Invitation To Negotiate 92017ACHS New College of Florida
ITN# 92017ACHS
LEGAL NOTICE OF AN INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE TO PROVIDE ACCESS CONTROL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PER F.S. 287.057 4 (C) NCF INVITES VENDORS TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AS THE BASIS OF NEGOTIATION TO PROVIDE A SUITABLE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AT SELECT LOCATIONS ON THE NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA CAMPUS.
The Board of Trustees of New College of Florida (NCF) announces that proposals will be required from qualified vendors licensed in the State of Florida to provide a fully functional and integrated access control system to select buildings on campus
The scope of the project is to provide a new scalable access control system that integrates with current and future campus IT software programs. The system head-end can be hosted virtually from the campus or within the main server room in the ACE building. If local hosting is offered, the vendor must provide a suitable server with details of how resilience will be provided. If virtual hosting is offered, the vendor shall confirm details of resilience within the hosting environment and how the system will be configured to overcome potential network issues. Details of any latency issues with remote hosting shall also be provided.
Interested vendors must submit the information required by the Invitation to Negotiate. Submissions shall also include details of the firm’s abilities and previous experience with respect to State funded projects, projects in education institutions and for facilities similar to those found on the campus of New College in Florida. Also required is a synopsis of the firm’s qualifications and résumés of key personnel.
Invitation to Negotiate documentation ITN# 92017ACHS may be viewed and downloaded from the College’s Procurement web page: https://www.ncf.edu/about/departments-and-offices/procurement-services/
A pre-proposal and site visit is scheduled on October 11, 2017 at 10.00am The meeting, scheduled for two hours, will commence at the NCF Keating Center Conference Room located on College Drive.
Written questions regarding this ITN must be submitted no later than 5.00pm on October 13, 2017 by email only to jharris@NCF.edu. All questions and responses thereto will be posted on the College’s Procurement web page no later than 5.00pm on October 18, 2017
Deliver five (5) copies of all required documentation to New College of Florida, Procurement Services Department, Palmer D Building 5800 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 34243-2109. Deliver for the Attention: Jean Harris, Director, no later than Friday October 27, 2017 at 2.00 pm. No electronic submittals will be accepted. The College will not be responsible for any delays in delivery nor for any costs associated with the preparation.
Responses to this Invitation to Negotiate will be opened on Friday October 27, 2017 at 2.30 pm at the NCF Jane Bancroft Cook Library room 228.
Any addenda to the ITN will be available, on the Procurement web page noted above, two (2) days before the noted submission date.
It is solely the Vendor’s responsibility to check the NCF Procurement Services Web site at https://www.ncf.edu/about/departments-and-offices/procurement-services/, forty-eight (48) hours before the closing time of this proposal to verify that the proposer has received any addenda that may have been issued.
New College of Florida is an Equal Access/Equal Opportunity Employer
