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Pre Bid Checklist State – APEX
Bid No Bid Assessment
Description
Join us for Tips & Tools for preparing to bid the statewide contract for Audio Visual Solutions. This workshop is brought to you by the government contracting advisors at the non-profit APEX Accelerator in collaboration with DES Procurement Inclusion & Equity Program. In the session, participants will dissect the solicitation using take-home tools including a pre-bid checklist and bid/no-bid decision matrix which can be customized for their unique needs. This session is designed to prepare firms for the official DES Pre-Bid Session currently scheduled at the date below.
This new solicitation is under development to succeed the expiring contract 03418.
The previous Contract was for general AV equipment and control panels, AV room design/consultation, installation services, ongoing support, AV management services, governmental function related audio recording, induction loop hearing systems and other AV related accessibility solutions.
Commodity Code(s): 710-52, 840-14, 915-07, 880-11, 939-06, 918-02, 880-43, 880-46, 840-55, 939-91
Below dates are correct as of 11/15/24 when the Request for Information was published on WEBS. The below dates may change. The RFI is now closed and is no longer accessible to WEBS vendor portal. Watch WEBS and the notes section of the planned procurement page linked here for updated information.
Estimated Solicitation Posting:12/2/24
Estimated Pre-bid Conference Date: 12/12/24 at 1pm
Estimated Q&A Period Ends: 12/20/24
Estimated Bid Due Date: 1/16/25
NOTE: There is also an AV Solutions solicitation live now through a multi-state cooperative purchasing organization called NASPO. View the courtesy posting on WEBS using customer reference #2025-0200-0044 or visit the online public notice at this link. The pre-proposal conference is Decmeber 3, 2024.
APEX Accelerator offers no cost technical assistance to firms interested in this or other opportunities. To find your local APEX advisor here.
