COA – City of Austin Website RFP In 18 Pieces – Deciphered for You
If you wade into the City of Austin Website RFP that was released on Monday, July 27, here is what you will see when you log in with your valid vendor registration.
Due date for proposals is still Sept. 17th, 2009. With a bidders conference on August 12 at city hall.
And clicking on the Attachments page will get you a one page WORD document that provides another link to this page:
Providing a whopping 16 file links. And the .zip file provides an additional two documents that give access and information about using the COA vendor database. Adding these to the initial .doc download we have a total of 19 files to examine. Let’s see if we can sort out a bit of the information and give some access to the documents directly.
- MSO0036APXA.doc: Appendix A: Vendor Response Access Database Instructions
- MSO0036APXB.zip: contains:
- AustinGo Assessment Requirements Database (Draft).mdb
- AustinGo Assessment Requirements for Import to Access.xls
- MSO0036APXC.xls: A Sample Cost Proposal Sheet in Excel with the following sections:
Scope of Work:
And Deliverables and Other Services:
And then the most curious part, we’ll see if these items are addressed further in the other documents, Optional Services:
Austin Energy web site and Convention Center web site both “as part of overall project.” Interesting.
- MSO0036APXD.pdf: Public Involvement Report dated June 5, 2008
- MSO0036COVR.DOC Is the cover page for the RFP with this handy bit of info:
- MSO0036LINK2.doc – the document that gives the link to the project section above.
- MSO00360400.doc – Supplemental Purchasing Provisions
- MSO00360500.doc – Table of Contents
- MSO00360800.doc – Equal Employment/Fair Housing Office Non-Discrimination Certification
- MSO00360805.doc – Non-suspension or Debarment Certificaion
- MSO00360810.DOC [not sure about the meaning of the capitalization] – Assessment of City Web Portal and Redesign Initiative
- MSO00360815.doc – Living Wages and Benefits Contractor Certification
- MSO00360820.doc – Living Wages and Benefits Employee Certification
- MSO00360900.doc – Nonprofessional Services MBE/WBE Procurement Program
- MSO00360900a.pdf – Sub-Contractor Vendor List Exported from database
- MSO00360900b.pdf – Sub-Contractor Vendor List Exported from database (mailing label format)
- MSO00361000.DOC – “No Offer” Reply Form
And that’s about it. I guess MSO00360810.DOC is the one to focus on. Here’s a link to a ZIP of MSO00361000 in case you are interested but not ready to put in a bid on the project.
I will offer some reflection on the RFP when I’ve had a chance to review it completely.
Until then, keep the lights on,
@jmacofearth
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