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Awarded To: ALLFLEX USA

Awarded to lowest cost, responsible and responsive bidder.

Cattle Trichomoniasis Ear Tags Cattle Ear Tags for Trichomoniasis Tracking. Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, DAGF

Open 4/20/2017 1:00 PM MST Type Invitation for Bid No Line Item Close 4/28/2017 1:00 PM MST Number CH17019

Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 4/28/2017 1:00 PM MST

Contacts

Cherilyn Hess chess@utah.gov

Phone

Commodity Codes

Commodity Code Description

10140 Animal saddlery and harness goods and pet bands and labels and tags

21100 Agricultural, forestry, landscape machinery and equipment and rentals including soil prep, harvesting, planting, seeding, livestock equipment

Description

Issuing Procurement Unit State of Utah Division of Purchasing

Conducting Procurement Unit Utah Department of Agriculture & Food

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Cattle Trichomoniasis Ear Tags

SOLICITATION #CH17019

This Invitation for Bids "IFB" is issued in accordance with State of Utah Procurement Code and the Utah Administrative Code. If any provision of this IFB conflicts with the Utah Procurement Code or the Utah Administrative Code, then Utah Procurement Code and then Utah Administrative Code will take precedence.

Purpose of this Solicitation

The purpose of this IFB is to enter into a contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder to provide: Cattle Trichomoniasis

Ear Tags & Buttons.

This contract will result in one contract award to the lowest cost responsive and responsible bidder.

Length of the Contract

The contract resulting from this IFB will be for FIVE (5) years.Background The procurement of cattle ear tags is to remain in the standards with the State of Utah Trichomoniasis Rule R58-21. Only Utah certified veterinarians can perform the tests and the tags must be purchased from the State of Utah for tracking purposes. The mailto:chess@utah.gov expected volume for this procurement is 20,000 tags & buttons and an additional 200 buttons a year.

Issuing Procurement Unit, Conducting Procurement Unit, and Solicitation Number

The State of Utah Division of Purchasing is the issuing procurement unit and Utah Department of Agriculture & Food is the conducting procurement unit for this IFB (referred to as “the State”). The reference number for this IFB is Solicitation #CH17019.

This solicitation number must be referred to on all bids, correspondence, and documentation submitted to the State relating to this

IFB.

Additional Information

Bidders are prohibited from communications regarding this IFB with the conducting procurement unit staff, evaluation committee members, or other associated individuals EXCEPT the State of Utah Division of Purchasing procurement officer overseeing this IFB.

Wherever in this IFB an item is defined by using a trade name, brand name, or a manufacturer and/or model number, it is intended that the words, “or equivalent” apply; and invites the submission of equivalent products by the Bidders.

Bidders may be required to submit product samples to assist the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority in evaluating whether a procurement item meets the specifications and other requirements set forth in the invitation to bid. Product samples must be furnished free of charge unless otherwise stated in the invitation for bids, and if not destroyed by testing, will upon written request within any deadline stated in the invitation for bids, be returned at the bidder's expense. Samples must be labeled or otherwise identified as specified in the invitation for bids by the procurement unit.

Evaluation of Bids

Each bid received shall be evaluated for responsiveness in as outlined in the Utah Procurement Code. This IFB shall be evaluated by the objective criteria described in this IFB. Bids submitted must comply with the prerequisites and questions sections of this IFB. Any bid that does not comply with the prerequisite and questions sections will be deemed non-responsive and will be rejected.

Multiple or alternate bids will not be accepted, unless otherwise specifically required or allowed in the invitation for bids. If a bidder submits multiple or alternate bids that are not requested in this IFB, the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority will only accept the bidder's primary bid and will not accept any other bids constituting multiple or alternate bids.

Any exceptions to the content of this IFB, including the prerequisites, must be protested in writing to the Division of Purchasing prior to the closing date.

To be responsive and responsible Bidders must review and respond to the following sections of this IFB: Prerequisites, Buyer

Attachments, Questions, and Items.

The Prerequisites Section contains the objective criteria that will be used to evaluate the bids, including the mandatory minimum requirements and general requirements that Bidders must certify that they have read, understand, and agree to in order to submit a bid.

The Buyer Attachments Section contains the required State of Utah Terms and Conditions of the IFB, which are non-negotiable, and other documents required for this IFB.

The Questions Section contains the questions that Bidders are required to answer in order to submit a bid.●

Bidders must review each section of this IFB carefully.

Prerequisites Required to View Event Required to Enter Bid

1. Bidders are encouraged to review this IFB prior to the deadline to submit a bid, even if a bid has been submitted, in case an addendum has been issued by the issuing procurement unit.

2. All questions must be submitted through SciQuest during the Question and Answer period.

3. A Bidder must guarantee its pricing for the period described in this IFB.

4. Bidders must accept the Standard Terms and Conditions that have been attached to this IFB. A contract that results from this IFB will include the required the applicable Standard Terms and Conditions. If the Standard Terms and Conditions are not attached to this IFB, then contact the purchasing agent assigned to this IFB.

5. The proposed Scope of Work has been attached to this IFB. See the Buyer Attachments section.

Prerequisites Required to View Event Required to Enter Bid

6. The mandatory minimum requirements are the objective criteria in which the conducting procurement unit will evaluate bids. Bidders must upload a document which provides a point by point response to the mandatory minimums listed in this prerequisite.

7. Bidders must provide their costs for this IFB as required by this prerequisite.

8. Bids must be submitted electronically, through SciQuest.

9. Any Bidder requesting that part of its bid be protected shall include with the bid a Claim of Business Confidentiality.

10. The issuing procurement unit may not accept a bid after the time for submission of a bid has expired.

11. Bidder acknowledges the requirements to submit a bid through SciQuest.

Buyer Attachments

1. Attachment A - Terms and Conditions for Goods

2. Attachment B - Scope of Work

3. Attachment C - Cost Bid Form

4. Attachment D - Claim of Business Confidentiality Form

Questions Required Questions

1. Acceptance of Prerequisites

1.1. Is Bidder presently or has Bidder ever been debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible by any governmental department or agency, whether international, national, state, or local? If yes, Bidder must provide a statement regarding its debarment or suspension.

1.2. Bidder acknowledges that it must acquire and maintain all applicable federal, state, and local licenses before the contract is entered into. Licenses must be maintained throughout the entire contract period. Persons doing business as an Individual, Association, Partnership, Corporation, or otherwise shall be registered with the Utah State Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. NOTE: Forms and information on registration may be obtained by calling

(801) 530-4849 or toll free at 877-526-3994, or by accessing: www.commerce.utah.gov.

1.3. Bidder acknowledges that it has uploaded a document providing a point-by-point response to the mandatory minimum requirements prerequisite and any other prerequisite that required a document to be uploaded.

1.4. In the event that an Bidder offers pricing discounts for educational entities that (1) are applicable to this solicitation and (2) result in lower pricing than what is generally offered to other governmental entities, please attach a separate cost proposal labeled “Educational Pricing” to your proposal. This cost proposal for Educational Pricing is to be submitted in addition to the original Cost Proposal Form and will only be available to authorized end users. The Educational Pricing will not be used to evaluate costs. Bidder acknowledges that it has read and understands this question.

1.5. Does Bidder have an outstanding tax lien in the State of Utah?

2. Vendor Information

2.1. Please provide your firm's legal company name.

2.2. Please provide your federal tax identification number? (If the vendor is sole proprietor please do not provide your social security number.)

2.3. Please provide your firm's contact information for this contract, including the name, phone number, and email address of your firm's authorized representative.

2.4. Please provide your ordering address and the remit to address. Please clearly identify each address.

2.5. Please provide your firm's State of Utah Sales Tax ID Number. If you do not have a State of Utah Sales Tax ID

Number, please write "N/A".

2.6. Identify your firm's type of business.

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