Notice of Intent to Award

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

Revised: 1/4/21 SPD-AP004

Form must be posted to the GA Procurement Registry (GPR)

Reminder to Issuing Officer: Attach Copy of Bid Tabulation or Administrative Review Document

Solicitation Title/Event

Name:

46700-GDC0000985

Solicitation No/Event ID:

Correctional Officer Electronic Logbook

Solicitation Close/ Event

End Date:

4/1/2022

Notice of Intent to Award

Posting Date:

5/24/2022

Issuing Officer:

Ross Barrineau

Issuing Officer Contact

Information: ross.barrineau@gdc.ga.gov

The State intends to award a contract to the apparent successful offeror(s). The Notice of Intent to Award should not be considered as a binding commitment by the State. Inquiries should be addressed to the Issuing

Officer. Although the State will provide the reason(s) an offeror was not successful in accordance with

Georgia law, please note that the reasons listed beside the names of the unsuccessful offeror(s) should not be interpreted as an exhaustive list. NOTE: In the event any of the following is applicable, then all identified award amounts (if any) are estimates only: (1) this is an open agency contract and/or (2) the state entity has identified primary/secondary awardees. All protests must be submitted electronically via email at doas.protests@doas.ga.gov. Please reference the Georgia Procurement Manual for the supplier protest process updated August 2020: http://doas.ga.gov/state-purchasing/law-administrative-rules-and-policies

APPARENT SUCCESSFUL OFFEROR(S)

AWARD AMOUNT

4F Applied Technologies Fixed Contract Amount $3,936,720

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Select One

UNSUCCESSFUL OFFEROR(S)

REASONS

Cognier Inc Non-Responsive

Guardian RFID Non-Responsive

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Select One

Select One

Authorized Signature: ___________________________________________________________ mailto:doas.protests@doas.ga.gov https://doas.ga.gov/state-purchasing/law-administrative-rules-and-policies

Administrative Review Summary

RFP# 46700-GDC0000985

Correctional Officer Electronic Logbook

Per the Georgia Procurement Manual, a supplier’s response must be considered responsive to be eligible for contract award in the event of an RFP. "Responsive" means the supplier, whether a company or an individual, has submitted a timely offer which materially conforms to the requirements and specifications of the solicitation.

Guardian RFID’s mandatory scored questions responses included several areas that fail to meet the minimum requirements discussed in the scope of work. In response to mandatory scored question #4, Guardian stated that the required disciplinary report and incident report functionality was not available in their offered off the shelf inmate tracking and officer logging solution and creation of this functionality was not included in their proposed pricing. Also, Guardian RFID stated in their response to

Mandatory Question #4 that their proposed solution is unable to support multifactor authentication which is another functionality identified as a mandatory requirement within the Attachment B – Scope of Work document posted with this solicitation. There are several other areas in Guardian RFID’s response to the mandatory scored questions where they failed to comply with the minimum requirements identified in the solicitation. Due to these reasons, Guardian RFID’s proposal was determined to be non-responsive and therefore ineligible for contract award.

Cognier Inc’s response to Mandatory Scored Question #2 failed to comply with the minimum experience requirements listed in the scope of work. The Attachment B – Scope of Work document stated “Supplier must have demonstrable experience deploying and operating a system that is similar in scope to the system defined here within a correctional environment for a minimum of 2 years.” In response to

Mandatory Scored Question #2, Cognier Inc provided client references that operate only in the technology consulting industry. Due to this failure to meet the requirement of having demonstrable experience deploying and operating a system that is similar in scope to the system defined here within a correctional environment for a minimum of 2 years, Cognier Inc’s proposal was determined to be non-responsive and therefore ineligible for contract award.