SolicitationNSP7149 Z1QuestionsAnswers Addendum 6.docx
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- Solicitation number
- NSP7149 Z1
- Issued by
- Blaine County, Nebraska
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This document is an Addendum 6 to the Request for Proposal (RFP) NSP7149 Z1 issued by the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) for a Computer Aided Dispatch and Mobile Data System. The addendum provides questions and answers related to the RFP, including clarifying the bidder's proposed development approach, and discussing the State's requirement for a perpetual, irrevocable license to use any submitted contract, proposal, or response. The RFP seeks a qualified contractor to provide these systems, and the resulting contract may not be exclusive as the State reserves the right to contract for similar services from other sources. The RFP is to be opened on July 22, 2024 at 2 p.m. CST.
The State requires bidders to specify their proposed development approach, such as Agile, Iterative, Incremental, or Hybrid, for the CAD/MDS solutions. Additionally, the State has clarified that the perpetual, irrevocable license to use any submitted documents is due to the State's public records laws, which require transparency in the use of public funds. Bidders are required to acknowledge and waive any copyright or other protection on their submissions.
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ADDENDUM 6 NSP7149 Z1, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Date: July 1, 2024
To: All Bidders
| From: | Jason Dean |
| Nebraska State Patrol |
RE: Addendum for NSP7149 Z1 to be opened July 22, 2024 at 2 p.m. CST p.m. CST
ADDENDUM:QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SPB Form GS-8 Rev. 5-1-2024 State Purchasing Bureau Questions and Answers
Following are the questions submitted and answers provided for the above-mentioned solicitation. The questions and answers are to be considered as part of the solicitation. It is the responsibility of bidders to check the State Purchasing Bureau website for all addenda or amendments.
| Question Number |
| RFP/ITB |
Section Reference
RFP/ITB
Page Number
| Question |
| State Response |
| 1. |
| Section VI – Proposal |
Instructions Technical Approach Requirements
ii. Proposed Development Approach
| 40 |
| Can you clarify/define what you are requesting to see |
in this section. (It is not self explanatory and we do not want to assume what should be added here.
Answer: The bidder’s Development Approach is defined as refers to the method used to create and evolve a product, service, or result during a project’s life cycle. For example, does the bidder use any of these developmental approaches to engineering the CAD/MDS solutions: Agile? Iterative? Incremental? Hybrid?
| 2. |
| Paragraph 9. |
“the State of Nebraska reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable right to copy, reproduce, publish, post to a website, or otherwise use any contract, proposal, or response to this Request for Proposal for any purpose, and to authorize others to use the documents.
Any individual or entity awarded a contract, or who submits a proposal or response to this Request for Proposal, specifically waives any copyright or other protection the contract, proposal, or response to the Request for Proposal may have; and acknowledges that they have the ability and authority to enter into such waiver.”
| 1 |
| Can the State provide some further clarification as to |
why it is needs and requires a perpetual irrevocable license to copy, reproduce, publish, post to a website, or otherwise use any contract, proposal, or response to this Request for Proposal for any purpose, and to extend those rights, and further, to authorize others to use the documents. Additionally, can it provide clarification as to why it is requiring the proposers or contract awardees to waive any and all copyrights in any submissions to this RFP. The potential proposer understands and acknowledges that its submissions may be subject to freedom of information obligations, but these requirements seem to go beyond facilitating public postings, and granting rights in what could be considered its intellectual property (such as screenshots, which are not just pictures, but representations of the look, feel, and content of any proposer’s software), not just to the Agency, but to any person who has access to the information for whatever purpose they have.
Answer: The paragraph exists in regards to our State Public Records Laws that state all expenditures involving public funds are to be liberally construed to allow for the public to have the full right and access to the information on the public finances of the government and it’s agencies. The language makes clear that the contract, proposal, or response to this solicitation may be used by the State of Nebraska and authorizes use by others, which includes public record requests, and that the documents may not be shielded under exceptions by contract law or statute.
This addendum will be incorporated into the solicitation.
Revised 07/31/08
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