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State of South Carolina

Request for Proposal (Amendment 4)

Solicitation:

Amendment Issued:

Procurement Officer:

Phone:

E-Mail Address:

Mailing Address:

5400022621 04/25/2022

KATHY SANTANDREU

803-896-5304 ksantandreu@mmo.sc.gov SFAA, Div. of Procurement Services, MMO PO Box 101103 Columbia SC 29211

DESCRIPTION: SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Strategic Planning Consultant USING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs

SUBMIT YOUR OFFER ON-LINE AT THE FOLLOWING URL: http://www.procurement.sc.gov SUBMIT OFFER BY (Opening Date/Time): 04/28/2022 05/12/2022 11:00:00 AM ET (See "Deadline For Submission Of Offer" provision) QUESTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY: 03/25/2022 2:00:00 PM ET (See "Questions From Offerors" provision) NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: Please see page labeled 1 Initial here if NO redacted copy is necessary __________ See Section II A “Submitting Confidential Information” clause, and Section IV “Submitting Redacted Offers” clause CONFERENCE TYPE: Pre-Proposal DATE & TIME: March 24, 2022 @ 2:00 PM ET Pre-Bid/Proposal Conference Date and Time has been updated to: 03/30/2022 2PM

(As appropriate, see "Conferences - Pre-Bid/Proposal" & "Site Visit" provisions) LOCATION: Teams Web Meeting

AWARD & AMENDMENTS

Award will be posted on 06/07/2022 06/17/2022. The award, this solicitation, any amendments, and any related notices will be posted at the following web address: http://www.procurement.sc.gov 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 120 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)

AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION (JAN 2004) (modified): (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 by identifying the amendment number and date in the space provided for this purpose on Page Two and returning with solicitation response (c) If this solicitation is amended, then all terms and conditions which are not modified remain unchanged.

Questions from Offerors - amendment (Jun 2017) 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. [02-2a097-1]

Vendor Questions with Answers:

Qualifications, (b) A list of every business for which supplies or services substantially similar to those sought with this solicitation have been provided, at any time during the past three years. Include contact information (contact name, direct phone number and email address) – This list could be quite long as we have hundreds of active clients. In Section C, offeror’s are providing three references. Would the state consider striking the contact information from ‘Qualification, b full list of businesses’ in order to maintain client privacy?

Please refer to amendment 2 Where in the proposal document does the state want to see information from sections for Minority Participation and V. Qualifications? As those sections do not fit into the structure provided in section IV. Information for Offeror’s to Submit.

Place at the end of your proposal response.

Is the state accepting digital signatures on documents to be signed, since no hard copy documents will be shared?

Yes, as long as it is a TRUE digital signature and not just a “font” used to type in the person’s name.

Can the state clarify the scope of the strategic plan – Will the strategic plan be expected to address the entire developmental services system in South Carolina programmatically, which could include addressing both the quality and breadth of services available to consumers? Or will it focus on the direct operations of the department?

The Scope of the plan should be for the Department only, not the entire service delivery system.

All other terms, condition, bidding instruction, and specifications remain unchanged. If there are any question or if any confusion or uncertainty arises as a result of this amendment, it is the sole responsibility of the Offeror to contact the procurement officer for clarification. Contact information can be found in the top right-hand corner of the cover page of this amendment reference the “Duty to Inquire” in the original Request for Proposal (RFP).