24_070 Addendum 1.docx

Floyd County Schools Request for Proposals 600 Riverside Parkway NE Rome GA 30161 706.234.1031

RFP: 24-070

PROJECT: Copy Paper

Director of Internal Audits and Compliance 600 Riverside Parkway NE Rome GA 30161 706.234.1031

QUESTIONS

On the signature from authorized person: our VP signs these. Is a digital or docusign signature appropriate or allowed?

We need the actual signature from the authorized person.

Are you stating you will order approximately 6 truckloads over the course of a year?

With this bid will all 5040 cases of paper be due at once or divided into several deliveries throughout school year?

How long should pricing be firm?

Please confirm that pricing should be firm for a full year.

Also, what is the approximate delivery schedule for these truckloads?

Also I may have missed the delivery date in the RFP. Can you please provide that date?

Will you want the total order delivered at a time ?

We would like all of the cases to be delivered within a 2 week period as soon as possible after the bid is awarded. We hope to award the bid in the beginning or middle of June 2024. The delivery schedule would be 2 trucks per day, 1 in the morning 1 in the afternoon.

When you order the copy paper, do you order it by the truckload (21 pallets) only?

Yes truckloads only (21 pallets)

Do you require driver assistance? Can you unload the truck with a forklift and a pallet jack?

Driver is not needed except to open the truck trailer.

DO you have a dock?

Yes

Can you accept a 53' truck?

Yes

Could please send us a copy of the recap/tabulation of the previous copy paper award? Did you have an incumbent and what was their price for the year? What is the contract value or budget for work ?

I don’t have this.

I am filling out the copy paper and want to send over a sample of our copy paper; who is receiving the samples?

Send to: FCBOE Warehouse, 600 Riverside Parkway, Rome, GA 30161(Attn: J. Franklin Lykins).

When is this bid due?

June 5th @ 10:00AM

Are there any addendums?

This is the first addendum

For a total of 5040 (cs) cases of copy paper - would the cases consist of (5) reams per carton or (10) reams per carton? Totaling (40 cs per plt / 126 pallets =5040 cases) would this be correct ?

40 Cases per pallet, 10 Reams of 500 sheets per case

Is the requested ask still the same

Nothing in the bid document has changed from the time it was posted until now.

We noticed the bid did not state a particular paper brand , is that correct ?

We do not require any particular brand, however copy paper should meet the specifications in the bid. Please state the brand you are giving pricing for when you submit your bid.

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