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RFP783-23030 Microsoft Software & Services
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Harris County, Houston City, Texas

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This document is an Addendum to Request for Proposal (RFP) 783-23030 issued by the University of Houston for a three-year volume licensing agreement for Microsoft products and services. The University is seeking to purchase a variety of Microsoft offerings including Azure Active Directory Premium, Lync Server, SQL Server, Office 365 Education, and Project Online. The RFP covers multiple jurisdictions in Texas including Harris County and the City of Houston. The Addendum provides responses to various questions from bidders regarding the specific software offerings, quantities, and licensing requirements.

The Addendum clarifies that the University is approved to purchase the ESPA offering from Microsoft and provides the specific part numbers. It also addresses questions around the use of student and faculty/staff licensing SKUs, as well as the need for additional Enrollment for Education licenses. The University will need to reach out to Microsoft directly for pricing on certain products that are not on the published price list.

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RFP783-23030 Microsoft Software & Services Addendum 2 - Questions and Answers

1. Would you happen to know if a discussion has taken place between Microsoft and the University of Houston around if you are approved to purchase ESPA again?

Answer: We are approved to purchase ESPA. The part numbers are…

HVK-00001

NEF-00003

359-00765

There is no ESPA discount structure.

2. 5 Microsoft Azure Active Directory Prem P2 A Step Up (EES) Student 1 Month 10 (s)(AzureActvDrctryPremP2A ShrdSvr ALNG SU MVL AzureActvDrctryPremP1A P erUsr) Q: STU (student use SKU) per RFP but should it cover all students for this offering? If only purchasing QTY 10 it should be additional product. Lastly, if it’s a step up SKU what are they stepping up from, they have A5 across the board.

Answer: SKU used for alumni email accounts. We have only done basic testing for these, so have only procured 10 licenses, they are at no cost.

3. 6 Microsoft Microsoft Lync Server Plus CAL - License & Software Assurance - 1 1500 Device CAL - Microsoft Campus Agreement, Microsoft Select, Microsoft School Agreement, Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - All Languages - PC

7 Microsoft Microsoft Lync Server Plus CAL - License & Software Assurance - 1 5100 Q: Can you confirm the offerings? Qty 1500, should be additional, but should the 5100 be FAC (faculty SKU)? If so, it should match the FAC (faculty SKU) qty of 5999 instead of 5100.

Answer: Please add the Enrollment for Education, we will only need 100 licenses of YEG-00631

4. 8 Microsoft SQL Server Platform ALNG LicSAPk MVL 2017EES 5999 Q: Not on price list need pricing from Microsoft. We will reach out to Ambrosia.

5. 12 Microsoft O365 EDU A1 Monthly Subscriptions-VolumeLicense (EES) Faculty 1 Month 35795 (s)(O365EDUA1 ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsr) Q: Confirm offering. should this be FAC (faculty SKU) per the RFP?

Answer: This is an A1 license, all of our Faculty/Staff are covered by A5. The offering will be additional product.

6. 15 Microsoft Proj Online Professional EDU Step Up (EES) Student 1 Month 85 (s)(ProjOnlnProfEDU ShrdSvr ALNG SU MVL PrjctProfForO365ForEDU PerUsr) Q: STU (student use SKU) per RFP but should cover all students for this offering? Also, no underlying license for SU (step up).

Answer: The 85 licenses we own are for the full version of MS Project for Faculty/Staff. Please quote quantity 105 for SKU:

7MA-00001

Project Plan 3

7. 16 Microsoft CIS Server Platform EDU ALNG LicSAPk MVL 2017EES 5999 Q: Not on price list need pricing from Microsoft. We will reach out to Ambrosia.

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