University of Alabama in Huntsville Sealed Solicitation
Title: Microsoft EES Agreement
Deadline: 9/20/2019 1:30 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Status: Awarded
Solicitation Number: B002644
Description: The University of Alabama in Huntsville requests Bids for Microsoft EES Agreement as per the attached specifications.
Documents:
| Documents as of 9/11/2019 |
|---|
| Microsoft EES Agreement (B002644).docx |
| alabama_tax_exemption_certificate_2020.pdf |
Addition 1
Posted: 9/20/2019
Type of Addition: In Review
Addition 2
Posted: 9/24/2019
Type of Addition: Award Information
Overview: Bid Awarded to Dell Marketing L.P. the apparent, lowest responsible bidder meeting all specifications.
Amount: $76,569.36
Documents:
Addition 3
Posted: 9/24/2019
Type of Addition: Award Information
Documents:
Question 1
Posted: 9/5/2019
Question: Please note that Part #: 2UJ-00001 is no longer available and the best replacement is Part #: AAA-73004/ EES M365 EDU A3 ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsr (Original) Also please confirm the offering for Part #: R18-00095 Faculty or Student
Response: Our understanding is that we can use our licenses for one more year (sort of being grandfathered in) because we have an existing agreement that expires next fall.
Question 2
Posted: 9/6/2019
Question: 1. Is this a renewal for these Sku’s? 2. The Sku’s seem to be a Legacy Sku, meaning they couldn't be started as a new agreement so do you have a current agreement in place? 3. If so what is your enrollment number? 4. What is the reason for purchasing this?
Response: 1. Yes, we are renewing licenses for these part numbers: 2UJ-0001 DsktpEdu ALNG LicSAPk MVL Pre2017EES and R18-00095 WinSvrCAL ALNG LicSAPk MVL DvcCAL 2. Yes, we have an agreement that expires September 30, 2020 3. Our enrollment number is 54021421 4. We are an academic environment that has university-owned computers running Windows and Office plus additional users (students) accessing Windows Servers.
Question 3
Posted: 9/6/2019
Question: 1. On your current enrollment have you completed any extensions? If so how long were they for (12 months or 24 months) 2. What is the bid marking criteria? Ex 50% of the bid is based on price and the other 50% is based on experience.
Response: 1. Yes, we have. It is our understanding that we can use our licenses for one more year because we have an existing agreement that expires next fall. We are renewing licenses for these part number: 2UJ-00001 DsktpEdu ALNG LicSAPk MVL Pre2017EES and R18-00095 WinSvrCAL ALNG LicSAPk MVL DvcCAL
Question 4
Posted: 9/9/2019
Question: When is your current enrollment ending?
Response: Our current enrollment ends 9/30/2020.
Question 5
Posted: 9/11/2019
Question: Hello, Is the University of Alabama in Hunstville Tax Exempt? If so can you provide the tax-exempt form to jacob.dacey@softchoice.com
Response: Yes, we are. I will attach it to the bid documents. Thank you,
Question 6
Posted: 9/11/2019
Question: Do you want the second line item on the quote actually be under a separate agreement? According to the attached bid doc, you wanted those under a Select Plus Agreement, not the EES? So we will want to remove that and create another quote for the second item?
Response: Both the desktop and the CALS line items are supposed to be on our campus/open agreement (the EES), not under a Select Plus Agreement.
Posted: 9/20/2019
Type of Addition: In Review
Posted: 9/24/2019
Type of Addition: Award Information
Overview: Bid Awarded to Dell Marketing L.P. the apparent, lowest responsible bidder meeting all specifications.
Amount: $76,569.36
Documents:
Posted: 9/24/2019
Type of Addition: Award Information
Documents:
Posted: 9/5/2019
Question: Please note that Part #: 2UJ-00001 is no longer available and the best replacement is Part #: AAA-73004/ EES M365 EDU A3 ShrdSvr ALNG SubsVL MVL PerUsr (Original) Also please confirm the offering for Part #: R18-00095 Faculty or Student
Response: Our understanding is that we can use our licenses for one more year (sort of being grandfathered in) because we have an existing agreement that expires next fall.
Posted: 9/6/2019
Question: 1. Is this a renewal for these Sku’s? 2. The Sku’s seem to be a Legacy Sku, meaning they couldn't be started as a new agreement so do you have a current agreement in place? 3. If so what is your enrollment number? 4. What is the reason for purchasing this?
Response: 1. Yes, we are renewing licenses for these part numbers: 2UJ-0001 DsktpEdu ALNG LicSAPk MVL Pre2017EES and R18-00095 WinSvrCAL ALNG LicSAPk MVL DvcCAL 2. Yes, we have an agreement that expires September 30, 2020 3. Our enrollment number is 54021421 4. We are an academic environment that has university-owned computers running Windows and Office plus additional users (students) accessing Windows Servers.
Posted: 9/6/2019
Question: 1. On your current enrollment have you completed any extensions? If so how long were they for (12 months or 24 months) 2. What is the bid marking criteria? Ex 50% of the bid is based on price and the other 50% is based on experience.
Response: 1. Yes, we have. It is our understanding that we can use our licenses for one more year because we have an existing agreement that expires next fall. We are renewing licenses for these part number: 2UJ-00001 DsktpEdu ALNG LicSAPk MVL Pre2017EES and R18-00095 WinSvrCAL ALNG LicSAPk MVL DvcCAL
Posted: 9/9/2019
Question: When is your current enrollment ending?
Response: Our current enrollment ends 9/30/2020.
Posted: 9/11/2019
Question: Hello, Is the University of Alabama in Hunstville Tax Exempt? If so can you provide the tax-exempt form to jacob.dacey@softchoice.com
Response: Yes, we are. I will attach it to the bid documents. Thank you,
Posted: 9/11/2019
Question: Do you want the second line item on the quote actually be under a separate agreement? According to the attached bid doc, you wanted those under a Select Plus Agreement, not the EES? So we will want to remove that and create another quote for the second item?
Response: Both the desktop and the CALS line items are supposed to be on our campus/open agreement (the EES), not under a Select Plus Agreement.