PaaS Oracle Database Cloud Services

The State of Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Division of Purchases is requesting quotations for Platform as a Service Oracle Database Cloud Services, with quotations due February 13, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time through the Advantage Vendor Self Service e-procurement system.

The scope includes two hosted Oracle Database Cloud Service Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance instances for general purpose use; one terabyte each of Oracle Compute Cloud Service Block Storage capacity, Oracle Database Backup Service capacity, and Oracle Storage Cloud Service capacity. All services are designated for non-metered public sector use. The State of Maine is exempt from federal, state, and local taxes and expects quotations to exclude these taxes.

The contract term is 12 months, commencing February 15, 2017 and concluding February 14, 2018, with no renewal options. The Division will evaluate all submissions on a best value basis, considering conformity with specifications, delivery terms, and pricing, with contract award based on the lowest compliant price. Vendors must submit pricing responses in the designated cost format within VSS, with the total contract amount entered into the system. Payment is anticipated on net 30 terms upon receipt of acceptable invoices. The State reserves the right to negotiate with the selected bidder, withdraw an award if acceptable contract terms cannot be finalized, or cancel the RFQ at its sole discretion. No best and final offers will be requested; all bidders must provide their best value pricing with initial submission.

Vendors must register and respond through the State of Maine's VSS portal at https://mevss.hostams.com/webapp/PRDVSS2X1/AltSelfService. All questions must be submitted through the Q&A List tab in VSS.