934157-event.pdf

08 December 2020

CareStart Tests for State of Utah The State of Utah is looking for quotes for CareStart COVID-19 Tests for immediate purchase.

08 December 2020

Open 12/4/2020 12:00 AM MST Type Request for Quote Close 12/11/2020 2:00 PM MST Number MG21-12 Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 12/11/2020 2:00 PM MST

Contacts Michael Glenn michaelglenn@utah.gov

Commodity Codes Commodity Code Description

85121 Health care provider specialist services including lab, medical imaging radiology, pharmacy, chiropractic, medical diagnostics testing, audiology and speech language pathology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, optometry

41110 Measuring and observing and testing instruments including temperature measures and weight measuring instruments

42130 Medical apparel and textiles including patient clothing and medical staff clothing and accessories and surgical drapes and medical gloves and accessories

42140 Patient care and treatment products and supplies including medical documentation products and syringes and accessories and eyeglasses and contact lenses

42170 Emergency and field medical services products including emergency or rescue blankets and spine boards and splints and ambulance cots and defibrillators and accessories and first aid supplies and kits

42190 Medical supplies and medical facility products including hospital intercom systems and infant or child security transmitter and surgical compressed air tanks and medical instrument storage cabinets or chests and patient lifts

42200 Medical diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine products including medical ultrasound imaging products and MRI products and x-ray products

42280 Medical sterilization products including disinfecting or presterilization cleaning equipment and solutions and sterilization indicators and controls and wraps and packaging supplies

85100 Health care facilities and administration including health care centers, hospitals, clinics, medical laboratories, pharmacies, nursing homes, hospice care

85123 Procurement of products, services, and systems relating to Medical cannabis and other pharmaceutical herbs.

93131 Health programs and services including research, disease prevention or control, sanitation, drug and alcohol testing, and substance abuse, child abuse, suicide, and domestic violence prevention

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Issuing Procurement Unit State of Utah Division of Purchasing Conducting Procurement Unit State of Utah Division of Purchasing

REQUEST FOR QUOTES

CareStart COVID-19 Tests for State of Utah

SOLICITATION #MG21-12

This Request for Quotes "RFQ" is issued in accordance with State of Utah Procurement Code and the Utah Administrative Code. If any provision of this RFQ 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 RFQ is to enter into a purchase order with the responsive and responsible vendor that submits the lowest cost to provide: CareStart COVID-19 Tests for the State of Utah.

Closing date and time

UPDATE: Due to the urgent need of these tests, CARES funding expiring, and in accordance with UCA 63-6a-112 ((2) A procurement unit may reduce the seven-day period described in Subsection (1), if the procurement unit's procurement official signs a written statement that: (a) states that a shorter time is needed; and (b) determines that competition from multiple sources may be obtained within the shorter period of time), the Chief Procurement Officer has determined that the first quotes will be open on Monday 7 December 2020 at 2pm. Quotes will then be opened every other day until the final solicitation closing date, listed below. Quotes will be emailed to the Chief Procurement Office and kept confidential until each official opening time. This is due to the procurement system not allowing the State to open bids on a rolling basis.

The closing date and time for this sourcing event is Friday 11 December 2020 at 2 pm Mountain Time. If your time is different from that shown, your profile may be set to a different time zone. Please see the attachment titled "Changing Your Time Zone" in the Buyer Attachments section for directions on how to update your profile. It is your responsibility to make sure you submit your response by the date and time indicated above.

The State may award to one or multiple vendors depending on the State's need and vendors availability.

Background:

The State of Utah is looking to purchase 500,000 CareStart COVID-19 tests. This is the initial need that the State is looking for, but additional orders may be placed through this solicitation.

These tests must delivered to the State of Utah by 31 December 2020.

A vendors prior experience providing testing material to the State will be taken into consideration for whether or not the vendor is responsive and responsible.

The CareStart™ COVID-19 Antigen test is a lateral flow immunochromatographic assay intended for the qualitative detection of the nucleocapsid protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab specimens directly collected, or collected in BD universal transport media, from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider within five days of symptom onset.

Submit quotes to christopherhughes@utah.gov

Solicitation Number: The solicitation number for this RFQ is Solicitation #MG21-12. This solicitation number must be referred to on all quotes, correspondence, and documentation submitted to the State relating to this RFQ.

Evaluation of Quotes: Each quote received shall be evaluated for responsiveness in as outlined in the Utah Procurement Code. This RFQ shall be evaluated by the objective criteria described in this RFQ. Quotes submitted must comply with the specification identified in this RFQ. Any quote that does not comply with the prerequisite and questions sections will be deemed non-responsive and will be rejected.

Multiple or alternate quotes will not be accepted. If a vendor submits multiple or alternate quotes, the State 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 RFQ, including the specifications, must be protested in writing to the Division of Purchasing prior to the closing date.

Description

Vendors must review each section of this RFQ carefully before submitting a quote.

The Division of Purchasing may solicit other quotes via email, phone, or other methods as permitted by the Utah Procurement Code or applicable Administrative Rules.

Vendors are prohibited from communications regarding this RFQ 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 RFQ.

Wherever in this RFQ 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.

Required to View Event

Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid

1. Review the attached General Provisions.

2.

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

3. Vendors must provide their costs for this RFQ as required by this prerequisite.

4. Bids will be opened publicly in accordance with Utah Code 63G-6a-604.

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Buyer Attachments

1. Claim of Business Confidentiality Form

2. Changing your Time Zone

3. Terms and Conditions for Goods (Purchase Orders)

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Questions Required Questions

Group 1: Acceptance of Prerequisites

1.1 Is Vendor presently or has Vendor ever been debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible by any governmental department or agency, whether international, national, state, or local?

1.2

If Offeror has any information that is not already provided within its proposal that if known to the State would impact the State’s determination on offeror’s responsiveness for a contract award (i.e., legal action, recent turn-over in major personnel, loss of a major contract, any alleged violations of federal, state or local regulations, etc.), please mark “yes” to this question and upload such information in the space provided below. Otherwise, please mark “no”. Please see UCA 63G-6a-709 for additional details.

1.3 Please upload information impacting Offeror’s responsiveness here.

1.4

Vendor 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.

1.5 Vendor acknowledges that it has uploaded a document providing a point-by-point response to the following prerequisites: the mandatory minimum requirements prerequisite and any other prerequisite that required a document to be uploaded.

1.6 Vendor certifies that the procurement item it provides meets or exceeds the specifications/product requirements provided in this RFQ.

1.7 Does Vendor have an outstanding tax lien in the State of Utah?

Group 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.

2.7 Is Offeror (owners, principles, partners) a retiree currently receiving benefits through the Utah Retirement Systems (URS)?

Group 3: Vendor's Submission

3.1

Bidder understands and acknowledges that if Bidder accessed the "View as PDF" document available on the Utah Public Procurement Place Business Opportunities website and did not login to Bidder's account in the Utah Public Procurement Place system, that Bidder may not be viewing the entire the sourcing event and therefore may not be viewing the complete sourcing event requirements. Bidder acknowledges that Bidder has logged into Utah Public Procurement Place account and viewed the full sourcing event requirements including hyperlinks before submitting a response to a sourcing event.

3.2

Vendor understands and acknowledges that its response, including all uploaded documents, will not be considered received by the State of Utah unless the Vendor clicks submit. Even if Vendor uploads all required documents and responds to all required questions its response will not be considered if it does not click submit. Offeror acknowledges that after completing the solicitation it must click on the link in the left hand menu bar labeled “Review & Submit”, then check the box under the “Certification” heading to certify their bid. Then click the blue box labeled “Submit Response” in order to submit their bid. Once the response has been submitted, Vendor will receive a confirmation that the response was successfully submitted.

Vendors who fail to submit their response will not have their response reviewed and will be ineligible for further consideration under this solicitation.

Group 4: Mandatory Minimum Requirements

4.1 Are tests able to be delivered by 31 December 2020?

4.2 Was the quote emailed to christopherhughes@utah.gov?

4.3 Does the quote include individual cost per test?

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