Solicitation Amendment #1 - Questions.docx
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- Courier Services
- Solicitation number
- SRC000489
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- North Dakota
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This document is a Solicitation Amendment #1 containing questions and clarifications related to the North Dakota State Procurement Office's Courier Services solicitation. The amendment addresses inquiries submitted by potential bidders regarding the solicitation requirements. The document serves to provide official responses to bidder questions, ensuring all prospective vendors have consistent and accurate information for preparing their proposals. Bidders who submitted responses prior to this amendment's posting are required to resubmit either the same response or a revised response to be considered in the evaluation process.
The amendment clarifies various aspects of the courier services requirements to ensure equitable bidding among all prospective suppliers. This document does not establish specific set-asides, pricing terms, or other contract award details, but rather functions as a clarification mechanism to address bidder inquiries and eliminate ambiguities in the original solicitation documents. Potential vendors should review this amendment carefully in conjunction with the original solicitation materials when preparing their bids.
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State of North Dakota Office of Management and Budget State Procurement Office 600 East Boulevard Avenue 4th Floor Capitol Tower, Dept 012 Bismarck, ND 58505-0310
Solicitation Amendment #1
October 26, 2026 Solicitation Number: SRC000489 Title: Courier Services Deadline for Receipt of Bids: October 30, 2026, 1:00 PM CT Solicitation Issued: October 16, 2026 Page 1 of the IFB established a Deadline for Submission of Questions and Requests for Clarification. The responses, including any necessary amendments, are as follows:
Questions related to Section 5 - Specifications/Bid Response Form
1. Question: Where is the bidding for the 5th grouping. It doesn't show how many days a week the stops at the hospitals are?
Response: There no longer is a Group 5 due to one of the groups being deleted as those routes are no longer serviced (Group 1 from previous bid).
Amendment: No amendment necessary
2. Question: Page 17 of the bid section response, how do you want this bid? There is not a number of days that a pickup/delivery is in Fargo, Grand Forks, Williston, Etc. I am not sure how to place my bid or where to place it for that section?
Response: As stated under Section 5 – Bid Response Form/Specifications, “Occasionally the courier will be required to transport additional environmental sample coolers from Mercy Hospital, Valley City; Fargo Cass Public Health, Fargo; Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake; and Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Jamestown. Therefore, the agency would fill out a Participating Addendum if services were needed for these areas. A bid response for these areas is not needed.
Amendment: No amendment necessary.
3. Question: Could you please clarify what types of vehicles are permitted for the courier routes?
Response: As there is no required size of vehicle, the vendors must transport packages safely and meet DOR/federal requirements as applicable. Vehicles must be enclosed and locked and secured when unattended. For Capitol deliveries, pallets require specific dimensions (pallets are not to be larger than 36” wide x 48’ long) and trucks must have a lift gate.
Amendment: No amendment necessary.
Question: Could you please clarify whether the routes are expected to be completed exactly as listed, even when times overlap, or whether vendors may reorganize the routes and use multiple vehicles as long as all pickups and deliveries are completed within the required time frames?
Response: Contractors may optimize routes and combine services so long as all required pickup and delivery times are met.
Amendment: No amendment necessary Note: If a supplier has already submitted a response to the solicitation before this amendment was posted, the same response or a revised response needs to be submitted again in order to be considered in evaluation for the solicitation.
Questions regarding this amendment must be submitted in writing to the Procurement Officer.
Seth Westby Procurement Officer E-mail: swestby@nd.gov Telephone: 701-328-1953 TTY Users call: 7-1-1
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