Scope of Work (2).pdf

Introduction & Scope of Work

NOTICE OF INTENT

It is the intent of Region 19 Education Service Center – Allied States Cooperative (ASC) to establish a contract with vendor(s) for Welding Equipment, Supplies, and Gases for those procurements made with federal, state, or local funds. Awarded vendor(s) shall perform covered services under the terms of this agreement. Offers shall provide pricing based on a discount from a price list or catalog or fixed price, or a combination of both with indefinite quantities. Electronic catalog and/or price lists must accompany the proposal.

While this contract specifically covers Welding Equipment, Supplies, and Gases, respondents are encouraged to submit any offering on all products or services available that they currently perform in their normal course of business if it falls within the original scope of work.

If successful, as part of this RFP, the contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary permits, fees, and licenses as may be required by local authorities having jurisdiction. The contractor is responsible for verifying compliance with local authorities having jurisdiction prior to commencing work.

Value Add – ASC is soliciting value added items related to Welding Equipment, Supplies, and Gases.

All products submitted for evaluation and possible award must be accompanied by the manufacturers’ most current specification sheets. Other goods and/or services may be submitted that the proposer provides and believes are an added value to ASC members and potential new ASC members. Failure to include necessary information relevant to this solicitation may result in disqualification of the Vendor’s response to this RFP.

SCOPE OF WORK

Successful vendor(s) shall have the ability to maintain its quality standards at all times during the contract period. Potential vendors will have the ability to provide one or more services identified in the lines portion of this solicitation including any value-added services as it pertains to Welding Equipment, Supplies, and Gases. All vendors are encouraged to submit proposals regardless of whether or not they only serve a particular city, county, part of a state, multi-states, or have national coverage. Please indicate the areas you would wish to serve in the attributes section of this solicitation. Additionally, proposals that may require local support to facilitate their requirements should qualify their proposals in a manner that indicates the conditions under which this agreement would be in the best interest of ESC Region 19 members as well as the vendor. The vendor can also stipulate which sections of the country they would wish this arrangement to be facilitated. ESC Region 19 ASC has identified needs and requirements from its membership, however, ESC Region 19 ASC at its sole discretion reserves the option to determine whether or not other commodities shall fall under this contract during its due diligence and evaluation process.

Special Conditions

1. This solicitation is for welding equipment, supplies, and gases which may include but is not limited to welding equipment and accessories, filler materials (such as welding electrodes and rods), safety equipment (such as helmets, shields, glasses, gloves, back supports, vests, respirators), welding tools (such as grinders, chop saws, die grinders, and related tools), and cutting torches (such as torch sets, accessories, cutting tips, welding tips, hoses, gauges).

2. Vendors, if a website is provided as your company’s pricelist/catalog, only items/services that fall within the scope of work may be sold/provided under this contract. Any other items/services found in your website that do not fall within the scope of work, may not be sold/provided under this contract.

3. Members, if an awarded vendor provides their website as their catalog/pricelist, only items/services that fall within the scope of work may be procured under this contract. Any other items/services found in an awarded vendor’s website that do not fall within the scope of work, may not be procured and will not be covered under this contract.