Urinalysis Laboratory Equipment

Project Description: Issuing Procurement Unit: State of Utah Division of Purchasing
Conducting Procurement Unit: Department of Corrections
The purpose of this RFP is to enter into a contract to provide: Urinalysis Laboratory Equipment according to Attachment D - Scope of Work.
It is anticipated that this RFP will result in a single contract award to the responsive and responsible vendor with the highest score justified by the procurement code .
The methodology or formula that will be used to determine the number of contract awards is:
Stage 1: Initial Review
In the initial phase of the evaluation process, the conducting procurement unit will review all proposals timely received. Non-responsive proposals not conforming to RFP requirements or unable to meet the mandatory minimum requirements will be eliminated from further consideration.
Stage 2: Technical Proposal Evaluation
Responsive proposals will then be evaluated by an evaluation committee appointed by the conducting procurement unit against the proposal evaluation criteria noted in the Technical Criteria prerequisite of this RFP. Proposals will be evaluated against the evaluation criteria as follows:
Evaluation Criteria Points:
1) Training:150 Points Possible
2) Service/Maintenance: 200 Points Possible
3) Installation: 150 Points Possible
4) Work History: 50 Points Possible
5) Subcontractor Compliance: 150 Points Possible
6) Software System: 100 Points Possible
Total Points Possible Via Technical Criteria: 800
Offerors that achieve minimum score threshold of 560 will proceed to the Final Stage: Cost Proposal Evaluation. Offerors with a score of less than the minimum required technical points will be deemed non-responsive and ineligible for further consideration. The evaluation score sheet has been attached to this RFP. The attached evaluation score sheet states the relative weight that will be given to each evaluation criteria.
The evaluation committee, for this RFP, will tally the final scores for criteria other than cost to arrive at a consensus score by the following method: an average of the individual scores.
Final Stage: Cost Proposal Evaluation
Offerors successful in the technical evaluation will advance to the Final State: Cost Proposal Evaluation. The Offeror with the lowest total cost will receive the maximum points of 200. Points assigned to each Offeror’s cost proposal will be based on the lowest proposal price.
The Offeror with the lowest total cost will receive 200 or 100% of the total cost points. All other Offerors will receive a portion of the total cost points based on what percentage higher their total cost is than the total lowest cost. The formula to compute the points is: Cost Points x (Lowest Proposed Price/Proposed Price).
Length of Contract: 5 Years
Vendor must guarantee its pricing for 2 Years.