HR1588-24 Public Notice of Approval of SP.pdf

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NOTICE OF APPROVAL

of a

SPECIAL PROCUREMENT

HR1588-24

for

Absorb Enterprise Learning Management System

Release Date: October 4, 2024

Comments / Questions / Protests Due: October 11, 2024, 5:00 PM

1. NOTICE

This is public notice of the approval of a Special Procurement pursuant to Marion County Public Contracting Rule 20-0285(3)(c).

The Marion County Board of Commissioners approved Special Procurement HR1588-24 to allow the County to directly award a contract to Absorb Software, Inc. for continued and uninterrupted use of the current enterprise learning management system, Absorb LMS, being used county-wide to create, monitor, and track employee training content.

2. DOCUMENTS

Electronic copies of this notice and all related documents can be obtained from the Marion County Procurement Collaboration Portal at the following URL:

https://contracts-marioncountygcc.msappproxy.net/gateway/

3. REQUEST

Review the document titled “HR1588-24 – Special Procurement”. This document includes all the elements required to satisfy the requirements of Special Procurements under ORS 279B.085 and MCPCR 20-0285.

4. COMMENT, QUESTION, AND PROTEST OPPORTUNITY

Marion County Public Contracting Rule 20-0285(4) states that an affected person may protest the approval of a special procurement in accordance with ORS 279B.400 and section 20-0700.

If you wish to submit comments, questions, or a protest to the approval of Special Procurement HR1588-24, it must be done through the Marion County Procurement Collaboration Portal at the URL listed in Section 2 above, by the due date and time listed above.

https://contracts-marioncountygcc.msappproxy.net/gateway/

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5. RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS

A. Log Into the Procurement Collaboration Portal.

i Go to the Marion County Procurement Collaboration Portal which can be found at:

https://contracts-marioncountygcc.msappproxy.net/gateway/.

ii Sign In or Create an Account.

iii Creating an account MUST be completed 15-30 minutes before files will be able to be submitted through the portal.

B. Solicitations Tab i At the top of the page, hover over Solicitations.

ii Select Search All Solicitations.

iii Click View next to the applicable solicitation.

C. Opportunity Details i Viewing Documents – Scroll down the page to the Files, Documents, Images section, Public Files: subsection. Here you will find all the relevant files.

ii Submitting a Question – If you would like to submit a question, scroll down the page to the Questions & Answers section. Type your question in the My Questions/Answers text box and click the Ask Question box.

iii Register as Respondent - If you are interested in responding to the posting, click the button Register as Respondent on the left side of the screen.

iv Submitting Documents – If you would like to submit a response to this posting, scroll down the page to the Files, Documents, Images section, My Files: subsection. Here you will Select a file, select a File Category, and type a description before clicking the Save File button.

v Response Status – Once you have registered as a respondent and submitted documents, scroll to the bottom of the page to the Response Status section and select the appropriate status for your submission, then click Submit.

6. DISCLAIMER

This Notice is issued to support the Approval of a Special Procurement. This is not a solicitation for bids, quotes, proposals or other offers. Any response to this notice is not an offer and cannot be accepted by the County to form a binding contract. Information or material received in response to this Notice will not be evaluated, scored, or returned. Respondents will not necessarily be notified of the result of this Notice, or future solicitation opportunities.

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