HCPSS MPIA Request #2020-287

Requested Information
I respectfully request electronic copies of all Technical and Cost proposals submitted in response to RFP 012.20.B5 We were a bidder to that RFP.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, per discussions to narrow the records, the following records are available via mail/disk due to volume. Please note, the records included in our review were those in direct response to RFP requests and did not include other records which may have been submitted at the vendor’s discretion:

  • RFP 012.20.B5 Unified Communication as a Service Cloud-Based Telephone Solution Contract Award: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/BJQP7Z634FB5/$file/12%2017%202019%20Bids%20%26%20Contracts%20BR.pdf. Information about this award, including best and final offers, as awarded by the Howard County Board of Education on December 17, 2019.
  • Atlantech Technical and Cost Proposal. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, biographical data (including resumes) on key employees, as well as identification of proprietary operations, processes, data systems/architecture (including the security of such systems under MPIA GP § 4-338), experience, training, management, financial capacity, certain customer reference information (also under MPIA GP § 4-310) and price points throughout the proposal, (aside from pricing used in the final contract award procedure noted in the Board report above) have been redacted as they have the potential to cause harm to the competitive position of the vendor from whom the information was obtained and/or impair our ability to obtain similar information in the future.
  • Vertical Technical and Cost Proposal. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, biographical data (including resumes) on key employees, as well as identification of proprietary operations, processes, data systems/architecture (including the security of such systems under MPIA GP § 4-338), experience, training, management, financial capacity, certain customer reference information (also under MPIA GP § 4-310) and price points throughout the proposal, (aside from pricing used in the final contract award procedure noted in the Board report above) have been redacted as they have the potential to cause harm to the competitive position of the vendor from whom the information was obtained and/or impair our ability to obtain similar information in the future.
  • ENA Technical and Cost Proposal. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, as well as identification of proprietary operations, processes, data systems, experience, training, management, financial capacity and price points throughout the proposal, (aside from pricing used in the final contract award procedure noted in the Board report above) have been redacted as they have the potential to cause harm to the competitive position of the vendor from whom the information was obtained and/or impair our ability to obtain similar information in the future.
  • Presidio Technical and Cost Proposal. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, certain customer reference information (also under MPIA GP § 4-310) and price points throughout the proposal, (aside from pricing used in the final contract award procedure noted in the Board report above) have been redacted as they have the potential to cause harm to the competitive position of the vendor from whom the information was obtained and/or impair our ability to obtain similar information in the future.
  • Ring Central Technical and Cost Proposal. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, identification of proprietary operations, processes, data systems, experience, training, management, financial capacity, and price points throughout the proposal, (aside from totals) have been redacted as they have the potential to cause harm to the competitive position of the vendor from whom the information was obtained and/or impair our ability to obtain similar information in the future.

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

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