Amendment Two.docx

SAP

State of South Carolina

Amendment One Solicitation:

Date Issued:

Procurement Officer:

Phone:

E-Mail Address:

Mailing Address:

5400022331 11/29/2021

JO MARIE BROWN, CPPO,CPPB, NIGP-CPP

803-896-0670 jmbrown@mmo.sc.gov SFAA, Div. of Procurement Services, MMO 1201 Main Street, Suite 600 Columbia, SC 29201

DESCRIPTION: Learning Management System- Re-solicitation

USING GOVERNMENTAL UNIT: State Fiscal Accountability Authority-Division of Procurement Services

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

SUBMIT OFFER BY (Opening Date/Time): 12/16/2021 at 11:00 am (See "Deadline For Submission Of Offer" provision)

QUESTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY: (See "Questions From Offerors" provision)

NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: One (1) Electronic Technical Proposal, One (1) Electronic Business Proposal, One (1) Electronic Redacted Copy of Technical Proposal marked "Redacted", One (1) Electronic Redacted Copy of Business Proposal marked "Redacted", (See “Submitting Redacted Offers” provision Section IV, “Submitting Confidential Information” Section II.A., & “Electronic Copies-Required Media and Format” provision Section II. B.)

Initial here if NO redacted copy is necessary___________

CONFERENCE TYPE: Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference DATE & TIME: 10/10/2021 at 10:00 am

(As appropriate, see "Conferences - Pre-Bid/Proposal" & "Site Visit" provisions) LOCATION: Video Conference-Email Jmbrown@mmo.sc.gov at least 24 hours prior to conference for log-in information.

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 sixty (60) 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 CONTRACTOR NO.

(Register to Obtain S.C. Contractor 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)

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(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

_________________________________________________ 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 CONTRACTORS (SEP. 2009): Preferences do not apply to Request for Proposals per SC Consolidated Procurement Code Section 11-35-1524, e (5)

PREFERENCES - ADDRESS AND PHONE OF IN-STATE OFFICE: Preferences do not apply to Request for Proposals per SC Consolidated Procurement Code Section 11-35-1524, e (5)

PAGE TWO (SEP 2009)

End of PAGE TWO

AMENDMENTS TO SOLICITATION (JAN 2004):

(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.[02-2A005-1]

Questions and Answers

1. How many students/applicants/other attendees are anticipated per event That is flexible and dependant on the type of event and capability of the system. Please clarify any restrictions that your system may have.

1. How many virtual events do you anticipate in a year?

At least one per month to start. More as the new certification program rolls out.

1. How many hours of online streaming and on-demand content is needed?

Unknown. It is still in development. Please clarify any restrictions that the system may have.

1. How long you are looking forward to hosting the content i.e., session videos etc., on the platform after the event?

5 years at minimum.

1. How many concurrent/parallel live steaming channels will be required by you?

Unknown. Fewer than 5 for the first year.

1. Language for portal to be used is only English or any other?

English only

1. Do you see any interpretation and translation services?

While we do not anticipate a need for a language other than English at this time, all systems should be fully ADA compliant.

1. Any travel(our resources) is/are required at your base location?

No

1. You mentioned redacted copy of response also to be submitted. What if we do not see any confidential content to be redacted from our response. In such case can we just submit one copy each for technical and business responses (without any redacted copy)?

Yes. Please initial the cover page one if no redacted is required.

1. Do you require integration of any of your tools with our platform (Example: Salesforce, CRM, etc.,)?

A system which supports or integrates with an ecommerce solution is preferable.

1. In reference to section 6 in Page 18 of this RFP ‘Software Licensing Agreement’ shall the offeror submit all the agreement documentation in our response itself or few can be shared with you in the later stages. Please clarify.

Please include in your technical proposal and label them as a sample.

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