Entity Name: South Dakota State Government
Event Number: 9740
Event ID: 24RFP9740
Event Name: Admin of the Telecommunication Relay Services in South Dakota
Requested By: Missy Schuetzle
Created By: Missy Schuetzle
Due By Date: 02/23/2024 05:00 PM Central Time
Q&A Cutoff Date: 01/11/2024 3:00 PM Central Time
Invitation Type: Invitation Only
Assigned Commodities: 838-86 Telecommunicators for the Hearing and Speech Impaired; 839-80
Telecommunicators and/or Display Terminals for the Hearing and Handicapped
Allow Supplier Terms and Conditions: No
Public Responses: No
Display Awardee: Display
Posting Board Status: Published
Event Status: Ready for Responses
Section #: Name:
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"Response to Offeror Questions" document attached.
Do not submit responses through ESM Sourcing as this is for informational purposes only. Please download the attached RFP document
and follow submittal instructions.
1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 PURPOSE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
The Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) is publishing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to
contract for full-service, confidential, statewide, 24-hours-per-day, 7-days-per-week, functionally-equivalent Telecommunications Relay
Services (TRS) to meet the Department of Human Services (DHS) needs and expectations as described within this RFP, as well as any
current or future standards established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
1.2 ISSUING OFFICE AND RFP REFERENCE NUMBER
The Department of Human Services/Division of Rehabilitation Services is the issuing office for this document and all subsequent addenda
relating to it, on behalf of the State of South Dakota, Department of Human Services/Division of Rehabilitation Services. The reference
number for the transaction is 24RFP9740. This number must be referred to on all proposals, correspondence, and documentation relating
to the RFP.
1.3 SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Items due by 5p CST of the Dates Listed
RFP Publication: January 5, 2024
Offeror Questions Due: January 19, 2024
Responses to Offeror Questions: February 2. 2024
Proposal Submission: February 23, 2024
Anticipated Award Decision/Contract Negotiation: March 12, 2024
Contract Budget Cycle Start Date: June 1, 2024
1.4 SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL
All proposals must be completed and received by the South Dakota Department of Human Services/Division of Rehabilitation Services by
the date and time indicated in the Schedule of Activities.
Proposals received after the deadline will be late and ineligible for consideration.
An original and 2 identical copies of the proposal shall be submitted, also include an electronic version with the submission. The cost
proposal must be in a separate sealed envelope and labeled “Cost Proposal”.
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All proposals must be signed, in ink, by an officer of the responder, legally authorized to bind the responder to the proposal, and sealed in
the form intended by the respondent. Proposals that are not properly signed may be rejected. The sealed envelope should be marked with
the appropriate RFP Number and Title. Proposals should be addressed and labeled as follows:
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #24RFP9740
PROPOSAL DUE February 23, 2024
STATE POC Hailey Bowers
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
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