Wentzville R-IV School District Sealed Solicitation
Title: Title Microsoft Engineer Staff Augmentation RFP-T-364
Deadline: 3/15/2024 10:00 AM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Status: In Review
Solicitation Number: RFP-T-364
Description: The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to select a partner who will provide a Microsoft Engineer Staff to augment our current network staff.
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Addition 1
Posted: 3/15/2024
Type of Addition: In Review
Question 1
Posted: 3/4/2024
Question: Do we have to submit resumes for Microsoft Engineer position?
Response: Yes
Question 2
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Please provide us with an estimated NTE budget allocated for this contract.
Response: The budget is confidential, we are seeking bids for the Staff augmentation.
Question 3
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is this an old contract or new contact?
Response: New
Question 4
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is this open to all vendors or only for pre-qualified vendors?
Response: All vendors
Question 5
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: What is the tentative start date of this engagement?
Response: As soon as possible, however Start Date will depend on the contract terms
Question 6
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: What is the work location of the proposed candidate?
Response: Remote
Question 7
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Please provide the evaluation criteria for evaluating the bids for this RFP.
Response: The bids will be evaluated against the terms in the Bid Specifications
Question 8
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is this a new contract or are there any incumbents? If there is an incumbent, could you please let us know the incumbent name and pricing and are the incumbents eligible to submit the proposal again?
Response: No Incumbent
Question 9
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Are there any pain points or issues with the current vendor(s)?
Response: Confidential
Question 10
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Could you please share the previous spending on this contract, if any?
Response: Confidential
Question 11
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: How many positions were used in the previous contract?
Response: Zero
Question 12
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: How many positions will be required per year or throughout the contract term?
Response: One
Question 13
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: If the proposed candidates are not available at the time of award, will the agency allow us to provide replacement personnel with similar or more skill sets?
Response: Yes
Question 14
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Can we provide hourly rate ranges for the given positions?
Response: The specific cost per hour is required.
Question 15
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is it entirely onsite work or can it be done remotely to some extent / Does the services need to be delivered onsite or is there a possibility for remote operations and performance?
Response: Remote
Question 16
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Do we need to submit the actual resumes for proposed candidate or can we submit the sample resume?
Response: Answered previously
Question 17
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: How many candidate resumes can we submit?
Response: One
Question 18
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Could you please provide the list of holidays? Are there any mandated Paid Time Off, Vacation, etc.?
Response: This is an hourly contract only no PTO Vacation etc
Question 19
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: What are the requirements of this RFP?
Response: The requirements are listed in the RFP
Question 20
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: 1. Is this a re-compete RFP? If yes, could you please the name of Current Suppliers (who are currently providing services to Agency)?
Response: No it is not a re-compete
Question 21
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Can you please verify the fully burdened hourly rate assigned to the current consultant?
Response: There is not a current consultant
Question 22
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: What will be the estimated annual budget for this project?
Response: Confidential
Question 23
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could you please confirm if only 1 consultant is required under the resulting contract?
Response: Yes, only 1 is required
Question 24
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: What would be the shift timings for the given position?
Response: within the 7-4pm CST M-F
Question 25
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Can you please provide a detailed Job descriptions for the required position?
Response: Specifications are in the RFP
Question 26
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could you please confirm what all documents are required to be submitted in order to be responsive?
Response: The submission should include a price for the augmentation as stated in the RFP.
Question 27
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: As per our understanding, we need to submit only "BIDDERS SIGNATURE AUTHORIZATION AND REFERENCES FORM" in response to the RFP. We request you to please confirm the same. If anything else apart from the respective form is required to be submitted, request you to please confirm the required documents for submission.
Response: Requirement as stated in the RFP along with pricing
Question 28
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: There is no pricing requirement mentioned in the bid, could you please confirm if we need to submit pricing with the bid?
Response: Yes submit pricing
Question 29
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: If pricing is required, could you please confirm if we need to submit fully burdened hourly rate for the required position?
Response: The bid should contain the full amount to be charged for the amount of time specified in the RFP
Question 30
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: There is no pricing format or any specific form to submit the pricing in the RFP, we request you to please confirm can we submit pricing in our own format?
Response: Yes you can submit pricing in your own format
Question 31
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Standard General Requirements Revised 112221, on the Wentzville School District website includes "FEDERAL WORK AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM AFFIDAVIT" and "E-VERIFY". Do we need to submit the respective forms with the proposal?
Response: No, not with the bid, these documents will be required of the bid awardee
Question 32
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could you please confirm how many qualified resumes do we need to submit in order to suffice the submission requirements?
Response: answered previously
Question 33
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Please confirm, if the consultant needs to work 100% remotely?
Response: Yes
Question 34
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: 1. Kindly confirm the number of positions to be filled. 2. Please provide guidance on quoting our prices, considering there is no Price Schedule available in the 3-page RFP.
Response: 1 position and you can use your own format for pricing.
Question 35
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: How many years of experience is the District looking for the Microsoft Engineer to have?
Response: 3-5 years is optimal but not required
Question 36
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could the District please provide more details as to what kind of consultant they are looking for (education, years of experience, certifications, etc)?
Response: The consultant needs to be able to meet the required duties of the RFP
Question 37
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Is this a full time or a part time position?
Response: The RFP says 20 hours a week
Question 38
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could the District please clarify if the references requested are for the consultant that will provide the services or for the firm providing the consultant?
Response: References of successful work in the past
Question 39
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Is the District looking for firms to recruit the requested positions or for firms to provide in-house personnel to perform the services?
Response: That is up to the winning bidder.
Question 40
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Can firms provide commercial references?
Response: Educational institution references are preferred
Question 41
Posted: 3/7/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District kindly provide clarification on whether vendors are required to include Attachment STANDARD GENERAL REQUIREMENTS within their response?
Response: Yes it is required.
Question 42
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: What are the skills required to submit Microsoft Engineer?
Response: Full working knowledge of Microsoft windows environment, Azure and iNTUNE.
Question 43
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Section. COMPANY REFERENCES, SUBCONTRACTING, AND WARRANTIES. "The District may request at least three (3) references, preferably Missouri educational institutions, whom you have supplied similar equipment and services. The names, titles and telephone numbers of contacts for each reference should be given. Unless you specify otherwise, District officials will be free to contact these references." Could the District please confirm whether the submission of references from Missouri educational institutions are mandatory?
Response: Not Mandatory but preferred
Question 44
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Any education required? What is the expected years of experience required for a candidate?
Response: Full working knowledge of Microsoft windows environment, Azure and iNTUNE.
Question 45
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: As per page 3 of the RFP, do we need to submit candidate references or vendor references are required?
Response: Not Mandatory but preferred
Question 46
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the District please provide clarification if vendors must add financial statements within the response?
Response: Not Mandatory
Question 47
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District please provide clarification regarding whether there is a specific format that vendors must adhere to for their responses?
Response: No specific format
Question 48
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Is there any SBE/MBE/WBE goal for this solicitation?
Response: No
Question 49
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Is the certificate of Insurance required with the response?
Response: No
Question 50
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Are there scores for the evaluation criteria? If yes, could you please disclose it?
Response: There is not an scored rubric
Question 51
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District please confirm the required forms that must be submitted with the proposal?
Response: Submissions are to follow vendor registry guidelines.
Question 52
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Does Wentzville School District provide any preference to Missouri local vendors?
Response: Yes
Question 53
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District please grant an extension on the due date?
Response: No
Question 54
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the Wentzville School District please confirm that vendors can fill out proposal forms electronically?
Response: Bids must be submitted with requirements of Vendor Registry
Question 55
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District clarify if it is necessary to notarize any form? If yes, which ones?
Response: Notarized documents are not required.
Question 56
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the Wentzville School District kindly provide clarification on whether vendors are required to include only the BIDDERS SIGNATURE AUTHORIZATION AND REFERENCES FORM, pricing, and the actual resume in their submissions?
Response: The bids need to include signature, references, pricing in the bids.
Question 57
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the Wentzville School District kindly provide clarification on whether vendors are required to submit a single document containing all the forms or if each form should be submitted separately?
Response: All submissions go to the Vendor Registry all on one or separate is acceptable.
Question 58
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Are electronic signatures allowed?
Response: All bids must comply with vendor registry submission requirements.
Question 59
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: What educational experience is the District looking for the consultant to have?
Response: Knowledge of microsoft networks with experience with Azure and iNTUNE.
Posted: 3/15/2024
Type of Addition: In Review
Posted: 3/4/2024
Question: Do we have to submit resumes for Microsoft Engineer position?
Response: Yes
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Please provide us with an estimated NTE budget allocated for this contract.
Response: The budget is confidential, we are seeking bids for the Staff augmentation.
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is this an old contract or new contact?
Response: New
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is this open to all vendors or only for pre-qualified vendors?
Response: All vendors
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: What is the tentative start date of this engagement?
Response: As soon as possible, however Start Date will depend on the contract terms
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: What is the work location of the proposed candidate?
Response: Remote
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Please provide the evaluation criteria for evaluating the bids for this RFP.
Response: The bids will be evaluated against the terms in the Bid Specifications
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is this a new contract or are there any incumbents? If there is an incumbent, could you please let us know the incumbent name and pricing and are the incumbents eligible to submit the proposal again?
Response: No Incumbent
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Are there any pain points or issues with the current vendor(s)?
Response: Confidential
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Could you please share the previous spending on this contract, if any?
Response: Confidential
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: How many positions were used in the previous contract?
Response: Zero
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: How many positions will be required per year or throughout the contract term?
Response: One
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: If the proposed candidates are not available at the time of award, will the agency allow us to provide replacement personnel with similar or more skill sets?
Response: Yes
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Can we provide hourly rate ranges for the given positions?
Response: The specific cost per hour is required.
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Is it entirely onsite work or can it be done remotely to some extent / Does the services need to be delivered onsite or is there a possibility for remote operations and performance?
Response: Remote
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Do we need to submit the actual resumes for proposed candidate or can we submit the sample resume?
Response: Answered previously
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: How many candidate resumes can we submit?
Response: One
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: Could you please provide the list of holidays? Are there any mandated Paid Time Off, Vacation, etc.?
Response: This is an hourly contract only no PTO Vacation etc
Posted: 3/5/2024
Question: What are the requirements of this RFP?
Response: The requirements are listed in the RFP
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: 1. Is this a re-compete RFP? If yes, could you please the name of Current Suppliers (who are currently providing services to Agency)?
Response: No it is not a re-compete
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Can you please verify the fully burdened hourly rate assigned to the current consultant?
Response: There is not a current consultant
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: What will be the estimated annual budget for this project?
Response: Confidential
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could you please confirm if only 1 consultant is required under the resulting contract?
Response: Yes, only 1 is required
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: What would be the shift timings for the given position?
Response: within the 7-4pm CST M-F
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Can you please provide a detailed Job descriptions for the required position?
Response: Specifications are in the RFP
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could you please confirm what all documents are required to be submitted in order to be responsive?
Response: The submission should include a price for the augmentation as stated in the RFP.
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: As per our understanding, we need to submit only "BIDDERS SIGNATURE AUTHORIZATION AND REFERENCES FORM" in response to the RFP. We request you to please confirm the same. If anything else apart from the respective form is required to be submitted, request you to please confirm the required documents for submission.
Response: Requirement as stated in the RFP along with pricing
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: There is no pricing requirement mentioned in the bid, could you please confirm if we need to submit pricing with the bid?
Response: Yes submit pricing
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: If pricing is required, could you please confirm if we need to submit fully burdened hourly rate for the required position?
Response: The bid should contain the full amount to be charged for the amount of time specified in the RFP
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: There is no pricing format or any specific form to submit the pricing in the RFP, we request you to please confirm can we submit pricing in our own format?
Response: Yes you can submit pricing in your own format
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Standard General Requirements Revised 112221, on the Wentzville School District website includes "FEDERAL WORK AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM AFFIDAVIT" and "E-VERIFY". Do we need to submit the respective forms with the proposal?
Response: No, not with the bid, these documents will be required of the bid awardee
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could you please confirm how many qualified resumes do we need to submit in order to suffice the submission requirements?
Response: answered previously
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Please confirm, if the consultant needs to work 100% remotely?
Response: Yes
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: 1. Kindly confirm the number of positions to be filled. 2. Please provide guidance on quoting our prices, considering there is no Price Schedule available in the 3-page RFP.
Response: 1 position and you can use your own format for pricing.
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: How many years of experience is the District looking for the Microsoft Engineer to have?
Response: 3-5 years is optimal but not required
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could the District please provide more details as to what kind of consultant they are looking for (education, years of experience, certifications, etc)?
Response: The consultant needs to be able to meet the required duties of the RFP
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Is this a full time or a part time position?
Response: The RFP says 20 hours a week
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Could the District please clarify if the references requested are for the consultant that will provide the services or for the firm providing the consultant?
Response: References of successful work in the past
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Is the District looking for firms to recruit the requested positions or for firms to provide in-house personnel to perform the services?
Response: That is up to the winning bidder.
Posted: 3/6/2024
Question: Can firms provide commercial references?
Response: Educational institution references are preferred
Posted: 3/7/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District kindly provide clarification on whether vendors are required to include Attachment STANDARD GENERAL REQUIREMENTS within their response?
Response: Yes it is required.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: What are the skills required to submit Microsoft Engineer?
Response: Full working knowledge of Microsoft windows environment, Azure and iNTUNE.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Section. COMPANY REFERENCES, SUBCONTRACTING, AND WARRANTIES. "The District may request at least three (3) references, preferably Missouri educational institutions, whom you have supplied similar equipment and services. The names, titles and telephone numbers of contacts for each reference should be given. Unless you specify otherwise, District officials will be free to contact these references." Could the District please confirm whether the submission of references from Missouri educational institutions are mandatory?
Response: Not Mandatory but preferred
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Any education required? What is the expected years of experience required for a candidate?
Response: Full working knowledge of Microsoft windows environment, Azure and iNTUNE.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: As per page 3 of the RFP, do we need to submit candidate references or vendor references are required?
Response: Not Mandatory but preferred
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the District please provide clarification if vendors must add financial statements within the response?
Response: Not Mandatory
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District please provide clarification regarding whether there is a specific format that vendors must adhere to for their responses?
Response: No specific format
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Is there any SBE/MBE/WBE goal for this solicitation?
Response: No
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Is the certificate of Insurance required with the response?
Response: No
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Are there scores for the evaluation criteria? If yes, could you please disclose it?
Response: There is not an scored rubric
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District please confirm the required forms that must be submitted with the proposal?
Response: Submissions are to follow vendor registry guidelines.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Does Wentzville School District provide any preference to Missouri local vendors?
Response: Yes
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District please grant an extension on the due date?
Response: No
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the Wentzville School District please confirm that vendors can fill out proposal forms electronically?
Response: Bids must be submitted with requirements of Vendor Registry
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could Wentzville School District clarify if it is necessary to notarize any form? If yes, which ones?
Response: Notarized documents are not required.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the Wentzville School District kindly provide clarification on whether vendors are required to include only the BIDDERS SIGNATURE AUTHORIZATION AND REFERENCES FORM, pricing, and the actual resume in their submissions?
Response: The bids need to include signature, references, pricing in the bids.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Could the Wentzville School District kindly provide clarification on whether vendors are required to submit a single document containing all the forms or if each form should be submitted separately?
Response: All submissions go to the Vendor Registry all on one or separate is acceptable.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: Are electronic signatures allowed?
Response: All bids must comply with vendor registry submission requirements.
Posted: 3/8/2024
Question: What educational experience is the District looking for the consultant to have?
Response: Knowledge of microsoft networks with experience with Azure and iNTUNE.