offeror must complete and submit an intent to propose and non-disclosure agreement, provided as Attachment 4 – Non-Disclosure Agreement and Intent to Propose for RFP to this RFP. The questionnaire will then be provided by the procurement officer to an offeror via a secure file transfer site. The procurement officer will not provide this file until receipt of the completed and signed intent to propose and non-disclosure agreement[,]” substitute the following:

“To obtain the DOH HIPAA Security Assessment Controls / Assessment Questions List, the offeror must complete and submit an Intent to Propose and Non-disclosure Agreement, provided as an attachment to this RFP. The signed agreement must be emailed to the procurement officer as an attachment and the offeror must also provide the phone number and email address of the person who is to receive the file. The file will then be provided by the procurement officer to an offeror via a secure file transfer site or other method.

The procurement officer will not provide this file until receipt of the completed and signed intent to propose and non-disclosure agreement. The State reserves the right to clarify and verify any offeror’s ability to perform the services required under this solicitation prior to granting access to the file.”

Change 2: The following section is revised:

SEC. 4.12 – INTENT TO PROPOSE AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

In place of RFP Section 4.12 – Intent to Propose and Non-disclosure Agreement reading[,] “To access the DOH HIPAA/Security Assessment questionnaire needed to prepare the offeror’s cost proposal, the offeror must complete and submit an intent to propose and non-disclosure agreement form to the procurement officer; this is provided as an attachment to this RFP: Attachment 4 - Non-Disclosure Agreement and Intent to Propose RFP. The signed agreement must be emailed to the procurement officer as an attachment and the offeror must also provide the phone number and email address of the person who is to receive the questionnaire file.

The procurement officer will not furnish or provide the questionnaire to any offeror until receipt of this agreement. The State reserves the right to clarify and verify any offeror’s ability to perform the services required under this solicitation prior to granting access to the questionnaire. Upon receipt of the agreement and verification of the offeror’s eligibility, the offeror will be provided access to the confidential DOH HIPPA/Security Assessment questionnaire. The procurement officer will provide the file via a secure file transfer site. Under no circumstances will an offeror be provided the file via any other method than through the secure file transfer site[,]” delete entire section.

End of Amendment

Sec. 3.05 INTENT TO PROPOSE AND NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT