EXHIBIT F
FEDERAL FUNDS CERTIFICATIONS
FEDERAL CERTIFICATIONS
ADDENDUM FOR AGREEMENT FUNDED BY U.S. FEDERAL GRANT
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Participating Agencies may elect to use federal funds to purchase under the Master Agreement. This form should be completed and returned.
DEFINITIONS
Contract means a legal instrument by which a non–Federal entity purchases property or services needed to carry out the project or program under a Federal award. The term as used in this part does not include a legal instrument, even if the non–Federal entity considers it a contract, when the substance of the transaction meets the definition of a Federal award or subaward Contractor means an entity that receives a contract as defined in Contract.
Cooperative agreement means a legal instrument of financial assistance between a Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity and a non–Federal entity that, consistent with 31 U.S.C. 6302–6305:
(a) Is used to enter into a relationship the principal purpose of which is to transfer anything of value from the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity to the non–Federal entity to carry out a public purpose authorized by a law of the United States (see 31 U.S.C. 6101(3)); and not to acquire property or services for the Federal government or pass-through entity's direct benefit or use;
(b) Is distinguished from a grant in that it provides for substantial involvement between the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity and the non–Federal entity in carrying out the activity contemplated by the Federal award. (c) The term does not include:
(1) A cooperative research and development agreement as defined in 15 U.S.C. 3710a; or (2) An agreement that provides only:
(i) Direct United States Government cash assistance to an individual; (ii) A subsidy;
(iii) A loan;
(iv) A loan guarantee; or
(v) Insurance.
Federal awarding agency means the Federal agency that provides a Federal award directly to a non–Federal entity Federal award has the meaning, depending on the context, in either paragraph (a) or (b) of this section:
(a)(1) The Federal financial assistance that a non–Federal entity receives directly from a Federal awarding agency or indirectly from a pass-through entity, as described in § 200.101 Applicability; or (2) The cost-reimbursement contract under the Federal Acquisition Regulations that a non–Federal entity receives directly from a Federal awarding agency or indirectly from a pass-through entity, as described in § 200.101 Applicability.
(b) The instrument setting forth the terms and conditions. The instrument is the grant agreement, cooperative agreement, other agreement for assistance covered in paragraph (b) of § 200.40 Federal financial assistance, or the costreimbursement contract awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulations. (c) Federal award does not include other contracts that a Federal agency uses to buy goods or services from a contractor or a contract to operate Federal government owned, contractor operated facilities (GOCOs). (d) See also definitions of Federal financial assistance, grant agreement, and cooperative agreement.
Non–Federal entity means a state, local government, Indian tribe, institution of higher education (IHE), or nonprofit organization that carries out a Federal award as a recipient or subrecipient.
Nonprofit organization means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization, not including IHEs, that:
(a) Is operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest; (b) Is not organized primarily for profit; and
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(c) Uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operations of the organization.
Obligations means, when used in connection with a non–Federal entity's utilization of funds under a Federal award, orders placed for property and services, contracts and subawards made, and similar transactions during a given period that require payment by the non–Federal entity during the same or a future period.
Pass-through entity means a non–Federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal program.
Recipient means a non–Federal entity that receives a Federal award directly from a Federal awarding agency to carry out an activity under a Federal program. The term recipient does not include subrecipients.
Simplified acquisition threshold means the dollar amount below which a non–Federal entity may purchase property or services using small purchase methods. Non–Federal entities adopt small purchase procedures in order to expedite the purchase of items costing less than the simplified acquisition threshold. The simplified acquisition threshold is set by the Federal Acquisition Regulation at 48 CFR Subpart 2.1 (Definitions) and in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1908. As of the publication of this part, the simplified acquisition threshold is $250,000, but this threshold is periodically adjusted for inflation. (Also see definition of § 200.67 Micropurchase.) Subaward means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal program. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract.
Subrecipient means a non–Federal entity that receives a subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a Federal program; but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such program. A subrecipient may also be a recipient of other Federal awards directly from a Federal awarding agency.
Termination means the ending of a Federal award, in whole or in part at any time prior to the planned end of period of performance.
The following certifications and provisions may be required and apply when Participating Agency expends federal funds for any purchase resulting from this procurement process. Pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.326, all contracts, including small purchases, awarded by the Participating Agency and the Participating Agency’s subcontractors shall contain the procurement provisions of Appendix II to Part 200, as applicable.
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(A) Contracts for more than the simplified acquisition threshold currently set at $250,000, which is the inflation adjusted amount determined by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) as authorized by 41 U.S.C. 1908, must address administrative, contractual, or legal remedies in instances where contractors violate or breach contract terms, and provide for such sanctions and penalties as appropriate.
Pursuant to Federal Rule (A) above, when a Participating Agency expends federal funds, the Participating Agency reserves all rights and privileges under the applicable laws and regulations with respect to this procurement in the event of breach of contract by either party.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (B) Termination for cause and for convenience by the grantee or subgrantee including the manner by which it will be effected and the basis for settlement. (All contracts in excess of $10,000) Pursuant to Federal Rule (B) above, when a Participating Agency expends federal funds, the Participating Agency reserves the right to immediately terminate any agreement in excess of $10,000 resulting from this procurement process in the event of a breach or default of the agreement by Offeror as detailed in the terms of the contract.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (C) Equal Employment Opportunity. Except as otherwise provided under 41 CFR Part 60, all contracts that meet the definition of “federally assisted construction contract” in 41 CFR Part 60-1.3 must include the equal opportunity clause provided under 41 CFR 60-1.4(b), in accordance with Executive Order 11246, “Equal Employment Opportunity” (30 CFR 12319, 12935, 3 CFR Part, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339), as amended by Executive Order 11375, “Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity,” and implementing regulations at 41 CFR part 60, “Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor.” Connection Response 87 RFP 21-04
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Pursuant to Federal Rule (C) above, when a Participating Agency expends federal funds on any federally assisted construction contract, the equal opportunity clause is incorporated by reference herein.
Does offeror agree to abide by the above? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (D) Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 3141-3148). When required by Federal program legislation, all prime construction contracts in excess of $2,000 awarded by non-Federal entities must include a provision for compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141-3144, and 3146-3148) as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5, “Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction”). In accordance with the statute, contractors must be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the prevailing wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of Labor. In addition, contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once a week. The non-Federal entity must place a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of Labor in each solicitation. The decision to award a contract or subcontract must be conditioned upon the acceptance of the wage determination. The non - Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency. The contracts must also include a provision for compliance with the Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act (40 U.S.C. 3145), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3, “Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States”). The Act provides that each contractor or subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is otherwise entitled. The non -Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency.
Pursuant to Federal Rule (D) above, when a Participating Agency expends federal funds during the term of an award for all contracts and subgrants for construction or repair, offeror will be in compliance with all applicable Davis-Bacon Act provisions.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (E) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701-3708). Where applicable, all contracts awarded by the non-Federal entity in excess of $100,000 that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for compliance with 40 U.S.C. 3702 and 3704, as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5). Under 40 U.S.C. 3702 of the Act, each contractor must be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than one and a half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. The requirements of 40 U.S.C. 3704 are applicable to construction work and provide that no laborer or mechanic must be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous. These requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on the open market, or contracts for transportation or transmission of intelligence.
Pursuant to Federal Rule (E) above, when a Participating Agency expends federal funds, offeror certifies that offeror will be in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act during the term of an award for all contracts by Participating Agency resulting from this procurement process.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (F) Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement. If the Federal award meets the definition of “funding agreement” under 37 CFR §401.2 (a) and the recipient or subrecipient wishes to enter into a contract with a small business firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of parties, assignment or performance of experimental, developmental, or research work under that “funding agreement,” the recipient or subrecipient must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR Part 401, “Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements,” and any implementing regulations issued by the awarding agency.
Pursuant to Federal Rule (F) above, when federal funds are expended by Participating Agency, the offeror certifies that during the term of an award for all contracts by Participating Agency resulting from this procurement process, the offeror agrees to comply with all applicable requirements as referenced in Federal Rule (F) above.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (G) Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1387), as amended— Contracts and subgrants of amounts in excess of $150,000 must contain a provision that requires the non - Federal award to agree to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401- 7671q) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251- 1387). Violations must be reported to the Federal awarding agency and the Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Connection Response 88 RFP 21-04
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Pursuant to Federal Rule (G) above, when federal funds are expended by Participating Agency, the offeror certifies that during the term of an award for all contracts by Participating Agency member resulting from this procurement process, the offeror agrees to comply with all applicable requirements as referenced in Federal Rule (G) above.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (H) Debarment and Suspension (Executive Orders 12549 and 12689)—A contract award (see 2 CFR 180.220) must not be made to parties listed on the government wide exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM), in accordance with the Executive Office of the President Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines at 2 CFR 180 that implement Executive Orders 12549 (3 CFR part 1986 Comp., p. 189) and 12689 (3 CFR part 1989 Comp., p. 235), “Debarment and Suspension.” SAM Exclusions contains the names of parties debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded by agencies, as well as parties declared ineligible under statutory or regulatory authority other than Executive Order 12549.
Pursuant to Federal Rule (H) above, when federal funds are expended by Participating Agency, the offeror certifies that during the term of an award for all contracts by Participating Agency resulting from this procurement process, the offeror certifies that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation by any federal department or agency. If at any time during the term of an award the offeror or its principals becomes debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation by any federal department or agency, the offeror will notify the Participating Agency.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror (I) Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.C. 1352)—Contractors that apply or bid for an award exceeding $100,000 must file the required certification. Each tier certifies to the tier above that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Each tier must also disclose any lobbying with non-Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any Federal award. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the non-Federal award.
Pursuant to Federal Rule (I) above, when federal funds are expended by Participating Agency, the offeror certifies that during the term and after the awarded term of an award for all contracts by Participating Agency resulting from this procurement process, the offeror certifies that it is in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.C. 1352). The undersigned further certifies that:
(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid for on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of a Federal contract, the making of a Federal grant, the making of a Federal loan, the entering into a cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. (2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal grant or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying”, in accordance with its instructions. (3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all covered subawards exceeding $100,000 in Federal funds at all appropriate tiers and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror
RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTS INVOLVING FEDERAL FUNDS When federal funds are expended by Participating Agency for any contract resulting from this procurement process, offeror certifies that it will comply with the record retention requirements detailed in 2 CFR § 200.333. The offeror further certifies that offeror will retain all records as required by 2 CFR § 200.333 for a period of three years after grantees or subgrantees submit final expenditure reports or quarterly or annual financial reports, as applicable, and all other pending matters are closed.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT When Participating Agency expends federal funds for any contract resulting from this procurement process, offeror certifies that it will comply with the mandatory standards and policies relating to energy efficiency which are contained in the state energy conservation plan issued in compliance with the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.; 49 C.F.R. Part 18).
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Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICA PROVISIONS To the extent purchases are made with Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, or Federal Transit Administration funds, offeror certifies that its products comply with all applicable provisions of the Buy America Act and agrees to provide such certification or applicable waiver with respect to specific products to any Participating Agency upon request.
Purchases made in accordance with the Buy America Act must still follow the applicable procurement rules calling for free and open competition.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror CERTIFICATION OF ACCESS TO RECORDS – 2 C.F.R. § 200.336 Offeror agrees that the Inspector General of the Agency or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have access to any documents, papers, or other records of offeror that are pertinent to offeror’s discharge of its obligations under the Contract for the purpose of making audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions. The right also includes timely and reasonable access to offeror’s personnel for the purpose of interview and discussion relating to such documents.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror
CERTIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY TO SUBCONTRACTORS
Offeror agrees that all contracts it awards pursuant to the Contract shall be bound by the foregoing terms and conditions.
Does offeror agree? YES Initials of Authorized Representative of offeror Offeror agrees to comply with all federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, as applicable. It is further acknowledged that offeror certifies compliance with all provisions, laws, acts, regulations, etc. as specifically noted above.
Offeror’s Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Address, City, State, and Zip Code: _____________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number:___________________________________ Fax Number: ______________________________________ Printed Name and Title of Authorized Representative:______________________________________________________________________ Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature of Authorized Representative: ____________________________________Date: _____________________________ GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection - Public Sector Solutions 732 Milford Road, Merrimack, NH 03054
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FEMA SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Awarded Supplier(s) may need to respond to events and losses where products and services are needed for the immediate and initial response to emergency situations such as, but not limited to, water damage, fire damage, vandalism cleanup, biohazard cleanup, sewage decontamination, deodorization, and/or wind damage during a disaster or emergency situation. By submitting a proposal, the Supplier is accepted these FEMA Special Conditions required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “Contract” in the below pages under FEMA SPECIAL CONDITIONS is also referred to and defined as the “Master Agreement”.
“Contractor” in the below pages under FEMA SPECIAL CONDITIONS is also referred to and defined as “Supplier” or “Awarded Supplier”.
Conflicts of Interest
No employee, officer, or agent may participate in the selection, award, or administration of a contract supported by a FEMA award if he or she has a real or apparent conflict of interest. Such a conflict would arise when the employee, officer, or agent, any member of his or her immediate family, his or her partner, or an organization which employs or is about to employ any of these parties, has a financial or other interest in or a tangible personal benefit from a firm considered for award. 2 C.F.R. § 200.318(c)(1); See also Standard Form 424D, ¶ 7; Standard Form 424B, ¶ 3. i. FEMA considers a “financial interest” to be the potential for gain or loss to the employee, officer, or agent, any member of his or her immediate family, his or her partner, or an organization which employs or is about to employ any of these parties as a result of the particular procurement. The prohibited financial interest may arise from ownership of certain financial instruments or investments such as stock, bonds, or real estate, or from a salary, indebtedness, job offer, or similar interest that might be affected by the particular procurement. ii. FEMA considers an “apparent” conflict of interest to exist where an actual conflict does not exist, but where a reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts would question the impartiality of the employee, officer, or agent participating in the procurement. c. Gifts. The officers, employees, and agents of the Participating Public Agency nor the Participating Public Agency (“NFE”) must neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary value from contractors or parties to subcontracts.
However, NFE’s may set standards for situations in which the financial interest is de minimus, not substantial, or the gift is an unsolicited item of nominal value. 2 C.F.R. § 200.318(c)(1). d. Violations. The NFE’s written standards of conduct must provide for disciplinary actions to be applied for violations of such standards by officers, employees, or agents of the NFE. 2 C.F.R. § 200.318(c)(1). For example, the penalty for a NFE’s employee may be dismissal, and the penalty for a contractor might be the termination of the contract.
Contractor Integrity
A contractor must have a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics. Contractors that are debarred or suspended as described in Chapter III, ¶ 6.d must be rejected and cannot receive contract awards at any level.
Public Policy
A contractor must comply with the public policies of the Federal Government and state, local government, or tribal government. This includes, among other things, past and current compliance with the:
a. Equal opportunity and nondiscrimination laws
b. Five affirmative steps described at 2 C.F.R. § 200.321(b) for all subcontracting under contracts supported by FEMA financial assistance; and FEMA Procurement Guidance June 21, 2016 Page IV- 7 c. Applicable prevailing wage laws, regulations, and executive orders Affirmative Steps
For any subcontracting opportunities, Contractor must take the following Affirmative steps:
1. Placing qualified small and minority businesses and women's business enterprises on solicitation lists;
2. Assuring that small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises are solicited whenever they are potential sources;
3. Dividing total requirements, when economically feasible, into smaller tasks or quantities to permit maximum participation by small and minority businesses, and women's business enterprises;
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5. Using the services and assistance, as appropriate, of such organizations as the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce.
Prevailing Wage Requirements
When applicable, the awarded Contractor (s) and any and all subcontractor(s) agree to comply with all laws regarding prevailing wage rates including the Davis-Bacon Act, applicable to this solicitation and/or Participating Public Agencies. The Participating Public Agency shall notify the Contractor of the applicable pricing/prevailing wage rates and must apply any local wage rates requested. The Contractor and any subcontractor(s) shall comply with the prevailing wage rates set by the Participating Public Agency.
Federal Requirements
If products and services are issued in response to an emergency or disaster recovery the items below, located in this FEMA Special Conditions section of the Federal Funds Certifications, are activated and required when federal funding may be utilized.
2 C.F.R. § 200.326 and 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II, Required Contract Clauses
1. Termination for Convenience:
The right to terminate this Contract for the convenience of the Participating Public Agency is retained by the Participating Public Agency. In the event of a termination for convenience by the Participating Public Agency, the Participating Public Agency shall, at least ten (10) calendar days in advance, deliver written notice of the termination for convenience to Contractor. Upon Contractor’s receipt of such written notice, Contractor immediately shall cease the performance of the Work and shall take reasonable and appropriate action to secure and protect the Work then in place. Contractor shall then be paid by the Participating Public Agency, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Contract Documents, an amount not to exceed the actual labor costs incurred, the actual cost of all materials installed and the actual cost of all materials stored at the project site or away from the project site, as approved in writing by the Participating Public Agency but not yet paid for and which cannot be returned, and actual, reasonable and documented demobilization costs, if any, paid by Contractor and approved by the Participating Public Agency in connection with the Scope of Work in place which is completed as of the date of termination by the Participating Public Agency and that is in conformance with the Contract Documents, less all amounts previously paid for the Work. No amount ever shall be owed or paid to Contractor for lost or anticipated profits on any part of the Scope of Work not performed or for consequential damages of any kind.
2. Equal Employment Opportunity:
The Participating Public Agency highly encourages Contractors to implement Affirmative Action practices in their employment programs. This means Contractor should not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, political belief or affiliation, age, disability or genetic information.
During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows:
(1) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following: Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause.
(2) The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
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(3) The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This provision shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of such employee's essential job functions discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or is consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
(4) The contractor will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice to be provided by the agency contracting officer, advising the labor union or workers' representative of the contractor's commitments under section 202 of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment.
(5) The contractor will comply with all provisions of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor. (6) The contractor will furnish all information and reports required by Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and by the rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, or pursuant thereto, and will permit access to his books, records, and accounts by the contracting agency and the Secretary of Labor for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such rules, regulations, and orders. (7) In the event of the contractor's non-compliance with the nondiscrimination clauses of this contract or with any of such rules, regulations, or orders, this contract may be canceled, terminated or suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts in accordance with procedures authorized in Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and such other sanctions may be imposed and remedies invoked as provided in Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, or by rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary of Labor, or as otherwise provided by law. (8) The contractor will include the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (8) in every subcontract or purchase order unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to section 204 of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The contractor will take such action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as may be directed by the Secretary of Labor as a means of enforcing such provisions including sanctions for noncompliance: Provided, however, that in the event the contractor becomes involved in, or is threatened with, litigation with a subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction, the contractor may request the United States to enter into such litigation to protect the interests of the United States.
3. “During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows:
(1) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following: Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause. (2) The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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contractor's commitments under this section, and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment. (4) The contractor will comply with all provisions of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor. (5) The contractor will furnish all information and reports required by Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and by rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, or pursuant thereto, and will permit access to his books, records, and accounts by the administering agency and the Secretary of Labor for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such rules, regulations, and orders. (6) In the event of the contractor's noncompliance with the nondiscrimination clauses of this contract or with any of the said rules, regulations, or orders, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts or federally assisted construction contracts in accordance with procedures authorized in Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and such other sanctions as may be imposed and remedies invoked as provided in Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, or by rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary of Labor, or as otherwise provided bylaw. (7) The contractor will include the portion of the sentence immediately preceding paragraph (1) and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (7) in every subcontract or purchase order unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to section 204 of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or vendor. The contractor will take such action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as the administering agency may direct as a means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for noncompliance: Provided, however, That in the event a contractor becomes involved in, or is threatened with, litigation with a subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction by the administering agency the contractor may request the United States to enter into such litigation to protect the interests of the United States.”
4. Davis Bacon Act and Copeland Anti-KickbackAct.
a. Applicability of Davis-Bacon Act. The Davis-Bacon Act only applies to the emergency Management Preparedness Grant Program, Homeland Security Grant Program, Nonprofit Security Grant Program, Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program, Port Security Grant Program, and Transit Security Grant Program. It does not apply to other FEMA grant and cooperative agreement programs, including the Public Assistance Program. b. All prime construction contracts in excess of $2,000 awarded by non-Federal entities must include a provision for compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. §§ 3141-3144 and 3146-3148) as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 5 (Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction)). See 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II, ¶ D. c. In accordance with the statute, contractors must be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the prevailing wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of Labor. In addition, contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once aweek.
d. The non-Federal entity must place a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of Labor in each solicitation. The decision to award a contract or subcontract must be conditioned upon the acceptance of the wage determination. The non-Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency.
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e. In contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act, the contracts must also include a provision for compliance with the Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act (40 U.S.C. § 3145), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 3 (Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States). The Copeland Anti- Kickback Act provides that each contractor or subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is otherwise entitled. The non-Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to FEMA.
f. The regulation at 29 C.F.R. § 5.5(a) does provide the required contract clause that applies to compliance with both the Davis-Bacon and Copeland Acts. However, as discussed in the previous subsection, the Davis-Bacon Act does not apply to Public Assistance recipients and subrecipients. In situations where the Davis-Bacon Act does not apply, neither does the Copeland “Anti-Kickback Act.” However, for purposes of grant programs where both clauses do apply, FEMA requires the following contract clause:
“Compliance with the Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act.
(1) Contractor. The contractor shall comply with 18 U.S.C. § 874, 40U.S.C. § 3145, and the requirements of 29 C.F.R. pt. 3 as may be applicable, which are incorporated by reference into this contract.
(2) Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any subcontracts the clause above and such other clauses as the FEMA may by appropriate instructions require, and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts. The prime contractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with all of these contract clauses
(3) Breach. A breach of the contract clauses above may be grounds for termination of the contract, and for debarment as a contractor and subcontractor as provided in 29 C.F.R. § 5.12.”
5. Contract Work Hours and SafetyStandards Act.
a. Applicability: This requirement applies to all FEMA grant and cooperative agreement programs.
b. Where applicable (see 40 U.S.C. § 3701), all contracts awarded by the non-Federal entity in excess of $100,000 that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for compliance with 40 U.S.C. §§ 3702 and 3704, as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 5. See 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II, ¶ E. c. Under 40 U.S.C. § 3702, each contractor must be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than one and a half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the workweek.
d. The requirements of 40 U.S.C. § 3704 are applicable to construction work and provide that no laborer or mechanic must be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous. These requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on the open market, or contracts for transportation or transmission ofintelligence. e. The regulation at 29 C.F.R. § 5.5(b) provides the required contract clause concerning compliance with the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act:
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“Compliance with the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. (1) Overtime requirements. No contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of the contract work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or permit any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is employed on such work to work in excess of forty hours in such workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours in such workweek.
(2) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. In the event of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (1) of this section the contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages. In addition, such contractor and subcontractor shall be liable to the United States (in the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbia or a territory, to such District or to such territory), for liquidated damages. Such liquidated damages shall be computed with respect to each individual laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and guards, employed in violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (1) of this section, in the sum of $10 for each calendar day on which such individual was required or permitted to work in excess of the standard workweek of forty hours without payment of the overtime wages required by the clause set forth in paragraph (1) of this section.
(3) Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages. The (write in the name of the Federal agency or the loan or grant recipient) shall upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be withheld, from any moneys payable on account of work performed by the contractor or subcontractor under any such contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other federally-assisted contract subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, which is held by the same prime contractor, such sums as may be determined to be necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such contractor or subcontractor for unpaid wages and liquidated damages as provided in the clause set forth in paragraph (2) of this section.
(4) Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any subcontracts the clauses set forth in paragraph (1) through (4) of this section and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts. The prime contractor shall be responsible for compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with the clauses set forth in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this section.”
6. Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement. a. Stafford Act Disaster Grants. This requirement does not apply to the Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Fire Management Assistance Grant Program, Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Grant Program, Disaster Case Management Grant Program, and Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households – Other Needs Assistance Grant Program, as
FEMA awards under these programs do not meet the definition of “funding agreement.” b. If the FEMA award meets the definition of “funding agreement” under 37 C.F.R.§ 401.2(a) and the non-Federal entity wishes to enter into a contract with a small business firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of parties, assignment or performance of experimental, developmental, or research work under that “funding agreement,” the non-Federal entity must comply with the requirements of 37 C.F.R. Part 401 (Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements), and any implementing regulations issued by FEMA. See 2 C.F.R.
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c. The regulation at 37 C.F.R. § 401.2(a) currently defines “funding agreement” as any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement entered into between any Federal agency, other than the Tennessee Valley Authority, and any contractor for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work funded in whole or in part by the Federal government. This term also includes any assignment, substitution of parties, or subcontract of any type entered into for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work under a funding agreement as defined in the first sentence of thisparagraph.
7. Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Contracts of amounts in excess of $150,000 must contain a provision that requires the contractor to agree to comply with all applicable standards, orders, or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.§§ 7401-7671q) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1387). Violations must be reported to FEMA and the Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency. See 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II, ¶ G.
a. The following provides a sample contract clause concerning compliance for contracts of amounts in excess of $150,000:
“Clean Air Act
(1) The contractor agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.§ 7401 et seq. (2) The contractor agrees to report each violation to the (name of the state agency or local or Indian tribal government) and understands and agrees that the (name of the state agency or local or Indian tribal government) will, in turn, report each violation as required to assure notification to the (name of recipient), Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office. (3) The contractor agrees to include these requirements in each subcontract exceeding $150,000 financed in whole or in part with Federal assistance provided by FEMA.
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(1) The contractor agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
(2) The contractor agrees to report each violation to the (name of the state agency or local or Indian tribal government) and understands and agrees that the (name of the state agency or local or Indian tribal government) will, in turn, report each violation as required to assure notification to the (name of recipient), Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office.
(3) The contractor agrees to include these requirements in each subcontract exceeding $150,000 financed in whole or in partwith Federal assistance provided by FEMA.”
8. Debarment and Suspension.
a. Applicability: This requirement applies to all FEMA grant and cooperative agreement programs.
b. Non-federal entities and contractors are subject to the debarment and suspension regulations implementing Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension (1986) and Executive Order 12689, Debarment and Suspension (1989) at 2 C.F.R. Part 180 and the Department of Homeland Security’s regulations at 2 C.F.R. Part 3000 (Non procurement Debarment and Suspension).
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c. These regulations restrict awards, subawards, and contracts with certain parties that are debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in Federal assistance programs and activities. See 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II, ¶ H; and Procurement Guidance for Recipients and Subrecipients Under 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Uniform Rules):
Supplement to the Public Assistance Procurement Disaster Assistance Team (PDAT) Field Manual Chapter IV, ¶ 6.d, and Appendix C, ¶ 2 [hereinafter PDAT Supplement]. A contract award must not be made to parties listed in the SAM Exclusions. SAM Exclusions is the list maintained by the General Services Administration that contains the names of parties debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded by agencies, as well as parties declared ineligible under statutory or regulatory authority other than Executive Order 12549. SAM exclusions can be accessed at www.sam.gov. See 2 C.F.R. § 180.530; PDAT Supplement, Chapter IV, ¶ 6.d and Appendix C, ¶ 2.
d. In general, an “excluded” party cannot receive a Federal grant award or a contract within the meaning of a “covered transaction,” to include subawards and subcontracts. This includes parties that receive Federal funding indirectly, such as contractors to recipients and subrecipients. The key to the exclusion is whether there is a “covered transaction,” which is any non-procurement transaction (unless excepted) at either a “primary” or “secondary” tier.
Although “covered transactions” do not include contracts awarded by the Federal Government for purposes of the non-procurement common rule and DHS’s implementing regulations, it does include some contracts awarded by recipients and subrecipient. e. Specifically, a covered transaction includes the following contracts for goods or services:
(1) The contract is awarded by a recipient or subrecipient in the amount of at least $25,000. (2) The contract requires the approval of FEMA, regardless of amount. (3) The contract is for federally required audit services. (4) A subcontract is also a covered transaction if it is awarded by the contractor of a recipient or subrecipient and requires either the approval of FEMA or is in excess of $25,000.
d. The following provides a debarment and suspension clause. It incorporates an optional method of verifying that contractors are not excluded or disqualified:
“Suspension and Debarment
(1) This contract is a covered transaction for purposes of 2 C.F.R. pt. 180 and 2 C.F.R. pt. 3000. As such the contractor is required to verify that none of the contractor, its principals (defined at 2 C.F.R. § 180.995), or its affiliates (defined at 2 C.F.R. § 180.905) are excluded (defined at 2 C.F.R.§ 180.940) or disqualified (defined at 2 C.F.R. § 180.935).
(2) The contractor must comply with 2 C.F.R. pt. 180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. pt. 3000, subpart C and must include a requirement to comply with these regulations in any lower tier covered transaction it enters into.
(3) This certification is a material representation of fact relied upon by (insert name of subrecipient). If it is later determined that the contractor did not comply with 2 C.F.R. pt. 180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. pt. 3000, subpart C, in addition to remedies available to (name of state agency serving as recipient and name of subrecipient), the Federal Government may pursue available remedies, including but not limited to suspension and/or debarment.
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period of any contract that may arise from this offer. The bidder or proposer further agrees to include a provision requiring such compliance in its lower tier covered transactions.”
9. Byrd Anti-LobbyingAmendment.
a. Applicability: This requirement applies to all FEMA grant and cooperative agreement programs.
b. Contractors that apply or bid for an award of $100,000 or more must file the required certification. See 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II, ¶ I; 44 C.F.R. Part 18; PDAT Supplement, Chapter IV, 6.c; Appendix C, ¶ 4.
c. Each tier certifies to the tier above that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. § 1352. Each tier must also disclose any lobbying with non-Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any Federal award.
Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the non-Federal award. See PDAT Supplement, Chapter IV, ¶ 6.c and Appendix C, ¶ 4.
d. The following provides a Byrd Anti-Lobbying contract clause:
“Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment, 31 U.S.C. § 1352 (as amended) Contractors who apply or bid for an award of $100,000 or more shall file the required certification.
Each tier certifies to the tier above that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant, or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. § 1352. Each tier shall also disclose any lobbying with non-Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any Federal award. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the recipient.”
APPENDIX A, 44 C.F.R. PART 18 – CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements (To be submitted with each bid or offer exceeding $100,000)
The undersigned [Contractor] certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge, that:
1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form- LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Connection Response 99 RFP 21-04
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Lobbying,” in accordance with its instructions.
3. The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certifyand disclose accordingly.
This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by 31, U.S.C. § 1352 (as amended by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995). Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
The Contractor, , certifies or affirms the truthfulness and accuracyof each statement of its certification and disclosure, if any. In addition, the Contractor understands and agrees that the provisions of 31 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq., apply to this certification and disclosure, ifany.
Signature of Contractor’s Authorized Official
Name and Title of Contractor’s Authorized Official
Date”
10. Procurement of Recovered Materials.
a. Applicability: This requirement applies to all FEMA grant and cooperative agreement programs.
b. A non-Federal entity that is a state agency or agency of a political subdivision of a state and its contractors must comply with Section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Pub. L. No. 89-272 (1965) (codified as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at 42 U.S.C. § 6962). See 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II, ¶ J; 2 C.F.R. § 200.322; PDAT Supplement, Chapter V, ¶ 7.
c. The requirements of Section 6002 include procuring only items designated in guidelines of the EPA at 40 C.F.R. Part 247 that contain the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable, consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of competition, where the purchase price of the item exceeds $10,000 or the value of the quantity acquired by the preceding fiscal year exceeded $10,000; procuring solid waste management services in a manner that maximizes energy and resource recovery; and establishing an affirmative procurement program for procurement of recovered materials identified in the EPA guidelines.
d. The following provides the clause that a state agency or agency of a political subdivision of a state and its contractors can include in contracts meeting the above contract thresholds:
“(1) In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall make maximum use of products containing recovered materials that are EPA- designated items unless the product cannot be acquired—
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contract performanceschedule;
(ii) Meetingcontract performance requirements; or
(iii) At a reasonable price.
(2) Information about this requirement, along with the list of EPA- designate items, is available at EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines web site, https://www.epa.gov/smm/comprehensive- procurement-guideline-cpg-program.”
11. Additional FEMARequirements.
a. The Uniform Rules authorize FEMA to require additional provisions for non- Federal entity contracts. FEMA, pursuant to this authority, requires or recommends the following:
b. Changes.
To be eligible for FEMA assistance under the non-Federal entity’s FEMA grant or cooperative agreement, the cost of the change, modification, change order, or constructive change must be allowable, allocable, within the scope of its grant or cooperative agreement, and reasonable for the completion of project scope. FEMA recommends, therefore, that a non-Federal entity include a changes clause in its contract that describes how, if at all, changes can be made by either party to alter the method, price, or schedule of the work without breaching the contract. The language of the clause may differ depending on the nature of the contract and the end-item procured.
c. Access to Records.
All non-Federal entities must place into their contracts a provision that all contractors and their successors, transferees, assignees, and subcontractors acknowledge and agree to comply with applicable provisions governing Department and FEMA access to records, accounts, documents, information, facilities, and staff. See DHS Standard Terms and Conditions, v 3.0, ¶ XXVI (2013).
d. The following provides a contract clause regarding access to records:
“Access to Records. The following access to records requirements apply to this contract:
(1) The contractor agrees to provide (insert name of state agency or local or Indian tribal government), (insert name of recipient), the FEMA Administrator, the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their authorized representatives access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the Contractor which are directly pertinent to this contract for the purposes of making audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions.
(2) The Contractor agrees to permit any of the foregoing parties to reproduce by any means whatsoever or to copy excerpts and transcriptions as reasonably needed. (3) The contractor agrees to provide the FEMA Administrator or his authorized representatives access to construction or other work sites pertaining to the work being completed under thecontract.”
12. DHS Seal, Logo, and Flags.
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a. All non-Federal entities must place in their contracts a provision that a contractor shall not use the DHS seal(s), logos, crests, or reproductions of flags or likenesses of DHS agency officials without specific FEMA pre-approval. See DHS Standard Terms and Conditions, v
3.0, ¶ XXV (2013).
b. The following provides a contract clause regarding DHS Seal, Logo, and Flags: “The contractor shall not use the DHS seal(s), logos, crests, or reproductions of flags or likenesses of DHS agency officials without specific FEMA pre- approval.”
13. Compliance with Federal Law, Regulations, and Executive Orders. a. All non-Federal entities must place into their contracts an acknowledgement that FEMA financial assistance will be used to fund the contract along with the requirement that the contractor will comply with all applicable federal law, regulations, executive orders, and FEMA policies, procedures, and directives.
b. The following provides a contract clause regarding Compliance with Federal Law, Regulations, and Executive Orders: “This is an acknowledgement that FEMA financial assistance will be used to fund the contract only. The contractor will comply will all applicable federal law, regulations, executive orders, FEMA policies, procedures, and directives.”
14. No Obligation by FederalGovernment.
a. The non-Federal entity must include a provision in its contract that states that the Federal Government is not a party to the contract and is not subject to any obligations or liabilities to the non-Federal entity, contractor, or any other party pertaining to any matter resulting from thecontract.
b. The following provides a contract clause regarding no obligation by the Federal Government: “The Federal Government is not a party to this contract and is not subject to any obligations or liabilities to the non-Federal entity, contractor, or any other party pertaining to any matter resulting from the contract.”
15. Program Fraud and False or Fraudulent Statements or Related Acts. a. The non-Federal entity must include a provision in its contract that the contractor acknowledges that 31 U.S.C. Chap. 38 (Administrative Remedies for False Claims and Statements) applies to its actions pertaining to the contract. b. The following provides a contract clause regarding Fraud and False or Fraudulent or Related Acts: “The contractor acknowledges that 31 U.S.C. Chap. 38 (Administrative Remedies for False Claims and Statements) applies to the contractor’s actions pertaining to thiscontract.”
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Additional contract clauses per 2 C.F.R. § 200.325
For applicable construction/reconstruction/renovation and related services: A payment and performance bond are both required for 100 percent of the contract price. A “performance bond” is one executed in connection with a contract to secure fulfillment of all the contractor’s obligations under such contract. A “payment bond” is one executed in connection with a contract to assure payment as required by law of all persons supplying labor and material in the execution of the work provided in the contract.
Offeror agrees to comply with all terms and conditions outlined in the FEMA Special Conditions section of this solicitation.
Offeror’s Name: _______________________________________________________________ Address, City, State, and Zip Code:
_____________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number:___________________________ _Fax Number: ___________________________ Printed Name and Title of Authorized Representative:_____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Email Address:
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature of Authorized Representative: ____________________________________ Date: ________________________________
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c) Qualification and Experience
i. Provide a brief history of the Offeror, including year it was established and corporate office location.
Connection Response: Patricia Gallup and David Hall established PC Connection, Inc., our parent company, in 1982 with a mission to offer “a better way to buy information technology products.” The Connection family has since grown into an industry-leading, IT HVAR and a $3 billion company. Connection is a Fortune 1000 Global Solutions Provider and premier reseller of 425,000 IT products/services from over 1,600 manufacturers. The Connection brand includes Connection Public Sector Solutions, Connection Business Solutions, Connection Enterprise Solutions and Connection Global Solutions. Through these companies, we provide customer-centric IT solutions and services to the public sector markets, small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprise.
Since 1993, Connection has become a trusted and recognized leader in the public sector marketplace. Our expertise has in part been built off a decades-long history of supporting state and local government, K–12, and higher education institutions. Our customers have come to recognize and rely upon our demonstrated excellence of service and close affinity for the IT needs in the public sector environment. This experience fuels a team of specialists dedicated to understanding this market and servicing them with technology products, solutions, professional services, and award-winning service. Connection Public Sector Solutions attained industry leadership by adhering tenaciously to a high standard of quality—in our people, products, partnerships, and technology.
Despite our continued growth, we have never lost sight of the core of our success—customer satisfaction.
Today, we serve our customers through our staff of highly trained sales force, a team of on-staff experts, and our efficient procurement websites. Connection’s tenured sales force is strategically located across the country, positioned to provide our customers with nationwide coverage.
Connection is the most qualified supplier due to our long, rich and successful history providing these services to our public sector customers, our objective solutions recommendations, and the experienced Account Team already in place to service Region 4 ESC and its members.
Year of Establishment and Corporate Office
• Incorporated as ComTeq Federal, Inc. on August 13, 1993 • Became a wholly owned Subsidiary of PC Connection, Inc on June 28, 1998 • Renamed GovConnection, Inc. on January 1, 2002
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ii. Describe Offeror’s reputation in the marketplace.
Connection Response: Connection is a leading reseller in the IT reseller arena.
We have demonstrated award-winning excellence for quality service and on-time delivery nationwide. The direct marketing and sale of information technology products is highly competitive. We are competitive with other national technology solution providers, including CDW Corporation, SHI and Insight Enterprises, Inc.
Twice recognized by Forbes as one of “America's Most Trustworthy Companies,” our mission is to provide customers with the expert guidance, state-of-the-art tools, and exceptional service to solve their technology challenges. iii. Describe Offeror’s reputation of products and services in the marketplace.
Connection Response: Consistently receive recognition/awards from our vendor partners honoring our capabilities:
A Sampling of Connection’s Vendor recognition includes:
2019–Citrix Cloud Partner of the Year
2019–Cisco Marketing Velocity U.S. Innovator of the Year 2019–HPE Federal Value Server Partner of the Year
2019–Aruba Federal Growth Partner of the Year
2019–CRN Tech Elite 250
2019–CRN Solution Provider 500
2019–CRN Managed Service Provider 500
2019–Internet Retailer Top 500
2019–Fortune 1000 #820
2018–Citrix SMB Partner of the Year
2018–Cisco U.S. Marketing Innovator of the Year
2018–MSI Valued Channel Partner
2018–CRN Tech Elite 250
2018–CRN Solution Provider 500
2018–Internet Retailer Top 500
2018–Fortune 1000 #746
2017–HPE NSP SLED Partner of the Year
2017–A2B Tracking Reseller Partnership
2017–Lenovo Platinum Data Center Partner
2017–CRN Tech Elite 250
2017–CRN Solution Provider 500
2017–Fortune 1000 #775
2017–Microsoft Excellence in Operations— Double Gold Level 2017–Vizient Innovative Technology Designation
2017–CHIME Foundation Partner Award
2017–ATEN Best Performance Award
2017–Red Hat Rising Star Partner of the Year Award
2017–Kaspersky Lab Large Account Reseller (LAR) of the Year Award 2016, Microsoft Operations Excellence Award
2016, Dell EMC Healthcare Partner of the Year
2016, Symantec Growth Partner of the Year
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2016, Premier’s Continuum of Car Award
2015, HPE Federal Enterprise Group Partner of the Year 2015, Dell Partner Direct NSP Partner of the Year
2015, Symantec Growth Partner of the Year
2015, Microsoft Operational Excellence Award
2015, Ranked Top 20 of CRN’s Solution Provider 500
iv. Describe the experience and qualification of key employees.
Connection Response: Connection believes our employees, specifically our sales force, are the lifeline for our customers. Because of this, constant training and improvement are a priority. We want our customers to respect and trust the knowledge provided by their dedicated account team.
Below is a list of some of the training programs our employees have access to:
• New Account Managers receive three months of thorough training on product offerings, industry trends, internal infrastructure/applications and available support avenues, prior to being assigned a dedicated territory. • Continuing Education training is provided, with manufacturers, to keep our employees abreast of industry trends and the latest technology. This is accomplished through Small Group training, vendor forums, WebEx’s, and frequent Lunch-and-Learns.
• Vendors such as HP, Cisco, VMWare and Microsoft offer training to allow our sales force to become certified in their products.
• Our parent company, PC Connection, Inc., offers ongoing Professional Development courses including Communication Skills and Microsoft Office Applications.
• Ongoing training is available on Industry Regulations and Contract Requirements.
We offer a nationwide team of over 140 highly trained, inside sales and field sales representatives. This team brings tenured expertise (7 years on average), expansive industry knowledge, and exemplary customer service skills, allowing us to develop successful partnerships with our customers. In addition to our highly trained sales force of both internal and field representatives, we also provide an entire division solely supporting our Clients, known as our Technology Solutions Group. This group consists of Technical Solution Specialists, Solution Architects, System Engineers, Project Managers, Software licensing Specialists, Practice Directors and more. Holding over 2,500 technical certifications, these roles, among others, help align our sales organization, ensuring we are up to date on certifications and training for current and upcoming storage solutions, as well as assistance with being an agnostic resource to help the clients design, build, implement, and manage storage solutions.
Our organization has the internal resources to assist you with your storage challenges and needs, as well as having very strong relationships with various manufacturers, allowing you to receive the most competitive offerings while providing choice and value.
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Further, Connection maintains an on-site presence of manufacturer representatives who are available for consultation and for conference calls with customer. Connection also employs product specialists who offer expertise on the respective manufacturers whom they represent.
v. Describe Offeror’s experience working with the government sector.
Connection Response: Connection has attained industry leadership by adhering tenaciously to a high standard of quality—in our people, products, partnerships and technology. Despite our continued growth, we have never lost sight of the core of our success—customer satisfaction.
Connection helps customers solve the key business challenges inherent in any IT project by:
• Understanding the core problem
• Identifying the best-fit solution for the customer
• Delivering services customized to the customer’s unique requirements • Validating that true knowledge transfer takes place for the customer to maintain self sufficiency
• Layering in maintenance and support to extend the lifecycle and reliability of the solution
• Ensuring that customers derive the maximum value from their IT technology investments
Connection works closely with IT and administrative departments on website purchasing development, campus integration standards, marketing plans, and streamlining purchasing procedures. Connection offers robust product lines, expert marketing, and maintains an award-winning reputation for comprehensive service.
vi. Describe in detail what level of assistance will be provided to a Participating Agency to secure E-Rate funding. Identify how much effort will be required in obtaining this funding. Specify the services available to the agency for project planning, specialized program assistance, and other services provided to the agency dealing with the E-Rate program.
Connection Response: As a Category 2 Internal Connections Service Provider, Connection® Public Sector Solutions has been involved with many strategic projects for E-Rate applicants. Remote learning and networking infrastructure are becoming a must have in these changing times. Our E-Rate customers have relied on Connection to provide a complete turnkey solution around internal connections to include networking, wireless, cabling, implementation, and support.
We will assist each Participating Agency secure E-Rate funding after being selected as the Service Provider after a fair, open and competitive bid process.
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expertise of our experienced E-Rate team to educate, assist and provide guidance to our customers while navigating E-Rate and understanding USAC rules.
In addition to the dozens of employees with E-Rate experience, we also engage with National E-Rate Consulting firms for advice, direction and guidance. We will engage these resources to assist any Region 4 Participating Agency resolve any questions or issues that arise in the PIA review process or to assist during an appeal to secure the Funding Commitment.
Connection has more than 400 engineering, services, and technical staff to design, implement, and manage the most complex of networking designs. All our projects are managed by professional certified PMI Project Managers. We will conduct a project kick-off meeting with the Participating Agency prior to the implementation of the project. In addition, we will conduct weekly project review meetings to ensure that the project is on track and meeting the expectations of the Agency. We can support multiple manufacturers and software publishers, including Aruba, Cisco, Palo Alto, Meraki, and more. We can augment your IT staff or take complete control of the project from design to outsourced management of the networking platform.
Historically, we have done large-scale integration projects to include complex wireless network designs and implementations. We have designed multi-site Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching technologies. We have successfully done multisite deployments that include structured CAT 5+ and CAT 6 cabling infrastructure, fiber backbone design, and implementation. Connection has also successfully partnered with 3rd party partners that can provide an extra layer of design and support like point-to-point wireless mesh technologies. In addition, we employ several Certified Security Engineers to help design safe, secure firewall implementations and remote access networks that will support your remote learning environments.
We don’t just design, implement and deploy technology, we ensure that the Agency’s Teachers are comfortable with the use of the technology. We have specialized resources that can assist every Agency with the use and integration into the Instructional Environment at the Agency. These resources will work with each Participating Agency to understand the scope of the learning engagement and customize a training schedule. Our goal would be to share best practices of instructional technology that we have rolled out across the country.
With over 20 years’ experience in the E-Rate Program, Connection, Public Sector Solutions is very well versed in the E-Rate Program, the tools, forms, process and compliance. We are well positioned to make every Region 4 Participating Agency have a successful experience with the E-Rate Program and securing the Funding requested.
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vii. Describe past litigation, bankruptcy, reorganization, state investigations of entity or current officers and directors.
Connection Response: From time to time, GovConnection, Inc. is party, as plaintiff or defendant, to various types of legal proceedings, audits and claims, which arise in the ordinary course of business. Publicly available information on material matters, if any, is as reported in our SEC filings located at https://ir.connection.com
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a. References
viii. Provide a minimum of 10 customer references relating to the products and services within this RFP. Include entity name, contact name and title, contact phone and email, city, state, years serviced, description of services and annual volume.
Connection Response: Please see a list of Connection References listed below.
Entity Name: Clay County District Schools
Contact Name and Title: James Vinson, Technology Support Supervisor Contact Phone: 904-336-9600 ext. 69608
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 154 Yellow Jacket Dr., Hayesville, NC 28904 Years Serviced: 28 Years
Description of Services: Connection has provided core and edge switches along with APs. Manufacturers sold include Dell, HPE, and Aerohive Aps.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: City of Long Beach
Contact Name and Title: Cason Lee, Deputy Director
Contact Phone: 562-570-5553
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 205 N Marina Dr. Long Beach, CA 90803
Years Serviced: 23 Years
Description of Services: Connection has provided IT related hardware and services.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: Colorado State University
Contact Name and Title: Katie Banghart, Program Assistant Contact Phone: 970-491-5600
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 1018 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Years Serviced: 20 Years
Description of Services: Connection provided HPE switches & wireless access points, various IT software, and hardware products.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: Ohio State University
Contact Name and Title: Eric D'Huyvetter, e-Procurement Analyst Contact Phone: 614-688-3390
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 2650 Kenny Road Columbus, OH 43210-1039 Years Serviced: 19 Years
Description of Services: Connection has provided IT related hardware and services.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
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Entity Name: Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Contact Name and Title: Sara Veilleux, Assistant Vice President Contact Phone: 603-629-3523
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 2500 North River Road, Manchester, NH 03106 Years Serviced: 16 Years
Description of Services: Connection has provided full solutions of desktops, laptops, and other IT related products.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: Tennessee State University
Contact Name and Title: John Dodd, Network Manager
Contact Phone: 615-963-7651 ext. 2925
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd. Nashville, TN 37209 Years Serviced: 31 Years
Description of Services: Connection has provided networking & security solutions.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: Bullhead City Elementary School District #15 Contact Name and Title: James McNutt, Director of Technology Contact Phone: Office: 928-704-5756 / Cell: 928-219-1117 Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 1004 Hancock Rd., Bullhead City, AZ 86442 Years Serviced: 8 Years
Description of Services: Connection has provided laptops, desktops, data center products, printers and accessories.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Contact Name and Title: Lars Marshall, Assistant Director of Enterprise Services Contact Phone: 413-545-3203
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 740 N. Pleasant St., LGRC Room A139, Amherst, MA 01003 Years Serviced: 28 Years
Description of Services: Full catalog
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Contact Name and Title: Bradley Logan Senior, IT Sourcing Specialist Contact Phone: 402-472-6307
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 1400 R St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
Years Serviced: 31 Years
Description of Services: Full catalog
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: Oklahoma State University
Contact Name and Title: Leigh James, Assistant. Dir., Purchasing Contact Phone: 405-744-5984
Contact Email: [email protected]
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Contact Address: 1224 N Boomer Road, Stillwater, OK 74078 Years Serviced: 3 Years
Description of Services: Full academic catalog
Annual Volume: Proprietary
Entity Name: AIMS Community College
Contact Name and Title: Connie Lataille, Buyer-Procurement Department Contact Phone: 970-339-6207
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Address: 5401 W 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80634
Years Serviced: 11 Years
Description of Services: Variety of categories, PC, software, servers, storage, power, and PC accessories.
Annual Volume: Proprietary
ix. Provide any additional information relevant to this section.
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d) Value Add
i. Provide any additional information related to products and services Offeror proposes to enhance and add value to the Contract.
Connection Response: Connection has worked extensively to offer coverage specific to the verticals that encompass the SLED market, mainly the kindergarten through 12th grade education (K-12), higher education, and state and local government markets. This includes providing all account managers with a specific vertical that they focus on, allowing them to become subject matter experts, and able to be a trusted advisor to our customers. We have also hired a vertical alliance manager (VAM) for each of these verticals. These vertical leads are responsible for the creation and implementation of growth strategies for their assigned market. They will identify strengths and opportunities to support longterm growth and sustainability. Each VAM has extensive experience with the vertical they support, and they use this experience to work with emerging technology vendors, to make sure Connection is offering a complete solution for that vertical. This includes investigating and offering niche products for that vertical, and new and emerging technologies. Adding to their expertise and industry experience, our VAM’s also participate in ongoing training, seminars, and customer meetings to ensure they are aware of their customers’ needs and challenges, which they pass along to our account managers.
For the K-12 sector, Connection has grown our supporting team considerably.
This included adding Corey Petersen as the vertical sales lead, and Pam Aulakh as the K-12 VAM. As a VAM, Pam is your K-12 Education Strategist and is available to work your team to identify strengths and opportunities to support long-term growth and sustainability. As a former educator and technology leader in a top tier K-12 school district, she is uniquely positioned to understand the culture as well as the challenges that are specific the K-12 market.
While not solely dedicated to K-12, Connection has also added two Microsoft Innovative Educators (MIE), Cindy Daniels and Nicole Caldwell. Cindy and Nicole use their 30 years combined experience as K-12 educators to focus on providing professional development and support surrounding Microsoft solutions. With the addition of our MIE’s, Connection is now a Microsoft Global training partner and is proud to be the first reseller to be certified through Microsoft’s new program that focused on Professional Development. Connection has invested in a team of Microsoft Professional Development strategists and developed partnerships with Certified Google Cloud partners. We can support your staff with professional learning on platforms such as M365 and GSuite.
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Ability to do services out of Ohio – TDIC
ISO-Certified, State-of-the-Art Custom Configuration
In 2016, we relocated our Technology Integration and Distribution Center (TIDC) operations to a tremendous, cutting edge facility that has effectively doubled our capacity for shipment and custom configuration, positioning us to meet your needs well into the future. Our commitment to customer service and satisfaction is our top priority, and our enhanced facility enables us to respond to customer needs—and continue to offer a quality of service that is second to none. Our technicians can perform a broad range of configuration services at our ISO 9001:2015 certified lab in Wilmington, OH. A sampling of the configuration services offered here include hardware configuration, software installation, system imaging, product staging, server rack construction, custom printer construction, asset tagging, etching and custom labeling.
The new facility is 268,000 square feet and 7.5 million cubic feet. This gives us not only more room to provide continuous product availability, but also room to hire more staff to complete more projects in a day. With this increased capacity, we have completed more than 225,000+ custom configurations each year, which helps us serve more customers with our proven approach to rapid response.
Setting us apart from many of our competitors, we maintain our own inventory, stocking our 11,000 most frequently purchased items in our warehouse. This ensures regular shipments of over 6,000–8,000 orders per day. Replenishments are ordered on a daily basis and are delivered the next day to our distribution center via dedicated trucks.
For additional information on the dependable and seamless distribution and fulfillment offered by Connection Public Sector Solutions' state-of-the-art TIDC, we hope you will enjoy the following video.
https://vimeo.com/383306378/9ae0111ed7
E-Rate Value Add
Connection has successfully participated in the E-Rate program since its inception, in 1998, bringing discounted technology to K-12 school districts all over the country. Our E-Rate customers rely on Connection to provide complete turn-key solutions around internal connections to include networking, wireless, cabling, implementation, and support.
To our K-12 customers, we offer the expertise of our experienced E-Rate team to educate, assist and provide guidance to our customers while navigating E-Rate and understanding USAC rules. Our E-Rate team, under the direction of Tom Halberda, Director of E-Rate, has worked with K-12 districts and libraries and consortiums, instructional leaders as well as technical leaders, and has the technical background needed to help identify needs, assemble the required technology partners to create unique solutions, get them integrated and assist in getting the funding required to implement the desired results.
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What sets Connection apart, is our ability to offer this specialized E-Rate guidance combined with our ability to offer a highly trained sales team, 400 engineering, services, and technical staff to help design, implement, and manage the most complex of networking designs.
We are uniquely positioned to ensure that every school district has a successful experience with the E-Rate Program and to secure the funding requested.
Thomas Halberda, Director of E-Rate and Data Center Sales Tom has been in the Public Sector Sales/Education Market, specifically the ERate Program for over 2 two decades where he has served in a variety of leadership positions. Throughout Tom’s career as a business owner, VP of Sales, Director of Channel Operations for a leading networking manufacturer and the Director of Sales for a Texas based K-12 Education Team he and the teams he has led consistently exceeded growth expectations and he developed many sales strategies and programs earning him numerous awards. Working with K12 Districts and Libraries and Consortiums, Instructional Leaders as well as Technical Leaders, Tom has the technical background needed to help identify needs, assemble the required technology partners to create unique solutions, get them integrated and assist in getting the funding required to implement the desired results. Participating in the E-Rate Program for over 20 years, Tom has managed over $2B of Awards as a Category 2 Service Provider. Tom has multiple manufacturer’s certifications including Cisco Networking Sales Certification and VMware Certification.
Change is inevitable, in today’s challenging time it is critical that organizations take advantage of all the technical resources funding sources available to them.
Tom has the experience and knowledge of several programs, including the ERate Program help guide organizations take full advantage of the available technical and financial resources available to them. Tom and the Educational Leadership Team of Connection have the experience and expertise to produce results. Tom reports to Bob Marconi, Vice President SLED Sales.
Contact information for Tom:
800-800-0019 ext. 33226
[email protected]
Steven Zitney, Vertical Alliance Manager
Steve Zitney is Connection’s State and Local Vertical Alliance Manager (VAM). In this role, Steve works with State and Local agencies across the country to help develop and implement State and Local government technology solutions to promote their growth. This ensures his ability to assist our customers, start to finish, when planning their projects and implementations, bringing them the best value for their time and money. As a former Corrections Officer with the Clinton County, OH Adult Detention Center and as a Deputy Sheriff within the Road Patrol Division of the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, Steve is uniquely positioned to understand the IT culture and environment of our Public Safety / State and Local customers, having a firm understanding of what is relevant these customers to keep them safe and efficient in the field.
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Associates Degree’s; Criminal Justice – Law Enforcement & Private Security - Asset Protection & Loss Prevention. After those years in Public Safety, Steve joined Connection and has transitioned from an Account Manager covering the State and Local vertical market, to the role of Public Safety and Justice Business Development Specialist then to his current position of State and Local (S&L) Vertical Alliance Manager. As Connection’s S&L VAM, he is constantly searching for new solutions that will bring a significant value to our customers and their daily operations. Some of these include:
• Hosting a regular cadence of manufacturer / solutions trainings for our internal, sales teams
• Planning customer facing events with manufacturers to introduce our State and Local customer base to emerging technology vendors • Working with our internal teams to invite them to Advisory Councils where manufacturers and Connection Executives alike can speak to technology trends we see within these verticals and offer insight into how customers may want to consider proceeding moving forward.
Steve reports to Bob Marconi, Vice President SLED Sales.
Contact Information for Steve:
800.800.0019 Ex: 34443
Mobile: 937-408-3697
[email protected]
Pam Aulakh, M. Ed. Vertical Alliance Manager, K-12
Pamela Aulakh, M. Ed. is the K-12 Vertical Alliance Manager (VAM) for Connection. In her role as an education strategist, she works with districts across the nation to help develop and implement K-12 educational technology solutions in support of improving learning environments and student outcomes. After spending more than a decade as an educator, instructional technology leader, and project manager, Pam understands the importance of leveraging solutions and funding to support equity-based technology programs and structures. She managed programs designed to create model digital learning campuses programs to support teachers and students in Brevard. Her expertise includes developing professional development programs centered on ISTE standards and Blended Learning. She is experienced with building innovation portfolios that integrate STEM and Maker programs while leveraging community support. Pam is a current member and former President of the Florida Council for Instructional Technology Leaders. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration, a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and is certified in Microsoft, Google, and Project Management. Pam reports to Bob Marconi, VP Inside Sales.
Contact information for Pam:
800-800-0019 ext.
[email protected]
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Sean McCann, Sr. Vertical Alliance Manager- HIED
Sean McCann joined Connection in 2011 and is currently the Sr. Vertical Alliance Manager (VAM) for Higher Education. He is responsible for the development and implementation of our overall strategy in Higher Education. Previously, Sean served as Business Development Manager for Major Public Accounts providing sales and marketing support for Higher Ed customers. Sean reports to Bob Marconi, Vice President SLED Sales.
Contact Information for Sean:
475-236-0413
[email protected]
2. Competitive Range: It may be necessary to establish a competitive range. Factors from the predetermined criteria will be used to make this determination. Responses not in the competitive range will not receive further award consideration. Region 4 ESC may determine establishing a competitive range is not necessary.
Connection Response: Connection acknowledges and understands.
3. Past Performance: An Offeror’s past performance and actions are relevant in determining whether or not the Offeror is likely to provide quality goods and services; the administrative aspects of performance; the Offeror’s history of reasonable and cooperative behavior and commitment to customer satisfaction; and generally, the Offeror’s businesslike concern for the interests of the customer may be taken into consideration when evaluating proposals, although not specifically mentioned in the RFP.
Connection Response: Connection acknowledges and understands.
4. Additional Investigations: Region 4 ESC reserves the right to make such additional investigations as it deems necessary to establish the capability of any Offeror.
Connection Response: Connection acknowledges and understands.
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ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
(APPENDIX C, EXHIBIT G, & ADDENDUM
NO. 1)
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APPENIDX C
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
DOC #1 Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Region 4 ESC’s Open Records Policy DOC #2 Antitrust Certification Statements (Tex. Government Code § 2155.005) DOC #3 Implementation of House Bill 1295 Certificate of Interested Parties (Form 1295) DOC #4 Texas Government Code 2270 Verification Form
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
OF REGION 4 ESC’s OPEN RECORDS POLICY
OPEN RECORDS POLICY
All proposals, information and documents submitted are subject to the Public Information Act requirements governed by the State of Texas once a Contract(s) is executed. If an Offeror believes its response, or parts of its response, may be exempted from disclosure, the Offeror must specify page-by-page and line-by-line the parts of the response, which it believes, are exempt and include detailed reasons to substantiate the exemption. Price is not confidential and will not be withheld. Any unmarked information will be considered public information and released, if requested under the Public Information Act.
The determination of whether information is confidential and not subject to disclosure is the duty of the Office of Attorney General (OAG). Region 4 ESC must provide the OAG sufficient information to render an opinion and therefore, vague and general claims to confidentiality by the Offeror are not acceptable. Region 4 ESC must comply with the opinions of the OAG. Region 4 ESC assumes no responsibility for asserting legal arguments on behalf of any Offeror. Offeror is advised to consult with their legal counsel concerning disclosure issues resulting from this procurement process and to take precautions to safeguard trade secrets and other proprietary information.
Signature below certifies complete acceptance of Region 4 ESC’s Open Records Policy, except as noted below (additional pages may be attached, if necessary).
Check one of the following responses to the Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Region 4 ESC’s Open Records Policy below:
We acknowledge Region 4 ESC’s Open Records Policy and declare that no information submitted with this proposal, or any part of our proposal, is exempt from disclosure under the Public Information Act.
We declare the following information to be a trade secret or proprietary and exempt from disclosure under the Public Information Act.
(Note: Offeror must specify page-by-page and line-by-line the parts of the response, which it believes, are exempt. In addition, Offeror must include detailed reasons to substantiate the exemption(s). Price is not confident and will not be withheld. All information believed to be a trade secret or proprietary must be listed. It is further understood that failure to identify such information, in strict accordance with the instructions, will result in that information being considered public information and released, if requested under the Public Information Act.) Date Authorized Signature & Title
1/15/2021
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Appendix C, Doc #2
ANTITRUST CERTIFICATION STATEMENTS
(Tex. Government Code § 2155.005)
Attorney General Form
I affirm under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of Texas that:
1. I am duly authorized to execute this Contract on my own behalf or on behalf of the company, corporation, firm, partnership or individual (Company) listed below;
2. In connection with this proposal, neither I nor any representative of the Company has violated any provision of the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act, Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code Chapter 15;
3. In connection with this proposal, neither I nor any representative of the Company has violated any federal antitrust law; and
4. Neither I nor any representative of the Company has directly or indirectly communicated any of the contents of this proposal to a competitor of the Company or any other company, corporation, firm, partnership or individual engaged in the same line of business as the Company.
Company Contact
Signature
Printed Name
Address Position with Company
Official
Authorizing
Proposal
Signature
Phone
Printed Name
Fax
Position with Company
GovConnection, Inc. dba
Connection - Public Sector Solutions
732 Milford Road, Merrimack, NH 03054
800-800-0019 ext. 33331
603-183-1060
Raymond McIlwain
Sr. Dir. Contracts and Compliance
Robert Marconi
Vice President SLED Sales
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Appendix C, DOC # 3
Implementation of House Bill 1295
Certificate of Interested Parties (Form 1295):
In 2015, the Texas Legislature adopted House Bill 1295, which added section 2252.908 of the Government Code. The law states that a governmental entity or state agency may not enter into certain contracts with a business entity unless the business entity submits a disclosure of interested parties to the governmental entity or state agency at the time the business entity submits the signed contract to the governmental entity or state agency. The law applies only to a contract of a governmental entity or state agency that either (1) requires an action or vote by the governing body of the entity or agency before the contract may be signed or (2) has a value of at least $1 million. The disclosure requirement applies to a contract entered into on or after January 1, 2016.
The Texas Ethics Commission was required to adopt rules necessary to implement that law, prescribe the disclosure of interested parties form, and post a copy of the form on the commission’s website. The commission adopted the Certificate of Interested Parties form (Form 1295) on October 5, 2015. The commission also adopted new rules (Chapter 46) on November 30, 2015, to implement the law. The commission does not have any additional authority to enforce or interpret House Bill 1295.
Filing Process:
Staring on January 1, 2016, the commission made available on its website a new filing application that must be used to file Form 1295. A business entity must use the application to enter the required information on Form 1295 and print a copy of the completed form, which will include a certification of filing that will contain a unique certification number. An authorized agent of the business entity must sign the printed copy of the form. The completed Form 1295 with the certification of filing must be filed with the governmental body or state agency with which the business entity is entering into the contract.
The governmental entity or state agency must notify the commission, using the commission’s filing application, of the receipt of the filed Form 1295 with the certification of filing not later than the 30th day after the date the contract binds all parties to the contract. This process is known as acknowledging the certificate. The commission will post the acknowledged Form 1295 to its website within seven business days after receiving notice from the governmental entity or state agency. The posted acknowledged form does not contain the declaration of signature information provided by the business.
A certificate will stay in the pending state until it is acknowledged by the governmental agency.
Only acknowledged certificates are posted to the commission’s website.
Electronic Filing Application: https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/whatsnew/elf_info_form1295.htm Frequently Asked Questions:
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/resources/FAQs/FAQ_Form1295.php Changes to Form 1295: https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/data/filinginfo/1295Changes.pdf Appendix C, DOC # 4
Texas Government Code 2270 Verification Form
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Controlling
Name of Interested Party
4 Nature of interest
City, State, Country (place of business)
Intermediary
(check applicable)
CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES
FORM 1295
1 of 1
1 OFFICE USE ONLY
2 01/14/2021
Complete Nos. 1 - 4 and 6 if there are interested parties.
Complete Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 if there are no interested parties.
Name of business entity filing form, and the city, state and country of the business entity's place of business.
GovConnection, Inc. d/b/a Connection Public Sector Solutions Merrimack, NH United States
Name of governmental entity or state agency that is a party to the contract for which the form is being filed.
Provide the identification number used by the governmental entity or state agency to track or identify the contract, and provide a description of the services, goods, or other property to be provided under the contract. 3 Region 4 Education Service Center
Technology Solutions, Products and Services.
21-04
2021-706522
Date Filed:
Date Acknowledged:
Certificate Number:
CERTIFICATION OF FILING
PC Connection, Inc. , Merrimack, NH United States X
6 Signature of authorized agent of contracting business entity My name is _______________________________________________________________,
UNSWORN DECLARATION
5 Check only if there is NO Interested Party.
My address is _______________________________________________, _______________________, and my date of birth is _______________________.
Executed in ________________________________________County, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. (street) (state) (zip code) (country)
(month) (year)
_______, ______________, _________.
State of ________________, on the _____day of ___________, 20_____. (city)
(Declarant)
Forms provided by Texas Ethics Commission www.ethics.state.tx.us Version V1.1.ceffd98a Robert Marconi
732 Milford Road Merrimack NH 03054 USA
Hillsborough NH 15th January 21
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House Bill 89 (85R Legislative Session), which adds Chapter 2270 to the Texas Government Code, provides that a governmental entity may not enter into a contract with a company without verification that the contracting vendor does not and will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract.
Furthermore, Senate Bill 252 (85R Legislative Session), which amends Chapter 2252 of the Texas Government Code to add Subchapter F, prohibits contracting with a company engaged in business with Iran, Sudan or a foreign terrorist organization identified on a list prepared by the Texas Comptroller.
I, ___________________________________________________, as an authorized representative of
_____________________________________________________________, a contractor engaged by
Insert Name of Company
Region 4 Education Service Center, 7145 West Tidwell Road, Houston, TX 77092, verify by this writing that the above-named company affirms that it (1) does not boycott Israel; and (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of this contract, or any contract with the above-named Texas governmental entity in the future.
Also, our company is not listed on and we do not do business with companies that are on the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts list of Designated Foreign Terrorists Organizations found at https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/docs/foreign-terrorist.pdf.
I further affirm that if our company's position on this issue is reversed and this affirmation is no longer valid, that the above-named Texas governmental entity will be notified in writing within one (1) business day and we understand that our company's failure to affirm and comply with the requirements of Texas Government Code 2270 et seq. shall be grounds for immediate contract termination without penalty to the above-named Texas governmental entity.
I swear and affirm that the above is true and correct.
______________________________________________ ________________ Signature of Named Authorized Company Representative Date Robert Marconi
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EXHIBIT G
NEW JERSEY BUSINESS COMPLIANCE
NEW JERSEY BUSINESS COMPLIANCE
Suppliers intending to do business in the State of New Jersey must comply with policies and procedures required under New Jersey statues. All offerors submitting proposals must complete the following forms specific to the State of New Jersey. Completed forms should be submitted with the offeror’s response to the RFP. Failure to complete the New Jersey packet will impact OMNIA Partners’ ability to promote the Master Agreement in the State of New Jersey.
DOC #1 Statement of Ownership Disclosure
DOC #2 Non-Collusion Affidavit
DOC #3 Affirmative Action Affidavit
DOC #4 Political Contribution Disclosure Form
DOC #5 Stockholder Disclosure Certification
DOC #6 Certification of Non-Involvement in Prohibited Activities in Iran DOC #7 New Jersey Business Registration Certificate
DOC #8 EEOAA Evidence
DOC #9 McBride-Principles
New Jersey suppliers are required to comply with the following New Jersey statutes when applicable:
• all anti-discrimination laws, including those contained in N.J.S.A. 10:2-1 through N.J.S.A. 10:2-14, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1, and N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 through 10:5-38; • Prevailing Wage Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.26, for all contracts within the contemplation of the Act;
• Public Works Contractor Registration Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.26; and • Bid and Performance Security, as required by the applicable municipal or state statutes.
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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP DISCLOSURE
N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2 (P.L. 1977, c.33, as amended by P.L. 2016, c.43) This statement shall be completed, certified to, and included with all bid and proposal submissions.
Failure to submit the required information is cause for automatic rejection of the bid or proposal.
Name of Organization:_______________________________________________________ Organization Address:_______________________________________________________ Part I Check the box that represents the type of business organization:
Sole Proprietorship (skip Parts II and III, execute certification in Part IV) Non-Profit Corporation (skip Parts II and III, execute certification in Part IV) For-Profit Corporation (any type) Limited Liability Company (LLC) Partnership Limited Partnership Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Other (be specific): ______________________________________________ Part II
The list below contains the names and addresses of all stockholders in the corporation who own 10 percent or more of its stock, of any class, or of all individual partners in the partnership who own a 10 percent or greater interest therein, or of all members in the limited liability company who own a 10 percent or greater interest therein, as the case may be. (COMPLETE THE LIST BELOW IN THIS SECTION) OR
No one stockholder in the corporation owns 10 percent or more of its stock, of any class, or no individual partner in the partnership owns a 10 percent or greater interest therein, or no member in the limited liability company owns a 10 percent or greater interest therein, as the case may be. (SKIP TO PART IV) (Please attach additional sheets if more space is needed):
Name of Individual or Business Entity Home Address (for Individuals) or Business Address GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection - Public Sector Solutions 732 Milford Rd. Merrimack, NH 03054
PC Connection, Inc. dba Connection Business
Solutions
730 Milford Rd. Merrimack, NH 03054
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Part III DISCLOSURE OF 10% OR GREATER OWNERSHIP IN THE STOCKHOLDERS,
PARTNERS OR LLC MEMBERS LISTED IN PART II
If a bidder has a direct or indirect parent entity which is publicly traded, and any person holds a 10 percent or greater beneficial interest in the publicly traded parent entity as of the last annual federal Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) or foreign equivalent filing, ownership disclosure can be met by providing links to the website(s) containing the last annual filing(s) with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (or foreign equivalent) that contain the name and address of each person holding a 10% or greater beneficial interest in the publicly traded parent entity, along with the relevant page numbers of the filing(s) that contain the information on each such person. Attach additional sheets if more space is needed.
Website (URL) containing the last annual SEC (or foreign equivalent) filing Page #’s Please list the names and addresses of each stockholder, partner or member owning a 10 percent or greater interest in any corresponding corporation, partnership and/or limited liability company (LLC) listed in Part II other than for any publicly traded parent entities referenced above. The disclosure shall be continued until names and addresses of every noncorporate stockholder, and individual partner, and member exceeding the 10 percent ownership criteria established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2 has been listed. Attach additional sheets if more space is needed.
Stockholder/Partner/Member and Corresponding
Entity Listed in Part II
Home Address (for Individuals) or Business Address
Part IV Certification
I, being duly sworn upon my oath, hereby represent that the foregoing information and any attachments thereto to the best of my knowledge are true and complete. I acknowledge: that I am authorized to execute this certification on behalf of the bidder/proposer; that the <name of contracting unit> is relying on the information contained herein and that I am under a continuing obligation from the date of this certification through the completion of any contracts with <type of contracting unit> to notify the <type of contracting unit> in writing of any changes to the information contained herein; that I am aware that it is a criminal offense to make a false statement or misrepresentation in this certification, and if I do so, I am subject to criminal prosecution under the law and that it will constitute a material breach of my agreement(s) with the, permitting the <type of contracting unit> to declare any contract(s) resulting from this certification void and unenforceable.
Full Name (Print): Title:
Signature: Date:
www.connection.com/ps
PC Connection, Inc. dba Connection Business
Solutions 730 Milford Rd. Merrimack, NH 03054
Robert Marconi VP of SLED Sales
1/15/2021
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NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT
STANDARD BID DOCUMENT REFERENCE
Reference: VII-H
Name of Form: NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT
Statutory Reference: No specific statutory reference
State Statutory Reference N.J.S.A. 52:34-15
Instructions Reference: Statutory and Other Requirements VII-H Description:
The Owner’s use of this form is optional. It is used to ensure that the bidder has not participated in any collusion with any other bidder or Owner representative or otherwise taken any action in restraint of free and competitive bidding.
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NON-COLLUSION AFFIDAVIT
State of New Hampshire
County of _________________ ss:
I, ________________________________ residing in ___________________________________ (name of affiant) (name of municipality) in the County of _______________________________ and State of _____________________of full age, being duly sworn according to law on my oath depose and say that:
I am _____________________________________ of the firm of _________________________ (title or position) (name of firm)
_____________________________________ the bidder making this Proposal for the bid entitled ______________________________, and that I executed the said proposal with (title of bid proposal) full authority to do so that said bidder has not, directly or indirectly entered into any agreement, participated in any collusion, or otherwise taken any action in restraint of free, competitive bidding in connection with the above named project; and that all statements contained in said proposal and in this affidavit are true and correct, and made with full knowledge that the ______________ _________________________relies upon the truth of the statements contained in said Proposal (name of contracting unit)
and in the statements contained in this affidavit in awarding the contract for the said project.
I further warrant that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure such contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, except bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by _________________________________________________.
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this day _____________________________
Signature
________________, 2____ ___________________________________ (Type or print name of affiant under signature)
_____________________________
Notary public of
My Commission expires _______________
(Seal)
Hillsborough
Robert Marconi
GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection -
Public Sector Solutions
Hillsborough New Hampshire
VP of SLED Sales
GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection
- Public Sector Solutions
GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection -
Public Sector Solutions
Region 4 Education
Service Unit
GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection - Public Sector Solutions January 15 021 Robert Marconi, VP of SLED Sales
September 21, 2021
Technology Solutions, Products
and Services
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFFIDAVIT
(P.L. 1975, C.127)
Company Name:
Street:
City, State, Zip Code:
Proposal Certification:
Indicate below company’s compliance with New Jersey Affirmative Action regulations. Company’s proposal will be accepted even if company is not in compliance at this time. No contract and/or purchase order may be issued, however, until all Affirmative Action requirements are met.
Required Affirmative Action Evidence:
Procurement, Professional & Service Contracts (Exhibit A) Vendors must submit with proposal:
1. A photo copy of their Federal Letter of Affirmative Action Plan Approval OR
2. A photo copy of their Certificate of Employee Information Report OR
3. A complete Affirmative Action Employee Information Report (AA302) ________ Public Work – Over $50,000 Total Project Cost:
A. No approved Federal or New Jersey Affirmative Action Plan. We will complete Report Form AA201-A upon receipt from the
B. Approved Federal or New Jersey Plan – certificate enclosed I further certify that the statements and information contained herein, are complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
_______________________ _________________________________ Date Authorized Signature and Title
GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection - Public Sector Solutions 732 Milford Rd.
Merrimack, NH 03054
1/15/2021
Robert Marconi, VP of SLED Sales
Included on the
following page.
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Form AA302
Rev. 11/11
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Division of Purchase & Property
Contract Compliance Audit Unit
EEO Monitoring Program
EMPLOYEE INFORMATION REPORT
IMPORTANT-READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING FORM. FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPLETE THE ENTIRE FORM AND TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED $150.00 FEE MAY DELAY ISSUANCE OF YOUR CERTIFICATE. DO NOT SUBMIT EE0-1 REPORT FOR SECTION B, ITEM 11. For Instructions on completing the form, go to:
htt ps://www .state .n j. us/treasury/contract com plia nce/documents/pdf/form s/ aa 30 2 in s.pdf
1. FID. NO. OR SOCIAL SECURITY
52-1837891
4. COMPANY NAME
GovConnection, Inc.
5. STREET
732 Milford Rd.
SECTION A- COMPANY IDENTIFICATION
2. TYPE OF BUSINESS
D 1. MFG � 2. SERVICE O 3. WHOLESALE
� 4. RETAIL O 5. OTHER
CITY
Merrimack
COUNTY
Hillsboro
3. TOTAL NO. EMPLOYEES IN THE ENTIRE
COMPANY
STATE
NH
209
ZIP CODE
03054
6. NAME OF PARENT OR AFFILIATED COMPANY (IF NONE, SO INDICATE) PC Connection, Inc.
CITY STATE ZIP CODE
Merrimack NH 03054
7. CHECK ONE: IS THE COMP ANY:
8. IF
0 SINGLE-ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYER
YE ST TE MBER OF EST
� MULTI-ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYER
9. TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AT ESTABLISHMENT WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT
10. PUBLIC AGENCY AWARDING CONTRACT
Official Use Onlv DATE RECEIVED
CITY COUNTY STATE
NAUG.DATE ASSIGNED CERTIFICATION NUMBER
SECTION B -EMPLOYMENT DATA
ZIP CODE
11. Report all pennanent, temporary and part-time employees ON YOUR OWN PAYROLL. Enter the appropriate figures on all lines and in all columns. Where there are no employees in a particular category, enter a zero. Include ALL employees, not just those in minority/non-minority categories, in columns 1, 2, & 3. DO NOTS UBMIT AN EEO-/ REPORT.
ALL EMPLOYEES PFRMANFNT MINORITV/NON-•�INORITV FMPI OVFF on,:i,wnnmN JOB COL.1 COL. 2 COL. 3 ********* MALE********************** *************FEMALE********************** CATEGORIES TOTAL MALE FEMALE AMER. NON AMER. NON
(Cols.2 &3) !BLACK HISPANIC NDIA:t-: ASIAN MIN. BLACK HISPANIC INDIAN ASIAN MIN.
Officials/ Managers 21 18 3 1 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 6
Professionals 24 12 13 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 13
Technicians 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sales Workers 120 89 35 4 0 4 1 80 0 0 0 1 34
Office & Cle ri ca I 31 14 17 1 1 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 16
Craftworkers
(Skilled) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Operatives
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (Semi-skilled) 0 0
Laborers 0 0 0 0 0 0 (Unskilled) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total employment
From previous 209 138 71 7 1 5 1 124 1 0 0 1 69
Reoort (if anv)
Temporary & Part- The data below shall NOT be included in the figures for the appropriate categories above.
Time Employees
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. HOW WAS INFORMATION AS TO RACE OR ETHNIC GROUP IN SECTION B OBTAINED 14. IS THIS THE FIRST 15. IF NO, DATE LAST D 1. Visual Survey gJ 2. Employment Record D 3. Other (Specify) Employee Infonnation REPORT SUBMITTED Report Submitted?
MO. DAY YEAR
13. DATES OF PAYROLL PERIOD USED
From: 1/01/2020 To: 10/16/2020 1. YESO 2. NOf&] 10 01 2019
SECTION C-SIGNATURE AND IDENTIFICATION
16. NAME OF PERSON COMPLETING FORM (Print or Type)
Heather Nehiley
17. ADDRESS NO. & STREET
732 Milford Rd.
CITY
Merrimack
SIGNATURE
COUNTY
Hillsboro
TITLE
Robert Marconi VP of Sa le
DATE
MO I
DAYI YEAR
1 15 2021
STATE ZIP CODE PHONE (AREA CODE, NO.,EXTENSION)
NH 03054 800 - 800 - 0019
I
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P.L. 1995, c. 127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27)
MANDATORY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LANGUAGE
PROCUREMENT, PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE
CONTRACTS
During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows:
The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, affectional or sexual orientation. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that such applicants are recruited and employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, affectional or sexual orientation. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following:
employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the Public Agency Compliance Officer setting forth provisions of this non-discrimination clause.
The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable will, in all solicitations or advertisement for employees placed by or on behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, affectional or sexual orientation.
The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, will send to each labor union or representative of workers with which it has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, a notice, to be provided by the agency contracting officer advising the labor union or workers' representative of the contractor's commitments under this act and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment.
The contractor or subcontractor, where applicable, agrees to comply with any regulations promulgated by the Treasurer pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 127, as amended and supplemented from time to time and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The contractor or subcontractor agrees to attempt in good faith to employ minority and female workers trade consistent with the applicable county employment goal prescribed by N.J.A.C. 17:27-5.2 promulgated by the Treasurer pursuant to P.L. 1975, C.127, as amended and supplemented from time to time or in accordance with a binding determination of the applicable county employment goals determined by the Affirmative Action Office pursuant to N.J.A.C. 17:27-5.2 promulgated by the Treasurer pursuant to P.L. 1975, C.127, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
The contractor or subcontractor agrees to inform in writing appropriate recruitment agencies in the area, including employment agencies, placement bureaus, colleges, universities, labor unions, that it does not discriminate on the basis of age, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, and that it will discontinue the use of any recruitment agency which engages in direct or indirect discriminatory practices.
The contractor or subcontractor agrees to revise any of it testing procedures, if necessary, to assure that all personnel testing conforms with the principles of job-related testing, as established by the statutes and court decisions of the state of New Jersey and as established by applicable Federal law and applicable Federal court decisions.
The contractor or subcontractor agrees to review all procedures relating to transfer, upgrading, downgrading and lay-off to ensure that all such actions are taken without regard to age, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, and conform with the applicable employment goals, consistent with the statutes and court decisions of the State of New Jersey, and applicable Federal law and applicable Federal court decisions.
The contractor and its subcontractors shall furnish such reports or other documents to the Affirmative Action Office as may be requested by the office from time to time in order to carry out the purposes of these regulations, and public agencies shall furnish such information as may be requested by the Affirmative Action Office for conducting a compliance investigation pursuant to Subchapter 10 of the Administrative Code (NJAC 17:27). ________________________________________________
Signature of Procurement Agent
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C. 271 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE FORM
Public Agency Instructions
This page provides guidance to public agencies entering into contracts with business entities that are required to file Political Contribution Disclosure forms with the agency. It is not intended to be provided to contractors. What follows are instructions on the use of form local units can provide to contractors that are required to disclose political contributions pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.26 (P.L. 2005, c. 271, s.2). Additional information on the process is available in Local Finance Notice 2006-1 (http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dlgs/resources/lfns_2006.html). Please refer back to these instructions for the appropriate links, as the Local Finance Notices include links that are no longer operational.
1. The disclosure is required for all contracts in excess of $17,500 that are not awarded pursuant to a “fair and open” process (N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.7).
2. Due to the potential length of some contractor submissions, the public agency should consider allowing data to be submitted in electronic form (i.e., spreadsheet, pdf file, etc.). Submissions must be kept with the contract documents or in an appropriate computer file and be available for public access. The form is worded to accept this alternate submission. The text should be amended if electronic submission will not be allowed.
3. The submission must be received from the contractor and on file at least 10 days prior to award of the contract.
Resolutions of award should reflect that the disclosure has been received and is on file.
4. The contractor must disclose contributions made to candidate and party committees covering a wide range of public agencies, including all public agencies that have elected officials in the county of the public agency, state legislative positions, and various state entities. The Division of Local Government Services recommends that contractors be provided a list of the affected agencies. This will assist contractors in determining the campaign and political committees of the officials and candidates affected by the disclosure. a. The Division has prepared model disclosure forms for each county. They can be downloaded from the “County PCD Forms” link on the Pay-to-Play web site at http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dlgs/programs/lpcl.html#12.
They will be updated from time-to-time as necessary.
b. A public agency using these forms should edit them to properly reflect the correct legislative district(s). As the forms are county-based, they list all legislative districts in each county. Districts that do not represent the public agency should be removed from the lists.
c. Some contractors may find it easier to provide a single list that covers all contributions, regardless of the county.
These submissions are appropriate and should be accepted. d. The form may be used “as-is”, subject to edits as described herein. e. The “Contractor Instructions” sheet is intended to be provided with the form. It is recommended that the Instructions and the form be printed on the same piece of paper. The form notes that the Instructions are printed on the back of the form; where that is not the case, the text should be edited accordingly. f. The form is a Word document and can be edited to meet local needs, and posted for download on web sites, used as an e-mail attachment, or provided as a printed document.
5. It is recommended that the contractor also complete a “Stockholder Disclosure Certification.” This will assist the local unit in its obligation to ensure that contractor did not make any prohibited contributions to the committees listed on the Business Entity Disclosure Certification in the 12 months prior to the contract (See Local Finance Notice 2006-7 for additional information on this obligation at http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dlgs/resources/lfns_2006.html). A sample Certification form is part of this package and the instruction to complete it is included in the Contractor Instructions. NOTE: This section is not applicable to Boards of Education.
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C. 271 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE FORM
Contractor Instructions
Business entities (contractors) receiving contracts from a public agency that are NOT awarded pursuant to a “fair and open” process (defined at N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.7) are subject to the provisions of P.L. 2005, c. 271, s.2 (N.J.S.A. 19:44A20.26). This law provides that 10 days prior to the award of such a contract, the contractor shall disclose contributions to:
• any State, county, or municipal committee of a political party • any legislative leadership committee*
• any continuing political committee (a.k.a., political action committee) • any candidate committee of a candidate for, or holder of, an elective office:
o of the public entity awarding the contract
o of that county in which that public entity is located o of another public entity within that county
o or of a legislative district in which that public entity is located or, when the public entity is a county, of any legislative district which includes all or part of the county The disclosure must list reportable contributions to any of the committees that exceed $300 per election cycle that were made during the 12 months prior to award of the contract. See N.J.S.A. 19:44A-8 and 19:44A-16 for more details on reportable contributions.
N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.26 itemizes the parties from whom contributions must be disclosed when a business entity is not a natural person. This includes the following:
• individuals with an “interest” ownership or control of more than 10% of the profits or assets of a business entity or 10% of the stock in the case of a business entity that is a corporation for profit • all principals, partners, officers, or directors of the business entity or their spouses • any subsidiaries directly or indirectly controlled by the business entity • IRS Code Section 527 New Jersey based organizations, directly or indirectly controlled by the business entity and filing as continuing political committees, (PACs).
When the business entity is a natural person, “a contribution by that person’s spouse or child, residing therewith, shall be deemed to be a contribution by the business entity.” [N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.26(b)] The contributor must be listed on the disclosure.
Any business entity that fails to comply with the disclosure provisions shall be subject to a fine imposed by ELEC in an amount to be determined by the Commission which may be based upon the amount that the business entity failed to report.
The enclosed list of agencies is provided to assist the contractor in identifying those public agencies whose elected official and/or candidate campaign committees are affected by the disclosure requirement. It is the contractor’s responsibility to identify the specific committees to which contributions may have been made and need to be disclosed. The disclosed information may exceed the minimum requirement.
The enclosed form, a content-consistent facsimile, or an electronic data file containing the required details (along with a signed cover sheet) may be used as the contractor’s submission and is disclosable to the public under the Open Public Records Act.
The contractor must also complete the attached Stockholder Disclosure Certification. This will assist the agency in meeting its obligations under the law. NOTE: This section does not apply to Board of Education contracts. * N.J.S.A. 19:44A-3(s): “The term "legislative leadership committee" means a committee established, authorized to be established, or designated by the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly or the Minority Leader of the General Assembly pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1993, c.65 (C.19:44A-10.1) for the purpose of receiving contributions and making expenditures.” Connection Response 136 RFP 21-04
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C. 271 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE FORM
Required Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.26
This form or its permitted facsimile must be submitted to the local unit no later than 10 days prior to the award of the contract.
Part I – Vendor Information
Vendor Name:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
The undersigned being authorized to certify, hereby certifies that the submission provided herein represents compliance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.26 and as represented by the Instructions accompanying this form.
_______________________ _______________________ ________________________ Signature Printed Name Title
Part II – Contribution Disclosure
Disclosure requirement: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.26 this disclosure must include all reportable political contributions (more than $300 per election cycle) over the 12 months prior to submission to the committees of the government entities listed on the form provided by the local unit. Check here if disclosure is provided in electronic form Contributor Name Recipient Name Date Dollar Amount
$
Check here if the information is continued on subsequent page(s) GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection - Public Sector Solutions 732 Milford Rd.
Merrimack NH 03054
Robert Marconi VP of SLED Sales
No contributions have been made.
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List of Agencies with Elected Officials Required for Political Contribution Disclosure N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.26
County Name:
State: Governor, and Legislative Leadership Committees
Legislative District #s:
State Senator and two members of the General Assembly per district.
County:
Freeholders County Clerk Sheriff
{County Executive} Surrogate
Municipalities (Mayor and members of governing body, regardless of title):
USERS SHOULD CREATE THEIR OWN FORM, OR DOWNLOAD
FROM THE PAY TO PLAY SECTION OF THE DLGS WEBSITE A
COUNTY-BASED, CUSTOMIZABLE FORM.
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STOCKHOLDER DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATION
Name of Business:
I certify that the list below contains the names and home addresses of all stockholders holding 10% or more of the issued and outstanding stock of the undersigned.
OR
I certify that no one stockholder owns 10% or more of the issued and outstanding stock of the undersigned.
Check the box that represents the type of business organization:
Partnership Corporation Sole Proprietorship
Limited Partnership Limited Liability Corporation Limited Liability Partnership Subchapter S Corporation
Sign and notarize the form below, and, if necessary, complete the stockholder list below.
Stockholders:
Name: Name:
Home Address: Home Address:
Name: Name:
Home Address: Home Address:
Name: Name:
Home Address: Home Address:
Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of ___________, 2__.
(Notary Public)
My Commission expires:
_________________________________
(Affiant)
________________________________
(Print name & title of affiant)
(Corporate Seal)
PC Connection, Inc. dba Connection
Business Solutions
730 Milford Rd. Merrimack, NH 03054
15 January
021
September 21, 2021
Robert Marconi, VP of SLED Sales
Dennis E. Hart
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Certification of Non-Involvement in Prohibited Activities in Iran Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-58, Offerors must certify that neither the Offeror, nor any of its parents, subsidiaries, and/or affiliates (as defined in N.J.S.A. 52:32 – 56(e) (3)), is listed on the Department of the Treasury’s List of Persons or Entities Engaging in Prohibited Investment Activities in Iran and that neither is involved in any of the investment activities set forth in N.J.S.A. 52:32 – 56(f).
Offerors wishing to do business in New Jersey through this contract must fill out the Certification of Non-Involvement in Prohibited Activities in Iran here:
http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dfd/info/standard/fdc/disclosure_investmentact.pdf.
Offerors should submit the above form completed with their proposal.
Included on the following page.
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NEW JERSEY BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
(N.J.S.A. 52:32-44)
Offerors wishing to do business in New Jersey must submit their State Division of Revenue issued Business Registration Certificate with their proposal here. Failure to do so will disqualify the Offeror from offering products or services in New Jersey through any resulting contract. https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessRegistration/
New Jersey Business Registration is included on the following page.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
Taxpayer Name: GOVCONNECTION, INC.
Trade Name:
Address: 730 MILFORD RD
MERRIMACK, NH 03054
Certificate Number: 1005516
Effective Date: August 01, 2003
Date of Issuance: January 15, 2021
For Office Use Only:
20210115094735989
N.J. Department of Treasury - Division of Revenue, On-Line Inquiry Page 1 of 1 https://www1.state.nj.us/TYTR_BRC/servlet/common/BRCLogin 1/15/2021 Connection Response 143 RFP 21-04
Requirements for National Cooperative Contract
DOC #8
EEOAA EVIDENCE
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Goods, Professional Services & General Service Projects EEO/AA Evidence
Vendors are required to submit evidence of compliance with N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27 in order to be considered a responsible vendor.
One of the following must be included with submission:
• Copy of Letter of Federal Approval
• Certificate of Employee Information Report
• Fully Executed Form AA302
• Fully Executed EEO-1 Report
See the guidelines at: http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/contract_compliance/pdf/pa.pdf for further information.
I certify that my bid package includes the required evidence per the above list and State website.
Name: ______________________________ Title: _____________________ Signature: ___________________________ Date: _____________________ Included on page 7.
Robert Marconi VP of SLED Sales
1/15/2021
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Version September 29, 2020
CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned, certify that I am authorized to execute this certification on behalf of the Vendor/Bidder, that the foregoing information and any attachments hereto, to the best of my knowledge are true and complete. I acknowledge that the State of New Jersey is relying on the information contained herein, and that the Vendor/Bidder is under a continuing obligation from the date of this certification through the completion of any contract(s) with the State to notify the State in writing of any changes to the information contained herein; that I am aware that it is a criminal offense to make a false statement or misrepresentation in this certification. If I do so, I will be subject to criminal prosecution under the law, and it will constitute a material breach of my agreement(s) with the State, permitting the State to declare any contract(s) resulting from this certification to be void and unenforceable.
DOC #9
MCBRIDE-PRINCIPLES
MACBRIDE PRINCIPALS FORM
_____________________
VENDOR’S/BIDDER’S REQUIREMENT
TO PROVIDE A CERTIFICATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MACBRIDE PRINCIPALS AND NORTHERN IRELAND ACT OF 1989
Pursuant to Public Law 1995, c. 134, a responsible Vendor/Bidder selected, after public bidding, by the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:34-12, must complete the certification below by checking one of the two options listed below and signing where indicated. If a Vendor/Bidder that would otherwise be awarded a purchase, contract or agreement does not complete the certification, then the Director may determine, in accordance with applicable law and rules, that it is in the best interest of the State to award the purchase, contract or agreement to another Vendor/Bidder that has completed the certification and has submitted a bid within five (5) percent of the most advantageous bid. If the Director finds contractors to be in violation of the principals that are the subject of this law, he/she shall take such action as may be appropriate and provided by law, rule or contract, including but not limited to, imposing sanctions, seeking compliance, recovering damages, declaring the party in default and seeking debarment or suspension of the party.
I, the undersigned, on behalf the Vendor/Bidder, certify pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:34-12.2 that:
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX
The Vendor/Bidder has no business operations in Northern Ireland; or OR
The Vendor/Bidder will take lawful steps in good faith to conduct any business operations it has in Northern Ireland in accordance with the MacBride principals of nondiscrimination in employment as set forth in section 2 of P.L. 1987, c. 177 (N.J.S.A. 52:18A-89.5) and in conformance with the United Kingdom’s Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act of 1989, and permit independent monitoring of its compliance with those principals.
Signature Date
Print Name and Title
STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DIVISION OF PURCHASE AND PROPERTY
33 WEST STATE STREET, P.O. BOX 230
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08625-0230
BID SOLICITATION #: VENDOR/BIDDER:
GovConnection, Inc. dba Connection
- Public Sector Solutions
1/15/2021
Robert Marconi, VP of SLED Sales
21-04
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7145 West Tidwell Road ~ Houston, Texas 77092
(713)-462-7708
www.esc4.net
NOTICE TO OFFEROR
ADDENDUM NO. 1
Solicitation Number 21-04
Request for Proposal (“RFP”)
by
Region 4 Education Service Center (“ESC”)
for
Technology Solutions, Products and Services
SUBMITTAL DEADLINE: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 @ 10:00 AM CST This Addendum No. 1 amends the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Technology Solutions, Products and Services 21-04 (“Addendum”). To the extent of any discrepancy between the original RFP and this Addendum, this Addendum shall prevail.
This Addendum No. 1 is hereby issued to address the following:
1) Submittal Deadline: The submittal deadline for this RFP is hereby changed from Thursday, January 14, 2021 @ 10:00 AM Central Time and extended as indicated below and above:
➢ Tuesday, January 19, 2021 @ 10:00 AM CST
2) Virtual Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference: The pre-proposal conference time for this RFP is hereby changed from December 15, 2020 @ 10:00 AM CST to:
➢ December 15, 2020 @ 11:00 AM CST
All other details remain unchanged.
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RECEIPT OF ADDENDUM NO. 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Offeror shall acknowledge this addendum by signing below and include in their proposal response.
Company Name ______________________________________
Contact Person _______________________________________
Signature ____________________________________________
Date ________________________________________________
Crystal Wallace
Region 4 Education Service Center
Business Operations Specialist
GovConnection, Inc.
dba Connection - Public Sector Solutions
Robert Marconi, Vice President SLED Sales
1/14/2021
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Connection holds premier certifications and authorizations from leading vendors—including Cisco Gold, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Platinum, Lenovo Platinum, and Microsoft Gold. In addition, our talented engineers have acquired more than 2500+ professional certifications. These certifications allow us to offer you enterpriseclass service, access to volume pricing and in‑demand products, software licensing programs, and expert technical service and support.
Partner Authorizations
Adobe Platinum
• Connect Pro Value Added Reseller (VAR)
• Contractual (CLP), Transactional (TLP),
Enterprise (EA) and Volume Incentive Program (VIP)
• Non-Profit Licensing Reseller
• World Wide Adobe License Center
APC Elite for Business Networks
Apple Corporate Reseller
• Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP)
• Apple Certified iOS Technician (ACiT)
• Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (ACMT)
• Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP)
Audiocodes Platinum Partner
Autodesk Volume Channel Partner (VCP)
Avaya Sapphire Partner
• Contact Center
• IP Office
• Scopia Endpoints
• SME Communication
• Unified Communication
Avixa CTS Certifications*
• Certified Technology Specialist
Broadcom Platinum Partner
• Archiving and E-Discover
• Core Security
• Cyber Security Services
• Data Protection
• Encryption
• Endpoint Management
• Enterprise Security
• High Availability
• Information Protection
• Mobility Solutions
• Storage Management
• Threat Protection
Check Point 3 Stars Partner
Certifications and Authorizations
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Cisco Gold Certified Partner
• Advanced Collaboration Architecture Specialization
• Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization
• Advanced Enterprise Networks Architecture Specialization • Advanced Security Architecture Specialization
• Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
• Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Routing and Switching (CCIE Routing and Switching)
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Voice (CCIE Voice) • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
– Data Center
– Route Switch
– Security
– Wireless
• Cisco Certified Network Professional
– Collaboration and Security
– Data Center
– Route Switch
• Cisco Hyperflex Authorization
• Cisco IoT Authorization
• Cisco ISE System Engineer
• Cisco Unity Support Specialist
• Collaboration Architecture Design Specialist
• Collaboration SaaS Authorization
• Collaboration Support Specialist
• Collaboration Systems Engineer
• Customer Experience Specialization
– Collaboration Adoption Advisor
– Data Center Adoption Advisor
– Enterprise Agreements Adoption Advisor
– Advisor Enterprise Networking Advisor
– Security Adoption Advisor
• Data Center Application Services Support Specialist
• Data Center Architecture Design Specialist
• Data Center Unified Fabric Support Specialist
• Lifecycle Advisor for Collaboration
• Lifecycle Advisor for Enterprise Agreements
• Lifecycle Advisor for Enterprise Networking
• Master Security Certification
• Security Architecture Systems Engineer
• Unified Computing Technology Field Engineer
Cisco Specializations
• Advanced Collaboration Architecture
• Advanced Data Center Architecture
• Advanced Enterprise Networks Architecture
• Advanced Security Architecture
• Cisco ONE–Access
• Cisco ONE–Data Center
• Cisco ONE–WAN
• Collab ELA UC WBX OnPrem TP PC
• Hyperflex Resellers Authorization
• IoT Authorized Partner
• U.S. Federal Authorization
• Webex Telepresence Program
Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor
• Citrix Cloud Integrated Apps and Data Suite
• Citrix Cloud Lifecycle Management
• Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktops
• Citrix Cloud Virtual Desktops
• Citrix NetScaler
• Citrix NetScaler Gateway
• Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN
• Citrix ShareFile
• Citrix Workspace Suite
• Citrix XenApp
• Citrix XenDesktop
CompTIA
• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA Server+
Dell Technologies Titanium Partner
• Converged Infrastructure
– Converged Infrastructure Services–VxRail–deployment
• Core Client
• Data Protection
– Data Protection Services–Avamar–deployment
– Data Protection Services–Data Domain–deployment
– Data Protection Services–RecoverPoint–deployment
– Data Protection Services–RecoverPoint/SE–deployment
• Networking
• Server
• Storage
– Storage Services–SC Series–deployment
– Storage Services–Unity–deployment
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Digital Signage Experts Group Certifications
• Digital Signage Certified Expert (DSCE) certified
• Digital Signage Content and Media Expert (DCME) certified • Digital Signage Display Expert (DSDE) certified
• Digital Signage Network Expert (DSNE) certified
• Digital Signage Sales Professional (DSSP) certified
Google Premier
• Google Cloud Chrome–Partner
• Google Cloud Enterprise Search–Partner
• Google for Education Chrome–Premier
• Google for Education G Suite–Premier
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Platinum
• Aruba Certified Design Experts (ACDX)
• Aruba Certified Mobility Professionals (ACMP)
• Aruba Certified Switching Professionals (ACSP)
• HPE Authorized Business Solutions Partner (ABSP)
• HPE Data Center Network Integrators (HPE ASE)
• HPE Enterprise Solutions (APS)
• HPE Enterprise Storage
• HPE FlexNetwork Integrators (HPE ASE)
• HPE FlexNetwork Solutions (HPE Master ASE)
• HPE Networking Authorized Master Partner
• HPE SAN Architect (Master ASE)
• HPE Server Solutions Architects (HPE ASE)
• HPE Storage Solutions Architects (HPE Master ASE)
Hitachi Reseller Partner
HP, Inc. Platinum
• HP, Inc. Authorized Professional Services Partner (APSP) • HP, Inc. Authorized Support Partner (ASP)
• HP, Inc. DaaS Specialist
• HP, Inc. Desktop, Workstations, and Notebooks (APS)
• HP, Inc. DesignJet Specialist
• HP, Inc. Digital Signage Solutions
• HP, Inc. Education Solutions Specialist
• HP, Inc. Flow CM
• HP, Inc. HA LaserJet Solutions (APS)
• HP, Inc. Healthcare Specialist
• HP, Inc. Imaging and Printing Solutions (APC)
• HP, Inc. Managed Print Specialist Select
• HP, Inc. Partner First Healthcare Specialist
• HP, Inc. Retail Point of Sale (ASC)
• HP, Inc. Technical Production Specialist
• HP, Inc. Verified Online Supplies Reseller
IBM Silver Business Partner
• IBM Midrange Storage Certified
Intel® Technology Provider Platinum Partner
Ivanti Premier Status
• IT Management Solutions
JAMF Corporate Reseller
• JAMF Certified Administrator
• JAMF Certified Technician
• JAMF Gold Reseller
• JAMF Integrator
• JAMF Managed Service Provider
Lenovo Platinum Data Center Partner
McAfee Platinum Partner
Microfocus Authorized Reseller
Microsoft Gold Partner
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)
• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
• Microsoft Certified Technical Professional (MCTP)
• Microsoft Endpoint Certified
• Gold Application Development
• Gold Cloud Platform
• Gold Collaboration and Content
• Gold Datacenter
• Gold DevOps
• Gold Enterprise Mobility Management
• Gold Enterprise Resource Planning
• Gold Messaging
• Gold Productivity
• Gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions
• Gold Windows and Devices
• Silver Security
Microsoft Select, Open, Charity, and Academic Volume
Licensing Programs with Service and Support for Microsoft Enterprise Agreements
Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA)
• Microsoft Authorized Education Partner (AEP)
• Microsoft Authorized Surface Provider
• Microsoft Cloud Services Partner (CSP Tier-1)
• Microsoft Delivery Service Partner (DSP)
• Microsoft Double Gold Operational Excellence
Award Winner, 2017
• Microsoft Licensing Solution Provider (LSP)
Mimecast Authorized Reseller
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MobileIron Gold Partner
• Certified Administrator
• Certified Sales Engineer
NetApp Storage Gold Partner†
Nutanix National Partner
Oracle Gold Partner (Commercial)
Palo Alto Networks NextWave Innovator Partner
Panasonic Prime Partner
• Connection® Business Solutions and Connection® Public Sector Solutions: Diamond Partners
• Connection® Enterprise Solutions: Platinum Partner
Poly Platinum Partner
• Installed Voice
• Microsoft Optimized CX Devices
• RealPresence Environments
• RealPresence Platform
Pure Storage Silver Partner†
Red Hat Premier Reseller
Riverbed Premier Partner
Ruckus Networks Elite Partner
Samsung National Solution Provider
• Authorized Service Provider
• Samsung Knox Authorized Reseller
SAP Authorized Reseller
ServiceNow Premier Partner
Splunk Authorized Reseller
Tableau Authorized Reseller
Tenable Network Security Gold Partner
Toshiba Preferred Partner
Tripp Lite Premier Alliance Partner
Veeam Platinum Partner
• Veeam Accredited Service Provider (VASP)
• Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE)
• Veeam Sales Professional (VMSP)
• Veeam Technical Sales Professional (VMTSP)
VMware Premier Corporate Reseller
• Certified Enterprise Mobility Associate
• Cloud Provider Competency
• DaaS Competency
• Desktop Virtualization Competency
• Enterprise Mobility Sales
• Hybrid Cloud Competency
• Management Operations Competency
• Mobility Management Competency
• Network Virtualization Competency
• SE Business Continuity Competency
• Server Virtualization Competency
• Software Defined Data Center Competency
• Software Defined Storage Competency
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• VMware Sales Professional (VSP)
• VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP)
Zebra Broadline Technology Partner/ Printer Repair Specialist *Industry standard certifications for digital signage.
†Authorization only applicable to Connection® Enterprise Solutions.
Business Solutions
1.800.800.0014
Enterprise Solutions
1.800.369.1047
Public Sector Solutions
1.800.800.0019
www.connection.com/Certifications-Authorizations
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All other copyrights and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. C991959-0620 For more information about the comprehensive certifications and authorizations Connection offers, contact an
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2 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL—INFORMATION SUBJECT TO NDA C740303-0220 Solve Your Toughest IT Challenges
with Expertise You Can Count On
2700+
Employees
765+
Account
managers
7 Years
Average tenure
540+
Engineering,
services, and
technical staff
THE
TEAM
44,000
Hours of training
annually
2500+
Professional
certifications
Hundreds
of training hours
per engineer
every year
THE
BUYING
POWER
1600+
Technology
partners
300,000
IT products
available
225,000+
Custom
configurations
completed
every year
and growing
THE
EXPERTISE
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Custom Integrations for Today’s Technology
You need technology that integrates seamlessly into your existing infrastructure, workflows, and processes.
That’s why Connection has upgraded and rebranded our distribution facility in Wilmington, OH. Now known as the Technology Integration and Distribution Center (TIDC), this new name reflects the full capabilities of our world-class integration services—and our commitment to connecting you with technology solutions that exceed your expectations.
State-of-the-Art Custom Integration Center
Count on Connection to deliver custom integration services on your schedule. Our enhanced facility covers more than 42,000 square feet, with over 1000 live connections. This enables us to deliver the advanced services you’ve come to depend on today— with the speed and scalability you’ll need tomorrow.
The Connection TIDC is equipped with the latest technologies and powered by industry-leading methodologies, ensuring even the largest custom configuration orders are completed to your exact specifications and ready for overnight delivery to any of your locations, branches, or remote facilities nationwide. Our technicians maintain extensive certifications and authorizations from all major manufacturers, with more than 90% of the team holding one or more CompTIA certifications. Connection is dedicated to ongoing technology training, so our team stays current on the latest industry developments as well as advances in partner technologies and best practices.
Technology Integration
and Distribution Center
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Optimize Your Next IT Deployment with Integration Services Connection offers complete solutions with every order—from the simple request to the complex—no order is too big or too small. Our integration teams have developed key services to provide you with the simplest, most effective methods to deploy your systems, saving you time and money.
Our Technology Integration and
Distribution Center Offers:
• Provisioning and Imaging: By providing several methods of deployment, such as DISM, MDT, SCCM, and our own custom Connect Deploy tool, we can save you hundreds of staff hours in deployment time. Plus, ensure excellence in image consistency by having our experts build and maintain your image.
• VPN-based Provisioning: Setting up a point-to-point VPN connection between the TIDC and your facility enables us to provide complete provisioning services, including the capability to send a unit to your facility with plug-and-play functionality. • Deployment Hosting: Utilizing VPN services, we provide you with a “virtual slice” in our facility to set up a complete SCCM environment or distribution points (MDT, DP). This allows us to deploy directly from your network, speeding the provisioning process and providing excellent quality controls.
• White Glove (Google and Microsoft): White Glove enrollment services include the Chrome Enterprise or Microsoft AutoPilot/ Intune solutions. This allows you to receive devices that are ready to use and ready to manage—right out of the box.
• Mobile Provisioning: The TIDC offers a wide array of mobile device provisioning and has experience with all major MDM environments, including AirWatch, Mobile Iron, SOTI, and using manufacturer-specific provisioning utilities, such as Samsung Knox and Zebra Stage Now.
• Jamf Services: Automate the processes and workflows related to the management of Apple devices from zero-touch to
complex deployment. The TIDC offers setup and management of a Jamf Pro instance for easy deployment of all your macOS, iOS, and tvOS devices, and can offer customized deployment options suited to your specific business needs.
• Remote Management: Take the hassle out of managing your Apple devices. Using Jamf, we can assist with all aspects of provisioning new equipment and providing remote support to units in the field—including inventory reporting, selfservice, compliance monitoring, policy enforcement, software distribution, and patch management.
• Location in a Box: Take advantage of one-stop shopping by sourcing all of your equipment from Connection. Our experts provision and test all units and send them directly to your location, in as few boxes as possible or on a skid. This greatly reduces your on-site staff setup time and saves you money because the units are out-of-box ready.
• Asset Tagging and Data Capture: Keep track of your
important capital assets and save valuable administrative time with one of our multiple tagging solutions. We can utilize your organization’s existing label set or create one for you, from simple white labels with digit codes to sturdier tags with colored logos.
• Kitting/Reverse Kit Solutions: Our experts can prepare custom kits for your new users. Let us image your systems, ship them, and include additional items that might be required, such as networking equipment or setup documentation.
• Laser Engraving: The TIDC can perform laser engraving services that feature your own artwork, adding a layer of device security and increasing your brand awareness.
• Inventory Planning and Rollout: Let us manage the logistics of a rollout, securely store newly purchased equipment, and custom tailor a delivery schedule. We can also store your hardware standards and software images, giving you the
ability to easily expedite replacements for broken, worn out, or lost equipment.
• Document/Printing Insertion Service: Insert a printed set of customized instructions with each product or kit. Our configuration specialists will work with you to develop the documentation your end users need, from answers to common questions to instructions on how to connect a new device to the network.
• Custom Packing: To save you significant time in unboxing and waste management, we can remove products from
manufacturer packaging and place them in case packs specially engineered to meet your needs.
Business Solutions
1.800.800.0014
Enterprise Solutions
1.800.369.1047
Public Sector Solutions
1.800.800.0019
Learn more at www.connection.com
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Your National Solutions Provider
For the Entire IT Lifecycle
CONVERGED
DATA CENTER
CLOUD
NETWORKING
LIFECYCLE
SOFTWARE
MOBILITY
SECURITY
OUR MISSION IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT:
Enhances growth Elevates productivity Empowers innovation Connection Response 156 RFP 21-04
Why Connection?
› We are a financially stable, Fortune 1000 company
› We offer complete solutions and services designed
to improve operations and increase the value of IT
› We employ the most highly trained,
experienced IT professionals in the industry
› We strive to understand your needs and
to create solutions that adhere to your
requirements and budget
› We serve as a trusted extension of your IT staff
› We are relentless in our commitment
to exceeding your expectations
SINCE OUR FOUNDING
in 1982, Connection has set the standard for
customer service in the IT industry. We strive to
create a foundation for long-lasting and rewarding
partnerships. We offer expert guidance, exceptional
service, and innovative strategies to empower you
to make informed IT investment decisions.
A collaborative approach to the design, deployment,
and support of technology has fueled Connection’s
growth and earned us the reputation of trusted
advisor to our customers.
A Solutions Approach, Focused on Your Needs
Every successful engagement begins with trust. Our teams engage customers with a solutions approach that fosters deep relationships based on trust and exceptional service. We help customers navigate the technology landscape and address their changing needs and challenges, on time and on budget. Everything we do is geared toward meeting your needs today and planning for your needs tomorrow.
The Power of Our Practice Expertise
Our technology practices work in concert to create proven implementations. We have seen countless customer environments and have the experience to selectively employ the most appropriate solutions for your needs. We deliver robust professional IT services and support to ensure the successful delivery of every project— no matter how big or how small.
Results through Quality ADIM Methodology
Our teams are trained to assess, design, implement, and manage technology with industry-leading methodologies.
This comprehensive approach ensures your technology solutions:
• Maximize your efficiency and cost savings
• Are tailored to the exact needs of your environment,
users, and goals
• Leverage the latest technologies available
• Continue to deliver the results you want
day after day, month after month
As a leading National Solutions Provider, we connect people with technology that enhances growth, elevates productivity, and empowers innovation. Our Technology Solutions Group will partner as an extension of your team to:
We help our customers leverage technology
to gain a competitive advantage in their
industry. Our Assess, Design, Implement,
and Manage (ADIM) approach to solution
design ensures we fit the best solutions for
your unique requirements.
Let us customize your solution,
and then help you extract the
full value from your IT investments.
The work we do helps our customers
improve their data centers and IT operations.
We enable IT teams to deploy innovative,
time‑saving solutions to increase
productivity, increase agility, and move
quickly to better serve constituents.
Leverage the know-how of our
team, so you can implement IT
that improves your service levels.
With our guidance, customers break free
of the paradigm where 70% of IT budgets
go to maintenance. We deploy innovative
approaches to IT challenges—flash storage,
hyper-converged infrastructure, and cloud
computing—that optimize IT operations.
Partner with us and discover
new ways to increase the ROI
of your investments.
Complete IT Lifecycle
TRUSTED SUPPORT FOR THE
Business Solutions
1.800.800.0014
Enterprise Solutions
1.800.369.1047
Public Sector Solutions
1.800.800.0019
Enhance
YOUR GROWTH
Elevate
YOUR PRODUCTIVITY
Empower
YOUR INNOVATION
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Business Solutions 1.800.800.0014 J Enterprise Solutions 1.800.369.1047 J Public Sector Solutions 1.800.800.0019 Business Solutions 1.800.800.0014 J Enterprise Solutions 1.800.369.1047 J Public Sector Solutions 1.800.800.0019 Our Expertise
Connection has qualified experts and experience implementing a breadth of data center solutions for customers of all sizes across diverse industries. Our Converged Data Center Services make it easy to adopt and implement the industry’s highest performing infrastructure technologies to keep data centers running efficiently and effectively.
Resources can be allocated and used based on analytics whereby workflows and workloads are directed to best serve the organization at any particular point in time.
When optimized, organizations can attain new levels of agility and flexibility across all domains of the data center including servers, virtualization, and storage. This is the era of the software-defined data center, and our team can help you realize both the vision and the benefits.
Private and Hybrid Cloud
An on-premises virtualized data center,
built by your organization and run by your
organization, can be upgraded into a private
cloud environment. A true private cloud
environment builds from traditional server
virtualization and offers distinct attributes of
cloud models: pools of compute resources, broad
access to data, rapid scalability, self‑service
provisioning, and the ability to measure usage.
Integrate that capability with an off-premises,
hosted cloud solution, and organizations can
benefit from expanded resource pools for burst,
proximity, and budgetary benefit.
Converged Infrastructure
Integrated server, storage, networking, and
virtualization platforms are emerging as the
modern option for maximum performance and
cost efficiency to address today’s demanding
workloads. Let our team lead you through
the planning, integration, and guide the
implementation of one of these high-performance
platforms to better serve your organization.
Data Protection and
Business Continuity
Insulate your operations and your partners
from technology failures, natural disasters, and
unplanned outages before you have to recover
from an unexpected event. Our experts will
design a world‑class business continuity plan
to keep your most critical systems and workloads
available—even when disaster occurs. Our team
can help you assess the factors to consider
how to design your plan and the best technology
to implement to achieve continuity in your
systems and more importantly, across your
entire infrastructure.
Enterprise Disk Arrays
and Storage Networking
An organization’s data is one of its most valuable
assets. The need for efficient, reliable, and costeffective storage solutions has never been greater. Our team of experts can ensure that you
leverage the right storage tiering, classification,
and investments to fuel your infrastructure with
the data it needs to operate. Whether you want
to build a new storage environment or add to
an existing one, we can help.
Server and Desktop Virtualization
To develop and roll out a virtualization strategy
that helps you maximize data center efficiency
and user satisfaction simultaneously is a
monumental challenge. Our team of experts
has implemented virtualized data centers for
customers of all sizes and with widely varied
requirements. Whether you start with our
virtualization workload assessment, adopt
end user computing virtualization, or pursue
a software-defined data center vision, let our
experts lead you with strategies proven to
maximize your investment.
For more information, visit www.connection.com/DataCenterPractice Our Expertise
Connection has qualified experts with years of experience who provide a personalized engagement with customers to build the right hybrid and public cloud solutions. Our team helps you discern the factors that should drive the identification and prioritization of providers that can best host your workloads. Combine the attributes of public cloud capacity with high-performing network connectivity and the option to co‑locate legacy or proprietary hardware, and optimal possibilities evolve. That’s where our team excels— we give you options for delivering a next-generation IT strategy.
Cloud Storage and Disaster Recovery
With an on-premises data center connected to
the storage pools or replication services of a
public cloud provider, you get a tiered and resilient
data protection strategy. Whether your goal is
redundancy, primary off-site storage, or a new
storage pool for the delivery of a new application,
our team will design a solution to accomplish
every facet with one of our many public cloud
storage partners.
Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
Don’t be intimidated by the idea of mobile
workforce computing solutions powered by
VDI technology. We will simplify it for you. Our
team can help you identify the best platforms,
approach, and implementation strategy to put the
power of hosted desktops to work for your users.
Unified Communications
as a Service (UCaaS)
Any technology adopted over the past two
decades is now obsolete or will be very soon.
The traditional PBX phone system is a perfect
example. As organizations seek to replace their
aged communication infrastructures, they
quickly realize that new ways of delivering
telecommunication technology can enhance
employee productivity and the customer
experience. Our cloud team can guide you
through the transition. Let us guide the process
to evaluate and implement a hosted UCaaS
solution that will meet your unique needs.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
and Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Any organization on a path to fully migrate
to the cloud or a new platform to build their
next application must make critical decisions.
It begins with consideration of the SMAC
stack (social, mobile, analytics, and cloud).
Our team is well versed in this area and
prepared to help navigate the factors that will
lead to proper selection—the right architecture
and the most appropriate provider.
Connectivity
To develop and implement a connectivity strategy
that provides your organization’s users and
applications with the bandwidth and redundancy
to keep your organization running is a daunting
task. Couple that challenge with the ability to
keep costs under control and manage the network
interface effectively, and you face a substantial
challenge. Our team has helped customers design
resilient, cost-effective networks regardless
of environment size or requirements. Put our
knowledge to work for your organization.
Colocation
Colocation can provide you with additional or
alternate space in which to run your most critical
workloads. Our tier 3 colocation data center
providers can deliver high fidelity data center
capacity through managed data center services
for your equipment. Need a better, safer, and
more resilient environment? We can help you
find the right facility in the right location to
meet your needs.
For more information, visit www.connection.com/CloudPractice Converged Data Center practice Cloud practice
Converged
Data Center Solutions
FEATURED PARTNERS:
Brocade
Cisco
Dell EMC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Nutanix
SimpliVity
Symantec
Veeam
VMware
Cloud Solutions
FEATURED PARTNERS:
8x8
CenturyLink
CoreSite
Cosentry
Datapipe
Digital Realty
EvolveIP
HOSTING
Level 3
Lightower
Masergy
Microsoft
NaviSite
NetWolves
nScaled
Peak 10
QTS
Rackspace
RapidScale
ShoreTel
Thinking Phone Networks
Verizon Terremark
ViaWest
VMware
WestIP
Windstream
Zayo
Connection Response 158 RFP 21-04
Business Solutions 1.800.800.0014 J Enterprise Solutions 1.800.369.1047 J Public Sector Solutions 1.800.800.0019 Business Solutions 1.800.800.0014 J Enterprise Solutions 1.800.369.1047 J Public Sector Solutions 1.800.800.0019 Our Expertise
With the continuous state of change in the global threat landscape, organizations face cyberattacks and security breaches that are growing in frequency and sophistication every day. Our Security Practice offers solutions and services to counteract increased risk proliferation. Based on your organization’s needs, environment, processes, and security goals, our experts will provide insights to help you implement the right solutions to address your critical risks and protect your operations. As an extension of your IT team, we’re committed to keeping your organization operating safely and securely.
Security Assessment and Audit
Our Security Assessment and Penetration Testing
Services help prioritize where you should focus
resources to reduce overall risk. We will help you
better understand today’s real‑world threats
and how they could affect your organization.
A Penetration Test can uncover a myriad of
vulnerabilities in any environment. It helps
highlight which vulnerabilities are exploitable,
which risks are critical and therefore need to
be addressed with a high priority, and which
items must be remediated over time. Our team
identifies and understands the vulnerabilities
that exist in your environment, then works with
you to develop a prioritized plan to bring that risk
in line with acceptable levels in accordance with
compliance-based security requirements such as
HIPAA, HITECH, ePHI, PCI, GLBA, and FISMA.
Security Suite Optimization
Industry data shows that more than 30% of all
software security solutions are acquired in suites
to aid in the unification and implementation
of security policies. In other words, where one
mechanism leaves off—another one immediately
picks up. Since security can often be a mix of
investments from multiple vendors, we frequently
see areas where coverage cannot be extended
and also examples where integration between
vendors’ products is less than ideal.
In this engagement, our team works with you
to determine and document your security risks,
outlines gaps in security coverage and protection,
and advises you on the correct steps to take to
address these risks. Our team can help ensure
that whether you’re using one or multiple security
providers, your environment is adequately
configured and provides the protection, visibility,
and oversight that your organization, users,
and data require. This “Unified Security Stack”
is the goal based on principles of uniform
policy implementation, complete coverage
and seamless security protection.
Security Governance, Risk,
and Compliance
A multi-step process is needed to develop
and implement a comprehensive security
management plan. The first step is to have a solid
understanding of your environment’s security
risk level. Let our experts help you identify and
document all policies and controls. Then we will
help validate an ongoing process to maintain
compliance with those policies over time. Our
team draws on years of experience and stays
abreast of current threats in order to help you
develop a well-documented, well-defined security
program from investigation to implementation.
Managed Security Services
Does your organization know where it stands
in relation to company policies and compliance
controls, 24× 7 × 365? Does your security
infrastructure provide you the protection,
visibility, and oversight to manage security
events? Our Security Practice utilizes a
proven process and industry-leading tools
to continuously monitor and manage your
environment. Our team will give you an accurate
picture of your risk and a solid foundation
to continuously protect, detect, and react to
today’s sophisticated and constantly evolving
security threats.
For more information, visit www.connection.com/SecurityPractice Our Expertise
Connection works with customers to extend their on-premises and on-campus IT infrastructures to the mobile experiences that today’s organizations require. Our team can work with you to ensure that the necessary network infrastructure is in place all the way through to securing the data on each device to prohibit unnecessary or unacceptable risk.
Whether your requirements are small or large, we can help you develop the right solution with products and services best suited for your mobile device environment.
We support the mobile computing needs of a workforce increasingly on the go.
We offer custom configuration, imaging, delivery, and enhanced security solutions for mobile data and devices.
Mobile Readiness Survey
A successful on-campus mobile project is reliant
on the wireless network that will support it. Let
our team perform a full site survey to help you
map out where you have the coverage necessary
to succeed and where upgrade or extension
of that network will be necessary to achieve
success. Our team will architect a solution for
you based on our findings and can deliver the full
implementation for you to ensure that you don’t
under or overestimate what’s required.
Mobile Device Management
Whether you are going with an organizationowned device strategy or an employee-owned device strategy, you will need to ensure that the
registration process and security policies properly
govern those devices as they traverse yours and
other host networks. Ranging from application
delivery and device management policy all the
way to user-level restrictions, our team can ensure
that your MDM project is a success from day one.
Mobile Device Security
The first step in any mobility initiative is to ensure
proper security, protect data, and comply with
regulations. With so many different devices,
products, and methods available the choices can
seem complex. Our team of specialists can also
help you deliver Mobile Content Management
(MCM) solutions, which allow organizations to
secure document distribution and mobile access
to files through a native mobile app. Let us help
you sort through the complexity with our diverse
knowledge of today’s market and products, so
your employees can securely access the resources
they need to stay productive.
Mobile Deployment Services
Deploying a large number of mobile devices
over a large territory can stress the limits of your
IT organization and be very costly. Our warehouse
and configuration center can make this a
budget‑friendly and simple exercise and provide
you with an ongoing solution.
For more information, visit www.connection.com/MobilityPractice Security practice Mobility practice
Security Solutions
FEATURED PARTNERS:
AirWatch by VMware
Aruba
Barracuda
BeyondTrust
Check Point
Cisco ISE
Cisco/Sourcefire
Fortinet
Imprivata
Intel Security
Kaspersky
LogRhythm
MobileIron
Ping Identity
Quest Software
RSA
SecureAuth
Solarwinds
Sophos
Splunk
Symantec
Trend Micro
WatchGuard
Mobility Solutions
FEATURED PARTNERS:
AirWatch by VMware
Good Technology
JAMF Software
MobileIron
PLATFORM EXPERTISE:
iOS
macOS
Android
Blackberry
Windows Mobile
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Business Solutions 1.800.800.0014 J Enterprise Solutions 1.800.369.1047 J Public Sector Solutions 1.800.800.0019 Business Solutions 1.800.800.0014 J Enterprise Solutions 1.800.369.1047 J Public Sector Solutions 1.800.800.0019 Our Expertise
Connection has qualified experts with experience building the right networking solutions for thousands of customers. Let our in-house experts help you build a complete IT infrastructure with a solid foundation. Our services address network efficiencies, collaboration requirements, increased speed, and greater productivity.
In-depth assessment, documentation, consultation, design, planning, installation, and management services are available for all networking solutions.
Network Architecture
A secure, reliable and resilient network is crucial
for any entity operating in today’s technologydriven world. Our Network Practice can help you develop a clear understanding of the
capabilities and shortcomings of your existing
infrastructure and chart a plan for remediation.
Engagement goals include:
• Understand existing network infrastructure
• Find new ways to expand capabilities
• Leverage current investments
Rapid network expansion, newly acquired or
merged networks, may leave you with uncertainty
about your overall environment. We can dig deep
into your infrastructure with a comprehensive
discovery of your IT network, document its
current state, and conduct a performance
analysis for each appliance for a holistic view.
We help identify the equipment that should
be upgraded and review performance issues,
such as bottlenecks.
Once issues are uncovered or known issues are
identified, we provide remediation plans to fix the
problems, optimize your network’s performance,
and increase your network capabilities. Let our
experts help you define the right network
architecture for your organization, implement
it according to proven practices, and tune it for
the applications and traffic patterns that exist
in your environment.
Network Access
Network access can be simplified and secured
with one network, one policy, and one
management architecture. Our experts will
take a holistic approach to design a network
that provides wireless access that performs
like wired, and effectively supports the policies
that enable BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).
Our Networking Practice works closely with
our Security Practice to create policy‑driven,
on‑demand access solutions with built‑in security
layers and will help you not only optimize your
environment and resolve capacity issues but also
include security measures across all domains.
Collaboration
The social, mobile, collaborative world is upon
us. Regardless of job function, organization,
or industry, technologies to maximize your
efficiency and ability to remain engaged are
essential. Our team has guided organizations
through the careful selection of the right unified
communication and collaboration technologies
that drive innovative efficiencies. Take the journey
with us to find new ways to uncover and act
on information that is often scattered across
your organization.
We will work together with you to unify voice
and video across your organization and build
upon the existing foundation of your network
infrastructure. We can also help you understand
how to expand your existing network footprint
to support the use of video and determine if your
network is ready to support the real-time traffic
and Quality of Service (QoS) necessary for these
types of applications. With network weaknesses
identified and remediated, we’ll help ensure your
IT dollars produce maximum ROI while delivering
high levels of performance.
For more information, visit www.connection.com/NetworkingPractice Our Expertise
Connection has qualified experts and decades of experience to help customers build the right solution stack for their organizations. Our team helps you discern the factors that should drive the architectural considerations that in turn should drive your investment.
Today’s IT strategy is focused on outcomes, and there’s no greater source than the software that manages the data and yields the insights that drive our daily work.
Messaging Platform Services
A secure, reliable, and resilient messaging
architecture is an essential asset for any entity
to operate in today’s technology-dependent
world. Let our experts help you choose the
right messaging platform for your needs and
implement it according to proven practices.
Whether you’re migrating to Office 365,
upgrading your on-premises Microsoft Exchange
infrastructure, or moving from a legacy to a
modern messaging platform, our team can
help. Once you’re up and running, we will
further integrate and performance-tune it for
the applications and traffic patterns that exist
or may change in your environment.
Infrastructure Software Services
Software versions change often. With every
passing launch, upgrade, and end of support there
is opportunity, from reconfiguration to redesign.
Let our team of experts show you where your
infrastructure would benefit from re‑architecting
the design and deployment of your Windows and
Active Directory services.
Once new versions of the core services are in
place, continuing to leverage an old Microsoft
services design is a missed opportunity. Leverage
our team to show you how to get the most from
your investment.
Application and Database Services
Today’s information architectures are built
off of the applications that users navigate to
create and manage data. That data then fuels
decision-making, personalization possibilities,
and ultimately the customer experience. From
higher education institutions that want to
deliver a great new admissions application to
growing commercial entities that need to reach
more consumers, the database is at the core
of applications.
Our team of experts will ensure that you’ve
implemented your database platform in the
most scalable and proven pattern. If you need
performance improvements, let us perform a
healthcheck to ascertain what optimization is
required. For example, if resiliency and failover are
your priorities, let us design and build the solution
that meets those specs.
For more information, visit www.connection.com/SoftwarePractice Networking practice Software practice
Networking Solutions
FEATURED PARTNERS:
Aerohive
Aruba
Cisco
Dell EMC
F5
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Polycom
Riverbed
ShoreTel
VMware
Software Solutions
FEATURED PARTNERS:
AirWatch by VMware
Citrix
Intel Security
Microsoft
MobileIron
Red Hat
Sophos
Symantec
Veeam
VMware
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Business Solutions 1.800.800.0014 J Enterprise Solutions 1.800.369.1047 J Public Sector Solutions 1.800.800.0019 Our Expertise
Connection offers a contemporary IT Service Management (ITSM) model, which includes service desk offerings, IT staffing, remote infrastructure management, and lifecycle services. Technology deployments, refresh/upgrades, move/add/change, maintenance, management, and disposal services are available as projects or as ongoing managed services. We also maintain configuration and depot services for network and end‑user assets. Our robust Project Management Office and IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) foundation ensures operational excellence throughout every engagement. With more than 97% of U.S. zip codes available for field services, support locations, and service desk operations nationwide, we are ready to provide service anytime, anywhere.
IT Service Management
Relevant forces such as aggressive application
adoption, rapidly evolving infrastructure,
end‑user sophistication, and IT functions at the
department level increase constraints on IT.
The resulting adverse effects include the inability
to sustain governance, difficulties safeguarding
infrastructure, and challenges to maintain service
level agreements. However, if you evolve service
desk operations to an ITSM framework—including
remote infrastructure management, provisioning,
and asset management solutions—you gain a
first line of defense to reclaim consistent support
and visibility. Our single point of contact ITSM
framework has proven successful for many
IT leaders. As a national IT solutions provider,
Connection will function as an extension of your IT
department to deliver the ITSM Solutions that give
you a measurable advantage.
Our team offers decades of experience through
comprehensive, yet flexible, services:
• Service Desk
• Asset Management
• Remote Management
• Maintenance
• IMAC
Technology Deployments
As a qualified extension of your IT department,
we deliver lifecycle services from the
data center to the desktop, nationwide.
Solutions range from complete ITSM services
to modular lifecycle functions, as required.
Services can be executed on a per project basis
or as an ongoing managed service in a very
customizable and agile framework.
Services span:
• Configuration
• Logistics
• Refreshes
• Upgrades
• Installation
• Maintenance
• Disposal
• Device as a Service
IT Staffing Services
Hiring top IT talent is a crucial ingredient in your
organization’s success. Finding those individuals
quickly saves time and money. Connection offers
a full range of Technology Staffing Services to
fit every organization and environment. Our
experienced staffing experts can help you recruit
the best candidates for any project and any
timeline. With our Contract-to-Hire Staffing
Service, organizations gain the freedom to make
hiring decisions with confidence. Our recruitment
team works with your hiring managers to
identify the skills, traits, and experience your
organization requires, and then we find the
best candidates for the job.
Our offerings include:
• Contract
• Contract-to-Hire
• Direct Hire
• Payrolling Services
We can provide the expertise you need to remain
productive, and focused on your job—without the
wait, costs, or risks of traditional hiring.
For more information, visit www.connection.com/LifecyclePractice CONNECT WITH OUR:
Advanced Technology Solutions
We transform technology, turning trusted brands into
complete IT solutions, by adding a unique combination
of IT services, expertise, and support.
Dedicated Account Teams
Our sales force is the most tenured in the industry,
and they understand your environment and the
external forces that affect it.
Global Procurement
We offer global procurement in 174 countries with more than 500 suppliers, allowing us to provide IT service management that’s unmatched in our industry.
Industry-Leading Expertise
Our team of experts can support the assessment, design, implementation, and management of all your IT projects.
Software Licensing
Our experienced licensing team is ready to help you find licensing programs that will stretch your software budget and protect you from liability.
Premier Technology Certifications
We hold premier certifications with top vendors that allow us to offer in-demand products and expert technical
service and support.
Product Authorizations
We hold authorizations with top OEM partners. This keeps us in‑tune with advances in technology and enables us
to offer the most sought‑after products.
Convenient Availability
We have priority access to the biggest IT brands
in the industry—granting us the ability to maximize
product availability.
Rapid Response Times
Within hours of an order, we can have items picked,
configured, packed, and in-flight to any nationwide location— well past typical cut‑off times—for next-day delivery.
Custom Configuration
Our technicians perform a broad range of services at
our ISO 9001:2008 certified lab, and we can deliver the next business day.
Support Throughout the IT Lifecycle
We provide a full line of IT services to maintain your
infrastructure throughout the technology lifecycle, as well as customizable professional services to support the unique needs of your organization.
Efficient Procurement Tools
Our website offers an efficient procurement channel with benefits that include purchasing authorization control
and the ability to connect eProcurement systems, ERPs,
marketplaces, and more. We also offer flexible payment
options like credit card, P-Card, Net Terms Account, and leasing programs.
Vendor-Agnostic Design
We offer recommendations that reflect the best possible outcome for your needs, regardless of vendor or brand.
Strong Industry Partnerships
Our award-winning service and deep partnerships with
leading industry suppliers ensure you have access to the latest technologies and resources.
Visit www.connection.com/ConnectionDifference to learn more.
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Proven Solutions—Reliable,
measurable, and flexible
services throughout the
engagement process
Win-Win Approach—The most
flexible approach to solving IT
needs and ensuring ongoing
operational excellence
Fully Integrated Offerings—
From discrete lifecycle projects
to ongoing deliverables to
managed service level agreements
including service desk, asset
management, refresh cycles, and
remote infrastructure management
Project Management—
Onboarding support, lifecycle
implementation, and steady state
operations in conjunction with
service delivery teams
Service Delivery Support—Highly
effective service accountability,
ongoing service execution, and
continuous improvement
Full Suite of Services—Extensive
consulting, engineering, process
improvement resources, and
customer advocacy to leverage
optimal client outcomes and
customer satisfaction
WebSPOC™—This ITIL certified
incident management system
includes asset management,
problem management,
contract management,
configuration management
database, and overall
ITSM framework
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Our Expertise
The Global Services team at Connection is well established in our industry with decades of technology experience at home and abroad. Whether you’re procuring IT for a branch office across town or an office halfway across the globe, we can help. Our alliances throughout the world provide seamless solutions for your global IT needs. Our team of experts offers assessments, analysis, and technology planning and integration to help you simply and seamlessly manage and enable global procurement.
Turn to our GlobalServe solutions experts to help you solve your toughest procurement challenges.
Logistics
Customs inspections, missing paperwork, and local regulatory requirements can often lead to delayed product deliveries. We have a deep understanding of and experience with global logistics and supply chains and can help you navigate the challenges of getting a product from point A to point B.
Sourcing
Locating a reliable partner or IT supply chain in an unfamiliar country can create confusion and require added scrutiny. Calls to unknown suppliers with questionable reputations can add both time and risk to the process. We take the frustration out of supplier relationships.
Our team has more than a decade of experience contracting with over 500 suppliers in 174 counties. We can do all the work for you.
Account Management
Organizations prefer to work with a trusted resource, and that can become difficult when you are branching out into several locations around the world. Additionally, it can be difficult to manage and update catalogs, manage end of life products, and SKU and currency conversions with global procurement. Our Data Management Team handles all the complexities of deploying your catalogs in a global environment. And, our Supplier Management Team manages all vendors in country to circumvent challenges with languages and currencies.
Acquisition Activity
Mergers inherently create a complicated web of vendors and partners around the world. As a result, companies often face redundancies, budgetary waste and missed opportunities for savings.
We can help you consolidate and simplify IT procurement activities— with full discount levels that would otherwise be difficult to achieve with global procurement.
Our Solution
Organizations with an international footprint are constantly searching for simple and seamless global purchasing to streamline communication and in-country support, while staying connected to worldwide branches. Challenges span delivery inconsistencies, freight forwarding, customs, tax considerations, currency and exchange factors, warranty claims, and service. Our GlobalServe solution delivers the support you need, with four pillars of global procurement and supply excellence:
People
Delivering global solutions for over 16 years, Connection has some of the most knowledgeable and experienced people on our team.
We intimately understand the complexities of global logistics and supply chain.
Process
Our digital GlobalServe solution is powered by automation, enabling billions of transaction dollars to seamlessly traverse our systems and processes. Our team is dedicated to sound processes that make our systems more efficient, enabling prompt problem resolution.
Whether we are onboarding a new customer or supplier or escalating a transaction, we are dedicated to efficiency and speed.
Technology
Connection’s GlobalServe solution lets you capture full discount levels that are difficult or impossible through other global procurement.
Our solution runs on patented technology, enabling organizations to purchase products from multiple OEMs in multiple currencies. You can build catalog bundles, extended catalogs, and domestic catalogs, utilize punch out and hybrid purchasing, and direct and indirect purchasing channels. Our technology makes it easy to add new equipment to a catalog and manage vendors and normalize the transaction flow in an automated fashion, regardless of geography and currency.
Supply Chain
In addition to products, we provide a broad spectrum of IT services to our customers. Our team has more than a decade of experience, contracting with a network of over 25,000 certified IT professionals.
We’ve done all the work for you. We have all the contracts and fullfillment services agreements in place. When we create a scope of work for a new customer, it becomes an addendum to our preestablished terms and conditions with our suppliers. This lets us quickly and easily activate the supply chain around each individual customer’s varying technology requirements.
For more information, watch our global procurement
video online at www.connection.com/GlobalServices
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500+ Suppliers
174 Countries
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Connection’s Official Blog
Our technology blog, Connected, serves as your one-stop resource for valuable insights from our on-staff technology experts and featured industry leaders regarding the latest news and information on IT solutions and technology trends. Join the conversation as we explore topics of importance to IT professionals.
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Solutions Videos
Keep up to date with trending topics, delivered directly from Connection’s in-house studio. Our comprehensive video library provides answers to your questions on today’s toughest technology issues. Meet the teams behind our Practice Areas and learn how they can help you optimize your IT. Each solution video showcases top experts who discuss emerging trends and key challenges in today’s technology ecosystem.
www.connection.com/Videos
The Pulse of IT
We partnered with IDG, the world’s leading IT research company, to survey IT decision makers across the nation. The results provide insights around today’s top concerns, industry trends, and challenges faced by respondents in their day-to-day roles. Find out what your peers are saying about their past, present, and future IT experiences.
How does your organization compare? Find out by viewing the results for yourself.
www.connection.com/TechPulse
Connected Magazine
Browse the most recent issues of Connected magazine for information and insights on the latest technologies, IT trends, and more. Each edition of our publication is full of helpful resources on in-demand topics, including articles, survey results, and in-depth info on cutting‑edge hardware and software solutions.
www.connection.com/eMags
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Are you considering a complex IT initiative at your organization? See how the experts at Connection helped your peers take their toughest projects from the planning stage all the way to a successful deployment. Visit our case study repository for dozens of real-world examples of satisfied customers, from an affordable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution at your local corner store to stadium-wide Wi-Fi at your favorite sporting arena.
www.connection.com/CaseStudies
Online Account Center
Our Account Center empowers your organization by allowing you to assign administration approvals and create custom catalogs that show only the products you want. And when it’s time to look at your order history, our search options make it easy for authorized personnel to track spending with powerful and convenient reporting tools.
Customize your shopping experience today!
www.connection.com/AccountCenter
Technology Library
We know how important it is to have up-to-date information to aid in the IT decision-making process. Visit our online Technology Library for a comprehensive repository of articles, webinars, podcasts, expert features, and more. Discover valuable information about the latest technologies, access advice from your peers, and get tips from our team of technical experts.
www.connection.com/TechLibrary
Social Media
Connect with our experts and other members of the IT community through our social media platforms. From Facebook and Twitter to LinkedIn, we’re all about getting the conversation started and keeping it going by sharing ideas on a wide variety of IT topics. Join the conversation today!
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Take a closer look at Connection and you’ll see that everything we do revolves around making it easier for you to evaluate, design, purchase, implement, and maintain complete IT solutions that enable you to better fulfill your mission. Not only are we named on the contracts you use most, but we have the technology solutions, dedicated account teams, on-staff experts, product authorizations, IT services and efficient procurement tools you need to take care of everything with a single phone call.
The IT marketplace is full of companies who simply claim to be different. We prefer to prove it, day in and day out. Choose Connection and we’ll prove it to you. We are committed to the highest standards of quality in our people, products, partnerships, and technology, to ensure we continue to deliver on the reason for our success—customer satisfaction.
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• We serve as a trusted extension of your IT staff.
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Valid Through: 3/19/2026
Account #: San Bernardino
Customer Contact: Allen Fincher Phone: (909) 665-2258
Email: [email protected] Fax: (909) 335-4745
DELIVERY FOB SHIP VIA PRODUCT
WEIGHT TERMS CONTRACT ID#
Destination Heavy Weight Ground 1,072.11 lbs Net 30 R210402 * Line # Qty Item # Mfg. Part # Description Mfg. Price Ext 1 1 35520137 C9500-48Y4C-E
Catalyst 9500 1U RM Network Essentials
L3 Managed Switch (1x)2.4GHz CPU /
16GB RAM / 16GB Flash / 48x25GbE
-
Cisco $ 18,281.84 $ 18,281.84
2 1 41797799 C9500-DNA-48Y4C-E C9500 DNA Essentials, Term License -
Cisco-License $ - $ -
3 1 35188701 C9500-DNA-E-5Y
Catalyst 9500 DNA Advantage 5-year
License
-
Cisco $ 2,052.78 $ 2,052.78
4 2 16517442 CAB-9K12A-NA
Govt. Power Cord 125VAC 13A NEMA 5-
15 Plug North America
-
Cisco $ - $ -
5 1 41168168 C9K-PWR-650WAC-R
650W AC Config 4 Power Supply Front to
Back Cooling
-
Cisco $ - $ -
6 1 36789277 C9K-PWR-650WAC-R/2
650W AC Config 4 Power Supply Front to
B
-
Cisco $ 1,500.13 $ 1,500.13
7 1 41163828 C9K-F1-SSD-BLANK
Pluggable Solid State Drive Storage
Blank for Catalyst 9200
-
Cisco $ - $ -
8 2 41163830 C9K-T1-FANTRAY
Catalyst 9500 Type 4 Front-Back Cooling
Fan
-
Cisco $ - $ -
9 1 41797797 C9500-NW-E C9500 Network Stack, Essentials Sub -
Cisco-License $ - $ -
10 1 42035955 S9500UK9-1715
CAT9300 / 9400 / 9500 / 9600
UNIVERSAL
-
Cisco-License $ - $ -
11 1 41263441 C9500-SSD-NONE No SSD Card Selected
-
Cisco Servers $ - $ -
12 1 42107807 C9500-RFID RFID Selected
-
Cisco $ - $ -
13 1 42044000 NETWORK-PNP-LIC
Network Plug-n-Play Connect for zerotouch device deployment -
Cisco-License $ - $ -
14 26 36417553 C9200L-48P-4X-E
Catalyst 9200L 48-Port PoE+ Switch w /
4x10GbE, Network Essentials
-
Cisco $ 2,879.89 $ 74,877.14
15 26 38030459 C9200L-DNA-E-48
Govt. C9200L DNA Essentials, 48-Port,
Term License
-
Cisco $ - $ -
Management Services IT Dept.
US
City of Redlands
QUOTE PROVIDED TO: SHIP TO:
AB#: 257546 AB#: 24105792
CITY OF REDLANDS
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Allen Fincher
PO BOX 3005
REDLANDS, CA 92373 35 Cajon St Ste 30
SALES QUOTE
GovConnection, Inc. # 25863086.05
732 Milford Road PLEASE REFER TO THE ABOVE
Merrimack, NH 03054 QUOTE # WHEN ORDERING
Redlands, CA 92373
US
(714) 798-7541 (909) 665-2258
5-30 Days A/R/O
Important Notice: --- THIS QUOTATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING Terms of Sale: All purchases from GovConnection, Inc. are subject to the Terms and Conditions of our OMNIA Partners/Region 4 ESC Contract # R210402. Any Order accepted by GovConnection for the items included in this Quotation is expressly limited to those Terms and Conditions; any other terms and conditions referenced or appearing in your Purchase Order are considered null and void. No other terms and conditions shall apply without the written consent of GovConnection, Inc. Please refer to our Quote Number in your order.
Account Executive: John Zugg
Phone:
Fax:
Email: [email protected] Date: 3/16/2026
Valid Through: 3/19/2026
Account #: San Bernardino
Customer Contact: Allen Fincher Phone: (909) 665-2258
Email: [email protected] Fax: (909) 335-4745
DELIVERY FOB SHIP VIA PRODUCT
WEIGHT TERMS CONTRACT ID#
Destination Heavy Weight Ground 1,072.11 lbs Net 30 R210402 * Line # Qty Item # Mfg. Part # Description Mfg. Price Ext Management Services IT Dept.
US
City of Redlands
QUOTE PROVIDED TO: SHIP TO:
AB#: 257546 AB#: 24105792
CITY OF REDLANDS
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Allen Fincher
PO BOX 3005
REDLANDS, CA 92373 35 Cajon St Ste 30
SALES QUOTE
GovConnection, Inc. # 25863086.05
732 Milford Road PLEASE REFER TO THE ABOVE
Merrimack, NH 03054 QUOTE # WHEN ORDERING
Redlands, CA 92373
US
(714) 798-7541 (909) 665-2258
5-30 Days A/R/O
Important Notice: --- THIS QUOTATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING Terms of Sale: All purchases from GovConnection, Inc. are subject to the Terms and Conditions of our OMNIA Partners/Region 4 ESC Contract # R210402. Any Order accepted by GovConnection for the items included in this Quotation is expressly limited to those Terms and Conditions; any other terms and conditions referenced or appearing in your Purchase Order are considered null and void. No other terms and conditions shall apply without the written consent of GovConnection, Inc. Please refer to our Quote Number in your order.
16 26 37289688 C9200L-DNA-E-48-5Y
C9200L DNA Essentials 48-Port Term
License 5 Years
-
Cisco $ 1,210.96 $ 31,484.96
17 26 41912292 C9200L-NW-E-48
C9200L Network Essentials, 48-port
license
-
Cisco-License $ - $ -
18 26 41217118 CAB-TA-NA North America AC Type a Power Cable -
Cisco $ - $ -
19 26 41602895 PWR-C5-BLANK Config 5 Power Supply Blank -
Cisco $ - $ -
20 26 41834090 C9K-ACC-RBFT
Rubber Feet for Tabletop Setup 9200
and 9300
-
Cisco $ - $ -
21 26 41834092 C9K-ACC-SCR-4
12-24 and 10-32 SCREWS FOR RACK
INSTALLATION, QTY 4
-
Cisco $ - $ -
22 26 41834093 CAB-GUIDE-1RU
1RU CABLE MANAGEMENT GUIDES
9200 and 9300
-
Cisco $ - $ -
23 26 36395315 C9200L-STACK-KIT Catalyst C9200L Stack Kit -
Cisco $ 777.31 $ 20,210.06
24 26 41168171 C9200-STACK Catalyst 9200 Stack Module
-
Cisco $ - $ -
25 26 41168172 STACK-T4-50CM 50CM Type 4 Stacking Cable -
Cisco $ - $ -
26 26 42044000 NETWORK-PNP-LIC
Network Plug-n-Play Connect for zerotouch device deployment -
Cisco-License $ - $ -
27 14 36573089 PWR-C5-1KWAC= 1kW AC Config 5 Power Supply -
Cisco $ 2,384.43 $ 33,382.02
28 14 41217118 CAB-TA-NA North America AC Type a Power Cable -
Cisco $ - $ -
29 2 38162072 4PT-KIT-T2= Mounting Bracket for Catalyst 9300-M -
Cisco $ 176.55 $ 353.10
30 36 41498297 CW9164I-MR CATALYST 9164I AP W6E TRI-BAN -
Cisco Meraki $ 877.45 $ 31,588.20
31 36 11701081 LIC-ENT-5YR
Enterprise Cloud Controller Subscription
License - 5 year
-
Cisco Meraki $ 370.82 $ 13,349.52
32 10 41174211 MT10-HW
Meraki MT10 Indoor Temperature and
Humidity Sensor
-
Cisco Meraki $ 57.74 $ 577.40
Account Executive: John Zugg
Phone:
Fax:
Email: [email protected] Date: 3/16/2026
Valid Through: 3/19/2026
Account #: San Bernardino
Customer Contact: Allen Fincher Phone: (909) 665-2258
Email: [email protected] Fax: (909) 335-4745
DELIVERY FOB SHIP VIA PRODUCT
WEIGHT TERMS CONTRACT ID#
Destination Heavy Weight Ground 1,072.11 lbs Net 30 R210402 * Line # Qty Item # Mfg. Part # Description Mfg. Price Ext Management Services IT Dept.
US
City of Redlands
QUOTE PROVIDED TO: SHIP TO:
AB#: 257546 AB#: 24105792
CITY OF REDLANDS
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Allen Fincher
PO BOX 3005
REDLANDS, CA 92373 35 Cajon St Ste 30
SALES QUOTE
GovConnection, Inc. # 25863086.05
732 Milford Road PLEASE REFER TO THE ABOVE
Merrimack, NH 03054 QUOTE # WHEN ORDERING
Redlands, CA 92373
US
(714) 798-7541 (909) 665-2258
5-30 Days A/R/O
Important Notice: --- THIS QUOTATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING Terms of Sale: All purchases from GovConnection, Inc. are subject to the Terms and Conditions of our OMNIA Partners/Region 4 ESC Contract # R210402. Any Order accepted by GovConnection for the items included in this Quotation is expressly limited to those Terms and Conditions; any other terms and conditions referenced or appearing in your Purchase Order are considered null and void. No other terms and conditions shall apply without the written consent of GovConnection, Inc. Please refer to our Quote Number in your order.
33 10 41207886 LIC-MT-5Y
MT Enterprise License and 5-Years
Support
-
Cisco Meraki $ 214.25 $ 2,142.50
34 10 41425600 MA-PWR-ETH Meraki Ethernet Adapter MV2MT -
Cisco Meraki $ 109.73 $ 1,097.30
35 1 4779541 4779541 Inside Delivery Service
-
Merrimack
Service Handling
Fees
$ - $ -
36 1 4779533 4779533 Liftgate Service
-
Merrimack
Service Handling
Fees
$ - $ -
37 $ -
38 1 41206953 9PXEBM72RT-L
9PX Ebm 2-3K RT 1U Li-Ion,
9PXEBM72RT-L
-
Eaton $ 1,817.19 $ 1,817.19
39 2 41329630 5PXEBM72RTG2
5PX Ebm 72V RT2U G2,
(5PXEBM72RTG2)
-
Eaton $ 822.13 $ 1,644.26
40 7 12701429 103007018-5591 2-Post Rack Mount Rail Kit -
Eaton $ 83.63 $ 585.41
41 8 41329627 5PX3000RTG2 5PX 3000 RT2U G2, (5PX3000RTG2) -
Eaton $ 1,769.72 $ 14,157.76
42 9 41751341 NETWORK-M3 Gigabit Network Card for UPS / PDUs -
Eaton $ 324.04 $ 2,916.36
43 8 41199578 PDU121506 PDU Basic 1.8KW 120V Single-PH
-
Tripp Lite $ 90.28 $ 722.24
44 4 41196765 PDU1226 PDU 13 5-15 / 20R 5-20P 6ft Cord
-
Tripp Lite $ 149.66 $ 598.64
45 $ -
46 5 38010280 N6PATCH1BL10PK
CAT6 UTP ETL Verified Snagless Patch
Cable, Blue, 1ft, 10-Pack
-
StarTech.com $ 25.03 $ 125.15
47 10 38010301 N6PATCH3BL10PK
CAT6 UTP ETL Verified Snagless Patch
Cable, Blue, 3ft, 10-Pack
-
StarTech.com $ 32.21 $ 322.10
48 15 38010319 N6PATCH5BL10PK
CAT6 UTP Snagless Patch Cable, Blue,
5ft, 10-Pack
-
StarTech.com $ 34.40 $ 516.00
49 15 38010343 N6PATCH7BL10PK
CAT6 UTP Snagless Patch Cable, Blue,
7ft, 10-Pack
-
StarTech.com $ 38.65 $ 579.75
Account Executive: John Zugg
Phone:
Fax:
Email: [email protected] Date: 3/16/2026
Valid Through: 3/19/2026
Account #: San Bernardino
Customer Contact: Allen Fincher Phone: (909) 665-2258
Email: [email protected] Fax: (909) 335-4745
DELIVERY FOB SHIP VIA PRODUCT
WEIGHT TERMS CONTRACT ID#
Destination Heavy Weight Ground 1,072.11 lbs Net 30 R210402 * Line # Qty Item # Mfg. Part # Description Mfg. Price Ext Management Services IT Dept.
US
City of Redlands
QUOTE PROVIDED TO: SHIP TO:
AB#: 257546 AB#: 24105792
CITY OF REDLANDS
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Allen Fincher
PO BOX 3005
REDLANDS, CA 92373 35 Cajon St Ste 30
SALES QUOTE
GovConnection, Inc. # 25863086.05
732 Milford Road PLEASE REFER TO THE ABOVE
Merrimack, NH 03054 QUOTE # WHEN ORDERING
Redlands, CA 92373
US
(714) 798-7541 (909) 665-2258
5-30 Days A/R/O
Important Notice: --- THIS QUOTATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING Terms of Sale: All purchases from GovConnection, Inc. are subject to the Terms and Conditions of our OMNIA Partners/Region 4 ESC Contract # R210402. Any Order accepted by GovConnection for the items included in this Quotation is expressly limited to those Terms and Conditions; any other terms and conditions referenced or appearing in your Purchase Order are considered null and void. No other terms and conditions shall apply without the written consent of GovConnection, Inc. Please refer to our Quote Number in your order.
50 10 38010255 N6PATCH10BL10PK
CAT6 UTP ETL Verified Snagless Patch
Cable, Blue, 10ft, 10-Pack
-
StarTech.com $ 51.16 $ 511.60
51 8 38010271 N6PATCH15BL10PK
CAT6 UTP ETL Verified Snagless Patch
Cable, Blue, 15ft, 10-Pack
-
StarTech.com $ 69.93 $ 559.44
52 6 38010298 N6PATCH25BL10PK
CAT6 UTP Snagless Patch Cable, Blue,
25ft, 10-Pack
-
StarTech.com $ 97.27 $ 583.62
Subtotal $ 256,536.47
Fee $ 0.00
Shipping and
Handling $ 0.00
Tax $ 20,911.76
Total $ 277,448.23
QUOTE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Unless you have a written master purchase agreement in effect with PC Connection, Inc., PC Connection Sales Corporation, MoreDirect, Inc., or GovConnection, Inc. (each doing business as Connection ), that expressly governs this transaction, all orders are governed by Connection s Terms and Conditions of Sale available at: https://www.govconnection.com/content/about/legal/termsand-conditions-sale (the Agreement ), which are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth in this Quote.
Some products and services sold by Connection come with end user license agreements ( EULAs ) from the original manufacturer or service provider ( OEM ), as well as certain required reseller pass-through terms that Connection must provide or enforce. These terms may be shared with you either by the OEM or by Connection. For your convenience, applicable terms for certain products are available here: https://www.govconnection.com/content/about/legal/oem-cloud-software-mandatory-end-customer-notice . Please review this page to see whether any of the products you are purchasing are listed. These terms apply in addition to this Agreement or any applicable master purchase agreement.
Most license and subscription products renew automatically under OEM terms. You are responsible for timely cancellation as required by the OEM. Cancellation and refund rights are governed by OEM terms, and some products or services may be non-cancellable and non-refundable once ordered, activated, or renewed. You remain responsible for any non-cancellable or non-refundable charges.
By placing an order in response to this Quote or using the products or services described, you agree to the Agreement (if no master purchase agreement applies) and all OEM and pass-through terms. No signature is required. Any additional or different customer terms are rejected. If you do not agree, do not place an order or use the products or services.
Pricing and availability are subject to change prior to shipment (in the case of equipment) or delivery (in the case of software). Connection reserves the right, prior to shipment or delivery, to adjust pricing or cancel any order for any reason, including manufacturer price increases, allocation changes, tariffs, exchange rate fluctuations, supply constraints, or other factors beyond Connection s reasonable control. Orders are not binding until shipment or delivery.
Item # Description Notes
4779541 Inside Delivery
Service
Morning John,
Awesome, deal is approved. As you are probably aware, we have a price increase 3/7. The current approved deal with pricing locked until 4/4. To avoid the price increase the deal can’t be re-opened after tomorrow and ordered within the 30 days price protection date.
Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns,
Thanks
Ian
Product Notes for Quote# 25863086.05
ORDERING INFORMATION
GovConnection, Inc. DBA Connection-Public Sector Solutions OMNIA Partners/Region 4 ESC Contract #R210402
Contract Expiration: 31 May 2026
Please contact your account manager with any questions.
Ordering Address
GovConnection, Inc.
732 Milford Road
Merrimack, NH 03054
Remittance Address
GovConnection, Inc.
Box 536477
Pittsburgh, PA 15253-5906
Please reference the Contract # on all purchase orders.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Payment Terms: NET 30 (subject to approved credit)
FOB Point: DESTINATION (within Continental US)
Maximum Order Limitation: NONE
FEIN: 52-1837891
DUNS Number: 80-967-8782
Cage Code: OGTJ3
Business Size: LARGE
WARRANTY: Manufacturer’s Standard Commercial Warranty
NOTE: It is the end user's responsibility to review, understand and agree to the terms of any End User License Agreement (EULA).
Important Notice: --- THIS QUOTATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING Terms of Sale: All purchases from GovConnection, Inc. are subject to the Terms and Conditions of our OMNIA Partners/Region 4 ESC Contract #R210402. Any Order accepted by GovConnection for the items included in this Quotation is expressly limited to those Terms and Conditions; any other terms and conditions referenced or appearing in your Purchase Order are considered null and void. No other terms and conditions shall apply without the written consent of GovConnection, Inc. Please refer to our Quote Number in your order.
If you require a hard copy invoice for your credit card order, please visit the link below and click on the Proof of Purchase/Invoice link on the left side of the page to print one:
https://www.govconnection.com/web/Shopping/ProofOfPurchase.htm Please forward your Contract or Purchase Order to:
[email protected]
QUESTIONS: Call 800-800-0019
FAX: 603.683.0374
City Council AGENDA ITEM NO. L1.
DATE: April 7, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBJECT: Individual Council Member Report on Activities for March 2026 from Mayor Pro Tem Shaw (City Clerk Donaldson)
DISCUSSION:
Mayor Pro Tem Shaw has requested to include this report on the agenda for recording purposes. The report does not require City Council approval.
Attachments
March_2026_Council_Activities-_Shaw.pdf
March 2026 Council Activities
Mayor Pro Tem Marc Shaw
o Attended Community Day of Service at Ford Park
o Attended the Grand Re-Opening Ceremony at Albertson’s o Attended Ride Yourself Fit’s Gathering Place ribbon cutting o Attended grand opening of Arivia’s Animal House
o Attended Redlands Fire Department’s Badge Pinning and Awards Recognition Ceremony
o Met with new leadership from RFD Management Union
o Traveled to Orange County to participate in League of California Cities Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee Meeting
o Attended League of Cities Monthly Meeting in Yucaipa
o Attended Community meeting at Plymouth Village
o Met with City Manager to discuss ongoing issues