Requested Information
Please provide an electronic copy of the technical and price proposals that were submitted in response to RFP 025.20.B5, Automated School Bus Stop Arm & Bus Safety Video-Monitoring System, excluding the proposal submitted by Verra Mobility. In addition, please provide the associated scoring and evaluation notes, if available.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive to this request, RFP 025.20.B5, Automated School Bus Stop Arm & Bus Safety Video-Monitoring System was awarded by the Howard County Board of Education on February 13, 2020 – information about that award can be found here: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/hcpssmd/Board.nsf/files/BLJLBR55CB8F/$file/02%2013%202020%20Bids%20Contracts%20%20BR.pdf. The following records are available via mail/disk due to volume:
- Technical Proposal as submitted by BusPatrol to this RFP. 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, experience and performance, training, staffing/organization and management, and customer reference information (also under MPIA GP § 4-310) were 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.
- Attachments submitted with the above Technical Proposal. Similar information as noted above has been redacted here. Additionally, under MPIA GP § 4-330, we have redacted sociological information where it contains personal phone numbers and has the potential to pose a risk to individual safety or privacy.
- Supplemental Response as submitted by BusPatrol to this RFP. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, which prevents disclosure of confidential trade secret, commercial or financial records furnished by an outside unit, similar identification of proprietary operations including a conversion plan, unique pricing and technical solution, and management of subcontractors were 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.
- Price proposal from BusPatrol. Under MPIA GP § 4-335, similar information to that found in the previously released Technical and Supplemental Proposal, as well as unique pricing and technical solutions, were 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.
- The associated evaluation score sheet and notes. Where content/comments are derived from or reveal information previously redacted under the exemptions noted above, we have similarly withheld such content - this record as provided is available only to the entity-in-interest.