Common use of Login Clause in Contracts

Login. Bidders shall have a current Vendor registration and be active for “Sourcing Events” within the link MFMP Vendor Information Portal. Download the MFMP Participation Instructions to Bidder, for detailed instructions on how to participate within the MFMP Sourcing Tool 3.0. Include all appropriate pricing, discounts, documents, forms, files, question responses, and information responses located within the MFMP Sourcing Tool for the solicitation in Bids. All required or requested pricing, discounts, documents, forms, files, question responses, and information responses are to be entered electronically in the MFMP Sourcing Tool during this solicitation as indicated. Sourcing Tips and Training After logging into MFMP Sourcing 3.0, “My Events” lists all events the Bidder already chose to “Join” (i.e., you intend to submit a formal response). “Public Events” lists those events associated with the Bidder’s registered UNSPSC listed in their Bidder Information Portal (VIP) accounts, but the Bidders have not yet “Joined.” Joining an event moves the event from “Public Events” to “My Events,” allows the Bidder to submit questions about the event (solicitation), and alerts Bidders to any associated updates (e.g., addenda, event edits, etc.). To respond to a solicitation, Bidders shall review and accept the electronic agreement on the “Review and Accept Agreement” page. Click the radio button next to, “I accept the terms of this agreement.” When responding, save work frequently – at intervals less than 20 minutes. Sourcing 3.0 automatically times out after 20 minutes of inactivity. Any unsaved information may be lost when the system times out. Clicking the “Save” button within Sourcing 3.0 only saves your solicitation responses. To transmit responses to the State, Bidders shall click “Submit Entire Response.” After clicking the “Submit Entire Response” button, Bidders are responsible to verify and validate any submitted response in Sourcing 3.0 to ensure their responses are accurate and complete prior to the bid closing time. Bidders should allow sufficient time, prior to the Solicitation event period closing, to address any errors and resubmit revised responses. To validate responses, please do the following before the Solicitation period ends: Click the “Response History” link to confirm that your “submitted” response is visible, and, therefore, formally submitted. Confirm that a status of “Accepted” displays next to your submitted response. Click on the Reference number of your submitted bid response to review the submission. Please check the following: Text boxes – Is your entire answer viewable? Yes/No questions – Are the displayed answers correct? For technical assistance, contact the MFMP Customer Service Desk (CSD) at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or by email at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇. For additional information regarding Vendor online training or to view MFMP Sourcing training documents select the hyperlink, MFMP Vendor Toolkit. Who May Respond Any Motor Vehicle Manufacturers or Dealers, who are registered with and considered to be in good standing by the Florida Department of State, may respond. To be eligible for award, a Bidder is to satisfy the requirements, specifications, terms, and conditions of the solicitation and demonstrate their capability to perform a statewide Contract in the State of Florida, and is authorized by the Florida Department of State to do business in the State of Florida.

Login. Bidders shall must have a current Vendor registration and be active for “Sourcing Events” within the link MFMP Vendor Information Portal. Download the MFMP Participation Instructions to Bidder, for detailed instructions on how to participate within the MFMP Sourcing Tool 3.0. Include all appropriate pricing, discounts, documents, forms, files, question responses, and information responses located within the MFMP Sourcing Tool for the solicitation in Bidsbids. All required or requested pricing, discounts, documents, forms, ; files, question responses, and information responses are to be entered electronically in the MFMP Sourcing Tool during this solicitation as indicated. Sourcing Tips and Training After logging into MFMP Sourcing 3.0, “My Events” lists all events the Bidder Vendor already chose to “Join” (i.e., you intend to submit a formal response). “Public Events” lists those events associated with the BidderVendor’s registered UNSPSC commodity codes listed in their Bidder Vendor Information Portal (VIP) accounts, but the Bidders Vendors have not yet “Joined.” Joining an event moves the event from “Public Events” to “My Events,” allows the Bidder Vendor to submit questions about the event (solicitation)event, and alerts Bidders Vendors to any associated updates (e.g., addenda, event edits, etc.). To respond to a solicitation, Bidders shall respondents must review and accept the electronic agreement on the “Review and Accept Agreement” page. Click the radio button next to, “I accept the terms of this agreement.” When responding, save work frequently – at intervals less than 20 minutes. Sourcing 3.0 automatically times out after 20 minutes of inactivity. Any unsaved information may be lost when the system times out. Clicking the “Save” button within Sourcing 3.0 only saves your solicitation responses. To transmit responses to the State, Bidders shall Vendors must click “Submit Entire Response.” After clicking the “Submit Entire Response” button, Bidders Vendors are responsible to verify and validate any submitted response in Sourcing 3.0 to ensure their responses are accurate and complete prior to the bid closing time. Bidders Vendors should allow sufficient time, prior to the Solicitation event period closing, to address any errors and resubmit revised responses. To validate responses, please do the following before the Solicitation period ends: Click the “Response History” link to confirm that your “submitted” response is visible, and, therefore, formally submitted. Confirm that a status of “Accepted” displays next to your submitted response. Click on the Reference number of your submitted bid response to review the submission. Please check the following: Text boxes – Is your entire answer viewable? Yes/No questions – Are the displayed answers correct? For technical assistance, contact the MFMP Customer Service Desk (CSD) at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or by email at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇. For additional information regarding Vendor online training or to view MFMP Sourcing training documents select the hyperlink, MFMP Vendor Toolkit. Who May Respond Any Motor Vehicle Manufacturers or DealersLibrary Furniture Manufacturers, who are registered with and considered to be in good standing by the Florida Department of State, may respond. To be eligible for award, a Bidder is to must satisfy the requirements, specifications, terms, and conditions of the solicitation and demonstrate their capability to perform a statewide Contract in the State of Florida, and is are authorized by the Florida Department of State to do business in the State of Florida. Bidder Qualification Questions Submit a Yes/No response to the following Qualification Questions within the MFMP Sourcing Tool. Bidders are to meet and respond to the qualifications identified in the following Qualification Questions in order to be considered responsive. The Department may not evaluate bids from Bidders who answer “No” to any of the Qualification Questions. Does the Bidder certify that the person submitting the bid is authorized to respond to this ITB on ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s behalf? Does the Bidder certify that it is not a Convicted Vendor as defined in section 7 of the PUR 1001? Does the Bidder certify that it is not a Discriminatory Vendor as defined in section 8 of the PUR 1001? Does the Bidder certify that it is not on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List or the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List? The list can be found at: ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/fsb/Portals/Internet/PFIA/CurrentProhibitedCompaniesList.pdf. Does the Bidder certify that it will, if awarded, submit to the Department, at least annually, the completed signed Preferred Pricing Affidavit as required in Section 4.12 of this solicitation? Does the Bidder certify that they have carefully and thoroughly reviewed their bids or discounts on the Price Sheet (Attachment F) for accuracy and completeness? Does the Bidder certify that all material, equipment, processes, etc., contained in its bid response meets all pertinent standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, American National Standards Institute, National Fire Protection Association and all other federal and state requirements? Contents of Bid Organize bids in parts as directed below. Submit all the information requested in each part below through the MFMP Sourcing Tool. Failure to submit all of the requested information in 2.3.1 through 2.3.4 (Part 1 through Part 4) below, in the format required under this ITB, may result in a determination of Bidder non-responsiveness. Label each response with the appropriate section number (and part number) below: Part 1 - Past Performance Provide a minimum of five library furniture projects which individually exceed $30,000.00, sold to State Agencies (excluding the Department of Management Services) or other eligible users in Florida, issued between July 1, 2012 and December 1, 2014. The submitted documents should be legible and should include the Purchase Order or Invoice, the date of purchase, the purchaser and their phone number, the specific type of furniture or services provided, the price, project number, the name and telephone number of the customer’s contact person, specific type of furniture and services provided by your company for each project, average number of your company’s personnel assigned to project and the final overall sales received by your company for this project. This information will be used to assess the Bidder’s relevant past experience in handling large projects. Part 2 – Federal General Services Administration (GSA) Information If Bidder holds a Federal GSA Contract the following documentation must be uploaded: A copy of the cover page of the current GSA contract (SF26, SF30 or SF33) showing the GSA multiple Award Schedule Number, the Company’s name, and effective date of the contract. Provide a document identifying the web address linking directly to your published GSA discounted price lists, in effect at the time of bid opening and upload it within the MFMP Sourcing Tool. Part 3 - Price Sheet Submission Download the Price Sheet, complete and upload it within the MFMP Sourcing Tool. Bidder must submit filled out sections of the Price Sheet for each library furniture product category (Category) on which the Bidder wishes to bid. The Categories are: Wood Library Furnishings; Metal Library Furnishings; High Density and Mobile Shelving-Electric; and High Density and Mobile Shelving-Manual. Each Category within the Price Sheet on which the Bidder wishes to be considered for award shall contain the List Price from the Manufacturer’s Price List for each specification within that Category and the minimum discount off the Manufacturers Price List which the Bidder shall sell all products within that Category should the Bidder be awarded that Category, specification or any other separable portion thereof. A Price Sheet that lacks the above information for all specifications within a Category shall not be considered for an award in that Category. Attachment F - Price Sheet Part 4 – Other information Any Bidder who states that its “principal place of business” is outside of this state must submit with its bid in accordance with section 287.084, Florida Statutes, a written opinion of an attorney at law, licensed to practice law in that foreign state, that contains information explaining the preferences, any or none, granted by the law of that state to its own business entities whose principal place(s) of business are in that foreign state in the letting of any or all public contracts. For the purpose of this ITB, “principal place of business” means the state in which the Bidder’s high level officers direct, control, and coordinate the Bidder’s activities. Upload if applicable the written opinion of an attorney at law here. Download the Preferred Pricing Affidavit found in Section 5, complete and upload it here. Attachment E - Preferred Pricing Affidavit Download the Certification of Drug-Free Workplace Form found in Section 5, complete and upload it here. Attachment B - Certification of Drug-Free Workplace Form Download the Savings/Price Reductions Form found in Section 5, complete and upload it here. The Bidder is required to furnish the percent (%) savings in prices offered compared to retail, list, published or other usual or customary prices that would be paid by the purchaser without the benefit of a contract resulting from this bid. The Savings/Price Reductions form is provided to facilitate the Bidders response to this requirement. The Bidder is required to submit this form with its bid, and at the time of any renewals or extensions. Attachment I - Savings/Price Reductions Form Download the Authorized Servicing Dealers Form found in Section 5, complete and upload it here. Attachment A - Authorized Servicing Dealers Form Provide a document identifying the web address linking directly to your published price lists, in effect at the time of bid opening and upload it within the MFMP Sourcing Tool. Upload a document identifying the web address linking here. Evaluation Criteria The Department shall review bidder responses using the criteria listed in 2.2.4, Bidder Qualification Questions, to determine responsiveness. Bids that do not meet all requirements of the solicitation or fail to provide all required information, documents, or materials may be rejected as non-responsive. Bidder’s responses, past performance, or current status that do not reflect the capability, integrity, or reliability to fully and in good faith perform the requirements of a Contract may be rejected as non-responsible. At its sole discretion, the Department will determine which responses meet the requirements of this solicitation, and which Bidders are responsive and responsible. Basis of Award The Contract(s) shall be awarded to one or more, not to exceed five (5) responsive, responsible Bidder(s) that offers the lowest total evaluated price for each Category, specification or any other separable portion if deemed in the best interest of the State. Bidders are not required to bid every category. If the Bidder wishes to be considered for a category award, they must submit a bid for all products listed within the specifications of that category. All areas where information is requierd will be highlighted in yellow. The total evaluated price for each Category is the summed total of: the Manufacturer’s List Price reduced by the discount percentage off the Manufacturer’s Price List times the weighted percentage for the products listed in the specifications within that Category. Discount Percentage: The Bidder’s discount of Manufacturer’s List Price for all products within the Category.

Login. Bidders shall must have a current Vendor registration and be active for “Sourcing Events” within the link MFMP Vendor Information Portal. Download the MFMP Participation Instructions to Bidder, for detailed instructions on how to participate within the MFMP Sourcing Tool 3.0. Include all appropriate pricing, discounts, documents, forms, files, question responses, and information responses located within the MFMP Sourcing Tool for the solicitation in Bidsbids. All required or requested pricing, discounts, documents, forms, ; files, question responses, and information responses are to be entered electronically in the MFMP Sourcing Tool during this solicitation as indicated. Sourcing Tips and Training After logging into MFMP Sourcing 3.0, “My Events” lists all events the Bidder Vendor already chose to “Join” (i.e., you intend to submit a formal response). “Public Events” lists those events associated with the BidderVendor’s registered UNSPSC commodity codes listed in their Bidder Vendor Information Portal (VIP) accounts, but the Bidders Vendors have not yet “Joined.” Joining an event moves the event from “Public Events” to “My Events,” allows the Bidder Vendor to submit questions about the event (solicitation)event, and alerts Bidders Vendors to any associated updates (e.g., addenda, event edits, etc.). To respond to a solicitation, Bidders shall respondents must review and accept the electronic agreement on the “Review and Accept Agreement” page. Click the radio button next to, “I accept the terms of this agreement.” When responding, save work frequently – at intervals less than 20 minutes. Sourcing 3.0 automatically times out after 20 minutes of inactivity. Any unsaved information may be lost when the system times out. Clicking the “Save” button within Sourcing 3.0 only saves your solicitation responses. To transmit responses to the State, Bidders shall Vendors must click “Submit Entire Response.” After clicking the “Submit Entire Response” button, Bidders Vendors are responsible to verify and validate any submitted response in Sourcing 3.0 to ensure their responses are accurate and complete prior to the bid closing time. Bidders Vendors should allow sufficient time, prior to the Solicitation event period closing, to address any errors and resubmit revised responses. To validate responses, please do the following before the Solicitation period ends: Click the “Response History” link to confirm that your “submitted” response is visible, and, therefore, formally submitted. Confirm that a status of “Accepted” displays next to your submitted response. Click on the Reference number of your submitted bid response to review the submission. Please check the following: Text boxes – Is your entire answer viewable? Yes/No questions – Are the displayed answers correct? For technical assistance, contact the MFMP Customer Service Desk (CSD) at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ or by email at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇. For additional information regarding Vendor online training or to view MFMP Sourcing training documents select the hyperlink, MFMP Vendor Toolkit. Who May Respond Any Motor Vehicle Manufacturers or Dealers, who are registered with and considered to be in good standing by the Florida Department of State, may respond. To be eligible for award, a Bidder is to satisfy the requirements, specifications, terms, and conditions of the solicitation and demonstrate their capability to perform a statewide Contract in the State of Florida, and is authorized by the Florida Department of State to do business in the State of Florida.: