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Notice – Request for Qualifications & Price Proposal

Date Issued:
September 30, 2009
RFQ / P # 30-009

Sealed submittals from firms will be received by the Purchasing Division of the Hall County Commissioners at 116 Spring Street, SW, Suite 12, Gainesville, GA 30501 until 3:00 pm, legally prevailing time on October 20, 2009 for:

Request for Qualifications and Price Proposal for
Storage Area Network (SAN) Design Services

After the time and in a designated room and place, the names of the Companies submitting proposals will be publicly read. No further information will be read, discussed or provided until the evaluation of all submittals is completed. No extension of the bidding period will be made other than by a formal written addendum.

The Hall County Board of Commissioners is soliciting for a qualified firm to design a new SAN solution consisting of a production site and remote replication / disaster recovery site. The SAN will be used primarily, but not limited to, as storage for the forthcoming virtualization project.

Proposal documents may be obtained by going to our website at hallcounty.org then click on Bids & Proposals in the left hand column. Click on the Bid # 30-009 and fill out the requested information and click submit and this will send an automatic request to our office. You can also contact us in the Purchasing Office at 116 Spring Street, SW, Suite 12, Gainesville, GA 30501 or Phone (770.535.8270) Fax (770) 531.7112 to obtain the information at no charge. This is the only official release site for this request for proposals or any addenda that may be issued for same.

All proposals will be evaluated in accordance with applicable Hall County rules, regulations and laws. This bid will be evaluated using a multi-step process. The first step is to evaluate “proposal” submissions. Factors to be considered in the evaluation include: ability of the professional staff, approach to project, experience on similar projects, performance on past projects and references for same services. This step will result in a “shortlist of qualified firms”. During the evaluation process, the selection committee and the County reserve the right, when it may serve the County’s best interest to request information or clarification from proposers or to allow corrections of errors or omissions. Once the “short list” is compiled, the second step is to evaluate “price proposal”, which should have been submitted at the same time in separate sealed envelopes. The sealed cost proposals shall be returned unopened to the bidders that are not short listed upon request. The firms short listed may be invited to interview with the committee.

Bid Bond, Payment Bond and Performance Bond will not be required. Successful bidder will be required to provide insurance in the amount of at least ($1,000,000.00) one million dollars as required by paragraph 17 of the “terms and conditions” of these documents.

Your submittal must have a signature in its “original form”. Hall County suggests you provide a “cover letter” to the submittal to ensure this. Please submit four (4) copies (1 marked original and 3 marked copy).

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of (60) sixty days after time has been called on the date of opening.

The County reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and use any idea (s) in a proposal regardless of whether that proposal is selected. The County shall have the right to waive any informality or irregularity in any bid received.

The County shall reserve the option to reject any or all bids, in whole or part, or to select any bidder to complete the described Work. Award of Contract will not be solely based on low bid, but also on quality, references and other subjective criteria as the County may deem necessary and as the County may determine at its sole discretion. The Undersigned Bidder expressly understands that his proposal may be rejected by the County for any reason without liability on part of the County to the Undersigned Bidder.

All technical questions should be directed to Bill Turner, MIS, P.O. Box 1435 Gainesville, GA. 30503, phone: 770-531-6702, fax: 770-532-2492 and email: bturner@hallcounty.org.

All questions on how to submit your bid should be directed to Chip Cary, Senior Buyer, P.O. Box 1435 Gainesville, GA. 30503, phone: 770-535-8263, fax: 770-531-7112 and email: ccary@hallcounty.org.

Hall County Board of Commissioners

Chip Cary, CPPB
Senior Buyer
Hall County Board of Commission
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
FOR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT-AT-RISK
FOR FACILITY PROJECTS
FOR THE
GAINESVILLE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM

The Gainesville City School System will receive proposals on October 14, 2009 for Construction Management-at-Risk services for certain facilities projects for a period of 3 years from January – 2010 to December - 2012.

Copies of the RFP are available by contacting Christine Brosky by telephone at 770. 536. 5275 ext. 40.

The Gainesville City Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.
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