RFQ_4117-5_Addendum_1_Removing_Mandatory_DVBE_Requirement..pdf

STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES

Procurement and Logistical Services Branch

3650 Schriever Ave.

Mather, CA 95655

Phone: (916) 845-8313 Fax: (916) 845-8397

REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) 4117-5

MICROWAVE FREQUENCY COORDINATION, FREQUENCY PROTECTION, PATH

DESIGN, AND MICROWAVE DATA BASE ACCESS SERVICES

ADDENDUM - 01

This addendum is intended to notify potential bidders of the following changes and/or additions to the Request for Quote referenced above.

The following section under Section I. General Requirements H. is here by revised to read as follows:

7. DVBE Mandatory Requirements have been waived

The following section under Section I. General Requirements H. 7. is here by stricken:

Bids responses that fail to submit the required form and fully document and meet the DVBE program requirement shall be considered non-responsive.

All other terms, conditions and instructions of the Request for Quote (RFQ) remain unchanged.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA RFQ 4117-5 Addendum 1 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES MICROWAVE FREQUENCY COORDINATION, FREQUENCY PROTECTION

Addendum 1 3/18/16 Page 6 of 30

The State may contact customer references during the week following submission of Quotes to validate the information provided by the bidder and to determine the customer’s overall satisfaction with the services provided. Therefore, it may prove beneficial to the bidder to contact its referenced customers to ensure their contact information provided on the Reference Form is up-to-date and that the reference will be available during the period of time that the State will be validating references.

Negative responses may be cause for rejection.

1. Security And Confidentiality Statement For Vendors (Attachment 3) Vendors or appropriate designees must complete the Security & Confidentiality form and include it with their quote.

2. Payee Data Record - Std.204 (Attachment 4) The Vendor must submit a completed Payee Data Record; refer to Attachment 4 for more details.

3. Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Participation (Attachment 5) The DVBE Participation Requirement for this Agreement is 3% of the contract value.

Each Vendor must should comply with the program requirements, and submit the required documentation, set forth in Attachment 5.

Bids responses that fail to submit the required form and fully document and meet the DVBE program requirement shall be considered non-responsive.

4. Declaration Forms (Attachment 6) All Vendors must complete the Bidder Declaration form and include it with their quotation. When completing the declaration, the Vendors must identify all sub-contractors proposed for participation in the Agreement. The Vendor awarded the resulting Agreement will be contractually obligated to use the sub-contractors for the corresponding work identified, unless the State agrees to a substitution and it is incorporated by amendment to the Agreement. If no subcontractors are being utilized, please indicate none on the form.

Bidders who have been certified by California as a DVBE (or who are bidding rental equipment and have obtained the participation of subcontractors certified by California as a DVBE) must also submit a completed form(s) STD. 843 (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Declaration). All disabled veteran owners and disabled veteran managers of the DVBE(s) must sign the form(s). Should the form not be included with the solicitation, contact the State contracting official or obtain a copy online from the Department of General Services Procurement Division, Office of Small Business and DVBE Services (OSDS) website at www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbus. The completed form should be included with the bid response. Refer to the following website link to obtain the appropriate form:

http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/pd/poliproc/STD-843FillPrintFields.pdf http://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbus http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/pd/poliproc/STD-843FillPrintFields.pdf