ESBD_392434_1738945998775_802-25-51306R_Addendum_1.pdf
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- Work Behavior Assessments
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- 802-25-51306R
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- Travis County, Austin City, Texas
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This is an addendum (Addendum No. 1) issued by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) for solicitation number 802-25-51306R for Workplace Behavior Assessments. The addendum extends the bid due date to February 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM CT. The solicitation seeks a vendor to provide workplace behavior assessments including an online portal/mobile application that allows 500 general employees and 30 leadership participants to access information about behavioral styles, compare styles with colleagues, and create work/project groups. The application must work across all platforms and TPWD will handle all training and facilitation internally through their certified DiSC facilitator.
The addendum clarifies that TX-RAMP certification is not required for this solicitation, financial statements are not mandatory at time of submission, and pricing must be included in Exhibit B despite earlier contradictory language. TPWD indicates they would consider DiSC + Motivators as a customization option and may be interested in Team Reports at no additional cost. While the budget is not disclosed, TPWD notes they cannot give preference to vendors based on status (such as disabled veteran-owned) unless there is a tie bid. The vendor will not be responsible for facilitating training or results delivery sessions.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 4200 Smith School Road
Austin, Texas 78744
ADDENDUM
Addendum Number: 1 Dated: February 7, 2025
Solicitation Number: 802-25-51306R
Solicitation Title: Workplace Behavior Assessments
Due Date/Deadline: NEW: February 13, 2025; 2:00 PM C.T.
Purchaser: Vanessa Contreras, CTCD, CTCM
PURPOSE OF ADDENDUM: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced herein, remain unchanged and in full force and effect. The following are specifications to this solicitation. This Addendum may be attached to and form a part of the referenced solicitation document and any resulting awarded contract and may be considered in your response.
EXTENSION OF BID DUE DATE
This RFO has been extended to February 13, 2025; 2:00 PM C.T.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
RE: Section 1, Item 5, Page 5 of 39: TX-RAMP Certification Requirement "Respondents are highly encouraged to visit the DIR website https://dir.texas.gov/texas-risk-and-authorization-management-program-tx-ramp for additional information on TX-RAMP and certification process."
"Unless the service(s) falls within the “Out of Scope” category."
In reviewing the TX-RAMP FAQs online and pages 9 and 10 of the Program Manual, the following statement is made: "The state agency is ultimately responsible for determining whether a product meets the statutory definition of a cloud computing service and should consult with the agency’s own information security personnel and legal counsel."
1. Question: Has TPWD determined whether the workplace behavior and manager assessments requested in this solicitation are In-scope or Out-of-Scope of the TX-Ramp Certification requirement?
Answer: Clarification: Deletion of section 5. TX Ramp Certification Requirement
2. Question: If TPWD has not decided one way or the other, is it your expectation that the submission should make the case, one way or the other, for your consideration?
Answer: TX-RAMP certification is not required for this solicitation.
RE: Section 2 - Submission Requirements, Item 3 - Proposal/Offer Content, Subsection: 3.2.2; Page 11 of 39
3. Required Response Content Exhibit B – Compensation and Fees Schedule: Include completed Exhibit B – Pricing Schedule.
Pricing should not be included in the submitted copies Question: What does "Pricing should not be included in the submitted copies" mean? Exhibit B requires pricing to be outlined (Proposed Unit Price and Total Proposed Price columns) and also indicates that failure to return Exhibit B completed will result in disqualification. The instructions on Exhibit B seem to contradict the Section 3.2.2 note. Please clarify the expectation.
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Addendum No. 02 Solicitation No. 802-25-51306R Page 2 of 3
Answer: Clarification, striking the following statement.
3.2.2. Exhibit B – Compensation and Fees Schedule: Include completed Exhibit B – Pricing Schedule. Pricing should not be included in the submitted copies.
4. Question: Section 4.1.4. Page 5. Paragraph 4. Is supplying our business financial statements mandatory? The RFO states:
Shall be in good financial standing. TPWD reserves the right to require a copy of the Respondents audited or unaudited financial statement.
Answer: The submittal of financial statements is not mandatory at the time of response submittal, however TPWD reserves the right but may not request.
5. Question: In reference to the DISC application, what are your intentions on using the app? What are the optimum outcomes you are looking for?
Answer: An app or an online portal would provide participants with information on each individual workplace behavioral style, their own workplace behavioral style, how each style interacts with the other styles (communicates with, solves conflict with, motivates, gains buy-in, solves problems with), allows participants to create groups based on work groups or project groups, and allows participants to compare themselves to colleagues.
6. Question: Assessments 24x7 is affiliated with a disabled veterans owned small business, is this an advantage?
Answer: TPWD, as a state agency, cannot give preference to a one vendor over the next, unless there is a tie bid.
7. Question: If Assessments 24x7 were to create a fully custom Workplace Behavioral Assessment and Leadership Workplace Assessment based on DISC and perhaps a combination of DISC + Motivators, would you be interested in this type of customization?
Answer: TPWD would consider a combination of DiSC + Motivators as a type of customization.
8. Question: Outside of DISC and Motivators behavioral assessments, are there any others included in this list that you want to utilize? Sample Reports. We can customize any of these reports to include your specific needs, graphics and overall information.
Answer: As stated in the RFO, TPWD is interested in everything under DiSC/DiSC leadership. TPWD may be interested in Team Reports at not additional cost.
9. Question: Have you considered having one or more of your employees DISC Certified, and therefore provide the DISC training internally on an ongoing basis for the employees? If so, Assessments 24x7 offers live, virtual group DISC Certification trainings.
Answer: Our Training and Organization Development Manager is certified in DiSC Facilitation.
10. Question: Is there an annual budget in mind?
Answer: This information cannot be provided.
11. Question: In reference to section 6.4.9 Shall provide participants with an online portal mobile application to learn more about their determined work behavior style, any other work behavior styles, and comparing their style to those other styles. What is the estimated number of mobile app users?
Answer: The number of app/online portal users would be 500 for Workplace Behavior Assessments and 30 for Workplace Behavior Assessments for Leaders.. TPWD’s intent is for everyone who has taken a workplace behavioral assessment to have access to the app/online portal.
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12. Question: In reference to Section 6.5.10, Shall provide participants with an online portal mobile application to learn more about their determined work behavior style, any other work behavior styles, and comparing their style to those other styles.
Is the app expected to be platform specific (iOS/Android, Windows) or responsive?
Answer: The application should work on all platforms.
13. Question: Line 6.5.4 states “Assessment report shall include all information included in 7/1; 7/2 7.3. Is that the correct reference?
Answer: Assessment reports shall include all information described in 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
14. Question: Will the Vendor be facilitating any group or one-on-one sessions or training to deliver the results of the work behavior assessments?
Answer: No, the awarded Vendor will not be facilitating any group or one-on-one sessions or training to deliver the results of the work behavior assessments. TPWD has internal trainers to provide this service.
Respondents are to acknowledge receipt of this Addendum and return a signed copy with response submission.
I acknowledge receipt of this addendum.
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