Environmental Monitoring Products

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Addendum 3: The purpose of this addendum is to revise the due date and time of the Solicitation, provide a new Question and Answer period, and respond to questions received after the deadline stated in the Solicitation.

Addendum 2: Posting answers to questions received after the Q&A period.

Addendum 1: Posting answers to questions received during the Q&A period.
THIS IS A FORMAL EVENT/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). Non-electronic and email responses WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The response must be submitted through the SWIFT Supplier Portal no later than the date and time called for in the Event.

PURPOSE. The purpose of this solicitation is to receive responses and award contract(s) to Contractor(s) to provide environmental monitoring equipment and accessories, on an as needed basis, to State Agencies and members of the Cooperative Purchasing Venture (CPV) Program. Equipment and Accessories include but are not limited to datalogger standard support software, data acquisition systems, measurement and control peripherals, sensors, bubblers, and sondes.

The State has established a standard list of manufacturers of environmental monitoring equipment:
•        Apogee Instruments
•        Badger Meter
•        Campbell Scientific
•        Flexim
•        Forest Technology Systems (FTS)
•        Geotech Environmental Equipment Inc.
•        Hach
•        Hanna Instruments
•        HOBO Logging Solutions
•        In-Situ
•        Kisters
•        Meter Group
•        OTT Hydromet
•        Rainwise
•        Solinst
•        SonTek
•        Stevens Water Monitoring Systems
•        Sutron
•        Teledyne
•        TriOs
•        Unidata
•        Van Essen Instruments
•        WaterLOG
•        YSI

The State intends to set up contracts for catalogs or lists of products to be purchased on an as-needed basis. This solicitation is not to set up a limited contract for specific equipment to meet a specific need. The intent is to contract with manufacturers, or their authorized distributors, at a discount off the manufacturer’s or dealer’s list price and allow the Contract users to determine what their needs are and what equipment would fill that need at the best price.


CONTRACT TERM: The term of this contract is anticipated to either run from June 2025 through May 2027, with the option to extend up to an additional three (3) years in increments determined by the State.

SUBMITTING QUESTIONS: The deadline for submitting questions is April 19, 2025, at 3:00 pm, Central Time. Questions must be submitted in writing to Allyson Youngquist at allyson.youngquist@state.mn.us. All questions received by the cutoff date and time will be responded to via an addendum.

SWIFT HELP DESK: Responders needing help with registration or assistance navigating the SWIFT system may contact the Vendor Assistance Helpdesk at 651.201.8100 Option 1.

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