IFB 002_25 Addendum 1_docx.pdf

Clayton County Public Schools Division of Business Services

1058 Fifth Avenue• Jonesboro, Georgia 30236 • (770) 473-2700

DR. ANTHONY W. SMITH

Superintendent of Schools/CEO

RAMONA BIVINS

Chief Financial Officer

ADDENDUM # 1

IFB 002-25 Small Kitchen Equipment and Supplies

Solicitation Released: July 10, 2024

Where any original item, term, or requirement is not specifically amended, voided or superseded by this addendum, it will remain in effect. This clarification is being provided to all known respondents.

1. Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) has corrected the Pre-Bid Conference Date, Item Number 5, on Page 8 from Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., EST to Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., EST. The corrected page is attached hereto as Attachment 1.

Drexal Paulk, MBA, CPM, CPPO, CPPB Issue Date Director of Purchasing

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This sheet must be completed, signed, and returned with any bid to acknowledge receipt of this Addendum.

Failure to do so may result in the rejection of any bid submitted.

The above addendum is hereby acknowledged:

Signature

Title

Company Name

Date

7/16/2024 | 2:43:27 PM EDT

ATTACHMENT 1

IFB 002-25 Small Kitchen Equipment and Supplies

A. SUBMISSION OF RESPONSE

1. Ownership of Responses: Each Response submitted to CCPS shall become the property of CCPS, without compensation to a Bidder, for use by CCPS, at its discretion. CCPS shall not be liable for any response preparation costs incurred by Bidders, or for any subsequent work on the response or additional documentation required by CCPS.

2. Duration: Responses submitted in to this IFB must be valid for a period of one hundred-twenty (120) calendar days from the Response Submission Deadline and must be marked as such.

3. Submission Deadline and Bid Opening: Sealed Responses to this IFB will be received by the CCPS Purchasing Department until 3:00 P.M., Eastern

Standard Time (EST) on Thursday, August 8, 2024. The bid opening will be held via Zoom at IFB 002-25 Small Kitchen Equipment and Supplies Public Bid

Opening. Zoom Meeting: 977 2517 8751 , Passcode: 745369. Attendance during the bid opening is voluntary for Bidders responding to this IFB; however, Bidders are encouraged to attend.

3.1 Bidders must register in Bonfire as a vendor at:

https://claytonk12ga.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=login in order to submit a bid prior to the submission deadline.

3.2 Bids and all required forms must be fully completed, signed in ink and uploaded in Bonfire under the correct solicitation (IFB No. 002-25 Small Kitchen Equipment and Supplies).

3.3 CCPS will only accept online submissions for this IFB. Oral, telephonic, facsimile, emailed and mailed bids will not be considered.

3.4 For any technical questions or difficulties, contact Bonfire Support at https://support.gobonfire.com/hc/en-us

4. Late Responses: Late Responses received will not be considered.

5. Pre-Bid Conference: A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference has been scheduled for Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., EST. The Pre-Bid

Conference will be via Zoom ID: 973 0293 2484, Passcode: 551460. During the

Pre-Bid Conference, the general requirements of the project will be discussed.

Any questions raised by potential Bidders will be discussed. Verbal answers to questions during the Pre-Bid Conference will not be authoritative. It should be emphasized, however, that nothing stated or discussed during the course of this conference call shall be considered to modify, alter or change the requirement of the solicitation documents, unless it shall be subsequently incorporated into an addendum to the solicitation documents.

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