Amendment 1.docx

SAP

State of South Carolina

Amendment #1

Solicitation:

Date Issued:

Procurement Officer:

Phone:

E-Mail Address:

Mailing Address:

5400025001 04/05/2023

ELIZABETH MARSH

emarsh@mmo.sc.gov SFAA, Div. of Procurement Services PO Box 101103 Columbia SC 29201-3734

DESCRIPTION: Secondary Cleaning Services

USING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: South Carolina State University

SUBMIT YOUR OFFER ON-LINE AT THE FOLLOWING URL: http://www.procurement.sc.gov

SUBMIT OFFER BY (Opening Date/Time): 04/19/2023 11:00:00 ET (See "Deadline For Submission Of Offer" provision)

QUESTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY: 04/05/2023 11:00:00 ET (See "Questions From Offerors" provision) Time has passed

NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: One (1) Online Submission in SCEIS with Cover Pages 1 & 2

CONFERENCE TYPE: Not Applicable

DATE & TIME:

(As appropriate, see "Conferences - Pre-Bid/Proposal" & "Site Visit" provisions) LOCATION: Not Applicable

You must submit a signed copy of this form with Your Offer. By signing, You agree to be bound by the terms of the Solicitation. You agree to hold Your Offer open for a minimum of thirty (30) calendar days after the Opening Date. (See "Signing Your Offer" provision.)

NAME OF OFFEROR

(full legal name of business submitting the offer) Any award issued will be issued to, and the contract will be formed with, the entity identified as the Offeror. The entity named as the offeror must be a single and distinct legal entity. Do not use the name of a branch office or a division of a larger entity if the branch or division is not a separate legal entity, i.e., a separate corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, etc.

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

(Person must be authorized to submit binding offer to contract on behalf of Offeror.)

DATE SIGNED

TITLE

(business title of person signing above)

STATE VENDOR NO.

(Register to Obtain S.C. Vendor No. at www.procurement.sc.gov )

PRINTED NAME

(printed name of person signing above)

STATE OF INCORPORATION

(If you are a corporation, identify the state of incorporation.)

OFFEROR'S TYPE OF ENTITY: (Check one) (See "Signing Your Offer" provision.)

___ Sole Proprietorship ___ Partnership ___ Other_____________________________

___ Corporate entity (not tax-exempt) ___ Corporation (tax-exempt) ___ Government entity (federal, state, or local)

COVER PAGE - ON-LINE ONLY (MAR. 2015)

SAP

SAP

PAGE TWO

(Return Page Two with Your Offer) HOME OFFICE ADDRESS (Address for offeror's home office / principal place of business)

NOTICE ADDRESS (Address to which all procurement and contract related notices should be sent.) (See "Notice" clause)

__________________________________________Area Code - Number - Extension Facsimile

_________________________________________________ E-mail Address

PAYMENT ADDRESS (Address to which payments will be sent.) (See "Payment" clause)

____Payment Address same as Home Office Address ____Payment Address same as Notice Address (check only one) ORDER ADDRESS (Address to which purchase orders will be sent) (See "Purchase Orders and "Contract Documents" clauses)

____Order Address same as Home Office Address ____Order Address same as Notice Address (check only one)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

Offerors acknowledges receipt of amendments by indicating amendment number and its date of issue. (See "Amendments to Solicitation" Provision)

DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

(See "Discount for Prompt Payment" clause)

PREFERENCES - A NOTICE TO VENDORS (SEP. 2009): Preferences do not apply to Invitation to Bids per SC Consolidated Procurement Code Section 11-35-1524, e (3)

PREFERENCES - A NOTICE TO VENDORS (SEP. 2009): Preferences do not apply to Invitation to Bids per SC Consolidated Procurement Code Section 11-35-1524, e (3)

____In-State Office Address same as Home Office Address ____In-State Office Address same as Notice Address (check only one)

PAGE TWO (SEP 2009)

End of PAGE TWO

AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION (JANUARY 2006) (a) The Solicitation may be amended at any time prior to opening. All actual and prospective Offerors should monitor the following web site for the issuance of Amendments: www.procurement.sc.gov . (b) Offerors shall acknowledge receipt of any amendment to this solicitation (1) by signing and returning the amendment, (2) by identifying the amendment number and date in the space provided for this purpose on Page Two, (3) by letter, or (4) by submitting a bid that indicates in some way that the bidder received the amendment. (c) If this solicitation is amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged.

The solicitation is amended as provided herein. Information or changes resulting from questions will be shown in a question-and-answer format. All questions received have been reprinted below. The “state’s response” should be read without reference to the questions. The questions are included solely to provide a cross-reference to the potential offeror that submitted the question. Questions do not form a part of the contract; the “state’s response” does. Any restatement of part or all of an existing provision of the solicitation in an answer does not modify the original provision except as follows: underlined text is added to the original provision. Stricken text is deleted.

BIDS RECEIVED AFTER AWARD -- FIXED PRICE BIDDING (MODIFIED)

Offerors not responding to the initial solicitation may be added to the awarded vendors list provided the bidder furnishes evidence of responsibility and responsiveness to the State's original fixed price bid as authorized by the solicitation.

Bids shall be submitted for evaluation by the second Wednesday of each quarter: January, April, July, and October:

Answers to Bidder Questions For FPB 5400025001 Secondary Cleaning Services

The answer to this question is provided in Section III (Page 14) of the solicitation:

The scope, timing, number of staff, level of work, and price shall vary for each subsequent agreement. Depending on the need, job agreements may range from a single day to multiple years; or may consist of work to be performed on all SCSU campuses, a single campus, a single building or a contained space within a building.

The answer to this question is provided in Section III (Page 14) of the solicitation:

The scope, timing, number of staff, level of work, and price shall vary for each subsequent agreement. Depending on the need, job agreements may range from a single day to multiple years; or may consist of work to be performed on all SCSU campuses, a single campus, a single building or a contained space within a building.

The is no previous award for secondary cleaning and that information has no significance to this solicitation since this is a Fixed Price Bid and Offeror’s bid price cannot exceed what is provided on the bid schedule. Please consider the following information from Section VI (Page 24) of the bid:

AWARD CRITERIA -- FIXED PRICE BIDDING (JAN 2006)

Award will be made to all responsive and responsible Offerors. [06-6023-1]

No

The scope, timing, number of staff, level of work, and price shall vary for each subsequent agreement. Depending on the need, job agreements may range from a single day to multiple years; or may consist of work to be performed on all SCSU campuses, a single campus, a single building or a contained space within a building.

The scope, timing, number of staff, level of work, and price shall vary for each subsequent agreement. Depending on the need, job agreements may range from a single day to multiple years; or may consist of work to be performed on all SCSU campuses, a single campus, a single building or a contained space within a building.

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