Addendum 1

The State of West Virginia, Division of Corrections - Central Office, issued this Request for Quotation (RFQ) Solicitation Number COR1700000016, Addendum 1 (ARFQ 0608) on January 20, 2017, with a response deadline of February 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM. This agency contract procurement seeks quotations for the provision, installation, and maintenance of one 10Mbps Full Duplex Data Circuit connecting 1103 George Kostas Drive, Suite 200, Logan, WV 25601 to Building 6, Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd., Charleston, WV 25305. The three distinct line items include: the data circuit itself (Commodity Code 83112403), professional installation services, and ongoing 24/7/365 monitoring and maintenance services over a two-year contract term. The circuit must be fully operational within 60 calendar days of Purchase Order receipt, followed by a mandatory two-week testing period before billing commences. Required technical specifications include support for multiple Virtual LANs (VLANs) with dot1q-in-q service, hardwired CAT-5/RJ-45 interfaces, and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) backup for a minimum of one hour at each equipment location. Award will be made to the vendor offering the lowest overall total cost meeting all mandatory specifications, with delivery on standard orders made F.O.B. destination within seven working days at vendor expense. Vendors must submit complete pricing through wvOASIS or as an electronic document and maintain a 24/7 problem reporting system with response protocols requiring telephone contact within one hour of issue report and on-site technician dispatch within two hours if unresolved, with service credits of 10 percent monthly fees applying for outages unresolved within four hours.

This solicitation does not contain specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises; however, the Vendor Preference Certificate form allows qualifying vendors to request preference consideration based on residency status, employment criteria, and veteran or small business certifications under West Virginia Code 5A-3-37 and 5A-3-59, with preference percentages ranging from 2.5 to 5 percent depending on qualification category. All vendors must execute a Purchasing Affidavit affirming under penalty of law that neither the vendor nor related parties owe debts exceeding one thousand dollars in the aggregate to the state or its political subdivisions, and that neither the vendor nor related parties are in employer default status. Vendors must maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 and comply with all state workers' compensation insurance requirements. No incumbent vendor or existing contractor information is specified in the available solicitation documents. The procurement specifies that pricing must be firm for the life of the contract unless otherwise specified, with payment made in arrears only after delivery and acceptance of services, though no specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the solicitation materials. All vendor submissions are public documents subject to disclosure under West Virginia competitive bidding laws and the Freedom of Information Act, and funding for the contract is contingent upon legislative appropriation.