Award Letter and Synopsis SIGMA.docx

STATE OF MICHIGAN

ENTERPRISE PROCUREMENT

Recommendation of Award

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Procurement office has completed the evaluation of RFP 190000002857 – Gas Chromatograph with Accessories has recommended an award to Inficon Inc in the amount of $25,038.00 pending State Administrative Board approval, if applicable. More information on the State Administrative Board can be found at: State Administrative Board.

Bidders who were not recommended for the award are encouraged to schedule a debriefing session with the Solicitation Manager. The debriefing session will provide the bidder with the State’s rationale on why the bidder was not recommended for the award. The Solicitation Manager may be contacted as follows:

Clayton Nurenberg, Solicitation Manager nurenbergc@michigan.gov 517-284-5009 Background Information:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) was to solicit responses for selection of a Contractor to provide a Gas Chromatograph with Accessories. This is a one-time purchase.

Bidders:

RFP 190000002857 was posted on SIGMA VSS on 7/24/19 for 15 days. The following bidders submitted proposals by the published due date of 8/8/19.

City, State Zip

SDVOB*

Wilmington, DE 19808 No

Easy Syracuse, NY No

Fort Collins, CO 80524 No

*SDVOB: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business

Version 1 Revised: 07-28-2017

Evaluation Synopsis I. Evaluation Process A Responsible Vendor is a vendor that demonstrates it has the ability to successfully perform the duties identified by the solicitation. A Responsive proposal is one that is submitted in accordance with the solicitation instructions and meets all mandatory requirements identified in the solicitation.

Solicitation Instructions, Section 7, Evaluation Process.

EVALUATION PROCESS. The State will evaluate each proposal based on a pass/fail basis. Responses will be evaluated as follows:

[X] Contractor will comply as specified with no exceptions:

PASS

[X] Contractor has noted exceptions to the specification:

PASS if the exception(s), at the sole discretion of the State, is evaluated as acceptable.

FAIL if the exception(s), at the sole discretion of the State, is evaluated as unacceptable.

II. Evaluation Method Responses to this solicitation were reviewed by the Solicitation Manager.

III. Evaluation Results

A. Agilent Technologies, Inc The Solicitation Manager determined that Agilent Technologies, Inc. received a PASS on all requirements of this RFP. This determination was accomplished by evaluating their responses to the Evaluation Criteria as detailed in the Solicitation Instructions, Section 7, Evaluation Process.

B. Inficon Inc The Solicitation Manager determined that Inficon Inc received a PASS on all requirements of this RFP. This determination was accomplished by evaluating their responses to the Evaluation Criteria as detailed in the Solicitation Instructions, Section 7, Evaluation Process.

C. Wasson-Ece Instrumentation The Solicitation Manager determined that Wasson-Ece Instrumentation received a FAIL on the requirements of this RFP. This determination was made after the vendor failed to return/attach a copy of their RFP to their bid submission. This bid was deemed as non-responsive.

IV. Pricing Summary

V. Award Recommendation:

Award recommendation is made to the responsive and responsible Bidder who met the bid requirements and offered the lowest price to the State of Michigan. Award Recommendation is made to Inficon Inc in the amount of $25,038.00 image1.jpeg