RRB09Q041 - IT Research Services A-1.doc

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION NO. RRB09Q041

IT RESEARCH SERVICES

AMENDMENT A-1

A.

This amendment is issued to clarify the evaluation criteria requirements for proposals submission in Section V.A.2.

e.

Technical proposals shall be evaluated using the following criteria in descending order of importance:

1) Experience, qualifications, expertise, and size of proposed analyst staff (75 possible points, 37.5% of the points available) as demonstrated through the staff experience, credentials, and size of the proposed staff available. This information should have been submitted in response to Section IV.B.1.

2) Technical performance offered (75 possible points, 37.5% of the points available) as demonstrated through the number of IT articles available, the service level agreement, and value-added characteristics offered. This information should have been submitted in response to Section IV.B.2.

3) Past performance (50 possible points, 25% of the points available) as measured by the direct applicability of the references, customer satisfaction, quality of service, and reliability and timeliness of performance. This information should have been submitted in response to Section IV.B.3.

B.

The hour and the date specified for receipt of offers is remains September 17, 2009, 11:00am local time. Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation as amended above by completing and returning 1 copy of this amendment.

RRB will accept electronically submitted proposals. If the offeror elects electronic commerce for submission of its proposal, only one hard copy of the entire proposal package must be submitted by the time and date specified in the solicitation to 844 North Rush Street, Acquisition Management-Procurement, Chicago, Illinois 60611. The agency will accept Word or PDF documents, via disk or email. Electronic submissions shall be sent to proposals@rrb.gov.