1.3.4 3 1.4 3 1.4.1 Verbal and Written Questions 3 1.4.2 Pre-Proposal Conference 3 1.5 4 1.6 4 1.6.1 General 4 1.6.2 Submission of Supplemental Material 5 1.6.3 Minimum Requirements – Proposal Construction 5 1.6.4 Cost Proposal 7 1.7 10 1.8 10 1.8.1 of Contract 10 1.8.2 Contract Type 10 1.9 10 1.9.1 Evaluation Criteria 10 1.10 10 1.10.1 Procurement Schedule 10 1.10.2 Proposer’s Checklist 12 2.0 14 2.1 14 2.2 14 2.3 14 2.4 15 2.5 15 2.6 16 2.7 16 2.8 17 2.9 17 2.10 18 2.10.1 Office Environment 18 2.10.2 Mobile Communications 18 2.10.3 Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) 18 2.11 18 2.11.1 Reservations 19 2.11.2 Cancellations 19 2.11.3 Where’s My Ride? 20 2.11.4 PCAs/Companions 20 2.11.5 Scheduling 20 2.11.6 Dispatching 21 2.12 21 2.13 22 2.13.1 Overview 22 2.13.2 Periodic Re-Optimization of Standing Orders 22 TRANSIT AND AND OF OF FOR THE THE THIS BUSINESS
2.13.3 Will-Call Return Management 23 2.13.4 Performance Monitoring/Evaluation 23 3.0 24 3.1 24 3.2 24 3.2.1 GIS and Mapping Functions. 24 3.2.2 Trip Reservations 27 3.2.3 Scheduling 29 3.2.4 Dispatching 31 3.3 32 3.4 32 3.4.1 Standard Reports 32 3.4.2 Ad-Hoc Reports 32 3.5 32 4.0 33 4.1 33 4.1.1 Designation of Manager 33 4.1.2 Single Point of Contact 33 4.2 33 4.2.1 Use of Existing Market Products 33 4.2.2 Current Version 33 4.2.3 of Installed Sites 34 4.3 34 4.4 34 4.4.1 Scope 34 4.4.2 User Groups/Newsletters/Technical Bulletins 34 4.5 35 4.5.1 Access to Ashtabula and Trumbull County Office Locations 35 4.5.2 Installation 35 4.5.3 Testing 35 4.5.4 On-Site Representation 35 4.5.5 Testing Period 36 4.5.6 Acceptance 36 4.6 36 4.6.1 General 36 4.6.2 Training Program 36 4.6.3 Computer Hardware for Training 37 4.6.4 Size 37 4.6.5 Training on Ancillary Software 37 4.7 37 4.8 37 5.0 38 5.1 38 5.1.1 Addenda 38
5.1.2 Late Proposals/Modifications or Withdrawals 38 5.1.3 Proposals Binding 38 5.1.4 Safety 38 5.1.5 Disclaimer of Liability 38 5.1.6 Hold Harmless 38 5.1.7 Governing Law 39 5.1.8 Anti-Discrimination Clause 39 5.1.9 Conditional Proposals 39 5.1.10 Cancellation of Contract 39 5.1.11 Subletting of Contract 40 5.1.12 Assignment /Transfer of Interests 40 5.1.13 Licenses, Permits, and Taxes 40 5.1.14 Regulatory requirements 40 5.1.15 Opportunity 40 5.1.16 Responsible Firms 40 5.1.17 Acceptance/Rejection of Proposals 41 5.1.18 Lack of Funds 41 5.1.19 Protest Procedure 41 5.1.20 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise: 41 5.1.21 Buy America 41 5.1.22 Severability 41 5.1.23 Conservation 41 5.1.24 Environmental Violations 42 5.1.25 Interest of Members of or Delegates to Congress 42 5.1.26 Cargo Preference 42 5.1.27 Davis Bacon Act and Copeland Act 42 5.1.28 Publication, Reproduction and Use of Material 42 5.1.29 Debarred, Suspended, or Ineligible Contractors 43 5.1.30 Independent Price Determination 43 5.1.31 Lobbying Restrictions 43 5.1.32 Term of Payment 43 6.0 45 6.1 45 6.1.1 Certification of Receipt of Addenda to the Request for Proposal 45 6.1.2 Proposal Form 45 6.2 45 6.2.1 Affidavit of Non-Collusion 46 6.2.2 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certification – Non Vehicle Purchases 46 6.2.3 Debarment Certification 46 6.2.4 Restrictions on Lobbying Certification 46 6.2.5 Buy America Certification 46 6.2.6 Certificate of Delinquent Taxes 46 6.2.7 Homeland Security Certification 46