2.0 Required Administrative Responses Bidders MUST respond to all required Bidders MUST complete all rows of the attached Appendix A. Do NOT delete any rows. Bidders may also submit additional documentation either via inline responses to this document or as separate attachments. Incomplete bids are subject to rejection. Throughout this section and the accompanying appendices, the capitalized words MUST and SHALL are used to indicate requirements that are mandatory and must be addressed for a response to be considered complete. The capitalized words MAY and SHOULD are used to indicate desires on CENIC's part that are not requirements. However, Service Providers are expected to respond to each of these, either by meeting the desire or by providing an alternative approach to meeting the desire. Cover letter. Bidders shall provide a cover letter that includes a brief statement of intent to perform the services, qualifications for selection, and signature by an authorized officer of the firm who has legal authority in such transactions. Unsigned proposals shall be rejected. Include Bidder’s name, address, telephone, and fax numbers and the name(s) of authorized representative(s). Invoices. Each Bidder will be expected to provide a single, itemized, monthly invoice indicating all of the contracted services unless otherwise requested by CENIC. Invoices should be mailed to: The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) 16700 Valley View, Suite 400, La Mirada, CA 90638 Terms and Conditions. Bidders MUST propose Terms and Conditions in the form of a contract as part of the response. The Terms and Conditions proposed MUST include all relevant terms from this RFP. All proposed Terms and Conditions will be subject to CENIC’s approval and subject to negotiations before acceptance. Time is of the essence. CENIC anticipates this engagement to begin immediately following award and terminate upon project completion, no later than December 2017. 31, Bidders MUST demonstrate their ability and capacity to implement Qualifications. the services proposed. References. Bids will be judged in part on their experience installing services similar to those bid, on schedules similar to those proposed. Bidders MAY include references, with name and contact number, for three (3) such organizations.
2.0 Required Administrative Responses Bidders MUST respond to all required Bidders MUST complete all rows of the attached Appendix A. Do NOT delete any rows. Bidders may also submit additional documentation either via inline responses to this document or as separate attachments. Incomplete bids are subject to rejection. Throughout this section and the accompanying appendices, the capitalized words MUST and SHALL are used to indicate requirements that are mandatory and must be addressed for a response to be considered complete. The capitalized words MAY and SHOULD are used to indicate desires on CENIC's part that are not requirements. However, Service Providers are expected to respond to each of these, either by meeting the desire or by providing an alternative approach to meeting the desire. Cover letter. Bidders shall provide a cover letter that includes a brief statement of intent to perform the services, qualifications for selection, and signature by an authorized officer of the firm who has legal authority in such transactions. Unsigned proposals shall be rejected. Include Bidder’s name, address, telephone, and fax numbers and the name(s) of authorized representative(s). Invoices. Each Bidder will be expected to provide a single, itemized, monthly invoice indicating all of the contracted services unless otherwise requested by CENIC. Invoices should be mailed to: The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) 16700 Valley View, Suite 400, La Mirada, CA 90638 Terms and Conditions. Bidders MUST propose Terms and Conditions in the form of a contract as part of the response. The Terms and Conditions proposed MUST include all relevant terms from this RFP. All proposed Terms and Conditions will be subject to CENIC’s approval and subject to negotiations before acceptance. Time is of the essence. CENIC anticipates this engagement to begin immediately following award and terminate upon project completion, no later than December 31, 2017. Qualifications. Bidders MUST demonstrate their ability and capacity to implement the services proposed. References. Bids will be judged in part on their experience installing services similar to those bid, on schedules similar to those proposed. Bidders MAY include references, with name and contact number, for three (3) such organizations.
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